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Maybee's Stepping StonesDo exactly as you would be done by, said mamma, smoothing the anxious little forehead. Remember, everything will be new and strange, and keep the wee things under your own wing as much as possible. Be very gentle and patient, help them...

Meine Reise nach Siam 1888-1889. - Aufzeichnungen des k. und k. Legationsrathes Dr. J. Camille SamsonDie folgenden Bltter enthalten Aufzeichnungen unseres frh verschiedenen Freundes ber eine im Jahre 1888 unternommene Reise nach Siam. Er war damals dem fr die drei ostasiatischen Hfe ernannten Gesandten...

From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows - A Narrative of a Journey by Sledge over the Snows of European Russia and Siberia, by Caravan Through Mongolia, Across the Gobi Desert and the Great Wall, and by Mule Palanquin Through China to PekinEmbarrassed readers,...

A Canadian Farm Mystery; Or, Pam the PioneerUnfortunately Barbara, the little maid-of-all-work, was at that moment toiling upwards with the soup tureen and a pile of plates on a tray. She was near the top, too, and very much out of breath. She had...

A Spring HarvestThe poems of this book were written at very various times, one (Wind over the Sea) I believe even as early as 1910, but the order in which they are here given is not chronological beyond the fact that the third part...

A sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor : the aldermen and citizens of London - at the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul on Monday the 30th of Jan. 1709/10 being the anniversary fast for the Martyrdom of King CharlesThis Court doth desire Dr....

Veripunainen ruusu: Kertomuksia ItaliastaHn on jo vanha olennoltaan viel vanhempi kuin vuosiltaan. Katse on samea, astunta tapailevaa. Samoin on hnen ajatuksensakin samea, tapaileva, hetkittin selv, hetkittin harhaanjohtuva. Hn ei tied milloin hn thn olotilaan joutui, ja yht vhn hn tiet, milloin se loppuu. Monesti...

Théâtre 1 - La Princesse Maleine (1890) - L'Intruse (1890) - Les Aveugles (1891)Le texte de ces petits drames que mon diteur runit aujourd'hui en trois volumes, n'a gure t modifi. Ce n'est point qu'ils me semblent parfaits, il s'en faut bien, mais on...

Birds and All Nature, Vol 7, No. 3, March 1900 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyIT WAS a saying among the ancients, "As beautiful as is the peacock among birds, so is the tiger among quadrupeds." The birds are of many varieties, some white, others...

Chats on Military CuriosFor centuries past the collection of military curios has been the select pastime of men of title and soldiers of rank. Lately, however, owing to the War and the great spread of interest in all things pertaining to it, the circle...

Öfversigt af Nordiska MytologienDe mytologiska namnen hafva af fackmnnen blifvit i vrt nuvarande sprk tergifna p skiljaktigt stt. S, fr att anfra blott ett enda exempel, skrifver E. Hildebrand i sin fversttning af N. M. Petersens frelsningar i Mytologi Hemdal, den bekanta signaturen Th....

Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln, Including the Lincoln-Douglas DebateWhen Abraham was seven years old, his father, Thomas Lincoln, moved with his family to Indiana. It was a cold, dreary winter for them in the rude shed which Abraham, knowing well how to handle an...

The Little Grey House"I am going to cut that grasstry to cut it, I meanbefore I'm an hour older," said Roberta Grey, drawing on an old pair of her father's dog-skin gloves with a do-or-die-in-the-attempt air that was at once inspiring and convincing. "This...

The Western Front - Drawings by Muirhead BoneThe original book did not have a Table of Contents or a List of Illustrations. Those have been added by Transcriber, using the content of the original book, and placed in the Public Domain. The conditions under...

In faccia al destino Non avevo avuto la speranza che l'aria di lass mi purificasse lo spirito; soltanto avevo pensato che la famigliarit con gente di cuore potrebbe scuotermi il cuore. Tre anni innanzi, quando combattevo i primi fieri assalti del nemico insorto in...

Chimneys & Fireplaces - They Contribute to the Health Comfort and Happiness of the Farm Family - How to Build ThemF THE mistakes commonly made in home building none is more frequent than faulty design and construction of chimneys and fireplaces. Though the use...

Œuvres complètes de Gustave Flaubert, tome 1 (of 8): Madame BovaryDepuis la mort de Gustave Flaubert, sa gloire littraire n'a cess de s'accrotre. Une pleine justice lui a t rendue et il occupe aujourd'hui sa place, lgitimement consacre, au premier rang des prosateurs de...

A Tour to the River Saguenay, in Lower CanadaOn a pleasant morning in May last, I awoke from a piscatorial dream, haunted by the idea that I must spend a portion of the approaching summer in the indulgence of my passion for angling. Relinquishing...

Elsie and Her Loved OnesIt was a lovely spring dayvery lovely at Viamede, where Mrs. Travillaor Grandma Elsie, as some of her young friends loved to call herwas seated under the orange trees on the flower-bespangled lawn, with her father and his wife, her...

Elsie at IonViolet and Lulu were still alone upon the veranda where the captain had left them while he drove into the village on that first evening after their home-coming from beautiful Viamede. They had now taken possession of two easy-chairs standing close together,...