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Mrs. Arthur; vol. 1 of 3The door was so near the sitting-room that every demand made there was easily heard, and even answered from within; and, indeed, Mrs. Bates was in the habit of calling out an answer when it happened to be beyond...

Cottage Cheese Recipe Book - Appetizers, Salads, Salad Dressings, Breads, Main Dishes, DessertsCottage cheese is easily digested and readily assimilated. It is an important food for the person desiring to lose weight because of its high nutritive value and low caloric content. One ounce...

Baker's Coconut RecipesFresh, carefully selected coconuts are shipped right to the BAKER factoryhere they are opened, grated and sealed in airtight cans. All the work is done in BAKERS bright, spotless, sunshiny factory, where everything is as clean as in the cleanest home kitchen....

They Reached for the MoonThey took a thousand days to build the great, gleaming monster, and another two hundred to groom it for its trip around the moon. All this they did with an air that made a trip to the moon seem quite...

The Old WayLike I expected, the fairgrounds were crowded with thousands of the drifter-families waiting for the big blast-off tomorrow. They thronged about uncertainly, in anxious little knots, chattering friendly, meaningless things, making fast friends who would be forgotten in the bustle and competition,...

A First ReaderThis First Reader continues the interesting exercises of the Aldine Primerthe rhymes and stories, the dramatizations and pictureswhich make the childs efforts to master the art of reading both delightful and surprisingly successful. The content is concrete, alive and full of action....

How to Get RichThis collection of recipes and formulas for making various articles which are in constant use in every household are, for the most part, articles upon which very large profits are made, both by manufacturers and dealers; some things, which cost but...

A Pictorial Guide to Mesa Verde National ParkMESA VERDEthe green tableland rises 1,500 feet above the Mancos Valley, here seen in its colorful October foliage. In the foreground, Highway 160 bears westward to the pioneer town of Mancos, 1 mile distant, and to the...

Kibun Daizin; Or, From Shark-Boy to Merchant PrinceThe Century Co. counts itself fortunate in being able to present to young readers an admirable story from the Japanese, written by one of Japans most popular novelists and filled with the spirit of that great Oriental...

Golf Architecture: Economy in Course Construction and Green-KeepingMy partner, who is the author of these short essays on Golf Course Architecture, has asked me to write an introduction. This is, however, hardly necessary, as the name of Dr. Mackenzie is so well known in...

"A Modern Hercules," the Tale of a SculptressHotel Vendome, } Leadville, Colo., October 31, 1899.} To the Public: This City, surrounded by snow-clad peaks pointing to and almost losing themselves in the bosom of the Supreme Intelligence, has inspired my effort. The volume is...

Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France, Vol. 1 (of 2) There is scarcely any man into whose character we have more insight than that of Montaigne. He has written four volumes of "Essays," which are principally taken up by...

Head-Gear, Antique and ModernThe object of this work is to give an idea of the fashions in head-gear of ancient and modern times, which to most people are very interesting. To obtain anything like a correct description thereof, it is necessary to consult not...

Turner's Water-Colours at Farnley Hall T is not known for certain exactly when or how Turner became acquainted with Mr. Walter Ramsden Hawksworth Fawkes of Farnley Hall. Several biographers say that Turner first met Mr. Fawkes about 1802, when the artist was in Yorkshire...

Little Joe OtterOf all the little Quaddies who live in the Green Meadows, the Smiling Pool and the Green Forest, none is more surprising than Little Joe Otter. He is full of surprises, is Little Joe. He has a way of suddenly bobbing up...

The Sublime JesterIn creating Albert Zorn, the central figure in this romance, I have followed the life and career of Heinrich Heine. I have chosen him not only because he singularly typifies the poet with the Weltschmerz in his heart, nor because his was...

The Divine Lady: A Romance of Nelson and Emma HamiltonAs I sat, years ago, in the Admirals cabin of Nelsons flag-ship, the Foudroyant, the thought of this romance came to me, for this ship was the sea-shrine of that great but errant passion. She...

The Chaste DianaThis romance of The Beggars Opera introduces many real persons but all imaginatively treated. Lord Baltimore, The American Prince, as he was called at the time in society, has come down to us with a reputation for heartlessness of which I have...

The Crystal CupGita made a face in the heavy shade of the bed-hangings, but replied politely: I am glad to be here, grandmother, and when its my turn to die Ill take all the time I choose. I never cared for your mother, but...

Colin II: A NovelWith the declining wheel of the sun to the west, the shadow of the great yew-hedge began to flow like some tide, dark and clear, over the paved terrace which since morning had basked in the blaze of the July day....