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The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, January 1884 - A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture. The C. L. S. C. student is already aware that it is not pretended here to write the history of Germany, but properly these are entitled Readings...

America and the World WarIn the New York Evening Post for September 30, 1814, a correspondent writes from Washington that on the ruins of the Capitol, which had just been burned by a small British army, various disgusted patriots had written sentences which included...

Mothers to MenThe dark was so thick with hurrying rain that the child's voice was drowned. So he splashed forward a few steps in the mud and puddles of the highway and plucked at the coat of the man tramping before. The man took...

Horace Walpole: A memoir - With an appendix of books printed at the Strawberry Hill PressThe Walpoles of Houghton.Horace Walpole born, 24 September, 1717.Lady Louisa Stuart's Story.Scattered Facts of his Boyhood.Minor Anecdotes.'La belle Jennings.'The Bugles.Interview with George I. before his Death.Portrait at this time.Goes...

Trip to the West and Texas - comprising a journey of eight thousand miles, through New-York, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas, in the autumn and winter of 1834-5.The author of this work, unknown to fame, and unacquainted with the art of book-making, has...

Texas Flowers in Natural ColorsFor more than a century the wild flowers of Texas have been a source of study and pleasure to scientists and flower lovers. The state can boast of a varied and interesting flora which has attracted numerous plant collectors since...

Anthropology and the Classics - Six Lectures Delivered Before the University of OxfordAnthropology and the Humanitieson verbal grounds one might suppose them coextensive; yet in practice they divide the domain of human culture between them. The types of human culture are, in fact, reducible...

Heart and Cross Chapter I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV. I know no reason why I should begin my story of the fortunes of the Harleys...

Historical Characters in the Reign of Queen AnneTHE reign of Queen Anne is one of the most illustrious in English history. In literature it has been common to call it the Augustan age. In politics it has all the interest of a transition period,...

Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's LandThe general state and condition of those unfortunate persons whose crimes had brought them under the severe cognisance and judgement of the laws, and whose lives only had been spared by the late happily increasing...

Two MothersThe combined living room and kitchen of a peasant house. Before an open fire, where supper is in preparation, stoops a girl of about sixteen. It is evening and dusk is growing. Vines hang outside and the light of a rising moon comes...

The Black Box: A Tale of Monmouth's RebellionTitle: The Black Box A Tale of Monmouth's Rebellion Author: W. Bourne Cooke Release Date: November 30, 2016 [EBook #53641] Reposted: January 18, 2017 [Corrections to text] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 My friends, beware of...

Collection complète des oeuvres de l'Abbé de Mably, Volume 3 (of 15)Tant que le gouvernement fodal avoit t en vigueur, et que le roi, born recevoir lhommage et les secours que lui devoient ses vassaux immdiats, nexeroit aucune autorit dans leurs terres, lhonneur de...

Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retrospect and SummaryIn the beginning of April, 1905, I received from Berlin a very unexpected invitation to deliver a popular scientific lecture at the Academy of Music in that city. I at first declined this flattering invitation, with...

Marjorie Dean MacyHere I amall booted and spurred and ready to ride, Marjorie Dean called out gaily to Veronica Lynne as Ronny entered the cool spacious patio of Lucero de la Manaa, the Lynnes beautiful ranch home in southern California. Marjorie was a feast...

The Martyrdom of Belgium - Official Report of Massacres of Peaceable Citizens, Women and Children by The German ArmyThe Official Belgian Commission of Inquiry, which has been charged with the task of examining into the violation of the rules of International Law and of...

A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography - Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth centuryIt is now thirty-three years since the first volume of biographies bearing the title Representative Canadians...

Les Bourbons bibliophiles, Rois & Princes, Reines & PrincessesNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Eugne Asse, bibliothcaire...

Pyhän Julianuksen legendaSeipill eristetyn aitauksen sispuolella oli ensin hedelmpuutarha, sitten kentt, jossa oli erilaatuisten kuvioiden muodossa kukka-istutuksia, lisksi varjoisia viinikynnosmajoja ja leikkirata linnan poikia varten. Toisella puolella oli koirakoppi, tallit, leipomatupa, viininpuserrushuone ja vilja-aitat. Viheri laidunnurmi levisi ymprill, sekin vahvan orjantappura-aidan ymprimn. Oli eletty...

Kansa nouseeI. Valtiollinen merkkitapaus II. Valtion pmies III. Kansan mies IV. Lhetyst V. Salajuonia VI. Perustuslaillisista syist VII. Hovitanssiaiset VIII. Thtien tuikkeessa IX. Amiraali X. Taikasauva XI. Yn hetkin XII. Sotaneuvottelu XIII. Hallitus ryhtyy toimenpiteisiin XIV. Armeija XV. Ylltyksi XVI. Kapina edistyy XVII. Palatsin...