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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 699 - May 19, 1877On the 1st of July 1874, two little boys, brothers, were playing on the side of a public road near some villas at Germantown, a few miles from Philadelphia. The elder...

On the origin of inflammation of the veins - and of the causes, consequences, and treatment of purulent depositsSince the period when Humoral Pathology fell into merited disrepute, comparatively few attempts have been made, to define with any degree of accuracy, the conditions under...

Dr. Stearns's Tour from London to Paris Kind Reader, As I am obliged to spend the greatest part of my time in mathematical, philosophical, and physical studies, it was not my design to have written on this subject, although I was advised to do...

The Book of Roses IT IS needless to eulogize the Rose. Poets from Anacreon and Sappho, and earlier than they, down to our own times, have sung its praises; and yet the rose of Grecian and of Persian song, the rose of troubadours and...

Who was the Commander at Bunker Hill? - With Remarks on Frothingham's History of the BattleThirty-two years since, though without any pretensions to be an author, we consented to write an account of Bunker Hill Battle, as a feeble contribution to the monument of...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 697 - May 5, 1877One of my pleasant recollections is that of seeing Sir Walter Scott out on a stroll with his dogs; the scene being in the neighbourhood of Abbotsford, in the summer of...

The Merry-go-round All her life Miss Elizabeth Dwarris had been a sore trial to her relations. A woman of means, she ruled tyrannously over a large number of impecunious cousins, using her bank balance like the scorpions of Rehoboam to chastise them; and, like...

Indian Myth and LegendDushyanta and ShakuntalaRomantic WooingBirth of BharataShakuntala's AppealHer Claim vindicatedKing Bharata's ReignKing Hastin and King KuruKing Shantanu's Bride a GoddessSeven Babes drownedStory of SatyavatiVyasa, Poet and SageBhishma's Terrible VowFisher Girl becomes QueenMarriage by CaptureA Childless KingOrigin of Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura. Now...

The Popular Science Monthly, June, 1900 - Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900a. It is a disease which attacks epidemically, in a short time and within a small area, large numbers of people, thus permitting of easy comparisons and suggesting conclusions from the...

Left Half HarmonAt a few minutes past three oclock on a particularly warm afternoon in late September of last year three boys removed themselves and their luggage from the top of a Fifth Avenue stage in New York City and set forth eastward along...

Ballads and Poems of Tragic LifeThe legend of the Iron Crown of Lombardy, formed of a nail of the true Cross by order of the devout Queen Theodolinda, is well known. In the above dramatic song she is seen passing through one of the...

The Black Moose in PennsylvaniaWhen the writer first visited the hunting lodge home of Seth Iredell Nelson (1809-1905) at Round Island, Clinton County, in August, 1899, he noticed a medium-sized set of moose-horns hanging on the wall of the great Nimrod's living-room. Having heard...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 698 - May 12, 1877In a certain district of Ireland, at the foot of a tall mountain, and well sheltered from the wind, stood the comfortable farm-house of Patrick Daly, who, though not much raised...

Quintus Claudius: A Romance of Imperial Rome. Volume 2Please note the publishers decision to place footnotes at the bottom of each page, as well as the authors note on this topic in the Preface. In keeping with his intent, footnotes have been moved to...

Quintus Claudius: A Romance of Imperial Rome. Volume 1It was in Rome itself, in the sublime solemnity of the Colosseum, among the ruins of the palaces of the Caesars and crumbling pillars of the temples of the gods, that the first dreamy outlines rose...

Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1At an early period of his life Samuel J. Tilden seems to have had a sense of its importance not ordinarily felt by youth of his age. This may be accounted for in part by...

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900 - Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900The circumstance which renders the coming total eclipse of the sun, on May 28, 1900, of special significance to thousands of people who might otherwise entirely overlook the occasion is the...

The Daughter of Heaven Thoroughly to understand China, one must realize that it has for three hundred years cherished in its heart a deep and continually bleeding wound. When the country was conquered by the Manchus of Tartary, the ancient dynasty of the Mings...

Fort Sumter National Monument, South CarolinaThis publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the historical and archeological areas in the National Park System administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior. It is printed by the...

The Building of Castello de San Marcos - National Park Service Interpretive Series, History No. 1The National Park System, of which Castillo de San Marcos National Monument is a unit, is dedicated to conserving the scenic, scientific, and historic heritage of the United States...