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Plays by August Strindberg, Third SeriesThe collection of plays contained in this volume is unusually representative, giving what might be called a cross-section of Strindberg's development as a dramatist from his naturalistic revolt in the middle eighties, to his final arrival at resigned mysticism...

L'Illustration, No. 1608, 20 décembre 1873 SOMMAIRE TEXTE Histoire de la semaine, Courrier de Paris, par M. Philibert Audebrand. P. Blanchard. La Sur perdue, une histoire du Gran Chaco (suite), par M. Mayne Reid. Un voyage en Espagne pendant l'insurrection (fin). La veille du...

The Miraculous Medal: Its Origin, History, Circulation, ResultsThe eighth and last edition of THE HISTORY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL, extending up to the year 1842, has for a long time been out of print. More than once efforts have been made to have a...

On Yachts and Yacht Handling"Books were made that man might pass his knowledge to his fellows; through them he speaks to a vast audience, and his power to enlighten is only circumscribed by the ability to impart this knowledge in lucid and interesting language."...

The Birth of the Nation, Jamestown, 1607 We are about to commemorate the settlement of the English at Jamestown three hundred years ago. Under God's blessing, we are not only at peace with all the world, but are bound by ties of close friendship...

Boat-Building and BoatingThis is not a book for yacht-builders, but it is intended for beginners in the art of boat-building, for boys and men who wish to make something with which they may navigate the waters of ponds, lakes, or streams. It begins with...

The Flying ReporterIt will probably come as a surprise to many readers to know that when this story was written, more than one hundred American newspapers owned and operated airplanes as a regular part of their news-gathering equipment. By the time this tale is...

The Abandoned Farmers - His Humorous Account of a Retreat from the City to the FarmIt is the inclination of the average reader to skip prefaces. For this I do not in the least blame him. Skipping the preface is one of my favorite...

The Glory of the Coming - What Mine Eyes Have Seen of Americans in Action in This Year of Grace and Allied Endeavor Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes...

Old Judge PriestTHIS story begins with Judge Priest sitting at his desk at his chambers at the old courthouse. I have a suspicion that it will end with him sitting there. As to that small detail I cannot at this time be quite positive....

Back Home: Being the Narrative of Judge Priest and His PeopleAFTER I came North to live it seemed to me, as probably it has seemed to many Southern born men and women that the Southerner of fiction as met with in the North was...

Those Times and TheseTO me and to those of my generation, Judge Priest was always Judge Priest. So he was also to most of the people of our town and our county and our judicial district. A few men of his own agemainly men...

The Revolt: A Play In One Act SCENE.The Class-room. A table. Chairs arranged in semi-circle; an easy chair for Grandma Gregg. Screen in one corner. Chairs or couch upon which to lay wraps and hats. Otherwise an ordinary room. Tea things on the table....

Dominie Dean: A Novel That day when you came to my home and suggested that I write the book to which I now gratefully prefix this brief dedication, I little imagined how real David Dean would become to me. I have just written the...

The Incubator BabyOn the sunniest slope of the garden of Paradise the trees stand in long, pleasant rows. The air is always balmy, and the trees are forever in bloom with pink and white blossoms. From a distance the trees look like apple trees,...

Musta tulpaani: RomaaniEsipuhe. I. Kansan kiitos. II. Veljekset. III. Jan de Wittin oppilas. IV. Murhaajat. V. Tulpaaninviljelij ja hnen naapurinsa. VI. Tulpaaninviljelijn viha. VII. Onnellinen ihminen tutustuu onnettomuuteen. VIII. Sisnmurto. IX. Sukukammio. X. Vanginvartijan tytr. XI. Kornelius van Baerlen testamentti. XII. Mestaus. XIII. Mitk...

Libahunt: Draama wiies vaatuses Must ja ngine rehetare. Ahjus hgub tuli ja punetab slt seinte ple. Ahju ees sawik (mritud iste), kolde kohal ahela otsas pada. Ahju krwal pink, kartsas ja wanaema woodi. Teisel pool wastu nurgas uhmripakk, leiwalabidas, ahjuluud ja muud koli, seinas...

Téli zöld: Válogatott elbeszélések az ifjuság számáraOtt egy nlnl alig idsebb kis fiut vezettek el, s azt mondtk, hogy ez lesz vlegnye. A szp szke gyermek kezt sszefztk az vivel, gyrt cserltettek velk, az oltr el vezettk s ott a kt szp gyermeket megeskettk,...

The Book of Camp-Lore and WoodcraftBoys, if this foreword is too "highbrow" for your taste, skip it, but the author don't believe you will, and even if he has used some dictionary words he feels that you will forgive him after he tells you...

Proceedings, Third National Conference Workmen's Compensation for Industrial AccidentsThe National Conference on Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Accidents was organized at Atlantic City, July 29-31, 1909. The second meeting was held in Washington, January 20, 1910. The third meeting, June 10-11, 1910, was in Chicago....