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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (Illustrated)I must begin with the same announcement as in the previous Volume (which I shall henceforward refer to as Vol. I., calling the present Volume Vol. II.), viz. that the Locket, at p. 405, was drawn by Miss Alice Havers....

Pioneer Imprints from Fifty StatesPioneer Imprints From Fifty States will enable readers to view the Library of Congress collections from an unaccustomed angle. It takes for its subject the Library's earliest examples of printing from within present-day boundaries of each State in the Union,...

Bacteria - Especially as they are related to the economy of nature, to industrial processes, and to the public healthWe live in a world that is teeming with life. From the earliest times of man that life has been studied and the observations recorded....

Non-Criminal Prisons - English Debtor's Prisons and Prisons of War; French War Prisons; American War Prisons with References to Those of Other LandsTHE word prison connotes crime; a place of punishment and detention where misdeeds are expiated and penalties enforced. A certain sense of...

Project Gutenberg Newsletters 1999 - Thirteen Letters: December 1998 to December 1999 NOTE: An exact copy, with the orignal formatting of the original newsletters, may be found in the "old" directory available by clicking on "More Files" in the the PG Catalog listing. ****This...

The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 - A Monthly MagazineIn so far as we may judge from the notices in periodicals and newspapers, this work appears to have been received, both in England and the United States, not only with...

Speaking of the TurksWE were arriving at Constantinople, my native city, from which I had been absent nearly ten years. I had been in America all this time. At first my business interests and later the general war had prevented my coming back to...

On a Chinese Screen You come to the row of hovels that leads to the gate of the city. They are built of dried mud and so dilapidated that you feel a breath of wind will lay them flat upon the dusty earth from...

Homo sum: RomaaniValmistellessani itseni Sinain niemen historian kirjoittamiseen, veti kristillisen ajan ensimmisten vuosisatojen tutkiminen minulta pitkn ajan, ja noiden monilukuisten martyroloogisten ja askeettisten kirjoituksien, pyhimys- ja munkkijuttujen joukosta, jotka minun oli ahtaalle rajoitettua tarkoitustani varten lpi tutkiminen ja seulominen, lysin (Cotelerion "ecclesiae graecae monumenta'ssa")...

The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 09 (1820)Man has been in all ages and countries, in a greater or less degree, the victim of imposture and superstition. Their origin can every where be traced to rude and uncultivated periods of...

The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon; part 2THE present volume, which has been selected for issue by the Hakluyt Society, contains the Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru, by Pedro de Cieza de Leon. The First Part formed one of the...

Yön lapsiErn lmpisen yn istuttiin vanhassa Alta-Inoyo -kerhossa San Franciscossa ja avonaisista ikkunoista tulvi katumelu huoneeseen tukahdutettuna ja etisen. Keskusteltiin siit lahjomisjrjestelmst, mik oli vallalla ja viimeisen tunnustimena siihen seikkaan katsoen, ett kaupungin hallitusta tultaisiin puhdistamaan sen pivnvaloa arastelevista aineksista. Sitten oli ruvettu pohtimaan...

El Escuadrón del BriganteNota del Transcriptor: Se ha respetado la ortografa y la acentuacin del original. Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Pginas en blanco han sido eliminadas. La portada fue diseada por el transcriptor y se considera dominio pblico El aprendiz de...

Lion and Dragon in Northern ChinaLess than a dozen years have passed since the guns of British warships first saluted the flag of their country at the Chinese port of Weihaiwei, yet it is nearly a century since the white ensign was seen there...

Histoires insolitesEn ces temps-l s'tendait magnifiquement, au sein d'idals ocans, une le d'aspect enchant. C'tait une prodigieuse fort fleurie qu'un Pacifique ventait de ses salines et vivifiantes brises,et, dominant la clairire centrale, sur des couches rocheuses aux puissants chos, s'y dressait un colossal eucalyptus....

Social England under the Regency, Vol. 2 (of 2)Anti-Corn Bill riots Riots in the north Ratification of the Treaty of Peace with America Attempt to steal the Crown Epithets applied to Napoleon The Prince of Wales' debts 1 News of the Battle of Waterloo...

Novelle umoristiche IL SUICIDIO DEL MAESTRO BONARCA. LA GIOCATRICE. DONI NUZIALI. DALL'ELDORADO. IL CAPPELLO DEL MARITO. EFFICACIA D'UNA GIARRETTIERA. LA FORTUNA DI UN UOMO. UNA SCAMPANATA. IL POLSO. COME FIN LA MODESTIA. L'ENTUSIASTA PUNITO. L'AGNELLO. IL FALCONE. IN ARCADIA. Felicit una vana parola? Persona...

The Sea FairiesMr. Baum is the most inventive writer of fairy tales in all the world to-day. The "Oz" stories teem with favorites new and old, for children miss any old character and immediately demand reinstatement, so, after long experience, Mr. Baum brought along...

Helmiä: Valikoima novellejaProsper Mrime syntyi syyskuun 28 p:n v. 1803 Pariisissa, miss hnen isns, tunnettu taidemaalari J. Fr. Lonor Mrime, ja lahjakas itins, tyttnimeltn Anna Moreau, silloin asuivat. idillkin oli huomattavat taipumukset maalaustaiteeseen ja isoiti taas oli tuo erittin suosittu lastenkirjailija rva Leprince de...

Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters - A Selection from His Correspondence with Boccaccio and Other Friends, Designed to Illustrate the Beginnings of the RenaissanceDuring the fifteen years which have elapsed since the appearance of the first edition of this volume...