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The Bull Calf, and Other TalesDizzy Joe:"I hope these cloze won't be as hard ter git out of as they was to git in ter! I'll jist give him my ole uns soze he'll have somethin' to wear!" Mr. Hankins:"Jerusalem de golden! I never...

Oberheudorfer Buben- und Mädelgeschichten: Sechszehn heitere ErzählungenAn einem Frhlingstage kamen drei junge Mnner auf ihrer Wanderung durch das deutsche Land nach Oberheudorf, das zwischen Gebirg und Ebene liegt. Als sie in das Dorf einzogen, lief ihnen unversehens ein Schweinchen in den Weg. Da rief...

Werner von Siemens, der Begründer der modernen ElektrotechnikVor dem stolz ragenden Gebude der Technischen Hochschule in Charlottenburg ist ein Bronzestandbild aufgerichtet, das Werner Siemens in schlichter Gestalt zeigt. Gewi konnte der Bildhauer, der heutigen Kunstrichtung entsprechend, nichts Besseres tun, als dem heranreifenden Ingenieurgeschlecht das...

Harper's Young People, June 28, 1881 - An Illustrated Weekly A grasshopper lay in the garden one day, Near a cabbageI mean cabbage-rose And his eyes had no snap, and his legs they were stiff, And turned very much up were his toes Dear...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 1, July 1852Summer is here, and her whole world of wealth is spread out before us in prodigal array. The woods and groves have darkened and thickened into one impervious mass of sober, uniform green; and having, for a...

Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2)BY B. H. ROBERTS AUTHOR OF The Gospel Outlines of Ecclesiastical History New Witness for God Mormon Doctrine of Deity Etc., Etc. VOLUME I. Salt Lake City 1907 ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details...

Harper's Young People, June 21, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyOn a warm, hazy day in January, 1849, I was at Orangeburg, South Carolina, eighty miles west of Charleston. My purpose was to visit the battle-ground of Eutaw Springs, on the right bank of the...

Birds and All Nature, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1898 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyALL animals with lungs have some sort of contrivance in the windpipe that is able to set the air in vibration as it is expelled or inhaled. Some have not...

The different modes of cultivating the pine-apple - From its first introduction into Europe to the late improvements of T.A. Knight, esq.A considerable interest has been excited in the Horticultural world by the experiments of T. A. Knight, Esq. on the culture of the...

The Rivers of Great Britain, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial: Rivers of the East Coast[Pg viii] We are indebted for the use of Photographs on pages 1, 4, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17, 21, 24, 25, 29, 32, 33, 40, 45, 48, 57, 65, 71, 76,...

Minnesota, the North Star StateIf this compend of Minnesota history shall be found a desirable addition to those already before the public, it will be due to the good fortune of the writer in reaching original sources of information not accessible to his predecessors....

Pääskyisen Pakinat: Kertomia kiehkurainen Suomen kieltä oppivaisten hytödyksiJossakiki mrin sit puutetta poistaaksemme, mik nihin asti Suomen kielt oppivaisilla en semmoisesta harjoituskirjasta ollut, joka sek selvsti osottaisi kielemme rakennuksen ja luonnon, ett myskin samalla tarjoaisi jotakin sisllyksens puolesta nuoren kansan luettavaksi soveltuvaista, olemme ennen toimittamista,...

The Island of EnchantmentEvil tidings have their own trick of spreading abroad. You cannot bury them. The news which had come secretly to Venice was known from the Giudecca to Madonna dell'Orto in two hours. Before noon it was in Murano. Young Zuan Gradenigo,...

Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 - Of Things and Persons Concerning the Church and EducationOf the vast number of English men and English women who have travelled on the Continent in late years, comparatively few, I...

Southern HeartsSeveral of the stories in this volume have appeared in the magazines; three are entirely new. For courteous permission to reprint thanks are due the publishers of "Romance," "Godey's Magazine," "The Ladies' World," and "The Independent." It was a beautiful morning of early...

L'enfance et l'adolescence - Édition spéciale pour la jeunesse revue par l'auteurLe 12 aot 18.., trois jours aprs le dixime anniversaire de ma naissance, o j'avais t combl de tant de merveilleux cadeaux, Karl Ivanovitch me rveilla sept heures du matin en abattant une...

Railway Rates: English and ForeignFor many reasons the failure to pass the Railway and Canal Traffic Bill ought not to be regretted even by those who are dissatisfied with railway companies, but who sincerely desire to benefit the trade of the country. In the...

Mr. Punch at Home: The Comic Side of Domestic LifeDesigned to provide in a series of volumes, each complete in itself, the cream of our national humour, contributed by the masters of comic draughtsmanship and the leading wits of the age to "Punch," from...

Carnet d'une femmeQuoique je ne sois que l'introducteur de ce livre, auprs du public, je te le ddie. Nul mieux que toi, le pote et le prosateur, aussi, des Parisiennes lgantes, aimantes et aimes, n'apprciera, en effet, le charme subtil qui s'en dgage. Une...

Schetsen uit Amerika en Tafereelen uit ItaliëNooit zal ik de n kwart ernstige en drie kwart grappige verbazing vergeten, waarmee ik den derden Januari achttienhonderd twee en veertig s morgens de deur opendeed van, en mijn hoofd stak in een paviljoen of zoogenaamde Staatsie-hut...