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The Forest Giant For years on end it had been rolling, across the plains, through the deep meadow grasses, under the dim echoing archways of the forest. Always, in heat and cold, beneath blue skies, or skies clouded with rain and hail and snow,...

The Discoveries of John Lederer - In three several Marches from Virginia to the East of Carolina, and other parts of the ContinentTHE DISCOVERIES OF JOHN LEDERER, In three several Marches from VIRGINIA, To the West of Carolina, And other parts of the Continent:...

Talks with TolstoiIn the following pages we have made a selection from vol. i. of the diary of the well-known Russian musician, A. B. Goldenveizer, which was published at the end of 1922 in Moscow under the title Vblizi Tolstovo (literally Near Tolstoi). In...

Tipos trashumantes: cróquis á plumaLos pueblos, como los hombres, tienen dos fisonomas, por lo menos (algunos hombres tienen muchas): la que les es propia por carcter o naturaleza, o, como si dijramos, la de todos los das, y la de las circunstancias; es decir,...

The Way of Martha and the Way of MaryThe quotation Martha, Martha, thou art cumbered about with many things: but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her is as common in Russia...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 2, August 1841Father, only look at himdo but hear him! said the soft, entreating voice of the daughter, as she looked up imploringly into her parents face, while the sobs of the penitent son shook his frame with agony....

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 1, July 1841The summer is here!here with its fragrant mornings and its noonday heats, its mellow twilights and its moonlight evenings, its days of glory and its nights of starry beauty. It is summer. Let us go out into...

Ranskan vallankumouksen sivistyselämästäVainottuna ja pilkattuna julkisessa elmss oli valistusfilosofia lytnyt turvapaikan 18:nnen vuosisadan henkeviss ja hienoissa salongeissa. Tll se otettiin innostuksella vastaan, eik viipynyt kauan, ennenkuin se vanhasta, ylimyksellisest seurapiirist muodosteli aivan uuden, pienen yhteiskunnan, joka tosin oli yht kevytmielinen, yht loistava kuin vanhakin,...

Within the PrecinctsThe Abbey Church of St. Michaels stands on a low hill in a flat and fertile country. The holy places which are sacred to the great archangel seem to settle naturally upon a mount; and this, one of the noblest structures consecrated...

Practical School Discipline: Applied Methods, Part 1There are no two persons in all the world, however separated by space or circumstances, who do not in some way affect each other. This influence is unseen and untraceable in most cases; it is only when the...

How Old Is It? The Story of Dating in ArcheaologyThere is a whole field of science devoted to the invention and development of dating methodsor clocks as we may think of them. It is called geochronology, the science of dating events. There are relatively...

Souvenirs littéraires... et autresA mon jeune ami Gaston Picard[1], idaliste lascif, jeus limprudence de dclarer, lanne dernire: Si lAgriculture manque de bras, la Littrature ne manque pas de pieds. Cette vrit irrfutable ayant t reproduite par 186 gazettes dpartementales, je jurai, devant la facture...

The House of AdventureTwo stragglers lay sleeping in an orchard near the village of Beaucourt, sprawling upon a grass bank under the branches of an old apple tree. The sun had cleared the horizon and hung as a great yellow disc in the purple...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 4, October 1841What is so beautiful as childhood? Where can we find such purity and frankness, such an absence of all selfishness, as in the love of children? And where does that love exist, deeper or sweeter or more...

The English Secretary; or, Methode of Writing Epistles and Letters (1599) - With, a Declaration of Such Tropes, Figures, and Schemes, as Either Usually or for Ornament Sake Are Therein Required T is now a fewe yeares passed (Right Honourable, & my very good...

How to SingEVERY day of my life I receive letters from men and women, mostly women, whom I do not know personally, asking me to advise them how best to use their vocal talents. Some of my correspondents also request me to give them...

Essays of a BiologistA preface should be long, like one of Mr. Shaws, or short. I propose the latter. The essays here collected were written on very various occasions. This must excuse the considerable overlap that will be found among them. I have not...

Derval Hampton: A Story of the Sea, Volume 2 (of 2) Another long spell of the sea, including several voyages and some stirring adventures, was before Derval now, with a protracted absence from Britain. The ship was not getting ready for sea, so Captain...

Derval Hampton: A Story of the Sea, Volume 1 (of 2) "Do not say this, Greville, dearest; it is not for us to judge; we have but to suffer and endure, and be thankful for life, for health, and that we are not worse...

BarbarossaFrom whatever point of view we consider Frederick I,more familiarly known as Barbarossa, because of his red beard,whether as the greatest of the sovereigns of the Holy Roman Empire, or as one of the most gallant of the famous crusade leaders, the story of...