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Frank Merriwell in Maine; Or, The Lure of 'Way Down EastA half million enthusiastic followers of the Merriwell brothers will attest the unfailing interest and wholesomeness of these adventures of two lads of high ideals, who play fair with themselves, as well as with...

The Racer Boys; Or, The Mystery of the WreckYes, almost too warm to do any speeding, and Frank Racer, a lad of fifteen, with a quiet look of determination on his face, rested on the oars of his skiff, and glanced across the slowly-heaving...

The American Electro Magnetic Telegraph - With the Reports of Congress, and a Description of All Telegraphs Known, Employing Electricity or GalvanismThe same principle which justified and demanded the transference of the mail on many chief routes, from the horse-drawn coach on common highways...

Jumaluskon alkuperäTri Erkki Kailan Otavan kustannuksella viime vuonna ilmestynyt teos "Yleisen uskonnonhistorian ppiirteet" tutustuttaa suomalaista lukijaa uskonnon eri muotoihin. Senvuoksi en ole tss esityksessni pitnyt tarpeellisena lhemmin selostaa kaikkia uskonnonhistoriallisia perusksitteit, vaan on tarkoitukseni ollut lyhyesti esitt ainoastaan niit uskonnollisia ksityksi, joista kuvastuu eri...

Muutamia mietteitä kasvatuksestaJohn Locke, Englannin huomattavin jrkeisfilosofian edustaja ja sen ensimminen klassillinen kasvatuskirjailija, syntyi 29 p. elok. 1632 Wringtonissa Bristolin lhell. Hn oli vanhempainsa, lakimies John Locken (synt. 1606) ja tmn vaimon Agnes tai Anne Keenen v. 1630 solmitusta avioliitosta syntynyt esikoinen; veli Thomas...

OutlandThe trail begins at the Broken Tree with the hawks nest. As often as we have talked of it since, Herman and I, and that is as often as the ceanothus blooms untimely for a sign of rains delayed, or there is a low...

Why Colored People in Philadelphia Are Excluded from the Street CarsSome remarks lately communicated to the New York Anti-Slavery Standard, on the continued exclusion of colored people from our street cars, leave the impression that no efforts have been made here to procure for...

Propos de peintre, première série: de David à Degas - Ingres, David, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Whistler, Fantin-Latour, Ricard, Conder, Beardsley, etc. Préface par Marcel ProustCet Auteuil de mon enfance,de mon enfance et de sa jeunesse,qu'voque Jacques Blanche, je comprends qu'il s'y reporte avec...

La colline inspirée[1] Plusieurs des personnes qui furent mles aux vnements que nous allons raconter existent encore; d'autres ont disparu depuis trop peu de temps pour qu'il soit sans inconvnient de les mettre en scne. Aussi l'auteur prendra la libert de substituer certains noms...

A Dictionary of Islam - Being a cyclopedia of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs, together with the technical and theological terms, of the Muhammadan religion.The increased interest manifested in relation to all matters affecting the East, and the great attention now given to...

Iets oor die Boesmankultuur - 'n Lesing gehou voor die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie op Stellenbosch, Januarie 1920, en gedruk op las van die AkademieDeur hul kuns is my belangstelling in die dwergies eers gewek, en later toe ek besef dat alleen deur n dieper studie...

Dieudonat: RomanL'histoire du prince Dieudonat est une bien belle histoire. Par malheur, elle n'est probablement qu'un tissu de mensonges: maintes considrations, en effet, portent croire que ce gentilhomme n'a jamais exist, et cette raison suffirait expliquer pourquoi nul ne peut dire en quel pays...

The Moth Decides: A NovelA tale of Paris and an American boy who found on every hand romance hidden away. "As sunny as 'Seventeen' and as subtle as 'The Age of Innocence.' There will be thousands to delight in it with tears and chuckles."Wilson...

The £1,000,000 bank-note, and other new storiesWhen I was twenty-seven years old, I was a mining-brokers clerk in San Francisco, and an expert in all the details of stock traffic. I was alone in the world, and had nothing to depend upon but my...

The Modern TravellerAs the transcriber, I feel moved to comment that I was somewhat offended by the implicit bigotry of the author towards Africans, however I took it as a sign of the times (when the poem was written) rather than intentional racial slurs....

The Tropical World - Aspects of man and nature in the equatorial regions of the globe.The numerous alterations I have made in this new edition of the Tropical World, both by the attentive revision of its former contents, and the addition of new chapters...

Trench Warfare: A Manual for Officers and MenIt is a safe bet that when the German army started for Paris they had plans for use in the event of disaster. The disaster occurred, and a new type of warfare requiring the highest courage, skill...

Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Or, Journal of a Voyage to the United StatesIn publishing at this late period the journal of my voyage to the United States, along with General Lafayette, in 1824 and 1825, I...

Bread and CircusesOf the verses contained in this book, the greater part have already appeared, notably in the Westminster Gazette, The Englishwoman, The Daily Chronicle, The Catholic Messenger, The Pall Mall Magazine, T.P.s Magazine, and Punch. To the proprietors of Punch I am especially...

Kun valkenee—Iltahmy liihotteli hiljaa. Se leijaili joen kaislikossa ja rantapensastossa, hipaisi harmaita paasia ja kri koivujen nuoret, hennot lehdet hienoon harsoonsa. Lnnen taivaalle asti se tuskin jaksoi siipens kehottaa. Kuulakka rusotus kajasti viel, vaikka hetki oli myhinen. Eihn Mauri Koivu tosin ensi kertaa yksin...