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Woman in PrisonI was reading an evening paper. I glanced over the advertisements. One attracted my attention, and held it so strongly that I read it over and over, again and again. There was nothing unusual in it to ordinary observation. It read, "Wanted.At...

Schwarz-Weiß-Rot: Grotesken ES ist im hchsten Grade omins, da Deutschland ganz buchstblich Goethes Farben trgt, nmlich auer den Extremen aller Farben, Wei und Schwarz, gerade Rot, die Farbe aller Farben im Sinne Goethes; und da Goethe mit dieser seiner Farbenauffassung seit mehr als einem...

Gesänge gegen den Tod Jene blutigangefahrne Maus, die sich im Staub der Strae weh vertropfte, als der Tag schwand und der mrderische Autobus schon in der Ferne klopfte, pulste auf zur Zeit der Morgenfrische fern im Orient in einer neuen Maus. Ein weier Hund...

Mars and Its MysteryHad some one asked, fifty years ago, Is the Sun composed of chemical elements with which we are familiar? Shall we ever know? the question would not have been deemed worthy of a second thought. Realizing what has been accomplished, not...

Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of LondonNothing could well be deader or emptier than an unoccupied house of whose former inhabitants we have no knowledge; and it is impossible to take a real interest in a house now occupied by strangers, even though it...

The Americans as They Are - Described in a tour through the valley of the MississippiUpwards of half a century has now elapsed since the independence of the United States became firmly established. During this period two great questions have been solved, exposing the...

Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 1 (of 4).—1841-1857The title of this work indicates at once its main source and its limitations. The files of Punch have been generally admitted to be a valuable mine of information on the manners, customs, and fashions...

KatiaBY COUNT LON TOLSTO Author of War and Peace, What I Believe, etc. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH AUTHORIZED EDITION NEW YORK WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER, PUBLISHER 11 MURRAY STREET 1887 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1887 by William S. Gottsberger in...

Siipirikko: Ernst Ahlgren kirjailijana ja ihmisenäPstessni julkisuuteen tmn kirjasen, jota varten useiden vuosien kuluessa olen kernnyt aineksia, pyydn saada lausua vilpittmt kiitokseni rouva Matti af Geijerstamille Tukholmassa, joka suullisesti on antanut minulle tietoja itipuolestansa, sek kirjailija Axel Lundegrdille, jonka vlityksell minulla on ollut tilaisuutta...

The Eve of All-Hallows; Or, Adelaide of Tyrconnel, v. 3 of 3The banditti who made the fierce and fiery attack, as recounted in our last chapter, a few days subsequent to that sad event were arrested by the Gens d'Armes in Soignies wood. They...

500 of the Best Cockney War StoriesSir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure...

The Spanish Brothers: A Tale of the Sixteenth CenturyOn one of the green slopes of the Sierra Morena, shaded by a few cork-trees, and with wild craggy heights and bare brown wastes stretching far above, there stood, about the middle of the sixteenth century,...

History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea From 1807 to 1810My house being near the sea, we were, during the year Ke sze of Ka king (1809), disturbed by the Pirates. The whole coast adjoining to our town was in confusion, and...

Les Deux Rives: RomanNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Comme la voiture s'arrtait devant la grille du...

William Dwight WhitneyNorthampton, Massachusetts, half a century ago, was one of the best examples of a typical New England townamong stately hills, on the banks of the Connecticut River, with broad streets well shaded by great spreading elms, with large homesteads still occupied by...

Die Last Es gibt Leute, welche die Worte: Ich bin nicht gekommen, den Frieden zu bringen, sondern das Schwert mit besonderer Vorliebe herausgreifen, andere wieder, welche meinen, Christus knne sich unmglich so geussert haben. Ich zweifle keinen Augenblick, dass er so sprach, so wenig...

Cape Breton Tales"On the French Shore of Cape Breton" and "The Privilege" were first published in The Atlantic Monthly, while "La Rose Witnesseth of La Belle Mlanie" is reprinted from "Amde's Son" (Chapters VIII and IX) with the kind permission of the publishers, Houghton...

Brown of Moukden: A Story of the Russo-Japanese WarLast year I wove a romance about the early incidents of the great war now happily at an end; this year I have chosen its later incidents as the background for my hero's adventures. But while...

Histoires naturellesIl saute du lit de bon matin, et ne part que si son esprit est net, son cur pur et son corps lger comme un vtement d't. Il n'emporte point de provisions. Il boira l'air frais en route et reniflera les odeurs salubres....

Richelieu: A Tale of France, v. 3/3STRANGE to say, in the manuscript notes from which this true history is derived, there occurs the most extraordinary omission that perhaps ever appeared in the writings of any one pretending to accuracy; and most provoking of all,...