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Félicité: Étude sur la poésie de Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreJai tent, en tmoignage partiel dune pit que jespre attester plus compltement aujourdhui, comme en manire dune rtrospective compensation, dont plusieurs ont apprci lintention et got le contraste, de donner bien moins ma glose qu une muse,...

The House We Live In; or, The Making of the BodyMother: Oh, no! If we should visit the Indians, we would find them living in rude tents called wigwams, or teepees, made of mats and the bark of trees. In some countries people live...

The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances; - Including Observations on Spinning, Dyeing, and Weaving.History, until a recent period, was mainly a record of gigantic crimes and their consequent miseries. The dazzling glow of its narrations lighted never the path...

Roundabout to Moscow: An Epicurean JourneyIf any reader of this book happens to be carrying about a heavy pack of fine old English prejudices, I beg that he or she will drop it before entering upon the eleven chapters relating to Russia. The best...

The Jade Story Book; Stories from the OrientThe Jade Story Book contains tales gathered from the folklore of Far Eastern countriesIndia, China, Japan, the Philippine Islands and Persia. Most of those from India are adapted from The Hitopadesa, which is also known as The...

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 370, January 29, 1887Of these, each competitor will make out a list for herself, and regarding those whom she selects, she will be required to state, briefly and clearly, who they were, when and where they were...

Karjalan Osman nuoruus: Historiallinen kertomus yhdeksänneltä vuosisadalta "On totta, ett ruusunhohde lep Pohjolan viikinkiajan yll, mutta jos varustamme silmmme historian nklasilla, niin huomaamme pian, ett tm ruusunhohde ei ole muuta kuin vrisekotus verest ja kyynelist." "Ei parempaa onnea ikn pyytmist!" virkkoi hn. "Ajatelkaas, kaikki...

Treatise on landscape painting in water-colours by David CoxWhen an artist is beyond question a master of his craft it is always particularly interesting to hear what he has to say about the principles by which his art is controlled and the methods he...

When Oscar Went WildRen Merton and Sig Watson had spent the night in Piperock and of a consequence were in no shape to appreciate the beauties of the dewy morn, as their horses picked their way up the trail to the top of Overwhich...

The Little Review, March 1915 (Vol. 2, No. 1) This is not man-to-man enmity, but there need be no quibble about it. For seventeen years I have studied T. R. as representative of that America which has consistently betrayed the finer aspirations of our...

Earth's Gone to the Dogs!Ruskin leaned back and yawnedthe porch chair creaked comfortably. It was a comfortable day. Fifty yards away the barnyard was alive with Spring noises. Clean crisp smells floated to him through the bright morning air. Ruskin frowned and swore quietly....

La Rabistoj: Dramo en kvin aktojKaj iaj Korespondantoj: DANUJO, ANDR.-FRED. HST & SN, Bredgade 35, KJBENHAVN. GERMANUJO, ESPERANTO-VERLAG MLLER & BOREL, Prinzenstrasse, 95, BERLIN. GRANDA BRITUJO, REVIEW of REVIEWS, Mowbray House, Norfolk street, LONDON W. C. HISPANUJO, J. ESPASA, 579, Calle de las Cortes,...

Joan, the CurateIt was soon after the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1748, had put an inglorious end to an inglorious war, that the Government of the day began to give serious attention to an evil which had been suffered to grow while public attention...

The BeachcomberMaxwell and the girl started their weekend on Thursday, in Venice. Friday they went to Paris, Saturday to Nice, and on Sunday they were bored. Alice pouted at him across the breakfast table. "Vernon, let's go someplace else," she said. The eggs were...

Orienting the House: A Study of the Placing of the House with Relation to the Sun's RaysIn selecting a home site, there are a number of very important things to be considered. When once you settle the point of convenient accessibility to your work...

General Crook and the Fighting Apaches - Treating Also of the Part Borne by Jimmie Dunn in the days, 1871-1886, When With Soldiers and Pack-trains and Indian Scouts, but Employing the Stronger Weapons of Kindness, Firmness and Honesty, the Gray Fox Worked Hard to...

Our Irish Theatre: A chapter of autobiographyTo Richard Gregory.Little Grandson: When I go into the garden in the morning to find you a nectarine or tell you the names of flowers, Catalpa, Lovelies-bleeding, Balsam, Phlox, you ask me why I cannot stay but must...

Writing ClassEddie McDermott paused at the door, then caught his breath and tiptoed into the classroom and to his seat. Mort Eddison, his best friend, looked at him reprovingly; the class had been in session for almost fifteen minutes, and one just didn't come...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 30, Vol. I, July 26, 1884The ocean has been watched and studied for ages in innumerable aspectsit has been looked at from points of view wide asunder as the polesit has been sung...

DeirdreOnce on a time Conachr mac Nessa[1] was on a journey, and had to pass the night at the house of Felimid mac Dall, his storyteller. He was annoyed because his wife, Maeve, had not come with him, but Maeve had the knack of...