Classic eBooks

The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail; or, The old miner's mysterious messageMy Dear Boys: This book is a complete story in itself, but forms the ninth volume in a line issued under the general title, The Second Rover Boys Series for Young Americans. The...

Planet of SandThere was bright, pitiless light in the prison corridor of the Stallifer. There was the hum of the air-renewal system. Once in every so often there was a cushioned thud as some item of the space ship's machinery operated some relay somewhere....

The Great White Hand; Or, the Tiger of Cawnpore: A story of the Indian MutinyIn the year 1894, I published in two volumes a romance of the Indian Mutiny, under the title of The Star of Fortune. A short prefatory note intimated that it...

RedevelopmentJohn McBride hung the phone on the hook and wiped his face. This face-wiping was not the usual gesture of a man whose face is dirty, or covered with perspiration. It was the dazed sort of gesture made by a man who has just...

Nick Carter Stories No. 156, September 4, 1915: Blood Will Tell; or, Nick Carter's Play in PoliticsHow to Send MoneyBy post-office or express money order, registered letter, bank check or draft, at our risk. At your own risk if sent by currency, coin, or...

Le livre des enfantsUn tout petit enfant sen allait lcole. On avait dit: Allez!... Il tchait dobir; Mais son livre tait lourd, il ne pouvait courir; Il pleure, et suit des yeux une abeille qui vole. Abeille, lui dit-il, voulez-vous me parler? Moi, je...

History of electric lightAbout the same time Lontin, a Frenchman, improved Serrins arc lamp mechanism by the application of series and shunt magnets. This is the differential principle which was invented by Lacassagne and Thiers in 1855 but which apparently had been forgotten. Several...

NomadGuy Maynard left the Bureau of Exploration Building at Sahara Base and walked right into trouble. It came more or less of a surprise; not the trouble as a condition but the manner and place of its coming was the shocking quality. Guy Maynard...

The 151st Field Artillery BrigadeIn writing this brief sketch of the Brigade from its inception to its final mustering out of the service, it has not been my aim to account in any way for all the days and nights which have elapsed during...

Celtic MSS. in relation to the Macpherson fraud - With a review of Professor Freeman's criticism of [P.B. Du Chaillu's] "The Viking Age," by the author of "Celticism a myth"That portion of this tractate which relates to Celtic manuscripts and the doings of Macpherson,...

The cruise of the Canoe ClubIT is a very easy thing for four boys to make up their minds to get four canoes and to go on a canoe cruise, but it is not always so easy to carry out such a projectas Charley...

Az emberiség képviselőiAz amerikai filozfus-kltnek msodik fordtsktett veszi itt az olvas kezemtl ugyanebben a vllalatban. Az 1850-ben megjelent: Representative Men els magyar tltetje: a nagyrdem Szsz Kroly volt s munkja Az Emberi Szellem Kpviseli cm alatt az Akadmia knyvkiadvllalatban 1894-ben jelent meg. Ez a...

The works of the Rev. John Wesley, Vol. 04 (of 32) This book has illustrated drop-caps at the start of each chapter. These illustrations may adversely affect the pronunciation of the word with screen-readers or not display properly in some handheld devices. This book...

Out of the Briars - An Autobiography and Sketch of the Twenty-ninth Regiment Connecticut VolunteersTo be requested to write an introduction to a book implies some acquaintance with, confidence in, and respect for, the writer thereof, on the part of the author of the...

The provincial American and other papersProduced by: D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was created from images of public domain material made available by the University of Toronto Libraries.) I AM a provincial American....

The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. I, No. 4, April 1860) Communications for the Editor should be addressed to the care of Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, and not to the Editors private residence. The Editor cannot be responsible for the return of rejected...

The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. I, No. 3, March 1860)The above Company has been formed for the purpose of supplying the Nobility, Gentry, and Private Families with PURE WINES of the highest character, at a saving of at least 30 Per Cent. For Commercial Purposes.The...

On chloroform and other anæsthetics: their action and administrationThe most important discovery that has been made in the practice of medicine since the introduction of vaccination, is, undoubtedly, the power of making persons perfectly insensible to the most painful surgical operations, by the inhalation...

Caen démoli: Recueil de notices sur des monuments détruits ou défigurés, et sur l'ancien port de CaenRecueil de notices sur des monuments dtruits ou dfigurs, et sur l'ancien port de Caen, avec 5 gravures, d'aprs des aquarelles de A. Lasne, et des dessins indits...

Meddler's Moon"Please do not be disturbed. Finish dressing," said the stranger. Peter measured him. A few pounds heavier than Peter's one hundred and sixty; an inch taller than Peter's five feet eleven. About the same sandy blond complexion. The face was wreathed in a...