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Pieces People Ask For - Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic Selections in Prose and Poetry for Reading and RecitationsDreamin? Twant all dreams. Its the light comin, pard. I see em all plain. Thars the ole man lookin white an awful, just as he...

The heritage of unrestIt is one thing to be sacrificed to a cause, even if it is only by filling up the ditch that others may cross to victory; it is quite another to be sacrificed in a cause, to die unavailingly without profit...

Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 1 (of 3)The work now submitted to the public is printed from a Manuscript of the late Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. Among the papers found at Strawberry Hill, after the death of Lord...

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1001, March 4, 1899Sometimes he caught himself wondering if he really were the same Roy Baron, who once had lived in a happy London home, with never a care or a trouble; who had wept salt tears...

The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 7, July, 1887Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; those relating to the collecting fields, to Rev. James Powell, D.D., or to the District Secretaries; letters for The American Missionary,...

The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 6, June, 1887Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; those relating to the collecting fields, to Rev. James Powell, D.D., or to the District Secretaries; letters for The American Missionary,...

Miss HarrietGuy de Maupassant syntyi Miromesnilin linnassa Normandiassa elokuun 5 p:n 1850. Suku oli vanhaa lothringilaista aatelissukua, jolle taiteelliset ja kirjalliset harrastukset eivt olleet vieraita kirjailijan idin synt. Le Pottevin, serkkuja oli Gustave Flaubert, joka tosiystvn tavoin ohjasi Maupassantin ensi yrityksi kirjallisella alalla, muun...

Herrasmies varkaana: SalapoliisikertomusAsbjrn Krag oli tapansa mukaan siihen aikaan pivst Grand Hotellin kahvilassa. Hn kvi siell tavallisesti, sikli kuin aikaa oli, joka piv ja kolmesta eri syyst: odotellessaan pivllist, lukeakseen ulkolaisia lehti ja katsellakseen ihmisi, jotka tll kvivt, paikassa, joka oli tullut kaikennkisten ja...

Alexandria: A History and a GuideThis book consists of two parts: a History and a Guide. The History attempts (after the fashion of a pageant) to marshal the activities of Alexandria during the two thousand two hundred and fifty years of her existence. Starting...

History of LaceAnne, Daughter of Sir Peter Vanlore, Kt., first wife of Sir Charles Csar, Kt., about 1614. The lace is probably Flemish, Sir Peter having come from Utrecht. From the picture the property of her descendant, Captain Cottrell-Dormer. Nearly thirty years have elapsed...

The Haunted Hangar - Sky Scouts/Air Mystery series #3Neither sixteen-year-old Larry Turner nor Dick Summers, a year his junior, had any more fear than had Sandy Maclaren, hardly thirteen and seated just back of the pilot who, in flying the four-place, low-wing airplane, had...

Foxhunting on the Lakeland FellsWhilst there are a good many books descriptive of foxhunting in the Shires and the provinces, there are few works entirely devoted to sport in the rough fell country of the Lake District. It is, therefore, with the idea of...

The Freaks of MayfairBY E. F. BENSON AUTHOR OF THE TORTOISE, MICHAEL, DODO, etc. I L L U S T R A T E D B Y GEORGE PLANK NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY {4} PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA {5}...

The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II. - Containing the lives of Captain Misson, Captain Bowen, Captain Kidd, Captain Tew, Captain Halsey, Captain White, Captain Condent, Captain Bellamy, Captain Fly, Captain Howard, Captain Lewis, Captain Cornelius, Captain Williams, Captain Burgess, Captain North, and their...

The TrossachsThe charm that lies in a mysterious name has been amply exemplified in that of the Trossachs, which is said to mean bristled territory. Something in the shaggy uncouthness of the word fits so well with the land of romance and mountain scenery...

The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821The letters included in this volume have been printed without alteration, except that some of Mrs. Piozzi's redundant initial capitals have been suppressed, and that her somewhat erratic punctuation has been, to a certain extent,...

The ChallonersThe hot stress of a real midsummer day towards the end of June had given place to the exquisite tempered warmth of evening, and a little breeze born of the hour before sunset, and made fragrant among the glowing flower-beds of the vicarage...

Papeis AvulsosEste titulo de Papeis avulsos parece negar ao livro uma certa unidade; faz crer que o autor colligiu varios escriptos de ordem diversa para o fim de os no perder. A verdade essa, sem ser bem essa. Avulsos so elles, mas no vieram...

The Boy Aeronauts' Club; or, Flying for FunThe lower end of Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, ends in a busy shipping and fish wharf. On each side of this are to be found, always, scores of sailing vessels and a jam of oyster and...

Jack Chanty: A Story of Athabasca I. The Hair-cut II. The Company From "Outside" III. Talk by the Fire IV. The Conjuror V. Jack Hears About Himself VI. The Price of Sleep VII. An Emotional Crisis VIII. The Feminine Equation IX. Yellow Metal X....