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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 7 (of 7)Engraved by J. Posselwhite.GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS.From a Print by Paul Pontius, after a Picture by Van Dyck.Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.London, Published by Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street....

Janus in Modern LifeThese papers essay an understanding of some of the various principles which underlie the course of political movements in the present age. There is no attempt at introducing any considerations which are not familiar to every intelligent person, nor any comparisons...

Allegheny Episodes - Folk Lore and Legends Collected in Northern and Western PennsylvaniaIt is a good thing to make resolves, but a better thing, once having made them, to keep them. On two previous occasions the compiler of the present volume has stated his...

Kuvaelmia itä-suomalaisten vanhoista tavoista 3: Kylänluvut Nousevalla viikolla tiistaina, vastasi lautamies. Ja niin kuin viime vuonna mrttiin, se tulee nyt pidettvksi meill. Siksi pit naisten tll viikolla kutoa kankaansa loppuun, ja mit ei kerki lopettaa, sen saa kri syrjlle ja vied tupaseen. Lauantaina pit...

Kuvaelmia itä-suomalaisten vanhoista tavoista 2: Maahanpanijaiset Ei taida minusta en kauaksi olla tlle elmlle, sanoi Niemeln vanha emnt ern aamuna vuoteelta noustessaan. Koko ruumistani hervottaa, ptni leiluttaa ja vilunvreet kyvt lpi ruumiini juuri kuin kylm vett kaadettaisiin plleni, niin pintani viereksii. Kahdeksankahdeksatta vuotta olenkin...

Kuvaelmia itä-suomalaisten vanhoista tavoista 1: Joulun viettoOlen syntynyt 17 pivn keskuuta vuonna 1839 Hyhn kylss, Rautjrven pitjss ja Viipurin lniss. Isni nimi oli Juhana. Hn oli vanhin poika kuudesta lapsesta, itini talollisen tytr Maria Matintytr Pajari oli kotoisin saman pitjn Miettiln Pajarista. Kun itini...

Woman's Profession as Mother and Educator, with Views in Opposition to Woman SuffrageThe object of the following pages is to present the subject of woman's profession as mother and chief educator of our race in connection with the present demand that she shall also...

An American Diplomat in ChinaThrough recent developments China has been put in the forefront of international interest. The world is beginning to have an idea of its importance. Those who have long known it, who have given attention to its traditions and the sources...

John MarshallThe writer has drawn with entire freedom from an address delivered by him at Cambridge on February 4, 1901, before the Harvard Law School and the Bar Association of the City of Boston, and from an article on John Marshall in the Atlantic...

In Queer Street Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: Haithi Trust Org. images digitized by Google (original from University of Wisconsin) "Here," explained the landlady, "we are not wildly gay, as the serious aspect of life prevents our indulging in unrestrained mirth. Each one...

Tunisias - Johann Ladislav Pyrker's sämmtliche Werke (1/3) Eingang. Ein Eilbothe meldet dem Kaiser, die Schiffsmacht der Feinde sey gegen Barcellona im Anzug. Zugleich kommt Muley Hassan, der vertriebene Knig von Tunis, von ihm Schutz zu erflehen. Des Kaisers Abendgebeth im Dom zu Madrid....

The Silver Princess in OzThis book will tell you all that happened when Randy and Kabumpo traveled off to the Castle of the Red Jinn. Halfway there they met a Princess from Anuther Planet and her Thunder Colt; later, a villain named Gludwig. With...

Catharine de Bora: Social and Domestic Scenes in the Home of LutherThere are many interesting and characteristic incidents in the domestic life of Luther which are not found in biographies of the great Reformer. The character of his wife has not been portrayed in...

De Soto, Coronado, Cabrillo: Explorers of the Northern MysteryAmerican history begins not with the English at Jamestown or the Pilgrims at Plymouth but with Spanish exploration of the border country from Florida to California in the 16th century. This handbook describes the expeditions of...

Dream-Songs for the BelovèdThis series of books is being produced in connection with Orpheus, a quarterly magazine of mystical art. The magazine contains pictures, poems, articles and stories. At present (April, 1911) fourteen numbers have appeared, but the first three issues are out of...

A Traitor in LondonThe elder speaker smiled as he proffered this advice, knowing well that he was provoking his cousin beyond all bounds. Harold Burton was young, fiery-tempered, and in love. To be thwarted in his love was something more than exasperating to this...

The Fever of Life"Fashion for the nonce surrenders Giddy Mayfair's faded splendours, And with all her sons and daughters Hastens to health-giving waters; Rests when curfew bells are ringing, Rises when the lark is singing, Plays lawn tennis, flirts and idles, Laying snares for...

Handy Mandy in OzNow I do hope you like Handy Mandy and Nox. I'm very fond of the Royal Ox, myself. He rather reminds me of Kabumpo, while Kerry is as nice a young King as I've met in an Oz age. But tell...

Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn in Kings County on Long-IslandThe Compiler offers these notes to the inhabitants of his native town, in the hope that they may be in some small degree useful and entertaining in discussions relating to...

Love Insurance I A Sporting Proposition II An Evening in the River III Journeys End inTaxi Bills IV Mr. Trimmer Limbers Up V Mr. Trimmer Throws His Bomb VI Ten Minutes of Agony VII Chain Lightning's Collar VIII After the Trained Seals IX "Wanted!...