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Mathias Aleksanteri CastrénJoulukuun 2 p. tn vuonna on kulunut 100 vuotta mainion kielitieteilijn ja tutkimusmatkailijan Mathias Aleksanteri Castrnin syntymst. On luonnollista, ett hnen satavuotispivnn verestetn mahdollisimman laajoihin piireihin tuon uhrautuvan ja nerokkaan miehen muistoa; 60-vuotisesta haudastaan astuu esiin hnen haamunsa kehottavana ja innostavana. Saattaa...

Querkopf WilsonIm Staate Missouri, auf dem rechten Ufer des Mississippi, liegt die Stadt, welche der Schauplatz dieser Geschichte ist. Sie heit Dawson, und man mu von St. Louis bis dahin noch sechs Stunden mit dem Dampfboot stromabwrts fahren. Der Ort bestand im Jahre 1830...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 20, Vol. I, May 17, 1884In a paper which appeared in this Journal (January 12) headed What is a Peer? it was sought to present within very narrow limits and in untechnical language...

General Anthony Wayne's Expedition into the Indian CountryThe members of this Board include the members of the Board of Trustees of the School City of Fort Wayne (with the same officers), together with the following citizens chosen from Allen County outside the corporate city...

Kentucky Rug Yarns Vol. 5: Rugs - Easy to follow instructions and diagrams for colorful rugs, hats, pillows and other itemsA new idea in crochet. All you have to do is follow the squares on the chart. The basic stitch is the chain used...

Germaine Berton, die rote Jungfrau Nach dem Krieg. Nach dem Frieden. Frankreich fiebert. Fieber ist der Kampf zwischen hei und kalt. Geht es nach rechts? Geht es nach links? Eine bestimmte Krankheit ist nicht zu konstatieren, aber um so gefhrlicher ist jeder Millimeter der...

Outcast of the StarsHe got up and stared out the viewplate at the mottled, spinning globe of Earth below, growing closer every moment, and his thin lips curled in an angry grimace. Earth. The garbage world, the dumping-ground for the Galaxy's undesirables. Who'd ever...

DadBY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE Author of The Fighter, Caleb Conover, The Woman, etc. FRONTISPIECE BY W. D. GOLDBECK New York W. J. WATT & COMPANY PUBLISHERS {ii} Copyright 1914 by W. J. WATT & COMPANY PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN,...

Maamieslauluja Ei kohoa korpikansa, ellei korpikin kohoa, eip kasva rannan kauppa heili kypsi hengen kylv, ellei runsi ruokamulta Suomen peltojen perill. Turvetta puske, turvetta puske, kykhn korvessa rantojen ruske, tahdomme perata maapern Suomen, pellossa, pellossa Suomen on huomen, onni on kuokkia, kynt ja raataa,...

Savonlinna 1475-1875Kyrnsalmessa, jota jyrkkvuorinen Kyrnniemi itpuolelta ja mutkainen Wrsaari lnsipuolelta ahdistavat, on vierekkisin kaksi vhist saarta. Kyrnsaari, joka on lhinn Kyrnnient, on toista Tallisaarta isompi; sen lnsipuolista virtaa laskevat meidn aikoina Kuopiosta lhteneet hyryt alas, mutta kulkevat Wiipurista tullen saaren itpuolta takaisin, raskaasti huoaten...

The Principles of the Art of Conversation 1. There can be no doubt that of all the accomplishments prized in modern society that of being agreeable in conversation is the very first. It may be called the social result of Western civilisation, beginning with...

The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow: A Tradition of Pennsylavania"Hear me, but don't believe me, after you have heard"says Calderon, the Spanish dramatic poet, with a droll spirit of honesty, only equalled by the English Burton, who concludes the tale of the Prebend, in his Anatomy...

A Lost Lady Thirty or forty years ago, in one of those grey towns along the Burlington railroad, which are so much greyer to-day than they were then, there was a house well known from Omaha to Denver for its hospitality and for a...

Work and Play in Girls' Schools - By Three Head MistressesThe book is divided into three Sections, and each of the writers is responsible only for her own part, and yet I hope it will not be merely a composite book; all the contributors...

A Nine Days' WonderA tall grey-haired soldier, with a professionally straight back, stood looking out of an upper window in the Rag one wet October afternoon. His hands were buried in his pockets, and his face was clothed with an expression of almost medival...

May; vol. IIMarjory, as may be supposed, heard nothing of the tragi-comic commotion which she had left behind her. Her drive in the old carriage, the sight of many familiar things and places for the first time, after so much had passed which had...

La pruebaNo s si he dicho en la primera parte de estos verdicos apuntes que Luis Portal, mi sensato, cuco y oportunista condiscpulo, era bastante feo y desgarbado, lo cual probablemente influa mucho en su manera de entender la vida y en su intransigencia...

May; vol. I EACH VOLUME SOLD SEPARATELY. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS TAUCHNITZ EDITION. VOL. 1323. MAY BY MRS. OLIPHANT IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LEIPZIG: BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ. PARIS: C. REINWALD, 15, RUE DES SAINTS PRES. PARIS: THE GALIGNANI LIBRARY, 224, RUE DE RIVOLI, AND...

Zelda DameronMrs. Forrest and Zelda Dameron, her niece, who were just home from a five years absence abroad, had, so to speak, stepped directly from the train into Mrs. Carrs drawing-room. The place was full of women, old and young, and their animated talk...

The Boy Ranger; or, The Heiress of the Golden HornOver the great plain at a breakneck speed, and down toward the little settlement of Clontarfs Post, rode a youthful horseman whose fair young face was aglow with health, and whose dark, bright eyes roamed...