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The Last LaughThe visitor from Mars was a first-rate howl. Earthmen reckoned he was endowed with all the qualities of all the greatest clowns in the history of Buffoonery. Often though, the distance between humor and terror can be too short to be funny....

Katharine von Bora: Dr. Martin Luther's Wife The undertaking has not been altogether an easy one; for, while history flows in a copious stream, regarding the Reformer himself, it gives but meager information as to the great man's wife,the humble, modest woman, who never...

Aus Prager Gassen und Nächten ber dem Gittertor steht die Aufschrift Klamovka mit so groen Goldbuchstaben, da jeder erkennen mte, die hohe, von bltenschweren Bumen berdachte Mauer umschliee keine ffentlichen Anlagen, keinen Privatpark. Es ist offenbar ein Wirtshausschild, das dringlich zum Eingange ldt. Aber...

A Few Remarks Concerning Makers of Singing Bird Boxes of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesWhen they first appeared they were so highly praised that they were immediately bought by the principal Courts of Europe, and it is only later, at the beginning of the...

The Conquistadors ComeThe Conquistadors were tall men, tall and bronzed by many suns, and splendid as they strode down the gangplank in a seemingly endless procession. They were fair-haired, with flashing black eyes like polished onyx, and their straight profiles might have been copied...

Grim Green WorldI lit the last cigarette I would ever smoke and took my airsuit out of the compartment under the control-board. The two-man cubicle was coffin-cold even under the blast of sunlight pouring through the forward port, and the air smelled of stale...

L'infâmeL'htel des Gautripon, qui recevait tous les mercredis, tait cit comme un des plus vastes et des plus somptueux de l'avenue des Champs-lyses. Le suisse et le premier palefrenier se partageaient vingt louis par semaine, rien qu' montrer les curies et les mangeoires de...

The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 2/3As this Volume contains drawings and descriptions of the examples of the First Pointed and Middle Pointed Periods in Scotland, and, therefore, illustrates the finest of our medival edifices,...

Snarled Identities; Or, A Desperate TangleNick Carter stands for an interesting detective story. The fact that the books in this line are so uniformly good is entirely due to the work of a specialist. The man who wrote these stories produced no other type...

Saloilta ja vesiltä: LuonnonkertomuksiaOn hiljaista. Heikkona kaikuna kuuluu vain koiran haukunta kaukaa jostain metsmkist. Liikkumatta odottaa luminen, suuri salo. Ei hiirenkn hisahdusta kuulu, ei ny Vienon alakuloinen ja surumielinen on talviinen tunnelma yksinisell, kaukaisella salolla; samalla se kuitenkin kuin salaa riemuitsee korven vapaudesta ja...

Tydore's GiftThe sun was a shrunken red disk against the starfields, a distant pale luminosity surrendering to the encroachment of the falling night. Hoarfrost crunched under Marley's feet as he walked by the still black waters of the canal, and then thin wind whispered...

A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade - Addressed to the freeholders and other inhabitants of YorkshireFor many years I have ardently wished that it had been possible for me to plead, in your presence, the great cause of the Abolition of...

Short Flights SEASONS that pass me by in varied mood, As on the impressionable land you leave a trace, Molding sometime a delicate flowers sweet face, Touching again with green the somber wood, Or drawing all beneath a snowy hood, Am I not worthy...

The WatchersHe left his gyro on the dark lawn and circled the villa, carefully avoiding the wash of light from open windows. The blast gun lay snug and cold in his hand, and his thought ran bleakly: Here am I, Peter Manson, pacifist, idealist,...

Vengeance on Mars!Hale cut the motor as he swerved off the ancient plastic roadway. His one-man beetle thumped over the shoulder and, wheels whispering, coasted down the sandy, moonlit slope. It threaded between mighty linla cacti that had the size and shape of spaceships...

Sign of LifeThe wind was trying to finish him off right now. It shrieked, moaned, whispered and shouted through the smashed hull where he sprawled in his space-suit. Laughed, too. The wind was a murdererand was glad. All but he were dead. Soon the...

The History and Poetry of Finger-ringsThe history of finger-rings is more abundant than the poetry, which is chiefly connected with the ceremonies and observances in which they figure. What this history is Mr. Edwards has indicated in the gossipy pages which follow, and which...

Some Immigrant NeighborsThis little book for Junior Home Mission Study classes has been written from the point of view of a New York City pastor. The races that have been selected for study are so chosen because the writer knows them at first hand...

The Timeless OnesHer husband co-pilot nodded, remembering Clifton and Helen Sweeney, and the Sweeney youngsters. Remembering with a smile Tommy Sweeney's kite-flying antics, his freckles and mischievous eyesa tow-headed kid of ten with an Irish sense of humor, sturdily planted in a field of...

Tapaus sotilaan elämästäKenraali nukkuu pivllis-unta, mutta unensa on hyvin omituista laatua. Hn ei vastaa, kun hnelt jotakin kysytn; mutta hn kuulee kaikki mit hnen ymprillns puhutaan; kun huoneessa olijain puhe loukkaa hnt, havahtuu hn, tulee kki liikkeesen, kiivastuu, lakkaa kuorsaamasta, voidakseen riidell ja saattaa...