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A Night in AcadieThere was really nothing more to do in the vicinity of Marksville than in the neighborhood of his own small farm; but Elvina would not be down there, nor Amaranthe, nor any of Mame Valtours daughters to harass him with doubt,...

Dick Merriwell's Fighting Chance; Or, The Split in the VarsityA half million enthusiastic followers of the Merriwell brothers will attest the unfailing interest and wholesomeness of these adventures of two lads of high ideals, who play fair with themselves, as well as with the...

De Hoara's fen Hastings O brune heide! wiidte, iensumheit yn gouden, gouden sinneskyn! t Gewaei fen lde spjirren! t fyn gerank fen blonde, slanke bjirken! En al de hearlikheit fen rmte, snder minske ef hs! Dyn fgels ha ik ljeaf, dy-t piipje yn dyn...

Mr. Bennett and Mrs. BrownIt seems to me possible, perhaps desirable, that I may be the only person in this room who has committed the folly of writing, trying to write, or failing to write, a novel. And when I asked myself, as your...

Gespräche im Zwielicht Die Leute, die Kurt Georgi nicht nher kennen und ihm seine tadellose Erscheinung mignnen, werfen gerne die nachlssige Bemerkung hin, da er doch in der Hauptsache nur dekorativ wirke und eine fatale hnlichkeit mit den unsglich vornehmen Dandys habe, wie sie...

Madrid: an historical description and handbook of the Spanish capitalMadrid is but a nursling among the cities of Spain. Marius Fulvius laid siege to Toledo nearly two centuries before the birth of Christ, and it is not until a thousand years later that we...

SainetesUna plazuela de los barrios bajos. Al foro, dos casas separadas por un callejn que da a la calle de Toledo, y en cuyo fondo se ve la Plaza de la Cebada. La casa de la izquierda tiene en su planta baja una tienda...

The Power of Conscience, exemplified in the genuine and extraordinary confession of Thomas Bedworth - delivered to one of the principal officers of Newgate, the night before his execution on September 18, 1815, for the murder of Elizabeth Beesmore in Drury lane. Relating his...

Dress and Look SlenderThe desire to be attractive, to feel the assurance that one is correctly if not beautifully dressed is inherent in every woman. With the advent of the slim silhouette the full proportioned woman or girl has had a problem. It is...

Masterpieces of Adventure—Adventures within Walls COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. In these volumes the word...

Masterpieces of Adventure—Oriental Stories COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. In these volumes the word adventure...

Masterpieces of Adventure—Stories of Desert Places COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. In these volumes the...

War Gardens: A Pocket Guide for Home Vegetable GrowersThe purpose of this book is to state simply and clearly the ways and means necessary to obtain the largest returns from small plots of land. The conditions are anything but ideal in the case of...

South AmericaTwo years ago I selected for my annual address Africa, or the Dark Continent; last year Asia, the Land of Mountains and Deserts; this year I have chosen South America, the Land of Rivers and Pampas. The recent meeting of the Pan-American Congress...

Dante Alighieri, Apostle of Freedom: War-time and Peace-time EssaysDante, like Shakespere, speaks to every age, and has a word for every crisis in the life of men and nations. Perhaps at no time since he passed into the other world has his spirit been...

VerseAdelaide Crapsey, daughter of Algernon Sidney and Adelaide Trowbridge Crapsey, was born on the ninth of September, 1878. She died in her thirty-sixth year on October the eighth, 1914. Her young girlhood was spent in Rochester, New York, where her eminent father was rector...

Araminta and the Automobile Copyright, 1903, By Henry Holt & Co. Copyright, 1907, By Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. The stories in this volume were copyrighted separately, as follows: Araminta and the Automobile, Copyright, 1903, By The Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia The Deception of...

Unelmia takkavalkean ääressäEsipuhe Ihmeelliset urut Sydnkpynen Nkymtn kuningaskunta Kuningattaresta joka ei osannut mesileipi leipoa ja kuninkaasta, joka ei taitanut huuliharppua soittaa Ihmesormus Heino suossa Vanhain akkain mylly Pieni kyttyrselkinen tytt Lasten kasku Kolme sisarta, joilla oli lasiset sydmet Taivas ja helvetti Pikku neekeri ja...

Spices, Their Nature and Growth; The Vanilla Bean; A Talk on TeaIn response to hundreds of requests from schools, colleges and individuals for information regarding the different varieties of Spices we have prepared this booklet, and have endeavored to give as concisely as possible...

By-ways on Service: Notes from an Australian JournalThese sketches were not originally written for publication in the form of a book; and there has been little opportunity of revising them with that object. The idea of collection and publication came late, after they (most...