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A United States Midshipman in JapanPhilip Perry and Sydney Monroe are young officers in the United States navy. Although they have been out of the Naval Academy less than two years, and are still ranked as midshipmen, they have seen active service, as related...

The Life and Work of William Tindale"THE first scholar and the first divine of his epoch"the words stand true of William Tindale; but his personality is even more arresting, for only a man richly endowed with courage, sincerity, uprightness, the sense of duty and...

A Handbook of Cookery for a Small HouseOf all the books produced since the most remote ages by human talents and industry those only that treat of cooking are, from a moral point of view, above suspicion. The intention of every other piece of...

Los valores literariosS, tiene razn Stendhal: he aqu todo el siglo XIX. El siglo XIX en Francia y en otros pases. En Espaa, podramos decir: he aqu el siglo XX? Todo el espritu moderno est en ese brevsimo dilogo del escritor francs. Ese es,...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 6, June 1842This elegant structure is thrown across the Schuylkill, on the site once occupied by an airy and graceful wooden erection, for years the pride of our city, and celebrated as being the longest bridge of a single...

The Day of ResisDear Miss Cameron:You will probably be much surprised to hear from me in this out-of-the-way place, but knowing the pleasure you take in everything pertaining to Africa, I thought you might be interested in a matter which came before my notice...

A United States Midshipman in ChinaThose who have read A United States Midshipman Afloat will recall that Philip Perry and his friend, Sydney Monroe, recent graduates of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, had been but a short time in the regular naval service when...

Bee-keeping for the Many; or, The management of the common and Ligurian honey bee - Including the selection of hives and a bee-keeper's calendarTo be had of all Booksellers, and at the Railway Stalls; or direct from the Office on prepayment of the following...

The Automaton Ear, and Other SketchesNote.Some of the sketches and tales in this volume were contributed to Scribners Monthly, Appletons Journal, and the Lakeside Magazine, and are used here, in a revised form, by the kind permission of the editors. Others appear now for...

Where Stillwater Runs DeepHe was an Irishman and a West Pointer and liked to fight. But he was also Patrick R. ONeill, ranger of the Yellowstone National Forest, and his mission in Bad Caon was one of peace. And peace it was, but two-fisted!...

The Experienced Angler; or Angling Improved - Imparting Many of the Aptest Ways and Choicest Experiments for the Taking Most Sorts of Fish in Pond or River I have read and practised by many books of this kind, formerly made public; from which, although...

The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865The introduction of slavery into Tennessee was a part of the westward movement of colonization. It had passed the experimental stage of its development in North Carolina before Tennessee acquired an independent political existence.[1] Its economic, social, and legal aspects...

How to Pick a Mate: The Guide to a Happy MarriageNO PART of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written...

The Invention of Typography - A Brief Sketch of the Invention of Printing and How it Came AboutMany persons and many places have claimed the honor of the invention of typographic printing. That these conflicting claims should be made is the most natural thing...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 5, May 1842The earl is out, sirand so is Lord William; said the obsequious lacquey, as I was ushered into Fairlie Hall, will you amuse yourself in the library until dinner, or take a stroll in the park? You...

Paris de siècle en siècleLe cur de Paris et ses dplacements.Lutce gauloise.Le village insulaire entre marais et forts.Larrive du Romain.Premier sige et premier incendie.Camulogne et Labinus.Lutce gallo-romaine.Le premier coup dtat militaire.Un Empereur de Paris.Le Palais de Julien aux Thermes.Les Nautes.Les arnes parisiennes.Lutce mrovingienne.Sainte-Genevive.Le Palais...

Smuggling & Smugglers in Sussex - The Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders of Mr. William Galley a Custom-house Officer, and Mr. Daniel Chater, a Shoemaker, by Fourteen Notorious Smugglers, with the Trials and Execution of Seven of the Criminals at Chichester,...

The Little Review, March 1916 (Vol. 3, No. 1) When they ask you what anarchism is, and you scuffle around for the most convincing definition, why dont you merely ask instead: What is art? Because anarchism and art are in the world for exactly...

Thoughts on the Education of Daughters - With Reflections on Female Conduct, in the More Important Duties of LifeIn the following pages I have endeavoured to point out some important things with respect to female education. It is true, many treatises have been already...

Poultry diseases - Causes, symptoms and treatment, with notes on post-mortem examinationsPoultry farming as a means of profit can be made successful only by maintaining the most vigorous and sustained campaign against disease. The aim of the poultry rearer should be to stamp out...