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Leid und Freud einer Erzieherin in BrasilienDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und altertmliche Schreibweisen bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert. Fremdsprachliche Ausdrcke (auch Orts- und Personennamen) wurden weder korrigiert noch vereinheitlicht,...

A Sketch of the 29th Regiment of Connecticut Colored TroopsThe author of this has for a long time been greatly concerned for this land and nation, and for the human family in general, but more particularly for the unfortunate African, both in this and...

Wilhelm Hauffs sämtliche Werke in sechs Bänden. Bd. 2In dem Kabriolett des Eilwagens, der zweimal in der Woche von Frankfurt nach Stuttgart geht, reisten vor einigen Jahren an einem der schnsten Tage des Septembers zwei junge Mnner. Der eine von ihnen war erst eine...

Bargain Basement"Not a blame thing!" snarled Jack, fiddling with the knobs of the television set. "Not even static lines. First they give me a set without a plug-in cord, and now this one's got a no-good picture tube." "I didn't see any point in...

The American Missionary — Volume 37, No. 4, April, 1883John H. Washburn, Chairman; A.P. Foster, Secretary; Lyman Abbott, Alonzo S. Ball, A.S. Barnes, C.T. Christensen, Franklin Fairbanks, Clinton B. Fisk, S.B. Halliday, Samuel Holmes, Charles A. Hull, Samuel S. Marples, Charles L. Mead, Wm....

The Boy Travellers in Australasia - Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan, and Feejee IslandsThe first settlement in Australia was made in 1788; consequently the inhabitants of the great southern continent are this year celebrating their centennial....

The Night of Hoggy DarnRed-haired Flinter Cole sipped his black coffee and looked around the chrome and white tile galley of Space Freighter Gorbals, in which he was riding down the last joint of a dogleg journey to the hermit planet of New Cornwall....

Virgin Ground"Okay, girls. Carry your suitcases and I'll give each of you an oxygen mask as you go out. The air's been breathable for fifteen years, but it's still thin to newcomers. If you feel dizzy, take a whiff of oxygen." Annie moved forward,...

Growing SeasonThe furry little animal edged cautiously toward him, ready to scamper up a tree. But the kernel on the ground was tempting and the animal grabbed it and scurried back to safety. Richel Alsint sat motionless, enjoying himself greatly. Outside the park in...

The History of the Standard Oil CompanyThis work is the outgrowth of an effort on the part of the editors of McClures Magazine to deal concretely in their pages with the trust question. In order that their readers might have a clear and succinct...

The American Consolidated Mines Company (1903)In calling your attention to one of the richest districts in the whole Rocky Mountain system, we must say in the first place that the old Spanish and Mexican land grant controversies have greatly retarded the development of large...

Jäiset temppelit: Runoja Kalskaa kylm korven yss, taivaan suuret thdet palaa, kiiluu kiteet kuuravyss, kuudan jisen kuullon valaa hankiin, joita vytt halla inen, surmaa-steilev pakkassini yll, alla mets hyyss-helisev. Raiskaa kylm, kimaltaen revontulten silt viilt pintaa pakkastaivaan laen, oudot ilman ret kiilt, kiert kajo...

Lordi CliveSiihen Macaulay'n kirjoitukseen, joka tten suomenkielisess asussa tarjotaan yleislle, on alkujansa antanut aihetta teos nimelt "Robert Lordi Clive'n elm, tehty perheess, silytettyjen kirjallisten tietojen mukaan, jotka kytettvksi on antanut Povis'in Jarli. Tekij, John Malcolm." Vaan Macaulay on melkein kokonansa jttnyt tavallisin arvostelijan tehtvn...

The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)The aglaophotis or marmaritis. The achmenis or hippophobas. The theobrotion or semnion. The adamantis. The arianis. The therionarca. The theopis or merois. The ophiusa. The thalassegle or potamaugis. The theangelis. The gelotophyllis. The hestiatoris or protomedia....

The Magician's Own Book, or, the Whole Art of Conjuring - Being a complete hand-book of parlor magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious...

Archibald Marshall, a Realistic NovelistThe original form of this book was a lecture on the William Vaughn Moody foundation at the University of Chicago, delivered on the sixth of February, 1918. A portion of it was subsequently printed in the North American Review. It...

DownstreamTo tell the story of a child as you would tell the story of a grown-up would be to commit forgery, for once you are wide awake it costs you a great effort to describe a dream exactly as it occurred. The tide of...

Die Bären von Hohen-Esp: RomanWenn ein Mdchen einen reichen Mann bekommt, ist es immer glcklich verheiratet! hatte der alte Kammerherr von Wahnfried gesagt und dabei die weibuschigen Augenbrauen noch grimmiger zusammengezogen wie sonst. Gundula kann Gott danken, da der Br von Hohen-Esp sie zum...

Baker's DozensThe director put his briefcase on his knees. "Mr. Street, my agency received numerous accounts of his death, or deaths, on various worlds. Can you tell me which, if any, of these stories is true by studying our intelligence reports?" "We have had...

The Good WorkTall and rawboned was Jeremiah Winthrop. Narrow of shoulder and shallow of chest he was, but no matter. There was a dignity to the man that showed itself in every movement. Here was one who still called himself a man, one whose...