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Kertomuksia Suomen historiasta IV - Sigismund ja Kaarle IX 1. Kaarle herttua. 2. Upsalan kirkolliskokous. 3. Sigismund tulee Ruotsiin. 4. Sigismundin kruunaus. 5. Klaus Fleming ja Kaarle herttua. 6. Linnaleiri ja talonpojat. 7. Nuijasodan alku. 8. Ilkkaisen sota. 9. Savon kapina. 10. Pohjoispohjalaisten kapina....

Elizabethan & Jacobean PamphletsI can conceive some readers, not necessarily frivolous, anticipating little pleasure from a volume devoted to examples of Elizabethan and Jacobean pamphlets. It must be the business of the volume I have planned to convince them that they are wrong. But...

Great Cities of the United States - Historical, Descriptive, Commercial, IndustrialJust as the history of a country is largely the history of its great men, so the geography of a country is largely the story of its great cities. How much more easily history...

Letters from an Old Railway Official to His Son, a Division Superintendent My Dear Boy:The circular announcing your appointment as division superintendent has just been received, and it brings up a flood of thoughts of former years. I felt that you had made a...

Yorkshire BattlesIn the history of our national evolution Yorkshire occupies a most important position, and the sanguinary record of Yorkshire Battles possesses something more than material for the poet and the artist. Valour, loyalty, patriotism, honour and self-sacrifice are virtues not uncommon to the...

Thirty Years' View (Vol. 1 of 2) - or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850Justice to the men with whom I acted, and to the cause in which we were engaged, is my chief...

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, May 25, 1895A Mark against Denmark.At the beginning of last week it was midsummer weather, and not to have cast off winter clothing and donned light attire would have been deemed "Midsummer madness." But by Thursday "on...

Colouration in Animals and PlantsThis little book is only a sketch of what its Author desired it to be, and he never saw the completed manuscript. Beginning with the fundamental idea that decoration is based upon structure, he saw that this was due to...

A Little Preserving Book for a Little GirlJessie May was Adelaide's most intimate friend, who had been away the whole summer long. To be sure, they had written to one another regularly, and in each letter that Adelaide sent to Jessie May she hinted...

A Little Candy Book for a Little GirlThe publishers wish to call the attention of the little candy maker to the Appendix in this book. The United States Food Administration, while it does not object to a moderate use of sugar in candy making,...

The Motor Boys on the Atlantic; or, The Mystery of the LighthouseAye, aye, my hearty! Shiver my timbers messmate, but were in for a spell of bad weather! and Jerry walked up to where Bob Baker was trying to drive a nail straight into...

Myrsky ALONZO, Neapelin kuningas. SEBASTIAN, hnen veljens. PROSPERO, Milanon laillinen herttua. ANTONIO, hnen veljens, Milanon herttuavallan anastaja. FERDINAND, Neapelin kuninkaan poika. GONZALO, vanha, rehellinen valtaneuvos. ADRIAN, | hoviherroja. FRANCISCO, | CALIBAN, kuvaton metslis-orja. TRINCULO, ilvehtij. STEPHANO, juopunut juomanlaskija. Laivakapteeni, laivamies ja merimiehi. MIRANDA, Prosperon...

The Evolution of Culture, and Other EssaysIt was about the middle of last century that an officer in Her Majestys Army began to apply the lessons which he had learnt in the course of some of his professional experimental work to studies pursued by...

The Book of Bulbs Like many another distinguished gardener, Mr Arnott is a Scotsman, being a native of Dumfries, and now living in the adjoining county of Kirkcudbright. For the last fourteen years his name has been a familiar one to readers of the...

Three Years in Western China - A Narrative of Three Journeys in Ssu-ch'uan, Kuei-chow, and Yün-nanSince the publication of the first edition of this book, in 1890, several important changes have taken place in foreign commercial relations with Western China, and sufficient time has...

The Mark of CainAvice hung up the receiver with a little snap. She was willing that Mrs. Black should marry her uncle, but she did hate to be relegated to second place in the household. Already the handsome widow was asserting her supremacy, and...

Talvinen tarina LEONTES, Sisilian kuningas. MAMILLIUS, hnen poikansa. CAMILLO, | ANTIGONUS, | Sisilian ylimyksi. CLEOMENES, | DION, POLYXENES, Bhmin kuningas. FLORIZEL, hnen poikansa. ARCHIDAMUS, bhmilinen ylimys. Merimies Vanginvartija. Vanha paimen, Perditan isksi luultu. Hnen poikansa. AUTOLYCUS. veijari. Aika, khoorina. HERMIONE. Leonteen puoliso. PERDITA, Leonteen...

Kaksi nuorta veronalaistaMilanon herttua, Silvian is. VALENTIN, | kaksi veronalaista aatelismiest. PROTEUS, | ANTONIO, Proteuksen is. THURIO, Valentinin kilpakosija. EGLAMOUR. VILKAS, Valentinin palvelija. KEIHS, Proteuksen palvelija. PANTHINO, Antonion palvelija. Isnt, jonka talossa Julia asuu. Rosvoja. JULIA, nuori veronalainen neiti. SILVIA, herttuan tytr. LUCETTA, Julian...

Time and Its MeasurementMr. Arthur is an enthusiastic scientist, a successful inventor and extensive traveler, who has for years been making a study of clocks, watches, and time-measuring devices. He is not only a great authority on this subject, but his collection of over...

Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) - or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1856, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office...