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Rollo Learning to ReadIn those intervals of rest which the serious cares and labors of life imperiously demand, a man may find the best amusement for himself in efforts for the amusement of children. This little work and its predecessor, Rollo Learning to Talk,...

Oeuvres complètes, tome 2Ne vous fchez point, docteur, dit mon pre en souriant, avec un air d'embarras. Il faut que vous sachiez que vous n'tes ici qu'en qualit d'auxiliaire. Ce sont les termes d'un trait solennel qui s'est fait, bien contre mon gr, entre...

Ulla ja Mark Kukaan ei saata kehua pitneens Jonatanista enemmn kuin min, jatkoi Sofia neiti mutta sin tiedt, sisar, ett Anna ei mielestni ole osoittanut minua kohtaan sit huomaavaisuutta ja osanottoa, jota hnen olisi pitnyt, kun hnen klyns oli onneton ja hyljtty. Turhaa puhetta....

Ristilukki: RakkauskertomusJumaluusopin ylioppilas Juho Kostia oli koko pivn etsinyt asuntoa. Hnen toverinsa, luonnontieteit lueskeleva Helge Hollander oli jo ruvennut kyllstymn. Mutta Juho oli itsepintaisesti vittnyt asunnon viel lytyvn. He istuivat Esplanaadin penkille kaasulyhdyn alle tarkastelemaan "Hufvudstadsbladetin" takasivua; se oli jo moneen kertaan lpikyty, mutta...

From Midshipman to Field MarshalAncestryParentageThe Grammar School and College at MarlboroughI become a Naval Cadet. The Woods, from whom I am descended, were for hundreds of years owners of Hareston Manor, Brixton, a small village near Plymouth. There is a record of a John...

Quest on IoGravel grated on a rock ledge not five feet above him and a Ganymedian honey bear stepped daintily into view. It was about the size of a fox, had sleek, heavy brown wool interspersed with longer black hairs, and a round, intelligent...

Revolt in the Ice EmpireSo much has been written into the permanent chronologies of science concerning our pioneer voyage to the little asteroid of Zurafacts and figures and sociological deductions, most of which are, of actuality, erroneousthat even now after these many years, I...

The Story of a Great Delusion in a Series of Matter-of-Fact ChaptersThere are few matters among educated people upon which opinion is so absolute and so ill-informed as vaccination. They will tell you it has stopped smallpox and does no harm, and if you...

Tales About Birds, Illustrative of Their Nature, Habits, and InstinctsBirds are such universal favourites, and the Stories connected with their Habits and Instincts so varied and interesting, as to make me feel confident that the Volume now offered to my young readers will meet...

Psychomancy: Spirit-Rappings and Table-Tippings ExposedThe wide-spread and alarming mania of Spirit-rappings and table-tippings of the present day, is only a modification, or new garb, of devilish instrumentalities, operating through human machinations, which have infested society from time immemorial. We start with this proposition, harsh...

When the Word is Given... - A Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim WorldThis book comes at a time when the American race issue seems at a climax. Disturbing though it may be, it is encouraging that such a book...

Goddess of the MoonDeath hid behind a smile in the white-and-gold city of Gral-Thala. Gibson, Earth-spy off the derelict strathoship, well knew his captive-fate. But if he died, then the Good Green planet perished from the Gray Death.... If he died, then died Diana,...

Sheer Off: A Tale"Why, there are the church-bells a-ringing! as if it wasn't enough to have all the school-boys going in procession with their garlands, and nosegays, and nonsense!" exclaimed Nancy Sands, the wife of the Clerk of Colme, as she stood in the...

Tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea"Shipwrecks, Uncle Thomas! oh yes, we shall be delighted!" exclaimed three or four voices, as the boys crowded round the fire, each striving who should sit nearest their kind old Uncle, who delighted to amuse them by...

Quaker StrongholdsWhether Quakerism be, as some Friends believe, destined to any considerable revival or not, it seems at least certain that any important revival of religion must be the result of a fresh recognition and acceptance of the very principles upon which the Society...

Mississippi Piney Woods: A Photographic Study of Folk ArchitectureThe dogtrot house described by Eudora Welty in Losing Battles is in every Mississippians memory. Dogtrots, a part of the Mississippi landscape since the early 19th century, were one of the most popular forms of folk...

I-em-hotep and Ancient Egyptian medicine: II. Prevention of valvular disease - The Harveian Oration delivered before the Royal college of physicians on June 21, 1904Mr. President and Gentlemen, The officials fellows and friends of this college assemble to-day, as we and our predecessors have...

The Ecclesiastical Orders of KnighthoodWidespread interest in the Ecclesiastical Orders of Knighthood has been demonstrated by continual requests for information pertaining to them on the part of libraries and individual persons, particularly those who have been knighted. In the United States this interest lies...

Venus Has Green Eyes"In a few hours it'll be wetter'n a swamp duck's gullet," said Charlie, grinning behind his whiskers. "And darker'n West Pluto!" Charlie had been trapping otters here for five years and accepted the long nights as resignedly as the mud, the...

The Planet That Time ForgotShe stood upon the high battlements of the palace, overlooking the land of Toom, with sunlight splashing over the beauty and radiance of her. She, Oomith, mataiya of Toom. Her eyes wandered to the road that wound, ribbon-like, far beyond...