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The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 4 (of 4)Transcribers Notes The cover image was produced by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. The book contained two chapter 15s and two chapter 25s. The chapters were renumbered in sequence for ease of reading. No...

A New System of HorsemanshipIt is not my Design, in the Task I undertake of giving some Account of this Work, as well as of the Art which is the Subject of it, to trace its Origin back into past Times, or to wander...

A Visit to the Philippine IslandsThe Philippine Islands are but imperfectly known. Though my visit was a short one, I enjoyed many advantages, from immediate and constant intercourse with the various authorities and the most friendly reception by the natives of every class. The...

Under Sail"The longer I live" said Nichols from the darkness of his corner "the less of difference I see between the East and the West. I've been listening closely to you fellows. We are fond of saying that we don't understand the Oriental; but,...

The PassportThe fierce heat of the mid-day hours was waning, and the leaves stirred in the first faint breath of the evening breeze stealing over the Roman Campagna from the sea that lay like a golden streak along the western horizon. It was the...

Caudebec in America - A Record of the Descendants of Jacques Caudebec 1700 to 1920It has been my pleasure and diversion during a period of many years to collect and tabulate data concerning the descendants of Jacques Caudebec. This has led to a study...

Biography for Beginners - Being a Collection of Miscellaneous Examples for the Use of Upper Forms THE QUESTION By Parry Truscott Author of "Catherine" THE WICKED WORLD By Alice Maud Meadows Author of "The Dukedom of Portsea" JOHN MARVEL By Thomas Nelson Page Author...

Cornish Saints & SinnersIt was an old arrangement between Guy and myself to go somewhere as soon as the Long Vacation commenced, and the Bookworm, a relation of Guy's, was included on account of his[Pg 2] health. The doctor told him that if he...

Burgundy: The Splendid Duchy. Stories and Sketches in South BurgundyAlthough the history of Burgundy is intimately connected with that of Englandthe policy of the Valois Dukes, for example, affected profoundly our national destinies during the hundred years' warthe average English reader's knowledge of the...

The Treasure Hunt of the S-18The high pitched drone of a wasp engine sounded over the municipal field at Atkinson and Tim Murphy, famous flying reporter of the Atkinson News, poked a grease-smudged face out from behind the cowling of a trim biplane and...

Les jardins, le faune et le poèteNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Je voudrais vous entretenir de...

A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 2 of 2 - Described in a Series of Letters by a LadyRide to ChillonCastle of La Tour du PeilChastellarChillonAttentive gendarmesOubliettesDestiny of their inhabitantsSalle de JusticeTorture roomEating hall with its fleurs-de-lisThe dungeonsThe beamThe...

A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 1 of 2 - Described in a Series of Letters by a LadyLanding at CalaisMeeting of a Custom-House Officer with FannyHistorical remainsJohns mode of ConfessionThe Hero malgr luiThe CourtgainSt. OmersThe Abbey of St....

Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404Compound engines are tending to come more and more into use, inasmuch as they present many advantages over other kinds, especially as regards the saving they effect in fuel, and their great regularity, due to the adjusting...

Chronique du crime et de l'innocence, tome 1/8 - Recueil des événements les plus tragiques;...Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 680 - January 6, 1877'No. 81. Yes; this must certainly be the house,' I murmured, turning my eyes somewhat disappointedly towards it again, after consulting an address in my hand. A large, gloomy, dilapidated-looking house,...

A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States - From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848In this volume I shall aim to give an account of the Norwegian immigration movement from 1825 down to 1848. Thereupon will follow a brief survey...

Fishing with the Fly - Sketches by Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of Standard Flies "Gentlemen, let not prejudice prepossess you. I confess my discourse is like to prove suitable to my recreation, calm and quiet. So much for the prologue of what...

Uudempia Uloswalituita SatujaUudempia Uloswalituita Satuja, Nuorten pernajatuxen teroituxexi, ja yhteises elms Opixi, Waroituxexi ja Neuwoxi, Ajan huwituxexi ja kuluxi, mutta mys hywin tapain ja kaunisten awuin harjoittamisexi Kootut, ja Suomexi tulkitut Wuonna 1783. Christfrid Gananderilda. Philos. Mag:ta. Taitawalle, pern ajattellewalle ja Wijsaalle Lukialle! 1....

Castles and Chateaux of Old BurgundyThe Burgundy of Charlemagnes time was a much vaster extent of territory than that of the period when the province came to play its own kingly part. From the borders of Neustria to Lombardia and Provence it extended from...