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The Chester and Holyhead Railway and Its ProspectsAmongst the Railway enterprises in England, the above line must be considered as possessing peculiar claims to our attention. The stupendous character of the workthe difficulties which had to be overcome, and the vast sum invested in...

International Bridge Authority, Sault Ste. MarieThe ease of traveling through the Locks or over the St. Marys Rapids is now taken for granted but the dreams of building these structures began over a hundred years ago, just after Michigan became a state in 1837....

Journal of Travels From St. Josephs to Oregon - With Observations of That Country, Together With Some Description of California, Its Agricultural Interests, and a Full Description of Its Gold Mines.The Author of the present work has adopted a new method of punctuation, and,...

Canada In the following pages is told the history of my native land, as a sagamore of the olden time might tell the legends of the past to the young braves of his tribe gathered round the lodge fire. Though primarily intended for youth,...

A Letter to the Kensington Canal Company on the Substitution of the Pneumatic Railway for the Common Railway by Which They Contemplate Extending Their Line of Conveyancep. 2Under circumstances of this sort, there can be no doubt that those microcosmic minds, which, habitually occupied...

Primrose Hill Park, Regent's Park, and Hampstead HeathThe main object sought to be attained in this correspondence was to induce the Government to purchase two plots of land adjoining Primrose Hill Park, together about eighteen acres, that space may be given to a great...

Adele Doring of the Sunnyside ClubLook! Look! The pussy-willows are out! Adele Doring called, as, with a shout of glee, she darted ahead of the rest, toward a bush which grew close to a low stone wall and not far from a sparkling brook....

The Danube from the Black Forest to the Black SeaBY F. D. M I L L E T AUTHOR OF A CAPILLARY CRIME ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR AND ALFRED PARSONS NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE {iv} Copyright, 1892, by Harper &...

A Body of Divinity, Vol. 2 (of 4) - Wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended, being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly's Larger CatechismAnsw. The work of creation is that, wherein God did, in the beginning, by...

The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary of the Books of the Bible: Volume 29 (of 32) - The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary of the Epistles of St. Paul the Apostle: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and I-II ThessaloniansCharacter of the Galatians.These people were of Celtic descent....

Au temps de l'innocenceCHAPITRE I CHAPITRE II CHAPITRE III CHAPITRE IV CHAPITRE V CHAPITRE VI CHAPITRE VII CHAPITRE VIII CHAPITRE IX CHAPITRE X CHAPITRE XI CHAPITRE XII CHAPITRE XIII CHAPITRE XIV CHAPITRE XV CHAPITRE XVI CHAPITRE XVII CHAPITRE XVIII CHAPITRE XIX CHAPITRE XX CHAPITRE...

The Janitor's Boy, and Other PoemsWhen I took the two poems from Nathalias mother, and promised to read them, I had seen none of the press notices of Miss Cranes talent. Being only a quasi-journalist I seldom read the newspapers. I am extremely skeptical...

Tyynen meren rannikolta: Pieniä kuvauksia Kuten nette, olen entisist pivistmme kyhnnyt muutamia muistelmia, yksinkertaisia ja vaatimattomia, muistoksi entisist oloista, joita kohtalo sittemmin on hyvin suuresti mullistellut. Pyydn vaan teit tyytymn Tuomas Silmun anteeksipyyntn: "Hyvsti, pojat! Jos umpimhkn heitellessni lakkiani olisin sattunut painamaan sen liian...

Letter to the Friends and Subscribers of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society - occasioned by a letter from the Rev. Dr. MolesworthThen I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart....

Sabbath-Breaking on the Canal: A PoemWhile Commerce, crownd with wealth, extends her reign, The Sons of labour swell her lengthning train; Oer hill and dale she forms the winding road, Where the slow team scarce drags the pondrous load; She digs the deep Canal;...

The History of WhittingtonThough local descriptions and circumstances are seldom productive of any high degree of interest, yet when they become connected with the adventurous, active, and surprising career of any remarkable individual, even the most trivial assumes a degree of importance, excites a...

An Earnest Exhortation to a Frequent Reception of the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper - Particularly Addressed to Young PersonsThe Author of the following Tract cannot hope that he has said any thing new upon this important subject; but having had occasion to...

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night—Volume 04 [Supplement]As without your friendly and generous aid this volume could never have seen the light, I cannot resist the temptation of inscribing it to youand without permission, for your modesty would have refused any...

Captain ChaosWe picked up our new cook on Phobos. Not Phoebus or Phoebe; I mean Phobos, Mars' inner moon. Our regular victual mangler came down with acute indigestiontasted some of his own cooking, no doubtwhen we were just one blast of a jet-tube out...

Cannibal-land: Adventures with a camera in the New HebridesI was standing my trick at the wheel. Jack London and his wife, Charmian, were beside me. It was just dawn. Slowly, out of the morning mists, an island took shape. The little ship rose and...