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The Domestic Slave Trade of the Southern StatesWhen I began the study of the Domestic Slave Trade of the Southern States I had no idea of the conclusions as herein found. Especially is this true of Chapters III. and IV. I have spared no...

"Shadrach"The man at the end of the bar was very drunk. That was not, in itself, unusual. Xuerl's Cosmobar, dangling like a leech on the drab outskirts of Mars Central, did not cater to a select clientele. It was not noted for its culture...

Frutti proibiti Ripresentando al pubblico una vecchia conoscenza dopo tanti anni, v' pericolo che nessuno pi la riconosca e si ricordi di averle fatto buon viso. In questo caso il pericolo cresciuto, perch il lavoro di oggi differisce in molti punti dal primo, segnatamente...

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 part 2 [Supplement]I have heard, O auspicious King, that the Caliph Harun al-Rashid was one night wakeful exceedingly and when he rose in the morning restlessness gat hold of him. Wherefore all...

The Giant Fish of FloridaThe sea has its big game as well as the land, and there are some of usthe name of Mr. W. H. Grenfell, M.P., at once occurs in this connectionwho have derived much sport from its pursuit. Whether, as Mr....

Kirjoja ja kirjailijoita IIAleksis Kiven jlelle jnyt kirjevaihto mahtuu vajaan sataan kirjansivuun, mutta sen psykolooginen todistusvoima vet vertoja monelle laajalle autobiografialle ja elmkerralliselle tutkimukselle. Niin paljaana vrht siin vastaamme se elmnhermo, jonka tunnemme Seitsemn Veljeksen, Nummisuutarien ja Kanervalan runoudesta, ett jokunen lukija voisi ehk...

A Popular History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Reign of Queen Victoria; Vol. III Scarcely had the soul of Queen Elizabeth taken farewell of her body when a distant cousin of the great sovereign, Sir Robert Carey, posted to Scotland, being...

Jean-Christophe Volume 3 - Antoinette, Dans la maison, Les AmiesLes Jeannin taient une de ces vieilles familles franaises, qui, depuis des sicles, restent fixes au mme coin de province, et pures de tout alliage tranger. Il y en a encore plus qu'on ne croit...

Prince Dusty: A Story of the Oil RegionsTwelve-year-old Arthur Dale Dustin did not look the least bit like a Prince, sitting perched on the topmost rail of the zig-zag fence that bright September afternoon. As he dangled his bare brown legs idly, he wistfully...

The Ballad of Blaster Bill The Ballad of Blaster Bill By Nelson S. Bond [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Planet Stories Summer 1941. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] Then each member...

The Star of SatanHype Garth was suddenly awake. He lay there on his cot in the dark, listening intently for the sound he knew would shortly come through the receptor. It almost frightened him, this subconscious awareness of his. He often wondered about it...

Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856 - A Souvenir of the Eleventh Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York, at the Waldorf, February 12, 1897THE lost speech of Abraham Lincoln was delivered at the first Republican State...

Lettres d'un innocentIl y a six mois peine, on naurait pas trouv cent personnes, en France, qui eussent os lever la voix en faveur du capitaine Dreyfus. Aujourdhui, cest par centaines de mille que se comptent les partisans de la revision du procs de...

An Essay on the State of England - In Relation to Its Trade, Its Poor, and Its Taxes, for Carrying on the Present War Against FranceTO THE THE following Treatise was the Imployment of some leisure Hours which I thought could not be better...

WeThe artistic and psychological sides of the novel are hardly to be discussed in a preface. Great as the art of a writer may be and profound as his psychology may seem to one, the impression is largely a matter of individual variations, and...

The Holy PibyThe Holy Piby, a book founded by the Holy Spirit to deliver the gospel commanded by the Almighty God for the full salvation of Ethiopias posterities. In time the Piby shall contain all worthy prophecies and inspirations endowed by God upon the...

Le français tel que le parlent nos tirailleurs sénégalaisDe mme que dans l'Afrique du Nord le contact des Arabes avec les Franais, les Italiens et les Espagnols a engendr une langue spciale, le sabir, dont la littrature humoristique ne manque pas de saveur, de...

FarkasvérJack London irsaival a hboru alatt, hosszu angol internltsgomban ismerkedtem meg, s most, midn ujra olvasom, letem ezen sivr s szenvedsteljes, de mgis rtkes szakasznak emlkei elevenednek fel lelkemben. Emlkembe tolul az Isle of Man-i Fekete vros, hol 3040.000 trsammal, csndes, fsult emberekkel egytt...

Anglo-American Memories These Memories were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune. This may be evident enough from the way in which some subjects are dealt with. But they must stand...

Sargasso of the StarsHaller watched silently as they crowded into the control room. His eyes were slivers of gray granite, but he didn't speak. There was a long moment of silence as the five men, scum of the space-ports, shifted uneasily, their faces strained,...