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The Crochet Book, Fourth SeriesIt was my intention that this Series should have comprised DOyleys and Anti-Macassars, but at the request of many ladies who have honored me with their patronage, I have been induced to present Collars, &c. in this the Fourth Series,...

A Passage to IndiaExcept for the Marabar Cavesand they are twenty miles offthe city of Chandrapore presents nothing extraordinary. Edged rather than washed by the river Ganges, it trails for a couple of miles along the bank, scarcely distinguishable from the rubbish it deposits...

Religions of Primitive PeoplesOn the 24th of December, 1891, fifteen persons interested in promoting the historical study of religions united in issuing a circular-letter, inviting a conference in the Council Chambers of the Historical Society of Philadelphia, on the 30th of the same month,...

Central-Station Electric Lighting - With Notes on the Methods Used for the Distribution of ElectricityThe art of lighting by Electricity practically dates from ten years ago, and it has during that period received the constant attention of both Electrical Engineers and others, who have...

Capitaines Courageux: Une histoire du banc de Terre-NeuveCe petit Cheyne, c'est la peste du bord dit, en fermant la porte d'un coup de poing, un passager en pardessus velu et fris. On n'en a nul besoin ici. Il est par trop impertinent. Peuh! Il...

1,492,633 Marlon Brandos"God!" he screamed. "They're strangling me, the skunks!" He rose from bed, his face dripping with sweat and his hands trembling like a frightened child's. "They're killing me!" He ran to the bathroom and vomited. His wife was standing by the door...

The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918, Vol. 2 of 3This book contains abbreviations that have been expanded using the title attribute. Screenreader users may wish to set their computer to read only the title attribute. Other users may hover the cursor...

Trotwood's Monthly, Vol. I, No. 6. March, 1906Just as the forms are closing for the March edition of TROTWOODS MONTHLY comes news of the death of Major John Wilson Thomas, who was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 24, 1830, and died in Nashville,...

Vuorisaarna: Romaani nykyajaltaAina kello kuudesta asti aamulla oli sade lakkaamatta valellut Berliinin katuja. Tasaisesti kohisten kuin rettmn vesiputouksen steet, kaatuivat pisarat maahan. Tuontuostakin vain nousi tiker syksytuuli lakaisemaan vesi pitkin kiiltvi kattoja, sitte moninkertaisin voimin ajaakseen niit rakennusten seini ja ikkunoita vastaan tai alas...

The 64-Square MadhouseSilently, so as not to shock anyone with illusions about well dressed young women, Sandra Lea Grayling cursed the day she had persuaded the Chicago Space Mirror that there would be all sorts of human interest stories to be picked up at...

English as She is Taught - Being Genuine Answers to Examination Questions in Our Public Schools As the greatest compliment that could be paid a writer would be the assumption that the material contained in this little volume was the product of that writers...

Boys of the Old Sea Bed: Tales of Nature and AdventureTo the memory of my brother Robert, one of the Boys of the Old Sea Bed, who, though passing out into the Great Beyond while yet young, wrote his name high up among those...

This Way to ChristmasThe author wishes to acknowledge the courtesy of Mrs. William Sharpe, who has so kindly given her permission for the adaptation of parts of Fiona Macleods Muime Chroisd for the legend of St. Bridget, told here by Johanna. The author found...

I Robinson italiani Il fuoco a bordo! esclam. E la polvere che portiamo?... Sei quintali!... Tanto da farci saltare in aria tutti quanti, ma ben alto!... Seguitemi, signor Balbo e tu, nostromo fa' preparare le pompe e fa' immergere le manichelle. A cinquecento metri...

Sydney Lisle, the Heiress of St. QuentinTranscribers Note: Some words at the bottom of page 8 were omitted from the original printing and have been filled in by comparison with another edition of the book, published by S. W. Partridge & Co. in London...

A Book for the HammockThe reader will please regard these papers as the mere whiskings of a petrels pinions skimming the blue surge of deep waters. The utmost hope of the author goes no further than that here and there something may be found...

Kaukainen kevät: Runoja Sua kiitn, Herra, siit ett rauhan mulle annoit, ett maailman myrskyn tielt kotihisi lapsen kannoit, ett nytit vsyneelle armon, unhoituksen puistot, pois veit turhat toivot, muistot, pois veit rinnan ristiriidat Tll' on autuaitten viidat, tll' on onni niinkuin lassa, rauha suuri...

The Principal Speeches and Addresses of His Royal Highness the Prince ConsortThe following work contains, with some few trifling exceptions, the speeches and addresses delivered by His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. It is published at the express desire, and under the sanction, of...

The RecruitThe old man with his thick neck, thick cigar, evening highball, potgut and bald head without a brain in it. His slim mother with nervously polite smiles and voice fluttering, assuring the old man by her frailty that he was big in the...

Baum's Complete Stamp Dealers Directory - Containing a Complete List of All Dealers in the United States, Together with the Principal Ones of Europe, and a List of Philatelic PublicationsIn presenting this little book to our friends, we wish to offer a few words...