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A Study of Siouan Cults - Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544 1. Cult, as used in this article, means a system of religious belief and worship,...

Pioneers in AustralasiaI have been asked to write a series of works which should deal with "real adventures", in parts of the world either wild and uncontrolled by any civilized government, or at any rate regions full of dangers, of wonderful discoveries; in which...

Onnelliset: Kotiopettajatar onnellisten perheessä"Romaaniksi" en olisi ikin hirvinnyt tt kirjoittamaani havaintojen sarjaa sanoa. Mutta kun kustantajani palautti minulle ksikirjoituksen lopullista viimeistely varten, hmmstyin suuresti siit, ett hn oli teokseni siksi ristinyt. Ja minun tytyy nyt tehd viel tm pikku esipuhe, alkaakseni suoranaisilla anteeksipyynnill. Hn...

KunnanlapsiJa kuitenkin voimme sanoa, ett juuri syntyns on hnest kirjailijan tehnyt. Paroonitar Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach on nim. Itvallan tsekkilinen, omaa sukua Dubsky ja syntynyt Zdislaviein kreivillisess linnassa Mhriss 13 p. syysk. 1830. Lapsuusvuotensa ja aikaisimman nuoruutensa pivt hn vietti kotiseudullaan, tutustuen niin hyvin kylien...

T. B. Peterson's List of Publications (1857)The Books in this Catalogue will be found to be the very Best and Latest Publications by the most popular and celebrated writers in the world. They are also the most readable and entertaining Books, and are printed...

Sylvie and Bruno (Illustrated)One little picture in this book, the Magic Locket, at p. 77, was drawn by Miss Alice Havers. I did not state this on the title-page, since it seemed only due, to the artist of all these (to my mind) wonderful...

Herraskartano ja legendojaKun maailma oli alkanut kyllsty valokuvailevaan ja luontoa ja elm jlittelevn ja orjallisesti kuvaavaan kyhsisltiseen realismiin ja kun se oli saanut tarpeensa tylsyneest tendenssikirjallisuudestakin, rupesi se toivomaan tietji, jotka nostaisivat mielen ylpuolelle jokapivist todellisuutta tai ainakin vrittisivt sit runouden ruskolla. Silloin ilmaantui...

Iloinen poikayvind oli hn nimelt ja itki synnyttyns. Vaan itins syliss pystn istuen rupesi hn jo nauramaan, ja iltamassa tulta sytyteltess nauroi niin ett kaikui, mutta purskahti itkuun, kun ei pssyt kynttillle. "Tuosta pojasta taitaa tulla jotain erinomaista", sanoi iti. Paljasta kalliota kielui hnen...

Arbetarens hustru: Skådspel i fem akterD jag hrmed i tryck utgifver en af mig verkstld fversttning af fru Minna Canths Tymiehen vaimo, nskar jag fsta uppmrksamheten p, att jag ingalunda drmed velat gra ansprk p ngon litterr frtjenst, utan tvrtom mste be om fverseende...

Mollie's Substitute HusbandI "The Professor" on a Spree II The Prettiest Girl III Friendly Strangers IV An Unscrupulous Reformer V Alicia and the Motives of Men VI Stage-Setting VII Boy and Girl VIII Passages with Mayor Black IX Aunt Mary X A Senator Missing...

Il Professore Romualdo Il dottor Romualdo Grolli, assistente alla cattedra di matematica in una Universit del regno, e dilettante di chimica nel suo privato laboratorio, sedeva una mattina del maggio 1861 davanti alla sua scrivania, intento a copiare una Memoria da leggersi nell'Accademia scientifica...

Della guerra nazionale d'insurrezione per bande, applicata all'Italia - Trattato dedicato ai buoni Italiani da un amico del Paese Da tirannico veleno travagliati, da gotica pestifera infezione ammorbati, le vostre gi robuste membra per effetto suo accasciate, dalle gherminelle dello straniero, che nel vedervi...

Paroni von Münchhausenin retket ja seikkailutRetkeni Venjlle alkoi talvisydnn, sill min olin harkinnut, ja viisaasti harkinnutkin, ett Pohjois-Saksassa, Puolassa, Kuurinmaalla ja Liivinmaalla pakkanen ja lumi laittavat tiet hyvn kuntoon. Hallituksen ei sitten en tarvitse niist huolta pit. Min kuljin ratsain, se kulkuneuvo kun epilemtt...

Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of IcelandIt is now just thirty years since I first began to read the "Saga of Grettir the Strong" in Icelandic. At that time I had only a Danish grammar of Icelandic and an Icelandic-Danish dictionary, and I did...

Light-Fingered GentryI.A Matrimonial Mistake II.A Feast and a Fiasco III."Only Cousin Neva" IV.The Fosdick Family V.Narcisse and Alois VI.Neva Goes to School VII.A Woman's Point of View VIII.In Neva's Studio IX.Master and Man X.Amy Sweet and Amy Sour XI.At Mrs. Trafford's XII."We Never Were"...

The Third CircleThe Third Circle The House With the Blinds Little Dramas of the Curbstone Shorty Stack, Pugilist The Strangest Thing A Reversion to Type "Boom" The Dis-Associated Charities Son of a Sheik A Defense of the Flag Toppan A Caged Lion "This Animal...

Blackie & Son's Illustrated Story Books Catalogue, 1889In carrying out various special missions with which he is entrusted the hero displays so much dash and enterprise that he soon attains an exceptionally high rank for his age. In all the operations he takes a...

Der Klosterjaeger: Roman aus dem XIV. Jahrhundert Frhling im Bergwald! Er kennt die Blumen nicht, die der Lenz ber die Wiesen des Tales streut, kennt nicht die linden Lfte, die spielend durch blhende Hecken streichen, und nicht das liebliche Gezwitscher der heimgekehrten Schwalben, die...

Historically Famous Lighthouses - CG-232Under the supervision of the United States Coast Guard, there are today some 158 manned lighthouses in the nation. Another 60 are cared for by other Coast Guard units in the general area. There are hundreds of other lights of...

The Redemption of FreetownTh is little story was first read by me to my Young People's society of Christian Endeavor in the Central Church, Topeka, Kan., during the spring of 1898. There is nothing impossible in the story, which is largely founded on actual...