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The Periodical Cicada, "the 17-year Locust"After years of living in underground tunnels, millions of cicadas issue from the earth as if by a predetermined signal, undergo startling transformations, and spread through nearby trees and bushes. From morning till night they fill the air with...

SnowballIt did not come out of some government laboratory employing a thousand bright young technicians whose lives had been checked back to the crib; it was the work of one man and one woman. This is not the reversal of history you might think,...

Jack's Two SovereignsMadge, if youd asked me civilly to help you, Id have done so in a minute, but sneering wont make me, you may be quite sure of that. Why dont you ask Bessie to do some work? The little sitting-room at 15...

Cancer: Its Cause and Treatment, Volume 2 (of 2)Two years ago the present writer ventured to put forth a small book in which cancer was considered from quite a different standpoint from that commonly held by the profession and laity. The kindly reviews of...

Gas and Petroleum Engines The great and increasing importance of internal combustion motors is perhaps scarcely realized by the general public. For industrial purposes they have for many years been steadily gaining favour, and now hold an assured position. It is only in the...

History of the Post-Office Packet Service between the years 1793-1815 - Compiled from Records, Chiefly OfficialMy acknowledgments are due to Mrs. Ball, of Roscarrach, Falmouth, for permission to make use, in illustrating this work, of four pictures in her possession, namely, two of the...

Forced MoveSnow had fallen in the morning but now the sky was clear and Ruy, with a glance at the frosty stars and a sharp twist of his foot as he ground out a cigarette, stepped out quickly. It was axiomatic. What had to...

Books Relating to Applied Science, Published by E & F. N. Spon, 1887. 1887. BOOKS RELATING TO APPLIED SCIENCE, PUBLISHED BY E. & F. N. SPON, LONDON: 125, STRAND. NEW YORK: 35, MURRAY STREET. A Pocket-Book for Chemists, Chemical Manufacturers, Metallurgists, Dyers, Distillers, Brewers,...

The April Baby's Book of Tunes - with the story of how they came to be writtenClick on the [Listen] link to hear the music in MP3 format, or on the [MusicXML] link to download the notation. These links may not work if you...

Homer: The Iliad; The OdysseyIt is proposed to give, in these little volumes, some such introduction to the great writers of Greece and Rome as may open to those who have not received a classical educationor in whose case it has been incomplete and...

Erään rikoksen varjo Tervaista villaa, tervaista villaa, tervaista villaa on paha kehrt; senvuoksi karttaa hyvin, karttaa hyvin, karttaa hyvin, ennenkuin aloitat. Wythburnin kaupunki sijaitsi Lauvellenin juurella kapeassa laaksossa Bracken Waterin ylimmisess pss. Kyl oli pieni, mutta vkirikas. Siell asui pasiallisesti paimenia, joiden laumat kvivt...

Bright IslandsShe knew she was being weak, that she was still seeking hope where there was no hope, and she prayed to the ancient God of the Ghetto that the gelatin coating would dissolve quickly. The white walls of her Center room blurred in...

A Vagabond's Odyssey - being further reminiscences of a wandering sailor-troubadour in many landsLooking reflectively over this second instalment of my autobiography, I perceive that I am such a genuine vagabond that I have even travelled along in my reminiscences without caring for the...

PioneersDeception can be good or bad, depending on how you look at it and on the circumstances. Dorav and Tzal had the right way of looking at it, and the circumstances were undoubtedly prime. Gradually he became aware of resilient rubber and plastic supporting...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Thomas Wentworth Higginson You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Bret Harte You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Herbert Allen Giles Its Importance-Its Difficulty-The Colloquial-Dialects-"Mandarin"-Absence of Grammar-Illustrations-Pidgin-English-Scarcity of Vocables-The Tones-Coupled Words-The Written Language-The Indicators-Picture Characters-Pictures of Ideas-The Phonetics-Some Faulty Analyses ... 3 The Cambridge (Eng.) Library-(A) The Confucian Canon-(B) Dynastic History-The "Historical Record"-The "Mirror of...

L'uomo delinquente - in rapporto all'antropologia, alla giurisprudenza ed alla psichiatria (Cause e rimedi) Bench questo sia veramente il III volume dell'opera che ora esce in una nuova edizione, ho voluto farne preceder l'uscita, perch ne contiene le applicazioni pi pratiche, e perch risponde...

Your Time is UpAt first I thought it was just another wrong number. Well, it was, in a sensebut not the kind of wrong number I thought it was. The ringing signal burred against my ear in the usual way, then there was a...

The American Journal of Pharmacy, March, 1907If we consider the present awakening in pharmacy, it may seem to some that we are making very rapid strides, but as a matter of fact the progress of pharmaceutical education in this country has been comparatively slow....