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TroubleTom Lionel, Consulting Engineer, awoke with a shake of his head. At once, he was out of bed. He consulted first the calendar and then the clock. The thought struck him funny. He hadn't been drinking, but the idea of looking at a calendar...

Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 21Ce journal ne contient aucune histoire et aucune aventure intressantes. Ayant fait, au printemps dernier, une petite croisire sur les ctes de la Mditerrane, je me suis amus crire, chaque jour, ce que jai vu et...

A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)This history has been compiled at the request of the Colonel and Officers of the Seventeenth Lancers. The materials in possession of the Regiment are unfortunately very scanty, being in fact little more than the...

The apiary; or, bees, bee-hives, and bee culture [1865] - Being a familiar account of the habits of bees, and the most improved methods of management, with full directions, adapted for the cottager, farmer, or scientific apiarianOur apology for preparing a bee book is...

The loves of Pelleas and EtarreThe author hereby acknowledges the courtesy of the publishers of Appletons Magazine, The Cosmopolitan Magazine, The Delineator, Everybodys Magazine, The Outlook, The Saturday Evening Post, The Smart Set, and The Womans Home Companion, in permitting the reprint here of...

The cross word puzzle bookWhen I was first made unwilling Cross Word Puzzle Editor some two years ago, the procedure in deciding what puzzle would be run was limited to picking out a good-looking one from among the bunch and sending it upstairs to...

Address of President Roosevelt at the Lincoln dinner of the Republican club of the city of New York, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, February 13, 1905With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let...

Le livre de l'émeraude: en BretagneJe ddie ces reflets delle-mme la pierre forte entre toutes, verte et prcieuse, dun cher pays. Et je ne saurais dire, dans lamour que je lui porte, si jen ai plus reu le sang, ou si jai plus voulu...

Terres de soleil et de brouillardIl nest pas la mme heure en Italie quen France. Quand de tous les campaniles sonne, linstant du coucher du soleil, lAve Maria du soir, le jour qui sachve atteint sa vingt-quatrime heure et un autre jour commence, dont...

Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Stile in der bildenden Kunst. Zweiter Band.: Von der Renaissance bis zur GegenwartDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1917 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und heute nicht mehr verwendete Schreibweisen bleiben gegenber...

Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Stile in der bildenden Kunst. Erster Band.: Vom Altertum bis zur GotikDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1917 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und heute nicht mehr verwendete Schreibweisen bleiben gegenber dem...

The partnership of paintWe wish to express our indebtedness to Mrs. Eda A. Oliver, of New York City, for the pages on Interiors. Her suggestions are based upon her wide professional experience and may well be considered the last word in correctness and good...

Heartsease and Rue[The greater part of this poem was written many years ago as part of a larger one, to be called The Nooning, made up of tales in verse, some of them grave, some comic. It gives me a sad pleasure to remember...

Das SpeicherbuchDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1922 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und heute nicht mehr verwendete Schreibweisen sowie regional gefrbte Ausdrcke bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert; fremdsprachliche Begriffe wurden nicht korrigiert. Die gedruckte...

Jahreszahlen der ErdgeschichteDie Gesellschaft Kosmos bezweckt, die Kenntnis der Naturwissenschaften und damit die Freude an der Natur und das Verstndnis ihrer Erscheinungen in den weitesten Kreisen unseres Volkes zu verbreiten. Dieses Ziel sucht die Gesellschaft durch Verbreitung guter naturwissenschaftlicher Literatur zu erreichen im Geschichte...

Women wanted: The story written in blood red letters on the horizon of the Great World WarThe chamois bag that for months has bulged beneath is gone. As regularly as I fastened my garters every morning I have been wont to buckle the safety...

Rat RaceBrannon noddedinvisibly, of courseand said, "Sure you have a top priority. Anything your lab wants has top. But darn it, Peter, the best priority in the world isn't going to buy you a dozen mousetraps that are nonexistent." "I know that. And the...

A history of the Zulu Rebellion, 1906, and of Dinuzulu's arrest, trial, and expatriationAlthough the object of this book is stated in the opening paragraph, it is, perhaps, proper that the circumstances under which it came to be written should also be set briefly...

My twin puppiesOnce upon a time two little puppies were born on the very same day. Of course that made them twins! One day when they were quite small, Jimmys father brought them home in a big basket. Their backs were turned to each...

Thunder in the voidI keep my promises, my friend. Im taking this boat to Pluto, and Ill kill a lot of them before they finally get me. Buteven though you have won, you have lost as well. Because youre going with me too! Late...