Classic eBooks

The American NavyThe navy in all countries has ever been, and, as far as we can now judge, ever will be, a preminent instrument of government. It was through her navy that Greece destroyed the power of Persia; Rome that of Carthage; the allies...

Against the Tide Although noon was close at hand, the morning was deeply gloomy and ominous. Thunder clouds of late summer brooded over the Ohio, and rain, already sweeping across the wide crescent-bend of the river, was threatening to burst upon Evansville. Yet it...

The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 4 - And His Life Depicted in a Gallery of Eighty PaintingsThen led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,...

Thomas Heywood If I were to be consulted as to a reprint of our old English dramatists, says Charles Lamb, I should advise to begin with the collected plays of Heywood. He was a fellow actor and fellow dramatist with Shakespeare. He possessed not...

Dogs Always KnowIndeed, Miss Selby was not very fond, just then, of any one who did not come from Boston. Sometimes she even went so far as to declare to herself that she did not like any one at all except the members of...

Researches on the Visual Organs of the TrilobitesIt is well known amongst palontologists that the hypostoma of the trilobites has been the particular object for research and description by a few authors, as Barrande, Novk and Brgger and some passing notes concerning it are...

La Comédie humaine - Volume 12. Scènes de la vie parisienne et scènes de la vie politiqueSplendeurs et Misres des Courtisanes (3epartie). Un Prince de la Bohme. Une Esquisse dHomme daffaires. GaudissartII. Les Comdiens sans le savoir. Un pisode sous laTerreur. Une Tnbreuse affaire....

Hienoston huvinäytelmäEnglantilainen kirjailijapariskunta Agnes ja Egerton Castle on nyt kaksikymment vuotta julkaissut kaunokirjallisia tuotteita yksinomaan yhteisell nimell. Posa siin tyskentelyss on kuitenkin mr. Castlella, joka on syntynyt v. 1858 ja sai hyvin monipuolisen kasvatuksen, aluksi Pariisin ja Glasgowin yliopistoissa, sittemmin Oxfordissa ja Cambridgess luonnontieteiden...

Die Sitten der Völker, Erster Band - Liebe, Ehe, Heirat, Geburt, Religion, Aberglaube, Lebensgewohnheiten, Kultureigentümlichkeiten, Tod und Bestattung bei allen Völkern der ErdeDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1914 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und...

Aberglauben, Sitten und Gebräuche des sächsischen Obererzgebirges: Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Volksglaubens und Volkslebens im Königreich SachsenDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1862 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und heute nicht mehr gebruchliche Schreibweisen...

L'odyssée d'un transport torpilléTu dois te demander ce que je suis devenu dans toute cette bagarre. Il est plutt loin, notre 14 juillet de la Nouvelle-Orlans o nous nous sommes dit au revoir au Dollar-Bar, aprs un cake-walk au son du gramophone. Je vais...

The Big IdeaJimmy Rand came out of the wash-house that early April morning and took his place in the line of men dressed in their black, greasy mine-clothes. It was a long linestretching past the power-house, past the big tower where the coal came...

A Selection of Cases on the Law of TortsThe chief occasion for this edition is the change in the first-year curriculum in Harvard Law School, which assigned to other courses many things formerly appropriated to the course in the Law of Torts and hence...

Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre & Bayonet, and Sword Feats - or, How to use a cut and thrust swordIn the pages of this Manual an attempt is made to give full and practical instruction in Sabre and Singlestick Play, and in the use...

Belgian Fairy TalesThe name which the Belgians give to their country is Belgique. The English form Belgium is that from the Latin of ancient days. The country is inhabited by two races. Draw a line across the map of Belgium and you divide the...

The Story of Zephyr: A Christmas StoryEdwy spoke in a subdued tone, for the president of a certain Association, a country club, of which his father was a member, had come to say good-bye. One branch of the party of campers on the lake...

Out of the WoodsWhen you learn that this story begins with the heroine setting off through the woods to visit her grandmother, who was ill, you may guess that it is the familiar tale of Little Red Riding Hood. I must admit that that...

La naissance et l'évanouissement de la matièreLe but de cette confrence[1] est de vous raconter une merveilleuse et trange histoire, quil y a dix ans peine la science ne souponnait pas. Cette histoire est celle dun morceau de matire quelconque, de la pierre que...

Les poètes du peuple au XIXe siècleLa plupart des potes du peuple qui figurent dans ce volume appartiennent la classe des artisans; quelques uns seulement nexercent aucune profession manuelle; mais tous ont ce trait de ressemblance quils ne doivent leur illustration qu leurs dispositions...

Eine feine Woche!Er hat recht. Hierin hat er mal recht. Und wie es ihm geht, so gehts sehr vielen oder beinahe allen Jungen. Immer fehlt ihnen etwas; immer mssen sie hoffen, hier oder da durchzuschlpfen; immer hoffen, an einer sicher drohenden Gefahr vorbeizukommen. Und...