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Handbook of the new Library of Congress [Pg 1] The Library of Congress in Washington is not the mere reference library for the legislative branch of the Government that its name would imply. It is, in effect, the library of the whole American people,...

History of the Conquest of Mexico; vol. 2/4{iv} Copyright, 1843, by William H. Prescott Copyright, 1871, by William G. Prescott Copyright, 1873, by J. B. Lippincott & Co. Copyright, 1904, by J. B. Lippincott Company Electrotyped and Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia...

MerrimegOne morning her mother gave her a little broom and told her to sweep the kitchen floor and her mother said, Now, Merrimeg, be sure to sweep all the dust neatly into the dustpan, and carry it out to the cabbage garden. Will you...

The Markenmore MysteryMr. Fletcher is a master of plot, and he never goes beyond the bounds of reason in its procedure and development. He, moreover, can write the English language as a vital means to the end both of narrative and description, and he...

Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia and North Carolina (1949)Blue Ridge Parkway is a unit of the National Park System, which is owned by the people of the United States and administered for them by the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior. Enforcement...

Tom Slade with the Flying Corps: A Campfire TaleNotwithstanding that his former comrades on this side of the water had not seen him for more than two years and knew that the character of his service, as well as his temperament, would be sure...

French and German Socialism in Modern TimesThe publication of this volume is due to the friendly counsel of the Hon. Andrew D. White, president of Cornell University; a gentleman tireless in his efforts to encourage young men, and alive to every opportunity to speak...

BrainchildFor one thing, the legs he swung off the narrow bed wouldn't touch the floor. And his hands, whose ten strong fingers could manipulate the controls of any ship ever launched into space, were weak and clumsy. He screamed until footsteps were loud in...

The Footpath Way: An Anthology for WalkersSo long as man does not bother about what he is or whence he came or whither he is going, the whole thing seems as simple as the verb "to be"; and you may say that the moment...

Nursie's Little Rhyme Book Three mice went into a hole to spin; Puss passed by, and Puss looked in. What are you doing, my little men? Weaving coats for gentlemen. Please let me help you to wind off your threads. Ah, no, Mistress Pussy,...

Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah (1951)The inspiration gained by a visit to Rainbow Bridge National Monument is supreme. The majestic beauty of the bridge affects people in many ways. The delicate balance, graceful sweep, symmetry, beautiful toning of color, and superb setting of this...

Shenandoah National Park, VirginiaLike a great, hazy shadow against the sky, the Blue Ridge Mountains rise between the Piedmont and the Valley of Virginia. The 105-mile Skyline Drive winds along the Blue Ridge highland, crossing and recrossing the crest. It roughly bisects Shenandoah National...

The Case for Spirit Photography - With corroborative evidence by experienced researchers and photographersThe publicity given to the recent attacks on Psychic Photography has been out of all proportion to their scientific value as evidence. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle returned to Great Britain,...

Harper's Round Table, November 3, 1896Memories of John Hurdiss, of Stonington, Connecticut, written by himself, in order to ease his mind and, incidentally, to interest any one who might enjoy an unembellished narrative, told by a pen untried but truthful. It represents the labor...

With Carson and Frémont - Being the Adventures, in the Years 1842-'43-'44, on Trail Over Mountains and Through Deserts From the East of the Rockies to the West of the Sierras, of Scout Christopher Carson and Lieutenant John Charles Frémont, Leading Their Brave Company...

The Dragon in Shallow WatersAn immense gallery, five hundred feet long, occupied the upper floor of the main factory-building. Looking down the gallery, a perspective of iron girders spanned the roof, gaunt skeletons of architecture, uncompromising, inexorably utilitarian, inflexible, remorseless. A drone of machinery...

Short Stories: A Magazine of Fact and Fiction. Vol. V, No. 2, Mar. 1891Oh, yes; she was content indeed. Through the cloud of costly lace which enwrapped her in its snowy transparence, she saw the vast church all dotted with lights, resplendent in the...

The Making of a Modern Army and its Operations in the Field - A study based on the experience of three years on the French front (1914-1917)Divers missions sent to the United States by the Allied armies are now giving the benefit of their...

Aus dem Reiche des Buddha: Sieben ErzählungenDas Original wurde in Frakturschrift gedruckt; Passagen in Antiquaschrift werden im vorliegenden Text kursiv dargestellt. Abhngig von der im jeweiligen Lesegert installierten Schriftart knnen die im Original gesperrt gedruckten Passagen gesperrt, in serifenloser Schrift, oder aber sowohl serifenlos...

Census Statistics of the Negro: A PaperTHERE is no leading country in which the relations of widely different races are so important as in the United States. As a natural result of this, there is no country in which statistical investigation of race questions...