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The Island of Fantasy: A RomanceIt was eight oclock on a still summer evening, and, the ladies having retired, two men were lingering in a pleasant, indolent fashion over their wine in the dining-room of Roylands Grange. To be exact, only the elder gentleman...

Guild Court: A London Story Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood. The Seaboard Parish. A Sequel to Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood. Guild Court. A London Story. Alec Forbes of Howglen. Robert Falconer. The Vicar's Daughter. An Autobiographical Story. Paul Faber. Surgeon. Thomas Wingfold, Curate....

The Gray Scalp; Or, The Blackfoot Brave CHAPTER I. A MIDNIGHT ATTACK. CHAPTER II. A PRAIRIE ENCOUNTER. CHAPTER III. A SERIOUS REVERSE. CHAPTER IV. ASTONISHING THE BLACKFEET. CHAPTER V. THE TEST OF FRIENDSHIP. CHAPTER VI. A CROW VICTORY. CHAPTER VII. THE PASS. CHAPTER VIII....

Sämmtliche Werke 7: Briefwechsel I Ich lag an einer schweren Krankheit danieder; schon war ich dem Tode nahe. Da raffte ich meine letzten Krfte zusammen, die mir noch blieben, benutzte den ersten Augenblick, wo ich mich im vollen Besitz meiner Geisteskrfte befand, und schrieb...

Théodore de Neuhoff, Roi de CorseNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corrigs. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Thodore de Neuhoff n'est pas un...

Gunvor Kjeld, papin tytärPappila oli perisin vanhoilta ajoilta. Prakennuksessa oli suuret, matalat huoneet, joissa oli sopukoita ja kulmauksia, ja pienet ikkunat hmrsivt kamareja varhain. Lhell pappilaa oli kirkko. Se oli pohjoisten tunturiseutujen vanhimpia. Mutta vanhin ja omituisin oli tapuli; se oli niin korkea ja...

A Journey in BrazilIn the winter of 1865 it became necessary for me, on account of some disturbance of my health, to seek a change of scene and climate, with rest from work. Europe was proposed; but though there is much enjoyment for a...

The Surprise BookTHIS BOOK OF STORIES ABOUT THE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO ARE MY FRIENDS I DEDICATE TO Nall Candler BECAUSE HE HAS ENJOYED THE BLUEBIRDS GARDEN AND THE JOLLY YEAR, AND I WANT HIM TO HAVE THIS BOOK FOR HIS VERY OWN The...

Billy To-morrow Stands the TestIT was a gray afternoon, late in April and cold enough for March, when Billy Bennett, going out of the building to the school grounds, detected a new note in the usual hubbub. There were a hundred or more boys...

The Viking Age. Volume 2 (of 2) - The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nationsWAGGON OF THE VIKING AGE.One of two waggons found in the Deibjerg bog, Ringkjobing, West Jutland, ornamented all over with bronze; and on each...

The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2) - The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nationsWhile studying the progress made in the colonisation of different parts of the world by European nations, I have often asked myself the following...

Word Portraits of Famous WritersThe world has always been fond of personal details respecting men who have been celebrated. These were the words of Lord Beaconsfield, and with them he prefixed his description of the personal appearance of Isaac DIsraeli; but we hardly need...

Neither Here Nor There As a humorous commentator upon morals and manners with special attention to cats, tutti frutti trees, Bolshevism for babies and trouser creases. Mr. Herford leaves nothing to be desired. His book is a mirror of engaging frivolity, an incisive but...

Das lebende Lichtbild: Entwicklung, Wesen und Bedeutung des KinematographenUm ihn in Betrieb zu setzen, biege man die Bltter mit dem Daumen der rechten Hand zurck und lasse sie durchgleiten, soda sie rasch nacheinander umschlagen. Das Abblttern geht besser vonstatten, wenn man die Seiten (ohne...

Untuvainen y.m. kertomuksiaIhan selvsti nen miehen jykn, laajalierisen silkkihatun, jollaiset olivat kytnnss nelikymmenluvulla, hnen vaalean liivins ja solmitun kaulaliinansa. Nen mys hnen kauniit sileksi ajetut kasvonsa, harvoine, vhptisine poskipartoineen ja hnen korkean, jykn kauluksensa ja miellyttvn arvokkaisuuden hnen pienimmsskin liikkeessn. Hn istuu oikealla puolella...

The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, Division 1; A to Car. - A Practical and Scientific Encyclopædia of HorticultureHE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF GARDENING aims at being the best and most complete Work on Gardening and Garden Plants hitherto published. The aim is, indeed, a high...

The Three FurlongersThe twilight was dropping over the fields of three countiesSurrey, Kent and Sussexall touching in the woods round Sparrow Hall. In the sky above and in the fields below lights were creeping out one by one. The Great Wain lit up over...

Sigrid Persdotter Bjurcrona: En släktromanSigrid Bjurcrona stod och stirrade p telegrammet, som hon hll i handen. Jungfrun hade alldeles nyss stuckit det till henne, medan hon kldde sig fr teatern. Vrkvllen var nnu s ljus att det fll ett gult skimmer ver det grna...

Auroræ: Their Characters and SpectraProbably few of the phenomena of Nature so entirely charm and interest scientific and non-scientific observers alike as the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights as it is popularly called. Whether contemplated as the long low quiescent arc of silver light...

The Story of Gösta BerlingAt last the minister stood in the pulpit. The heads of the congregation were lifted. Well, there he finally was. There would be no default this Sunday, as on the last and on many other Sundays before. The minister was...