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American Life - A Narrative of Two Years' City and Country Residence in the United StatesIn submitting these few sheets to the public, the authoress wishes to be considered as presenting a faithful record of her observations, and of events as they occurred within...

EllenOui, c'est trs grave, je ne puis vous le cacher, madame, l'tat de votre fille est des plus alarmants. Je ne sais qui a conseill cet t miss Horneby le sjour des lacs italiens d'abord et de Venise ensuite, mais je veux ignorer le...

War-Lords of the MoonBruce Ross, on the Earth-Moon run, asked a simple question, "How are the stars behaving, Harry?" But Harrell Moore could only stare at him in horror. For the stars had run amokcosmic engines of destruction in the hands of the twisted...

Partners ThreeThe Crystal Spring nosed her way out of Herricks Cove, caught the southeasterly breeze on her big sail and moved lazily along past the end of Greenhaven Neck. The Crystal Spring was not built for speed. She was snub-nosed and square-sterned and wide...

Handbook for Light ArtilleryIn preparing this work it has been my endeavor to place in compact form all the data I could obtain that might prove of service to those persons interested in the subject of light artillery, both in the Regular Army and...

Uncle Wiggily on The Flying Rug; Or, The Great Adventure on a Windy March Day1. One day in March, Nurse Jane bought a new rug, and Uncle Wiggily helped her take it home to the hollow stump bungalow. If you hadnt helped me I...

Unschuld: Ein modernes MädchenbuchDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1901 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und heute nicht mehr gebruchliche Schreibweisen sowie Schreibvarianten bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert, sofern der Sinn des Texts dadurch nicht...

The Valley of the ShadowFor the twentieth time Hilda Garling asked herself the same questionWhy had her husband asked Jack Denver to stay? Mechanically she helped herself to some dish which the footman was handing to her, hardly knowing what it was she took....

Stories of Intellect FRIEND of mine, who is a man of letters and a philosopher, said to me one day, as if between jest and earnest, Fancy! since we last met I have discovered a haunted house in the midst of London. Well, I...

Junge Herzen: Erzählungen für die reifere JugendDie Fragerin, ein noch sehr junges, schlank gebautes Mdchen, stand auf der inneren Schwelle der Thre des groen Bureauzimmers, whrend der am Schreibpult beschftigte Herr sich umsah, erhob und der zgernden Mdchengestalt um einige Schritte entgegentrat. Womit kann...

Le chemin des écoliers - Promenade de Paris à Marly-le-Roy, en suivant les bords du RhinCe vieux spectre ple et frissonnant, le pre des brumes et des neiges, a fui devant ce joli enfant nomm Avril. Ami, vois-tu Avril le poursuivre, arm de sa...

A mudança que é possivel na vidaNo outono passado encontrou o autor numa livraria da California um livrinho com o seu nome no frontispiciolivro que le no sabia que existia, que no escrevera, nem adornara com o titulo que o encimava. No repele porm...

Suzanne et le PacifiqueC'tait pourtant un de ces jours o rien n'arrive, o, comme les poules quand la pluie va durer, sentant que jusqu'au soir la vie sera monotone, les astres occups d'habitude la varier sortent sans emploi et voisinent. Il y avait de...

The philosophy of biologyIt has been suggested that some reference, of an apologetic nature, to the title of this book may be desirable, so I wish to point out that it can really be justified. Science, says Driesch, is the attempt to describe Givenness,...

The People of Palestine - An enlarged edition of "The Peasantry of Palestine, Life, Manners and Customs of the Village"We thought that Palestine had passed into ancient history, but it has been a centre of modern events. No country in the world has a...

Circular SawsTHREE or four of these tales have appeared in The Weekly Westminster Gazette and The Chapbook. The authors thanks are due for permission to reprint them here. Thanks are also due to the Editor of The Saturday Review for permission to republish the...

Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant - I.—The Diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.—Extracts from the Diaries of Dr. John Covel, 1670-1679. With Some Account of the Levant Company of Turkey Merchants.The two manuscript diaries which are published in this volume give...

Saddle, Sled and Snowshoe: Pioneering on the Saskatchewan in the Sixties Trip to Whitefish LakeMr. Woolsey as a dog-driverRolling down a side hillAnother trip to EdmontonMr. O. B. as a passengerPerils of travel by iceNarrow escape of Mr. O. B.A fraud exposedProfanity punishedArrival at...

Forest, Lake and Prairie - Twenty Years of Frontier Life in Western Canada—1842-62 Entered, according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, by WILLIAM BRIGGS, Toronto, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture,...

Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie - Stirring Scenes of Life in the Canadian North-west Epidemic breaks out among the IndiansSnow-blindnessI take to me a wifeOur modest dowryMy father officiates as a Stationing CommitteeFearful mortality among the IndiansOur journey to Pigeon LakeThe epidemic attacks our...