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Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike: Tales of the Gold FieldsWhen the P. & O. steamer called at Albany, West Australia, only two passengers came on board, a young Englishman and his wife. Before we reached Sydney I made his acquaintance in the smoking room and he...

The Labour-saving HouseSome portion of this book appeared in the form of articles in The Queen and The Evening Standard. My thanks are due to the Editors of those papers for permission to republish them. 2.There is a scarcity of labour. Girls of the...

A Glimpse at Guatemala - And Some Notes on the Ancient Monuments of Central America[Pg ix]The Archological results of my seven expeditions to Central America are in course of publication in the Biologia Centrali-Americana, and eight parts containing about 200 plates have already been...

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 2 (of 5)This book contains material in multiple languages, and numerous examples of archaic, non-standard and dialect forms of English. Therefore no attempts to standardize spelling would be appropriate. The only changes made to the text are...

Canadian Scenery, Volume 2 (of 2)The rural districts of Trois Rivires, so far as they lie northward of the St. Lawrence, form a continuation of the same kind of territory as that below, and are in general flatter, and capable of more uniform cultivation....

Canadian Scenery, Volume 1 (of 2)The name of this magnificent link in the colonial chain with which England has encircled the world, is a matter of considerable doubt.[1] It has been dignified with some research and ingenuity, however, and we can record the result,...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 03, March 1900 - Spanish Wrought-Iron Screens; XII. Century Capitals from the Benedictine Monastery, MonrealeFrom earliest times the numerous iron mines which exist in Spain, especially in the Cantabrian provinces, have been worked, and their...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 02, February 1900 - Japanese GardensThe Japanese garden is not a flower garden, neither is it made for the purpose of cultivating plants. In nine cases out of ten there is nothing in it resembling...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 01, January 1900 - The Ten Most Beautiful Buildings in the United States.During the Autumn of the past year a voting contest was proposed to the readers of The Brochure Series with the object of...

Antikristuksen ihmetyöt "Kun Antikristus saapuu, nytt hn aivan Kristuksen kaltaiselta. Silloin vallitsee suuri nlnht ja Antikristus kulkee maasta maahan ja jakaa leip kyhille. Ja hn on saapa paljon puoltajia." Sisilialaisesta kansantarusta. 1. Suuren miehen puoliso. 2. Leip ja leikkej. 3. Aracoelin hylki. 4. Vanha...

Lancaster's Choice CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI....

Harper's Young People, May 31, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyOld Slack Limestone had sat on the steps of the tavern in Dicksonville, and chewed tobacco and told stories until he had acquired the highest perfection in the doing of each. Neither of these roads...

DaisyThis little story, by Miss Marshall Saunders, author of Beautiful Joe, appeared some years ago in England, in the interests of a benevolent institution. It has seemed worthy of a wider publication, and hence it is brought out in its present dress. The infantile...

American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples N a few years Book-plate literature will have a place in the catalogues of the Libraries, as it now has in those of the dealers in books. The works of the Hon. J. Leicester Warren...

Elias Lönnrot: Elämä-kerrallisia piirteitäTm elmkerran tekele on saanut runkonsa muistopuheesta, jonka tekij piti siin surujuhlassa, jonka Suomen Yliopisto 13:na p. toukok. v. 1884 vietti suuren kansalaisen muistoa kunnioittaakseen. Se, mink puhuja tss tilassa juhlakokouksen kuullen puhui, lytyy kaikki tss kirjasessa, ja sen lisksi on...

L'Illustration, No. 1602, 8 novembre 1873Gravures: Inauguration de la statue de Vauban, Avallon (Yonne), le 25 octobre 1873.--L'incendie de l'Opra: vue prise de la rue Le Peletier.--Le dpart des hirondelles, composition et dessin de Karl Bodmer.--L'incendie de l'Opra: aspect du boulevard des Italiens pendant...

Dryden's Works Vol. 08 (of 18)It is now seven or eight years since I designed to write this play of "Cleomenes;" and my Lord Falkland[36], (whose name I cannot mention without honour, for the many favours I have received from him) is pleased to...

Remedia Amoris; or, The Remedy of Love - Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes The God of Love had read the title and the name of this treatise, when he said, "War, I see, war is being meditated against me." Forbear, Cupid,...

Ars Amatoria; or, The Art Of Love - Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes Should any one of the people not know the art of loving, let him read me; and taught by me, on reading my lines, let him love. By...

The Amores; or, Amours - Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes We who of late were five books 001 of Naso, are now but three: this work our author has preferred to the former one. Though it should 002 now be no...