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One Year at the Russian Court: 1904-1905AT last, I was on the eve of my departure for Russia! The dream of my twenty summers! For that great Russia, the country of my devoted grandmother, Baroness de Nicolay, who, however, was born in London, her...

Half Brothers I. In a Strange Land II. At Innsbruck III. A Forsaken Child IV. A Reprieve V. Winning the World VI. Colonel Cleveland VII. Margaret VIII. Friends Not Lovers IX. Is Sophy Alive? X. Chiara XI. At Cortina XII. A Half Confession XIII....

The Great Sieges of HistoryLate events have proved that, notwithstanding the dreams of visionary philosophers and the hopes of philanthropists, the Millennium is not yet arrived; the lamb cannot yet lie down in peace with the lion. Science has performed miracles to procure comforts...

The Story of Man In YellowstoneIt is interesting and significant that this book, telling the story of man in the area of our oldest National Park, should be available soon after a season of record-breaking public use of the area. During the travel year...

The Sixth Sense: Its Cultivation and UseThis book was planned and promised to the publisher more than three years ago. Exacting duties have compelled the writer from time to time, to defer the completion of his undertaking. The delay has been profitable in that...

Twin Tales: Are All Men Alike, and, The Lost TitianHer name was Theodora, which means, of course, the gift of God, as her sad-eyed Uncle Chandler was in the habit of reminding her. In full, it was Theodora Lydia Lorillard Hayden. But she was...

The Powers of Europe and Fall of Sebastopol This work makes no pretensions to absolute originality being partially a compilation, with incidents in the life of the Author, who was an actor in many of the scenes narrated. He has striven to be judicious...

Elf Jahre Gouverneur in Deutsch-SüdwestafrikaGehe hinaus in die Welt, mein Buch, du Ergebnis vieler Arbeitsstunden, aber auch die Freude meiner Muezeit. Du sollst meinen Mitbrgern einen Einblick in elf Jahre deutscher Kolonialpolitik geben, vielfach von Erfolgen gekrnt, aber auch von Rckschlgen begleitet sowie mit...

KunnanmiehiäOllaan keskell kes, juhannuksen jlkeisell viikolla. On ollut pitklt poutast ja eteltuulta, ja sen vuoksi on piv heti aamusta helteinen, ilma kirkas ja kuiva, sellainen kuin se useimmin keskikesst on meidn korkeilla kangasmailla, joissa kivensekainen hiekka viel aamulla henkii edellisen pivn lmp ilmaan, eik...

Life and Travel in Lower Burmah: A Retrospect When my friend asked me to read through these reminiscences in their original form, with a view to editing them, I had to tell him at the outset that the remoteness of the retrospect might probably...

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Organist and His Works for the OrganWe have seen to what an early period of Bach's life his first free compositions revert; perhaps of still earlier origin are the works which the Chorales inspired in him. Liturgical in character, and...

A Modern LegionaryOn a January morning in the early eighties I found myself in Paris with less than a dozen francs in my purse, or rather my pockets, for I have always had a habit of distributing my money between waistcoat and trousers, so...

Memories grave and gayThe author wishes to express her cordial thanks to Messrs Houghton and Mifflin for their courtesy in allowing her to quote from the Reminiscences of Julia Ward Howe (published by them in 1899) and from Julia Ward Howe (published by them...

The Sense of TasteThe sense of taste is in numerous ways the most paradoxical of all the senses. Although, as a source of sense impression, it can afford the keenest immediate feelings of pleasure and delight, the books on sthetics and art have little...

Geschichte der Belagerung, Eroberung und Zerstörung Magdeburg'sDie Abkrzung fr et cetera mit tironischer Note fr et wurde hier als etc. dargestellt. Umlaute in Grobuchstaben (, , ) wurden in der gedruckten Fassung als ihre Umschreibungen dargestellt (Ae, Oe, Ue); dies wurde so beibehalten. Funoten...

The Earth's BeginningThe Earths BeginningThe Nebular TheoryMany Applications of the TheoryThe Founders of the DoctrineKant, Laplace, William Herschel: Their Different Methods of WorkThe Vastness of the ProblemVoltaires FableThe Oak-TreeThe Method of Studying the SubjectInadequacy of our Time Conceptions. ITRY in these lectures to give...

Uuteen elämään: Idylli erämaastaKaksi miest kvelee kapeaa, mutkittelevaa polkua pitkin asutuilta mailta kivelin pin. Edell astuvalla on kannannainen taakka selssn, mutta jlkimisell vain pieni kainalolaukku, joka riippuu olan yli nahkakantimessa. Polku on kapea, paikoitellen kivikkorovaa ja pounikkoa. Vliin se nousee silelle vaaran kyljelle ja...

Streets, and Other VersesOf the pieces contained in this collection fifteen are here printed in book form for the first time. The remainder are taken from the four volumes of verse which I have issued during the past ten years, all of which are...

The SaharaIn your voyage down the west coast of Africa, after passing the southern extremity of Morocco, you sail for days and nights together past the shores of a never-ending land of desolation. It is the Sahara, the great sea without water, to which...

The Sporting Dictionary, and Rural Repository, Volume 1 (of 2) - Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the FieldThe variety of Publications annually announced under SPORTING TITLES, with which the contents, upon examination, are found so ill to accord,...