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Alone in London It had been a close and sultry dayone of the hottest of the dog-dayseven out in the open country, where the dusky green leaves had never stirred upon their stems since the sunrise, and where the birds had found themselves too...

Sketches of GothamA great many years ago, when Tom Byrnes was the able and efficient chief of the detective force of New York, a certain class of women, very much in evidence around the hotels and resorts, were known, from the peculiar manner of...

Sixty Years a Bookman, With Other Recollections and ReflectionsAt the request of numerous friends, but with some hesitation, I have decided to issue a short account of certain of my experiences and impressions during a long and delightful association with the bookselling trade. In...

Cumberland Island: Junior Ranger Program Activity Guide for Ages 5-7Im Junior, the exploring Gopher Tortoise, here to go with you on your adventure today! Im calling all kids ages 5-7 ready for exploration and adventure! Were going to learn about Cumberland Island and its...

A Friend in the Kitchen; Or, What to Cook and How to Cook It. - Sixteenth EditionThe object of this work is to furnish in an inexpensive and convenient form, plain directions on healthful cookery. Special attention has been given to the idea of...

Dido, the Dancing Bear: His Many AdventuresIn the woods, on top of a mountain, in a far-off country there once lived a family of nice bears. I call them nice bears for they were. Of course they had long claws, and sharp teeth, but...

Persephone of Eleusis: A Romance of Ancient GreeceIn this tale of Greece in the fifth century B. C., fact and fiction are so closely intervolved that a detailed explanation of their respective boundaries would be both tedious and superfluous. Suffice it to say that...

De Scheepsjongen van "De Gouden Leeuw"Op een grauwen namiddag in de maand December van 't jaar onzes Heeren 1615, zat in de groote keuken van een hofstede, die, een half uurtje buiten den Briel, dicht bij het wagenveer naar Hellevoetsluis gelegen was, een vrouw...

Wrecked in Port: A Novel"Ah! so likely Dr. Osborne would tell that old beast! Why was its name throughout doctors are the silentest fellows in the world. My uncle Robert is a doctor, and I know all about it." Under the pressure of this...

Szegény gazdagok: RegényA krdez egy nyolczvan v fel jr reg r, pomps virgos selyem kaftnban, fejn gyapot hlsveggel, lbain meleg poszt-harisnyk, kezein brillintos, turquoisos, rubinos gyrk; gy fekszik hanyatt az atlasz ottomnon, arcza olyan cserfak, mint a mumik, egyik rncz a msikat ri rajta;...

A House Divided Against Itself (Complete)The day was warm, and there was no shade; out of the olive woods which they had left behind, and where all was soft coolness and freshness, they had emerged into a piece of road widened and perfected by...

A House Divided Against Itself; vol. 3 of 3Lady Markham received young Gaunt with the most gracious kindness: had his mother seen him seated in the drawing-room at Eaton Square, with Frances hovering about him full of pleasure and questions, and her mother insisting...

A House Divided Against Itself; vol. 2 of 3Yes, I hope you will come and see me often. Oh yes, I shall miss my sister; but then I shall have all the more of papa. Good night. Good night, Captain Gaunt. No; I dont...

A House Divided Against Itself; vol. 1 of 3The day was warm, and there was no shade; out of the olive woods which they had left behind, and where all was soft coolness and freshness, they had emerged into a piece of road widened...

The Little Green GoblinLittle Bob Taylor was mad, discouraged, and thoroughly miserable. Things had gone wrongas things have the perverse habit of doing with mischievous, fun-loving boys of tenand he was disgruntled, disgusted. The school year drawing to a close had been one of...

Shylock reasons with Mr. Chesterton, and other poemsThe plan by which individual Viennese are allowed to obtain their own wood supplies has already been described by more than one observer. It will, however, in time to come appear so incredible, and it so completely...

The Time of ColdCurt felt the airship going out of control as he passed over a rock spattered stretch of sand. Automatically he looked for a smooth place to land and steered the bucking ship for it. The jolt of the landing triggered the...

Sónnica la cortesana: NovelaCuando la nave de Polyantho, piloto saguntino, lleg frente al puerto de su patria, ya los marineros y pescadores, con la vista aguzada por las distancias del mar, haban reconocido su vela teida de azafrn y la imagen de la Victoria,...

Set Down in Malice: A Book of ReminiscencesVery many of the following pages were written in the trenches and dug-outs of Greece and Serbia. I added a chapter or two in Port Said, Alexandria and Marseilles. That is to say, I wrote far away...

Ancient legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland - With sketches of the Irish pastThe three great sources of knowledge respecting the shrouded part of humanity are the language, the mythology, and the ancient monuments of a country. From the language one learns the...