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De l'Allemagne; t.1Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker, ne Paris en 1766, tait la fille du clbre ministre franais; sa mre doue dun caractre trs ferme lleva svrement, et, jeune enfant, ladmit dans son salon entendre les conversations srieuses et instructives de gens tels que Buffon, Marmontel, Grimm,...

West African Folk-TalesIn presenting to the public these stories based on the folk-lore of the Gold Coast peoples, it seems necessary to say something in general terms of the economic and social development of the colony in so far as that development is affecting...

An Account of Two Voyages to New-England, Made During the Years 1638, 1663The work published by Josselyn in 1672, entitled New Englands Rarities discovered, which has been reprinted in a similar form, and as a companion volume to the present, contains a full and...

The Boy Scouts' VictoryReveille was over at the military school, and the three boys on the end of the line nearest the mess hall walked slowly toward the broad steps of the big brick building ahead. They differed greatly in type, but of this...

Keeping Down the Cost of Your Woodwork Keeping Down the Cost of Your Woodwork Restful Rooms Where First Impressions Count The Living Room That Deserves Its Name Making the Dining Room Inviting Lightening Kitchen Burdens Where You Spend Over One-third of Your Life Here...

Fairy tales from far and nearOne day, when she set out she took her little baby daughter with her. In each hand the mother carried a milk can, and the baby held to her skirt and walked close beside her. Suddenly two great eagles...

Report of the Twentieth National Anti-Slavery BazaarThe brightness of the New Year of 1854 did not fall without its shadows on the community of which we make a part. The storm of the 28th and 29th of December, unprecedented in severity, for many years,...

The Klan UnmaskedVarious representatives of the press, as well as many of my colleagues in the organization of which I have the honor to be the Founder and head, have repeatedly asked me to make a public statement, descriptive of our organization. It was...

Another Man's Shoes When you are really hungry, and have precisely one and sixpence to spend upon your dinner, the problem is one which requires a certain amount of consideration. I hesitated for some time between and the . At they give you four...

The Spring of a Lion The story which is narrated in the following pages came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quatermain, or Hunter Quatermain, as we used to call him in South Africa. He told it to me one...

Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 2 (of 2)To accommodate travellers, there is, in all the chief villages and hamlets, a post-house, belonging to the lord of the place, where, at all times, they may find horses,...

Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 1 (of 2)Hildreths Japan as it Was and Is was published in three editions,in 1855, 1856, and 1861. In the last edition a new chapter was added to bring the book...

A Nosseigneurs de l'Assemblée nationale: Mémoire pour les maîtres de postesLtablissement des Postes en France, est sans contredit un des plus beaux, des plus ncessaires & des plus utiles qui honore ce grand Empire; aussi na-t-il cess de jouir de la protection de la...

Eline VereIn the intellectual history of all countries we find the same phenomenon incessantly recurring. New writers, new artists, new composers arise in revolt against what has delighted their grandfathers and satisfied their fathers. These young men, pressed together at first, by external opposition,...

Wesley's Designated Successor - The Life, Letters, and Literary Labours of the Rev. John William Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, ShropshireEIGHTEEN years before his death, Wesley wrote the following letter to Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley Dear Sir,What an amazing work has God wrought in these...

The Ladies of the White House; Or, in the Home of the Presidents - Being a Complete History of the Social and Domestic Lives of the Presidents from Washington to the Present Time—1789–1881The Ladies of the White House have had no biographers. The custom...

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African - To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life ADVERTISEMENT. THE LIFE OF IGNATIUS SANCHO. LETTER I.TO MR. J WE. LETTER II.TO MR. M. LETTER III.TO MR. M. LETTER IV.TO MR. M. LETTER V.TO MR. K....

Broken BarriersShe had parted tearfully from the girls at the sorority house and equally poignant had been the goodbyes to her friends among the faculty; but now that it was all over she was surprised and a little mystified that she had so quickly...

Mårbacka ONCE they had a nursemaid at Mrbacka who was called Back-Kaisa. She must have been all of six feet high. She had a large-featured, swarthy, stern-looking face, her hands were hard and full of cracks, in which the childrens hair would catch when...

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 11 - AntepenultimataThe greater part of the contents of this volume is published in admirable form by A. M. Robertson, of San Francisco, with the title The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays. When the prospectus...