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Death Walks on MarsThere was death below. The man lay cradled in the pebbly sand. Red sand that matched the color of his hair and the color of the blood oozing slowly from the hole in his forehead and trickling greasily along the inside...

WomenBUT why not? Mrs. Dodge said, leading the Discussion at the Womans Saturday Club after the reading of Mrs. Cromwells essay, Women as Revealed in Some Phases of Modern Literature. Why shouldnt something of the actual life of such women as ourselves be the...

Shen of the Sea: A Book for ChildrenChing Chi was merely quoting an old Swa Tou saying. Every one knows that on rainy days old and young are crowded, arm against elbow, in the house; often to get in each the others wayand misunderstandings...

The Bravest Girl in SchoolThe speaker turned anxious eyes in the direction of her younger sister, who sat kicking her heels on the faded carpet, and tilting her chair backwards and forwards as she chanted a French verb in a sing-song voice. Im sure...

Around the Boree Log, and Other VersesThese names are often applied to the same bird; but Happy Jacks (alias Gray-crowned Babblers) are brown with white markings; Twelve Apostles (alias Apostle-Birds) are gray with brown wings. Peewees, in the next line, are of course Magpie...

The Book of the West - The story of western Canada, its birth and early adventures, its youthful combats, its peaceful settlement, its great transformation, and its present waysHearty thanks are given to the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, and the publishers of Canadian...

The Bobbsey Twins and Baby MayCrickity grasshoppers, I should say so! cried Bert, crowding to the one window in the coatroom, already filled with boys and girls eager to escape from school. Its bouncing up from the sidewalk something awful! Dannys getting real good,...

Apes and AngelsALL Paris held no happier man than Papa Chibou. He loved his workthat was why. Other men might saydid say, in factthat for no amount of money would they take his job; no, not for ten thousand francs for a single night....

Perfect CompanionThe thing was not large. About the size of a large dog. It lay on its metallic side on the operating table, and it was alive. In its own way, it lived ... because Craig Stevens had given it life. The woman who...

The Fall of Archy HouseArchy was on camera when it happened. He always closed the Home Hour in person, partly because nobody else did it quite as well, partly because it flattered the audience to see him. His delivery was almost shaken, the night...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 5, November 1841When a man becomes so far lost to a sense of self-importance, as not only to tell, but actually to write stories,thus recording his turpitude in black and whiteit is not to be presumed that slight consequences...

AlfridaToinen pelaajista, jonka katselijat pttivt peliss hvivn, on pitk, hoikkavartaloinen mies kasvonpiirteet ovat snnlliset. Pitkt, tummahkot viikset verhoovat hyvnnkisess hymyss olevia huulia. Silmt ovat sopusoinnussa suun kanssa. Ja hn itse nytt tahtovan olla sopusoinnussa koko maailman kanssa. Ei kumma, jos hn hviikin peliss tuon...

Floral Illustrations of the Seasons - Consisting of the Most Beautiful, Hardy and Rare Herbaceous Plants, Cultivated in the Flower GardenThe present state of botanical knowledge renders it impossible for the Author of this Work to indulge in a hope, that she can add...

QuicksandsOne sultry September afternoon, some years ago, my brother Ronald and I, being tired and dusty, found a temporary resting-place on the parapet of a little old bridge that spanned a sleepy stream. Through a thin silk blouse a comforting sun beat upon my...

Jingles These jingles, I present to thee, Were written years ago by me; Some are fair and some are not, Some, youll say, are simply rot; Somes not worth the second look But then I had to fill the book. These jingles, I present...

The Frozen North: An Account of Arctic Exploration for Use in SchoolsThe north polar regions lie within the Arctic circle, and at their center is the North Pole. The distance from the circle to the pole is more than fourteen hundred miles. Intense cold...

How to live: A manual of hygiene for use in the schools of the Philippine islands In America, where they make the best locomotive engines in the world, they say that the life of an engine is about twenty years. That is, when they...

The Essays of Douglas JerroldMuch of Douglas Jerrolds writing took essay form although he only applied the title to five short pieces which were added as Essays to The Chronicles of Clovernook in 1846. Those five pieces are included in this volume along with...

Motion Pictures and Filmstrips, 1972: Catalog of Copyright Entries - Third Series Volume 26, Parts 12-13Parts 1213 list published and unpublished motion pictures currently registered in classes L and M, and filmstrips currently registered in classes A and J. Films for which the copyright...

Hashimura Togo, Domestic ScientistDear Sir:In reading this intellectual volume of words I hopes that Mrs. Public & Husband will realize what I am stabbing at. Science in kitchen, rugs, vacuum cleaners, babies etc is what I wish teach all homes. Can this be accomplish?...