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Fathers and SonsIn this masterly unromantic novel, Turgenev drew a character, Bazarov, who served to express what he taught us to call Nihilism, and made a movement into a man. In Russia itself the effect of the story was astonishing. The portrait of Bazarov...

An Old Man's PrayerThis simple story will be recognized by many throughout New England to whom the author has had the pleasure of reciting it. Frequent requests that he would place it in shape for preservation have emboldened him to issue it in its...

Het leven en de lotgevallen van David CopperfieldAfgebroken woorden aan het einde van de regel zijn stilzwijgend hersteld. Overduidelijke druk- en spelfouten in het origineel zijn gecorrigeerd; deze zijn voorzien van een dunne oranje stippellijn, waarbij de Brontekst via een zwevende pop-up beschikbaar is....

Kihlautuneet: Historiallinen romaani"Historiaa saattaa syyst mritell kuuluisaksi sodaksi, jota kydn Aikaa vastaan, historia kun net riist sen ksist vuodet, nuo ajan vangit, tai oikeammin vainajat, hertten ne jlleen eloon, asettaa ne rintamaan ja jrjest ne uudelleen taisteluun. Mutta ne mainehikkaat sankarit, jotka tll tanterella...

The Chief Periods of European History - Six lectures read in the University of Oxford in Trinity term, 1885These are the Lectures referred to in the last paragraph of the Preface to the course on the Methods of Historical Study, lately published. I have...

Brought ForwardLuckily the war has made eggs too expensive for me to fear the public will pelt me off the stage with them. Still after years of writing one naturally dreads the cold potato and the orange-peel. I once in talking said to a...

Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume IIDoes any one remember the Caravan? She was what would now be considered a slow boatthen (1827) she was regularly advertised as the fast running, etc. Her regular trips from New Orleans to Natchez were usually...

Time Telling through the AgesIn the midst of the world war, when ordinary forms of celebration seemed unsuitable, this book was conceived by Robt. H. Ingersoll & Bro., as a fitting memento of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of their entrance into the watch industry, and...

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 34 of 55, 1519-1522; 1280-1605 - Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions...

Harper's Young People, July 5, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyOn the preceding page are several spirited pictures illustrating scenes during the annual regatta of the New York Canoe Club, which took place last week in the Upper Bay, off the club-house on Staten Island....

Pomander WalkIt lies out Chiswick way, not far from Horace Walpole's house where later Miss Pinkerton conducted her Academy for Young Ladies. It is still there, although it was actually built in 1710; but London has gradually stretched its tentacles towards it, and they...

Bob: The Story of Our Mocking-birdhe poet Sidney Lanier loved to swing in full-muscled walks through the fields and woods; to take the biggest bow and quiver out of the archery implements provided for himself and his brood of boys, and with them trailing...

Runnymede and Lincoln Fair: A Story of the Great CharterRunnymede and Lincoln Fair was the last story drawing upon the wars and great affairs of English history which its author was destined to write. Like Cressy and Poictiers, which is already included in Everymans...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 12, December 1900 - The Cathedrals of EnglandSuch a general survey of the most representative English cathedrals as is undertaken in the present article naturally leaves no space for a detailed consideration of the various...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 11, November 1900 - The Work of Sir Christopher WrenDuring the reign of James I. the Renaissance style in England, which in Elizabeth's time had been mingled in picturesque combination with the Gothic, was further...

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 2, August 1843Greece was the land of poetry. Endowed with a language, of all others adapted to every variation of feeling, from the deepest pathos or boldest heroism, to the lightest mirth, and gifted with the most exquisite sensibility...

Recueil de chansons en patois de la BresseLe tirage de la premire partie de ce recueil ayant eu lieu, en ce qui concerne le chant, par suite de malentendus, sans que les preuves aient t pralablement corriges par l'auteur, je me trouve dans la...

L'Illustration, No. 0070, 29 Juin 1844Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire. Buste de Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire.--Histoire de la Semaine.--Prisonniers arabes en France. Portrait d'Ali ben-Assa; Iles Sainte-Marguerite; le Fort Brescou.--Un Voyage au long cours travers la France et la Navarre, par A. Aubert. Chap. IV et V. Sept Gravures, par Bertall;...

The Old Furniture Book, with a Sketch of Past Days and WaysEvery effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Four instances of the text "facing page," have been removed as the 'Figure references'...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 10, October 1900 - The Château of Chambord: France; Louis XVI. SconcesThe Chteau of Chambord is one of the most unique palaces of the Renaissance in existence. "It is," writes Jules Loiseleur, "the Versailles of...