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Jacht naar FortuinBij het huiswaarts keeren was de terugweg langs den oever van het meer zoo door rijtuigen versperd, dat de kales stapvoets moest rijden. En oogenblik ontstond er zoon opstopping, dat zij zelfs moest stilhouden. De zon ging onder in een heldergrijze Octoberlucht,...

Frank Reade, Jr., and his new steam man; or, the young inventor's trip to the far westFrank Reade was noted the world over as a wonderful and distinguished inventor of marvelous machines in the line of steam and electricity. But he had grown old...

The Gathering of the NationsThere is something especially imposing in the sight of great multitudes; hence, apart from the bliss, the glory, and the joy which the happy hosts are represented as possessing in the Apocalyptic vision, there is a peculiar sublimity in the...

Parisiana - Obras Completas, Vol. VHe visto pasar una anciana vestida de negro, cuya existencia representa una de las terribles lecciones de Dios. Es la re renante del poema de Robert de Montesquieu ...; es el espectro doloroso de una soberana; es Eugenia de...

Baree, Son of KazanSince the publication of my two animal books, Kazan and The Grizzly King, I have received so many hundreds of letters from friends of wild animal life, all of which were more or less of an enquiring nature, that I have...

The Wide World Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 129, December, 1908A ladys account of the fearful ordeal she underwent as a young girl on an estate in Natallocked up in a tiny church, whither she had gone to practise a Christmas voluntary, with a huge...

Apuntes biograficos de escritores, oradores y hombres de estado de la Republica ArgentinaCon este tomo queda aplazada por ahora la publicacion de la Biblioteca Americana. Son bien notorios y conocidos los sucesos polticos que nos obligaron suspenderla mediados del prximo pasado Mayo, y no...

Jacob Martens: Een verhaal uit de zestiende eeuwDe zware voordeur van een deftige heerenhuizing, gelegen aan de Vrijdaegsmarkt te Gent, werd voorzichtig geopend en twee jongelieden traden naar buiten. Ze waren voorzien van lange, groengeschilderde hengelroeden en stevige linnen tasschen: blijkbaar was het om...

Belgiens Volkscharakter, Belgiens KunstDiese Schrift will Verstndnis wecken fr das uns verwandte flmische Volk, das eine furchtbar traurige Vergangenheit jhzornig, das Englands neidisch-verrterische Politik verbohrt gegen uns gemacht hat, das sich aber im Vollbewutsein seiner unsterblichen Rasse so frei und stark und zwingend in...

Abroad and at Home; Practical Hints for TouristsA continuous residence in London of eight years has satisfied me that precisely such a book, so far as it relates to that city, which my friend and once junior legal associate now presents is popularly needed....

Valkopukuinen nainen 2 - PerheromaaniOn elmni suuri onnettomuus, ett'ei kukaan tahdo antaa minun olla rauhassa. Miksi sit kysyn min kaikilta ihmisilt miksi tytyy juuri minua kiusata? Mutta ei kukaan vastaa, eik kukaan anna minun olla rauhassa. Sukulaiset, ystvt, vieraat kaikki vehkeilevt minun lepoani vastaan....

Valkopukuinen nainen 1 - PerheromaaniEtevn, omintakeisen kirjailijan ty tavallisesti luo "koulun", sarjan oppilaita, jotka hnt esikuvanaan kytten koettavat oman kykyns ja luonteensa mukaisesti edelleen kehitt sellaisia ansioita joiden avulla mestari on kohonnut suuruuteen ja suosioon. Mutta ainoastaan nerot onnistuvat, ja tm onnistuminen merkitsee sit,...

Menneiden vuosisatain vaiheitaAugust Strindbergin teoksia ei ole thn syksyyn asti yhtn suomeksi ilmestynyt ja kumminkin on tm ruotsalainen kirjailija mynnetty ja mynnettv maansa viimevuosikymmenien kaunokirjallisuuden edustajista lahjakkaimmaksi, tervimmksi ja skenivimmksi. Tm omituinen seikka, joka on sit merkillisempi, kun ruotsalaista kaunokirjallisuutta kumminkin maassamme vuosittain koko...

Kittyboy's ChristmasKittyboy was lost. It was an evident fact. He stood on the corner of the alley which led into a wide street to which he had been chased by an aggressive dog, and with every hair bristling, looked around for a friendly door,...

Sister Gertrude: A Tale of the West RidingD F E Sykes was a gifted scholar, solicitor, local politician, and newspaper proprietor. He listed his own patrimony as Fred o Neds o Ben o Billys o the Knowle a reference to Holme village above Slaithwaite...

The Woman & the PriestThe Woman and the Priest [A] is an unusual book, both in its story and its setting in a remote Sardinian hill village, half civilized and superstitious. But the chief interest lies in the psychological study of the two chief...

Disraeli: A Study in Personality and IdeasThe power of imagination is essential to supreme statesmanship. Indeed, no really originative genius in any domain of the mind can succeed without it. In literature it reigns paramount. Of art it is the soul. Without it the...

Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 2 (of 3), 1642-1660There was no outbreak in Munster during November, but Lord President St. Leger knew that he had no real means of resisting one. The Lords Justices had drawn off most of the...

Folk-Lore of West and Mid-WalesWelsh folk-lore is almost inexhaustible, and of great importance to the historian and others. Indeed, without a knowledge of the past traditions, customs and superstitions of the people, the history of a country is not complete. In this book I...

Theocritos' IdyllerI. Thyrsis. II. Hexmstarinnan. III. Amaryllis. IV. Battos och Korydon. V. Komatas och Lakon. VI. Damoitas och Daphnis. VII. Skrdefest. VIII. Herdeqvds-sngarene. IX. Daphnis och Menalkas. X. Milon och Battos. XI. Kyklopen. XII. Den lskade. XIII. Dylas. XIV. Kyniskas krlek. XV. Syrakusanskorna. XVI....