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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 148, January 20th 1915The Prussian Government has ordered that there shall be no public festivities on the occasion of the birthday of the Kaiser. This confirms the rumour that His Majesty now wishes that he had not been...

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 148, January 13th 1915"Stick it!" it may be remembered, was General von Kluck's Christmas message as published in a German newspaper. The journal in question is evidently read in Constantinople, for the Turks are now stated to have...

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, March 9th 1895Far below lay the globe like a huge ball of glowing light, patched here and there with dark tracts, and intersected with lines brighter than the surrounding brightness. That was my goal. But here I...

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, March 2nd 1895In these awful circumstances, with the night air whistling past me, and with my beloved Chuddah and her nurse hurtling upwards beside me, it is scarcely necessary for me to say that I never for...

The Post Office of India and Its StoryWhen I first decided to write a short account of the Post Office of India my intention was to close my story with the amalgamation of the Post Office and the Telegraph Department, which took place in...

Frühlings Erwachen: Eine KindertragödieDas Kleid ist nicht zu lang, Wendla. Was willst du denn! Kann ich dafr, da mein Kind mit jedem Frhjahr wieder zwei Zoll grer ist. Du darfst doch als ausgewachsenes Mdchen nicht in Prinzekleidchen einhergehen. Jedenfalls steht mir mein Prinzekleidchen besser...

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 23, 1895A. Quite good enough. They will laugh when a London lady expresses surprise at finding flowers growing in the country, and roar when they hear the retort, that plants are as common in the provinces...

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 16, 1895"Tempora Mutantur."In these days of very late dining hours a performance at 5 P.M., if over at 7, or 7.15 at latest, ought to suit those whose daily work is over about 4 or 4.30,...

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 9, 1895Unanswerable.The Archbishop of Canterbury, speaking at Folkestone last week, said that "The Disestablishment Bill does not need any answering: it answers itself." An' it please your Grace, if it does "answer," and answers its purpose,...

Punch, or the London Charavari, Volume 93, October 8, 1887I. S. (soliloquising). Hah! Really reads very well, very well indeed. Points neatly put, hits smartly delivered! They shan't call me the "Champion Slugger" for nothing. American pugilist, named Sullivan, original bearer of that honorific...

Birds in FlightZoological Department, British Museum (Natural History). Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Hon. Member of the American Ornithologists' Union. Associate of the Linnean Society. Member of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Member of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Author...

History of the Jews, Vol. 5 (of 6)All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher: except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in...

Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects BY J. E. Taylor, F.L.S., F.G.S. E. F. Elwin. Thos. Southwell, F.Z.S. Dr. Knaggs. E. C. Rye, F.Z.S. J. B. Bridgman. Professor Ralph Tate, F.G.S. Jas. Britten, F.L.S. Professor Buckman, F.G.S. Dr. Braithwaite, F.L.S. Worthington G. Smith,...

The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out So said Jessie Gregg, a rosy-cheeked girl of twelve, to her eldest brother, Fred, one evening in March, as they stood in the porchway of their home, situated near the bank of the Passaic...

The Daisy, or, Cautionary Stories in Verse. - Adapted to the Ideas of Children from Four to Eight Years Old.The little books printed about a hundred years ago "for the amusement of little masters and misses" must now be looked for in the cabinets...

The ApostlesThe first book of our History of the Origins of Christianity brought us down to the death and burial of Jesus; and we must now resume the subject at the point where we left itthat is to say, on Saturday, the fourth of...

The Pan-Angles - A Consideration of the Federation of the Seven English-Speaking NationsTHE Author is indebted to the following publishers and authors for kind permission to make quotations from copyright matter: to Mr. Edward Arnold for Colonial Nationalism, by Richard Jebb; to Mr. B....

The Art of Graining: How Acquired and How Produced. - With the description of colors and their applications.The Art of Graining is judged by the authors of this treatise to be of sufficient importance to justify a work devoted especially to the task of...

How the World TravelsTranscriber's note: Minor spelling and punctuation inconsistencies been harmonized. Obvious printer errors have been repaired. Missing page numbers are page numbers that were not shown in the original text. An "Illustrations II" has been added so as to include the illustrations...

Pubs: A Collection of Hotel, Inn, and Tavern Signs in Great Britain and Ireland - to Which Are Added a Few Foreign Café Signs He also desires to state his indebtedness to the standard work of Messrs. Larwood and Hotten for much valuable information,...