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Views and OpinionsA brilliant and daring thinker lately published some admirable papers called Under the Yoke of the Butterflies. The only thing which I would have changed in those delightful satires would have been the title. There are no butterflies in this fast, furious...

A Statement of Facts Tending to Establish an Estimate of the True Value and Present State of VaccinationIt is now twenty-one years since Vaccination was promulgated in this country by Dr. Jenner, and fifteen years since it began to produce a sensible effect in...

The Lone Trail I. THE MURDER AT THE T-INVERTED R II. MORTON STAMFORD: TENDERFOOT III. CORPORAL FAIRCLOTH ARRIVES IV. THE SHOTS FROM THE BUSHES V. DAKOTA RUNS AMOK VI. STAMFORD MAKES A DECISION VII. AT THE H-LAZY Z VIII. A LAMB AMONG THE LIONS...

The Ghost of One Man CouleeHappy Jack, by some freak of misguided ambition, was emulating rather heavily the elfish imagination of Andy Green. He wasto put it baldly and colloquiallythrowing a big load into the Native Son who jingled his gorgeous silver spurs close...

Life of Emanuel Swedenborg - Together with a brief synopsis of his writings, both philosophical and theologicalDuring the few past years many biographies of Swedenborg have been offered to the public. Dr. Tafel, of Tbingen, in 1839, collected into one volume the testimonies of...

Arthur Machen: Weaver of FantasyIt was, I suppose, during the closing months of the First World War that an urbane and witty gentleman, writing in the Confederate city of Richmond, set down these words in the course of one of his interminable, and witty...

Bug-JargalEstamos aniquilados todos, deca Alejandro Dumas hablando del autor de Marion Delorme; y lo deca sin conocer de l ms que este drama, estrenado en 1831, seis aos despus de la aparicin de Bug-Jargal. Por entonces era ya clebre Vctor Hugo. Su popularidad fu...

Az alföldi vadászok tanyája: RegényMikor Kossuth Lajost Pest vrmegye kvett vlasztotta 1847-ben, az egsz orszgot megmozgat, rdekfeszt vlasztsi harcz utn a diadalmas Kossuth-tbor ln egy nyalka ifj lovagolt tnczol paripn, czifra szrben, rvalnyhajas kalappal Pest utczin. Ismeretlen volt a jrkelk eltt. Krdeztk itt is,...

La batalla de los ArapilesQuerido Gabriel: Si no has sido ms afortunado que yo, lucidos estamos. De mis averiguaciones no resulta hasta ahora otra cosa que la triste certidumbre de que el comisario de polica no est ya en esta Corte, ni presta servicio...

The Bee Preserver; or, Practical Directions for the Management and Preservation of HivesHaving attained old age, I think it a duty, before quitting the world, to communicate to the public the observations I have made during sixty-four years that I have been occupied with...

Hilaria. The Festive BoardWe, for the most part, differ in our notions of pleasure; one mans delight is anothers aversion: but felicity is the aim of all. Where then shall we find it? a celebrated poet observes, tis no where to be found, or...

Mother Goose in Gridiron Rhyme: A collection of alphabets, rhymes, tales and jingles - With 80 illustrations Title: Mother Goose in Gridiron Rhyme Subtitle: A collection of alphabets, rhymes, tales and jingles With 80 illustrations Author: D.C.) Gridiron Club (Washington Release Date: April 11,...

Field, Forest and Farm - Things interesting to young nature-lovers, including some matters of moment to gardeners and fruit-growersBread is made of flour, he began, and flour is wheat reduced to powder under the millstone. What an interesting mechanism that is, the flour-mill, driven...

Väinö: ElämäntarinaSe ihminen, jota tss hnen omien "Muistelmiensa" ja jlkeens jttmien kirjeitten nojalla olen koettanut kuvata, oli monessa suhteessa harvinainen. Aina hnen kuolemastaan asti on minusta tuntunut, ett hnen elmns ansaitsisi tulla oikein eri kirjana kuvatuksi. Ikv kyll en koskaan voinut toteuttaa aikomustani pyyt...

Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star: War-time EditorialsThe request, repeated and urgent, has come from many sources that the editorial articles, contributed by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to The Kansas City Star during our countrys participation in the World War, be preserved for the future....

Friends on the ShelfHappy is the man who enjoys himself. His are the true riches. Saving physical pain and mortal illness, few evils can touch him. He may lose friends and make enemies; all the powers of the world may seem to have combined...

The ClimbersEntered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by the American Tract Society, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Its of no use, and whats more, I dont...

Winchester, Painted by Wilfrid BallThe following volume treats in somewhat fuller detail the Winchester sections of the larger work on Hampshire published last year under similar auspices. Where much of the ground traversed is identical much has been necessarily repeated, and a considerable portion...

Turkisten pyydystäjät: Jännittäviä metsästysseikkailuja salomaillaJohdatus. I. Matkalle lht ja ensimmiset otukset. II. Metselm, elinoppia ja ensimminen intiaani. III. Henrin kuolema ja hautaaminen. IV. Luoteisterritoriosta ja sen elimistst. V. Uusi toveri, hnen kertomuksensa ja lis seikkailuja. VI. Chesterfield. Jaken mielipiteit. Antilooppeja. VII. Kaukaisen lnnen ihmeit....

Mary Magdalene: A Play in Three ActsI have borrowed from Mr. Paul Heyses drama, Maria von Magdala, the idea of two situations in my play, namely, at the end of the first act, the intervention of Christ, who stops the crowd raging against Mary...