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Harper's Young People, April 5, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyJim drew a long breath of relief, and put his finger into the open mouth of one of the unfledged blackbirds. "You frightened me for a moment," he said, "but I see you were only...

The Bible for Young PeopleThe Bible for Young People tells the sweet and simple stories of the Bible in the Bible language, omitting only genealogies and doctrines, and whatever is generally regarded as unprofitable to young readers. Moreover, it is so divided into subjects,...

Harper's Young People, March 29, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyIn the good old days of the city of Wilmington, some seventy or eighty years ago, there lived a couple in that quaint little Quaker town by the name of Vertz, better known as Dutch...

Harper's Young People, March 22, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyTommy Tucker lives on a "farm" in the city of New York, near the Central Park. Some people make fun of Tommy's way of living, and call his place the "sunken lots," and say his...

Among the Esquimaux; or, Adventures under the Arctic Circle The good ship "Nautilus" had completed the greater part of her voyage from London to her far-off destination, deep in the recesses of British America. This was York Factory, one of the chief posts of...

Deutsche Freiheit: Ein Weckruf[5] ber die deutsche Freiheit zu reden, das kann in diesen Tagen gewagt, ja vermessen dnken, wo Deutschland schwer gelhmt, von bermchtigen Gegnern unterdrckt und in seiner Kraft durch inneren Zwist gebrochen darniederliegt; es wre ein solches Unternehmen in Wahrheit tricht,...

Troy and Its Remains - A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries Made on the Site of Ilium and in the Trojan PlainTHE present book is a sort of Diary of my excavations at Troy, for all the memoirs of which it consists were, as...

Märchen und Erzählungen für Anfänger. Zweiter TeilThis second part of Mrchen und Erzhlungen is intended to continue the work begun in the first, and to bridge over the remaining space between German for Americans and German for Germans. The stories are carefully graded so...

The International Development of ChinaAs soon as Armistice was declared in the recent World War, I began to take up the study of the International Development of China, and to form programs accordingly. I was prompted to do so by the desire to contribute...

The Household of Sir Thomas MoreIt is not always from the closest and most accurate historian that we receive the truest picture of an age or of a character. The artist gives a more real picture than the photographer; and it needs imagination and...

Ylpeys ja ennakkoluuloHnen elmns vaiheet ovat tuiki yksinkertaiset ja vhvaiheiset. Hn oli "papin tytr" niinkuin Juhani Ahon Elli, mutta hnest ei tullut "papin rouvaa", sill hn kuoli naimattomana 42-vuotiaana. Tuo elm kului ensin pieness maalaispappilassa isll oli hoidettavanaan kaksikin seurakuntaa, mutta niiden jsenluku ei...

Burritt College Centennial Celebration, August 13-15, 1948 - Address by Charles Lee LewisAs Daniel Webster said in his famous speech on the Dartmouth College Case, so do we say of Burritt College, Though it is a little college, there are those who love it....

Later Queens of the French StageBY H. NOEL WILLIAMS AUTHOR OF QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGE, MADAME RCAMIER AND HER FRIENDS, MADAME DE POMPADOUR, MADAME DE MONTESPAN, MADAME DU BARRY, ETC. LONDON AND NEW YORK H A R P E R & B R...

Diario de un viage a Salinas Grandes, en los campos del sud de Buenos AiresLas pampas de Buenos Aires tuvieron en otros tiempos sus caravanas y romerias: no para visitar mosqueas, ni para hacer expiaciones, sino para empresas lucrativas, que llenaban las arcas del...

The Boy Aviators in Record Flight; Or, The Rival Aeroplane 1 The Boy Aviators in Nicaragua; or, In League with the Insurgents. 2 The Boy Aviators on Secret Service; or, Working with Wireless. 3 The Boy Aviators in Africa; or, An Aerial Ivory Trail...

Heraldry for Craftsmen & DesignersTo those who have given attention to the study of ancient heraldry few things are more surprising than the imperfect understanding of its true principles displayed in their works by so many artists and craftsmen of every degree. Year after...

Poetas de colorEs una pgina muy triste, es una historia de lgrimas y duelo la que vamos presentar al lector: la vida y muerte de Plcido, la mancha ms negra de nuestra historia poltica y literaria, el baldon ms ignominioso que puede echarse en...

The Invention of the Track Circuit - The history of Dr. William Robinson's invention of the track circuit, the fundamental unit which made possible our present automatic block signaling and interlocking systems Believing that no more fitting memorial can be prepared in honor of...

Red as a Rose is She: A NovelHave you ever been to Wales? I do not ask this question of any one in particular; I merely address it to the universal British public, or, rather, to such member or members of the same as...

Americana Ebrietatis - The Favorite Tipple of our Forefathers and the Laws and Customs Relating TheretoTo my father, Rev. Geo. H. Peeke, whose vote followed his prayers, this little book is dedicated, except the chapter on the "Church and the Clergy," which is dedicated...