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Sebastian BachNo one will expect a life of Bach to be amusing, but it will be my own fault if the present Essay does not offer an interest of a high and varied character. If it labours under a disadvantage, as the first biography...

Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel - Motor Stories Thrilling Adventure Motor Fiction No 1.Issued Weekly. By subscription $2.50 per year. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1909, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.,...

LausanneThough Lausanne is so near Geneva, its history, in historical times, has been widely different from that of the neighbouring town. Geneva enjoyed a modified independence from an early date, and became completely independent early in the sixteenth century. Lausanne, until nearly 300 years...

Inselwelt. Zweiter Band. Australische Skizzen. - Gesammelte Erzählungen. In frheren Jahren war Australien nichts, als eine Verbrecher-Colonie, und immer neue Schiffsladungen voll Missethter wurden von England aus hinbergeschickt. Zugleich aber gingen auch einzelne freie Ansiedler mit in das ferne Land, die sich, unbekmmert um...

Suhteita: HarjoitelmiaSiihen katseeseen voi hn unohtaa kaiken, se yksin voi korvata hnelle kaiken krsityn. Ja mit olivat hnen krsimyksens olleet? Pienen elmn vhisi vastahakoisuuksia, joita hn oli suurennellut ja liioitellut, mutta joilla ei ollut mitn merkityst en, kosk'ei niill ollut mitn tekemist tmn uuden...

Rakkautta: NovellejaSill mit olivat ihmiset sinun edesssi? Vain tomu ja tuhka. Mit tieto ja tietmttmyys? Vain pivien vaihtuva leikki. Mik oli totta tnn, oli valhetta huomenna. Mik kukoisti, kuihtui ja kuoli kohta. Vuosisadat vierivt, ajat vaipuivat ja unohtuivat, katosivat vuodet tuhannet, sykhten vaikenivat kuin...

Arkielämää: KertomusNnnyttvsti hellitti aamuaurinko kellokukkien teri Koiviston tien varsilla. Siniset kellotert nyttivt kalpeammilta kuumuudessa. Vaeltavaan kiertolaiseen, jota pappi Nymaniksi sanottiin ja joka rikkinisiss saappaissaan laahusti tiet pitkin, tarttui nnnytys. Hn etsi tien vierest paikan, johon istuutui lepmn. Autio Kangasaho levisi hnen edessn ja laskeutui...

Vanished Halls and Cathedrals of France Quis funera faudo Explicet, aut possit lacrymis aequare Labores? Urbs antiqua ruit, fnultos domint a per annos; Plurima perque vias sternuntur inertia passim. Corpora, perque domos, et religiosa deorum Limina! Surviving the ancient wars and revolutions in this,...

AbbotsfordAbbotsford merits a volume in the present series will be readily conceded. In preparing the letterpress I have found myself, not unnaturally, playing to some extent the part of a biographer, and in this I have generally followed Lockhart, always the ultimate authority on...

How To Ski and How Not ToThe alterations and additions to this book in its present form are due partly to fresh practical experience; partly to adverse criticism of which I now see the justice; and partly, as I freely admit, to the picking...

Manual of Taxidermy - A Complete Guide in Collecting and Preserving Birds and MammalsTwenty-five or thirty years ago amateur collectors of birds were rare; in fact, excepting in the immediate vicinity of large cities, individuals who spent their leisure time in gathering birds for...

L'Illustration, No. 2522, 27 Juin 1891e garden-party devient un divertissement la mode. Et c'est tant mieux, car Paris il y a une quantit de jardins inconnus dont les grands arbres et les pelouses semblent avoir la nostalgie des robes claires et des musiques en...

The Deep Lake MysteryBy CAROLYN WELLS Author of The Crime in the Crypt, All At Sea, Anything But the Truth, The Bronze Hand, The Daughter of the House, Face Cards, Feathers Left Around, The Fourteenth Key, The Furthest Fury, Prillilgirl, The Red-Haired Girl, The...

The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) - Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)Our American educational methods too frequently seek to produce the effect of polish upon a kind of sandstone information that will not stand polishing....

Der Kunstreiter, 3. BandHugo von Silberglanz befand sich, als er Georginen verlie, wirklich in einem auergewhnlichen Grade von Aufregung, der nicht allein den Reizen des schnen Weibes, sondern auch noch seinen durch sie pltzlich berstrzten Plnen und Geschften, wie all den Verwicklungen galt, in...

Der Kunstreiter, 2. BandSiehst du, fuhr er fort, wenn du einen einzelnen Baum da drauen stehen siehst, so denkst du wohl wenn du berhaupt je etwas dchtest das sei ein lebloses, totes Ding, was da steht, und allerdings kann sich's nicht von der Stelle...

Of the Injustice of Counterfeiting Books - From: Essays and Treaties on Moral, Political and various Philosophical Subjects Transcriber note: This e-text edition of "Of the Injustice of Counterfeiting Books" is, essentially, with some changes or clarifications by the e-text preparer, based on a...

The Adopting of Rosa Marie - (A Sequel to Dandelion Cottage)In this charming girl's book we meet again the four chums of Dandelion Cottage. Their friendship knit closer than ever by their summer at playing house, the girls enlarge their activity by mothering a...

Two Tragedies of Seneca: Medea and The Daughters of Troy - Rendered into English VerseThe interest of English students in the dramas of Seneca lies in the powerful influence exerted by them upon the evolution of the English drama, and these translations have been...

The Relentless CityThe big pink and white dining-room at the Carlton was full to suffocation of people, mixed odours of dinner, the blare of the band just outside, and a babel of voices. In the hall theatre-goers were having their coffee and cigarettes after...