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Father ThamesEngland is not a country of great rivers. No mighty Nile winds lazily across desert and fertile plains in its three and a half thousand miles course to the sea; no rushing Brahmaputra plunges headlong down its slopes, falling two or three miles...

Show BoatShow Boat is neither history nor biography, but fiction. This statement is made in the hope that it will forestall such protest as may be registered by demon statisticians against certain liberties taken with characters, places, and events. In the Chicago portion of...

In the Year Ten ThousandA. D. 10,000. An old man, more than six hundred years of age, was walking with a boy through a great museum. The people who were moving around them had beautiful forms, and faces which were indescribably refined and spiritual....

Polaris and the Goddess GlorianIn the antarctic wilds far below Ross Sea, Polaris Janess (Polarisof the Snows), was born, of a mother he never knew, and grew to manhood's years knowing one human face only, that of his father. When that father died, the...

Contes ChrétiensLa Lgende dore du Bienheureux Jacques de Voragine, traduite du latin sur les plus anciens manuscrits, avec une introduction, des notes et un index alphabtique, par Teodor de Wyzewa. 1 fort vol. in-8o 5 fr. A la grande joie de ses cabaretiers, le...

Manuel du Valet de Chambre - Contenant des indications sur la tenue, le langage, le service de table et des appartements, le soin des parquets, de l'argenterie, des cuivres, etc., la manière de recevoir et de répondre à la porte, etc., etc.CONTENANT DES INDICATIONS...

Playing Safe in PiperockYouve got to admit that she rhymes, says Magpie Simpkins, spitting out a mouthful of dust and lifting his canteen to his lips. I done figured em all out of my own head, Ike. You better leave off taking things out...

History of Iridotomy - Knife-Needle vs. Scissors—Description of Author's V-Shaped MethodThe text of this e-book has mostly been preserved in its original form, including some archaic spellings. A composite illustration on page 25 showing surgical knives lined up vertically side by side has been...

Philosophumena; or, The refutation of all heresies, Volume II6. Now such opinions as belong to those who have taken their principles from the serpent[1] and, when the time arrived, of their own accord brought their doctrines into light, we have set forth in the...

Their ChildMR. ROBERT HERRICK, the author of The Gospel of Freedom, The Web of Life, and The Real World, was born in Cambridge, Mass., April 26, 1868. His father was a lawyer, practising in Boston. His people on both sides were of New England...

Massage & Exercises Combined - A permanent physical culture course for men, women and children; health-giving, vitalizing, prophylactic, beautifying; a new system of the characteristic essentials of gymnastic and Indian Yogis concentration exercises combined with scientific massage movements; with 86 illustrations and deep breathing...

Boy: A Sketch London . . HUTCHINSON & CO Paternoster Row 1900 {4} PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY. {5} To MY DEAREST FRIEND IN THE WORLD BERTHA VYVER WHO HAS KNOWN ALL MY LIFE FROM CHILDHOOD AND HAS BEEN...

Die Brüder Schellenberg Das Tor des Krankenhauses fiel hinter Georg Weidenbach ins Schlo. Er hstelte, als er die rauhe Straenluft einatmete, und stlpte den Mantelkragen in die Hhe. Und schon schlug er, fast automatisch, jenen Weg ein, den er in tausend Trumen und Phantasien...

The Sacred Tree: Being the Second Part of 'The Tale of Genji'THE Tale of Genji was probably written about 10011015 a.d. We know the titles of a good many earlier stories and romances. About a dozen are mentioned in the Tale itself. But only...

The Hunting WaspsHenri Fabres essays on Wasps will fill three volumes in all, of which this is the first. The others will be entitled The Mason-Wasps and More Hunting Wasps. The former will include the chapters on the Common or Social Wasp. The first...

Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter - including sign painting, and valuable hints and recipesTake a piece of firm, close-grained charcoal, and near one end of it scoop out a cavity about half an inch in diameter and a quarter of an inch in...

Hints on the History and Management of the Honey Bee - Being the Substance of Two Lectures Read Before the Members of the Hereford Literary, Philosophical, and Antiquarian Institution, in the Winter of 1850-51The learned gentleman began by saying,Mr. President. Ladies, and GentlemenYou have...

The Honey-Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and ManagementAlthough the great addition which has of late been made to our knowledge of the honey-bee, may seem to render a reference to ancient writers comparatively unimportant; yet a few prefatory observations, upon the rise and progress...

Youth, Vol. I, No. 7, September 1902: An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys & GirlsAn Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys and Girls SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTSANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Sent postpaid to any addressSubscriptions can begin at any time and must be paid in advance...

The Animals' Christmas TreeOriginally published in the columns of The Churchman, this little fable has been so often asked for, and since the outbreak of the War has proved to embody such an obvious and important truth, that it has been thought best to...