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The Westward Movement 1832-1889It is hard to fix a beginning date for the Westward Movement, unless we start with 1492 and Columbus first voyage of discovery. In reality the entire history of the New World is a movement of Europeans to the Western Hemisphere....

The Jeffersonians, 1801-1829The early part of the last century was an exciting time to live in America. The signers of the Declaration of Independence and the framers of the Constitution, mostly old men by now, saw that their experiment in republican government had turned...

Rachel JacksonThe picture of Rachel Jackson on the cover is a replica of the miniature which General Jackson wore daily, and only removed at night, placing it with his Bible and spectacles on a table beside his bed. Historians and biographers who have immortalized...

Lucifer: A Theosophical Magazine. Volume I. September 1887-February 1888.THE LIGHT-BEARER IS THE MORNING STAR OR LUCIFER, AND LUCIFER IS NO PROFANE OR SATANIC TITLE. IT IS THE LATIN LUCIFERUS. THE LIGHT-BRINGER, THE MORNING STAR, EQUIVALENT TO THE GREEK ... THE NAME OF THE PURE...

Ajan aalloiltaPivn poika. Kuollut iti. Syntysanat. Henrik Ibsen. Vanki. Tiedon tultua Zachris Topeliuksen kuolemasta. Hymni Z. Topeliuksen haudalla. Karl A. Tavaststjerna. Nuorten laulu. Matti Myhnen Gladstonen haudalla. Suomen valta. Olkohon taiteemme niinkuin tammi. Me kasvamme. Kotikansalleni. Kansa kalliolla. My kalliista henkesi. Uuden vuoden iltana...

Histoire d'une MontagneJ'tais triste, abattu, las de la vie. La destine avait t dure pour moi, elle avait enlev des tres qui m'taient chers, ruin mes projets, mis nant mes esprances. Des hommes que j'appelais mes amis s'taient retourns contre moi en me voyant...

When Day is DoneIt was three in the afternoon and quitting time at Utopian Appliances, Inc. Bertram J. Bernard, the firm's stocky, thick-jawed president, waited discreetly at his desk for a few minutes, then closed the file he had been studying, bid his secretary...

The Journal of American Folk-lore. Vol. VI.—July-September, 1893.—No. XXII.The Blackfoot Indian Confederacy comprises the Piegan, Blood, and Blackfoot tribes. Each tribe is located on its own reservation, and the three reservations are within the provisional district of Alberta. The separation of the tribes, the...

Mémoires Posthumes de Braz Cubas TABLE DES MATIRES AU LECTEUR I. MORT DE L'AUTEUR II. L'EMPLTRE III. GNALOGIE IV. L'IDE FIXE V. O L'ON VOIT POINDRE L'OREILLE D'UNE FEMME VI. CHIMNE, QUI L'ET DIT? RODRIGUE, QUI L'ET CRU? VII. LE DLIRE VIII. RAISON CONTRE...

A Great Day for the IrishBridget Kelly stood at the foot of the rocket lift and watched the loading operation. The freight had long since been inspected and stowed, and now it was the passengers' turn. Bridget was glad that for once she was...

Helianth. Band 3 - Bilder aus dem Leben zweier Menschen von heute und aus der norddeutschen Tiefebene Georg, auf dem Dache der Sternwarte, schrg auf der niedern, steinernen Brstung sitzend, hatte die goldberste Wand des sdstlichen Himmels vor Augen; wieder und wieder jedoch zog...

Memory's Storehouse Unlocked, True Stories - Pioneer Days In Wetmore and Northeast Kansas This book does not carry the actual work of these pictured Associatesbut it does bring them into the writings. The Author owes much to them for helpful co-operation during our newspaper...

Pieni italialainen 1. Hiljaisessa talossa. 2. Koulussa. 3. Vanhan opettajan viulu. 4. Kaukainen, kaunis, nimetn jrvi. 5. Surutalo; mutta jrvell on nimi. 6. Rikon iti. 7. Kallisarvoinen testamentti ja kallisarvoinen "Is meidn". 8. Sils-jrven rannalla. 9. Salaperinen tapaus. 10. Pitk matka. 11. Kuljetaan eteenpin....

Yesterdays in the PhilippinesBy the victory of our fleet at Manila Bay, one more of the worlds side-tracked capitals has been pulled from obscurity into main lines of prominence and the average citizen is no longer left, as in days gone by, to suppose...

Les oiseaux s'envolent et les fleurs tombentBien moins habile que le clbre Ismnias, mais comme lui, indpendant de la faveur des hommes, je me promets qu' son exemple, je chanterai toujours, selon le dicton: pour moi et pour les Muses. Je me suis fait,...

The Woman MovementThe first woman movement was Eves gesture when she reached for the fruit of the Tree of Knowledgea movement symbolic of the entire subsequent womans movement of the world. For the will to pass beyond established bounds has constantly been the motive...

A Pride of IslandsAlyar grinned down at him, then looked toward the front of their own beast. "I think so," he said. "Our eyestalks are up and signaling. The pincers aren't active, though. It must be a friend-beast." "He doesn't care when we're this...

The Rod and Gun ClubThe speaker was Mr. Brigham. As he uttered these words he placed his hat and gloves on the table, and looked down at his son Lester, who had just entered the library in obedience to the summons he had received,...

MatchmakerJasso grinned, a flashing grin in a dark face. He sank into a chair, pulled out a cigarette pack and offered one to Tern. The older man shook his head, fishing in his pocket for an old-fashioned pipe. Jasso clicked out a cigarette and...

Geschichten aus den vier WindenBerlin war ein Feuerbrand von Sonne. Die Dcher der Huser und die Fenster zitterten vor Junihitze, so wie die Hitzeluft ber Steinwsten zittert. Es war, als heizten die Scharen der Autos mit ihren Benzindmpfen die Straen, wie fliegende fen. Und...