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The Undesirable GovernessBY F. MARION CRAWFORD AUTHOR OF SARACINESCA, THE DIVAS RUBY, THE WHITE SISTER, ETC. ILLUSTRATED New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1910 All rights reserved {iv} Copyright, 1909, 1910, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published April, 1910. Norwood Press J....

Citadel of Lost ShipsIt was a Gypsy world, built of space flotsam, peopled with the few free races of the Solar System. Roy Campbell, outcast prey of the Coalition, entered its depths to seek haven for the Kraylens of Venusonly to find that it...

Domestic animals: a story book for childrenThe Horse is one of the noblest, and most useful of the domestic animals. If properly managed, he is gentle, and sometimes manifests a {3}strong attachment for his master. He is found in almost all climates. The Dog...

Stranger From SpaceShe prayed that a God would come from the skies and carry her away to bright adventures. But when he came in a metal globe, she knew only disappointmentfor his godliness was oddly strange! It was twilight on Venusthe rusty red that...

Oridin's FormulaThe hermit arose and went to the galley of the warm little house that seemed to grow from the solid rocks of the tiny planet. He pressed a button, waited a second and then opened a small compartment. In the box was a...

Concrete Construction for the Home and the FarmShould you find this book helpful in building with concrete, we would consider it a favor to have you so inform us. Likewise, we would appreciate a description (and a photograph if possible) of whatever you have...

»Meine Brüder im stillen Busch, in Luft und Wasser«Das Leben auf unserer Erde kennt keine Schranke, kein Grenzstein ist ihm gesetzt. Und es sind nicht nur die niedrigsten Lebewesen, einzellige Algen, Pilze, Infusorien, die sich sozusagen berall einstellen, nein, wenigstens von der Tierwelt gilt...

The two kinds of fearThere is a great difference, my dear children, between these two kinds of fearthe fear of punishment, and the fear of sin. The first will only keep a child from some sins, at some times; and if he often escapes...

The Old Man's StoryThere lived in the village of C. a kind-hearted old man, who was generally called Uncle John. The children loved to hear his stories, and, many a Wednesday afternoon, sat upon the grass at his feet, while he told about what...

The oak and the brionyA majestic oak reared his lofty head high above his brethren of the forest, which was his ancient home, or as most would say, his kingdom; for who could look at that tall and spreading form, and say it was...

Every-day heroismI want you to run and get me the book, said his mother, which I left on the seat at the farther end of the garden; then afterwards we will see if anything can be done to coax events into a better humour....

Novelties & Things: Made with Aunt Lydia's Heavy Rug YarnBACK: With Watermelon ch 74 (80, 86), 1 trc in 6th st from hook, * ch 1, skip next st of ch, 1 trc in next st, repeat from * across ch, cut Watermelon, attach...

Kuopus ja muita kertomuksiaAina oli Hermanni pitnyt veljin joinakin ihme-ihmisin, ne kun olivat hnt niin paljoa vanhemmat. Isot veikot kulkivat valkoisin lakein ja tiesivt niin paljon, ett'ei itikn, joka kaiken tiesi, heille vertoja vetnyt, vaan tunnusti usein, kun oli kysymys asioista, joita Hermanni ei...

Black'erchief DickIN THE sense of requiring elucidation or apology, this novel needs no introduction. The young lady who wrote it about two years ago, when she was eighteen, has already abandoned this work to publishers and other grown-ups, and with admirable professional good sense,...

A Winter of ContentA small, rocky island in a lake, a canoe paddling away across the blue water, a woman standing on a narrow strip of beach, looking after it. I was the woman left on the shore, the canoe held my companions of...

Scritti politici Un obbligo mi corre di delicata onest nel dar fuori questo primo Volume delle Opere dell'egregio Terenzio Mamiani: ed , che questo aver dato principio alla collezione di esse dagli Scritti politici, avvenuto contro il primo concetto formatosi e contro la prima...

Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades"Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer! Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is....

The Plague of Lust, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical AntiquityIf we would undertake to write the history of a Disease, the very first thing needful is to frame in ones own mind a clear conception of...

A Discourse on Trade, and Other Matters Relative to itOf Trade in general: Of the Trade of England: OfHusbandry, Feeding, Tillage,Corn, Fruit, Fish, Minerals,Trees, Manufactures, Sheep-Wool,Cotton-Wool, Hempand Flax: Glass, Earthen-Ware,Silk, Distilling: Thegreat Advantages of a universalNational Bankdemonstrated: Sugar-baking, Tobacco,Tanning, Clock-Work, Paper-Mills, Powder-Mills:Method to improve...

The Impending Sword: A Novel (Vol. 3 of 3)'You wish to see me,' she said, advancing towards him, and placing her cold hand in his; 'you have bad tidings, and you hesitate to tell me; you need not be afraid--directly your arrival was announced...