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Progress in the householdIn 1897 the author of these sketches published a book entitled Domestic Service. It was an attempt to consider certain historical and economic aspects of a common occupation and its aim was to induce others to investigate by scientific processes a...

Little Masterpieces of Science: MindThe study of mind was advanced as remarkably during the nineteenth century as any of its sister sciences. Here, as elsewhere, observation grew keener, new instrumental tests were adopted, and interpretation became more sagacious. A fact as commonplace as the...

Reminiscences of a Private, Company "G", First Arkansas Regiment Infantry: May, 1861 to 1865When our children come from other states and from foreign lands to visit Jacksonport, the old home of their parents, they find the pitiful remnant of a village. Streets overgrown with...

Spawn of the DesertThe desert was the final work of the Great Spirit, and he was much pleased; but in his arms he held a big jumble of rocks, sand and pigments, which were left from the great work. The world was all made...

Mein kleiner Chinese: Ein China-RomanLieber Leser! Da die ganze Geschichte mit der ich dich hier zu langweilen beginne, von meinem kleinen Chinesen und von mir selbst handelt, wirst du wissen wollen, wo ich zu Hause bin, wie ich heie, vielleicht sogar wie ich aussehe....

Val SinestraABOUT twenty-five years ago, Pedro Gonzola bought that handsome brown stone residence at the corner of Twelfth Street and Fifth Avenue, and presented it to his bride on their wedding day. As the name implied, they were of Spanish origin, and known as...

How to make potteryAn art like pottery-making, which is nearly as old as the human race, is naturally approached with some degree of reverence. One thinks of its old masters in various lands and ageshow they were content to spend a lifetime in the...

Two Ways of Becoming a Hunter"Well, now, you had better take a friend's advice, and think twice before you do that.[Pg 2] You'll get yourself into trouble, sure. The rule of our school is that you must bring a written excuse every time you...

Test For the PearlFar off in the steaming Venusian jungle, a band of the Chameleon men halted, lifting their mottled faces in the direction of the sound. Closer in, a four-man jungle patrol of Earthmen broke as one man into a run along the...

Életbölcseség: AforizmákAz letblcsesg fogalmt itt a szban magban benne rejl rtelemben hasznlom. rtem pedig rajta az let lehet kellemess s boldogg formlsnak a mvszett, a boldog letre val tmutatst. Oly letre, mely hideg s rett megfontols mellett is kvnatosabb a nemltnl, amelyhez nmagrt, nem...

Letters From an Old Time Salesman to His SonTHE most refreshing thing about these letters is that they are real letters, written by a real salesman to a real son. Therein they differ from so many books of this character. There is a certain...

Leivän ja seikkailun haussa: Hämäläisen mökinpojan tarinaTm kirja kertoo tekijns, hmlisen mkinpojan, elmntarinan tahi varsinaisesti vain hnen elmns ensimmisen ja vaiherikkaimman kolmanneksen historian, koristelematta ja sill taidolla, johon tekij pystyy. Se on oikeastaan paperille pantu tekij itsen varten ijll, jolloin nuoruuden muistot viimeisi kertoja...

Original stories from real life - With conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness.Mary and Caroline, though the children of wealthy parents were, in their infancy, left entirely to the management of servants, or people equally ignorant....

Pierre et LucePierre s'engouffra dans le Mtro. Foule brutale et fivreuse. Debout, prs de l'entre, serr dans un banc de corps humains et partageant l'air lourd qui passait par leurs bouches, il regardait sans les voir les votes noires et grondantes sur lesquelles glissaient...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 754, June 8, 1878In the deep green lanes of leafy Devonshire, and over its broad heaths and moors, there are (as we had occasion to shew in a recent sketch) still pixies to be found...

Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece. Volume 2 [of 2]Wall of Tarquinius Superbus, 1.Circus of Sallust, 1.Temple of Venus Erycina, 2.Villa by Milizia, 2.Fontana di Termini, 2.Santa Maria della Vittoria, 2.Bath of Dioclesian, 3.Church of San Bernardo, 3.Santa Maria degli Angeli,...

Burmah and the BurmeseIn offering the following historical and social account of Burmese policy and importance, it may be permitted me to make a few remarks on the subject of the war now proceeding in that country. Unfortunate as any war always is, and...

Asteroid JusticeSam Knox touched a button in the control room of the Wanderer, and the draperies slid back from her transparent nose. He stood a moment, a sturdy compact figure, gazing into the dark. They might as well be stars, for all the progress...

Chata and Chinita: A NovelOn an evening in May, some forty years ago, Tio Pedro, the portero, or gate-keeper, of Tres Hermanos, had loosened the iron bolts that held back the great doors against the massive stone walls, and was about to close the...

Blood TransfusionBlood transfusion is of rapidly growing importance in modern therapeutics, yet the subject has only been represented in the medical literature of this country hitherto by isolated communications concerning special points. The present work seeks to give a connected account of the whole...