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With Sam Houston in Texas - A Boy Volunteer in the Texas Struggles for Independence, When in the Years 1835-1836 the Texas Colonists Threw Off the Unjust Rule of Mexico, and by Heroic Deeds Established, Under the Guidance of the Bluff Sam Houston, Their...

The Arabian Nights, Volume I of IVAs the mass of readers may, on a broad scale, be divided into two classes; those who read for amusement only, and those who read for information and instruction; so also may the writers be ranged, under those...

Ao Entardecer (Contos Varios)A locomotiva como que se aprazia a devorar o espaona phrase consagradapor tempo to grato que dispensava calor, poeira e grandes atrazos, e o jornadear, calculado por tabella official de paradas certas, inflexiveis, sempre as mesmas, era relativamente agradavel. Pe, me,...

Cartoons by McCutcheon - A selection of one hundred drawings Copyright By A. C. McClurg & Co. 1903 Published May 2, 1903 Second Edition, May 20, 1903 Third Edition, June 20, 1903 Fourth Edition, July 15, 1903 Fifth Edition, January 1, 1904 The cartoons...

A péknéIjedezve gondolok r, siralmas emberi llek szegny, mint egy elgzolt narancs a nagyvrosi aranyszemtben, drga Hdl Jzsi! Csak a j Isten tudja a dolgokat s szmunkra alig van valami, aminek megfejtse volna. A feje nagy volt s szomor bizony, az alsbbrendsg hinyossgval, tkletlenl...

Early memories; some chapters of autobiographyMy father died in New York on February 2nd, 1922, at the end of his eighty second year. He died after a few hours illness brought on, as it seemed, by a long walk in the cold of a...

I Tre Giulj - o sieno Sonetti di Niceste Abideno sopra l'Importunità di Fra i pregevoli requisiti, che in Voi concorrono a formare un degno e benemerito Cittadino, in ultimo luogo non deve per avventura annoverarsi il volonteroso impegno, che con tanto piacere prendete,...

The Medals of Creation, Volumes 1 and 2 - First Lessons in Geology and the Study of Organic RemainsGeology, a term signifying a discourse on the Earth, (from two Greek words: viz. , ge, the earth; and , logos, a discourse,) is the science...

A Comedy of ElopementValerie Aylmer. 8vo. Paper, 75 cents; cloth, $1.25. Morton House. 8vo. Paper, 75 cents; cloth, $1.25. Mabel Lee. 8vo. Paper, 75 cents; cloth, $1.25. Ebb-Tide. 8vo. Paper, 75 cents; cloth, $1.25. Ninas Atonement, etc. 8vo. Paper, 75 cts.; cloth, $1.25. A...

Urpuja: Kokoelma runojaEnnenkuin uskalsin ryhty tmn kirjasen julkaisupuuhiin, kysyin Herra Professoori A. Genetz'ilt, joka oli tarkastanut "Kuolon enkelin" suomennokseni ja siin minua muutamissa vaikeissa kohdissa hyvntahtoisesti auttanutkin, ottaisiko hn tarkastaakseen julkaistavaksi aiotun runokokoelmani ksikirjoituksen. Saatuani siihen myntvn vastauksen, kokoilin yhteen ne runoni, joiden luulin...

Masterpieces of Adventure—Stories of the Sea and Sky In these volumes the word adventure has been used in its broadest sense to cover not only strange happenings in strange places but also love and life and deathall things that have to do with the...

The Highlands and Islands of ScotlandIn Bonnie Scotland was promised a further volume that should be devoted to the sterner and wilder aspects of Caledonia. That book dealt with the main body of Highlands and Lowlands, more familiar to the gentle tourist for whose...

Satellite Communications PhysicsDespite the title, this is not a physics textbook, and it will tell you only part of the fascinating story of satellite communications. However, we have tried to tell this story in a rather special way. Part I explains why we are...

The Young Wireless Operator—With the U. S. Secret Service - Winning his way in the Secret ServiceIt may interest readers of The Young Wireless Operator series to know that most of the happenings in these books are based upon actual occurrences. Years ago, as...

The Flowering Plants of South Africa; vol. 1The cultivation of South African plants in Europe dates back to early times. Indeed, it may safely be assumed that it was in vogue soon after the Dutch settlement at the Cape, for Holland during the 16th...

The Old Room NOW THAT I AM PUBLISHING, UNDER MY OWN NAME, A NEW EDITION OF THIS BOOK, THE FIRST TO WIN ME FRIENDS IN ANY NUMBER, I DEDICATE IT, GRATEFULLY AND RESPECTFULLY, TO FRU AGNES HENNINGSEN, TO WHOM MY ART OWES MORE THAN...

Knitted and Crocheted BoutiqueWith No. 10 needles cast on 50 sts. 1st ROW: * K 1, P 1, repeat from * across row. 2nd ROW: * P 1, K 1, repeat from * across row. Repeat these 2 rows for seed st pattern for...

The Tank CorpsMy dear Williams-Ellis, You ask me for a foreword to your history, and invite me, too, to agree to, criticise, or even refute the conclusions of your Epilogue. The first task I undertake with pleasure, though I feel it would be more...

The Glebe 1914/01 (Vol. 1, No. 4): Love of One's Neighbor The only editorial policy of THE GLEBE is that embodied in its declaration of absolute freedom of expression, which makes for a range broad enough to include every temperament from the most radical...

Gems in the Smithsonian InstitutionFaceted, egg-shaped, 7000-carat rock crystal from Brazil. The gold stand is inset mostly with Montana sapphires. The gem was cut and the stand was designed and constructed by Capt. John Sinkankas of California. (7 inches high in all.) Dr. Leander...