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The Book of the Otter: A manual for sportsmen and naturalistsIn these days otter-hunting is a popular sport, and in consequence there are now many more packs of otterhounds than was formerly the case. Of all beasts of chase in this country, the otter...

A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865 - being a record of the actual experiences of the wife of a Confederate officerThis history was told over the tea-cups. One winter, in the South, I had for my neighbor a gentle, little brown-haired lady,...

Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the Original Soho Mss. - Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engineThe present volume concludes the authors Lives of the Engineers. Its preparation was begun many years since. The favourable reception...

Jim of Hellas, or In Durance Vile; The Troubling of Bethesda PoolA charming idyl of New England coast life, whose success has been very remarkable. One reads it, is thoroughly charmed by it, tells others, and so its fame has been heralded by its...

Vieras rouvaFedor Mihailovitsh Dostojevski (1821-1881) on Venjn kirjallisuudessa syvin ihmissielun tutkija. Hn on hmmstyttvll tavalla paljastanut ja analysoinut sairaan ja srjetyn sielun. Kaikkein mieluummin hn kuvaa teoksissaan sairasta psyyke, kaksinaisuuden repim ihmist, jonka salaisimmatkin sielunvireet hn pystyy mytelmn ja mestarillisesti ilmaisemaan. Keskeinen asema hnen...

Verses popular and humorousMy acknowledgments of the courtesy of the editors and proprietors of the newspapers in which most of these verses were first published are due and are gratefully discharged on the eve of my departure for England. Chief among them is the...

Les moments perdus de John ShagSi les quelques gens de qualit qui frquentrent mon ami John Shag fournissent de lui, par leurs anecdotes, une image singulire, il ne faut pas s'en tonner, car, pour aimable que ft son apparence, qui tait celle d'un honnte...

Literatura Mondo, numero 3, 1922 DecembroNIA KUNLABORANTARO: LOUISE BRIGGS (ARMLEY), J. GRAU CASAS (BARCELONA), F.E. HAINE (BRUXELLES), NIKOLAO HOHLOV (ZAGREB), DRO EMIL PFEFFER (WIEN), IVAN H. KRESTANOFF (DRESDEN), PAUL MEDEM (KAUNAS), EMMA H. OSMOND (LONDON), M. SOLOVJEV (SKOPLJE), JULIO WERNER (BUDAPEST), DRO LEONO ZAMENHOF...

Literatura Mondo, numero 2, 1922 NovembroKun sincera ojo ni povas konstati, ke nia espero ne estis vana kaj la laboro, destinita por realigo de jam delonge atendita revo pri literatura presorgano, estis renkontanta entuziasman aprobon jam en komenco. Amaso da gratulaj leteroj alvenis en...

Literatura Mondo, numero 1, 1922 OktobroNaskiis gazeto. Gepatroj, parencoj, konatuloj staras irka la lulilo kaj penas, kun timema espero, diveni la sorton de la novenaskito. Alvenas D-ro. Okulvitro kun venena krajonlanco en la mano, vestita per malbonhumoraj recenzmanuskriptoj kaj grumblante, ektirinte sian longan barbon,...

A Book of the PyreneesThis Book of the Pyrenees follows the same lines as my Book of the Rhine and Book of the Riviera. It is not a guide, but an introduction to the chain, giving to the reader a sketch of the History...

The Sorceress (complete)BY MRS. OLIPHANT AUTHOR OF "THE SON OF HIS FATHER," "THE CHRONICLES OF CARLINFORD," "THE ROSE IN JUNE," "THE GREATEST HEIRESS IN ENGLAND," "WHITELADIES," "WITHIN THE PRECINCTS," "IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS," "ADAM GRAEME," ETC., ETC. NEW YORK JOHN A....

Anthologica Rarissima: The Way of a Virgin - Being excerpts from rare, curious and diverting booksTwo Hundred and fifty Copies of this Work have been Printed on Hand-made Paper for Private Circulation Only among Members of the Brovan Society, and Twenty-five for the Editors....

Isle of WightThe Island, as its people are in the way of styling it, while not going so far as to deny existence to the adjacent islands of Great Britain and Irelandthe Wight, as it is sometimes called by old writershas for the first...

Abandonment; or, Absolute Surrender to Divine ProvidenceThere is no truth however clear which does not become error the moment it is lessened or exaggerated; and there is no food however salutary for the soul which may not, when ill-applied, become a fatal poison. The...

The Mysteries of London, v. 3/4It was about nine o'clock in the evening of the 2nd of November, 1826, that a travelling-carriage stopped, on its way to London, to change horses at the principal hotel in the little town of Staines. The active ostlers...

The Heart of PenelopeSir George Downing was back in London after an absence of twenty years from England. The circumstances which had led to his leaving his native country had been such that he could not refer to them, even in his own mind,...

Kahden vuoden loma-aikaI. Myrsky II. Tyrskyiss III. Carrin koulu IV. Pojat suunnittelevat V. Saari vai manner? VI. Neuvottelu VII. Tutkimusmatkalla VIII. P.J.-luola ja luuranko IX. Kuollut merimies X. Hirsilautta XI. Ranskalaisluolassa XII. Ranskalaisluolaa laajennetaan XIII. Talvi kiristyy XIV. Matkalla XV. Metsstysseikkailu XVI. Joulu XVII....

The Sperry Gyro-CompassHEN the earth was thrown off from the sun and commenced rotating about its own axis, there was developed a force generated by the earths rotation. For countless centuries this force has been at work, but no one has ever been able...

The Puzzle King - Amusing arithmetic, book-keeping blunders, commercial comicalities, curious "catches", peculiar problems, perplexing paradoxes, quaint questions, queer quibbles, school stories, interesting items, tricks with figures, cards, draughts, dice, dominoes, etc., etc., etc.It is hoped that this little book may prove useful, not...