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The Truth about the TitanicAS the sole survivor of all the men passengers of the Titanic stationed during the loading of six or more lifeboats with women and children on the port side of the ship, forward on the glass-sheltered Deck A, and later...

The Jazz SingerAmerican life, in this year 1925, consists essentially of surfaces. You may point out New England communities and say here is depth, and I will answer, true, but New England is dead so far as the America of now is concerned. You...

Jerry Todd and the Oak Island TreasureWhat you will particularly like about this book, I believe, is our money-making canal-boat show. We fixed up Dads old clay scow swell, with a stage and audience seats and everything. We even had a sort of orchestra....

Satire in the Victorian novelIf the following monograph were to be presented from the point of view of a proponent, the author would be put triply on the defensive in relation to the theme. For, from one cause or another, the trio of terms...

Under the SkinI ran a story the other day about the arrival on Earth of a Martian diplomat and his wife. And I okayed a picture of the lady presiding over a tea at the Martian embassy. I looked at the picture for quite...

Emlékbeszédek (2. kötet)Mszros Lzr hagyomnyait1) olvasva, nknytelen Mikes Kelemen jut esznkbe. Mindkett egy nagy, de szerencstlen forradalom ldozata, br egyik sem forradalmi ember. Mikes hven kveti a gyzelmes, majd bujdos Rkczit, de inkbb egyni, mint politikai hajlambl, Mszros mindvgig hive marad az 1848-iki forradalomnak,...

Emlékbeszédek (1. kötet)sszegyjtve veszi itt az olvas emlkbeszdeimet, a melyeket egyet kivve mind az Akadmia s Kisfaludy-Trsasg megbizsbl tartottam, nagy rszt nneplyes lseken. Az ily beszdek, ha jl szolgltk az nneplyes alkalmat, a melynek ltket ksznik; ha hven tolmcsoltk a kzhangulatot, a mely rendesen...

We Women and Our AuthorsWe German women are accustomed to look upon ourselves as an appendage to or a part of man. Up till now it has been the chief object and the pride of our existence to subordinate ourselves to him, and to...

Thistledown: A Book of Scotch Humour, Character, Folk-lore, Story & AnecdoteAn eminently learned and genial ex-Professor of one of our Universities not long since pointed out how Scotland was remarkable for three thingsSongs, Sermons, and Shillings. And whilst it may not be disputed that...

Riallaro: The Archipelago of ExilesDEAD, for a ducat, dead, roared Somm, as he shouldered his gun and rushed to the beach. Nothing had come within reach of shot all afternoon till, in the thickening twilight, a flash of broad wings in the distance awakened...

The Growth of the English House - A short history of its architectural development from 1100 to 1800The object aimed at in the following pages is to tell the story of the growth of the English house from its first appearance in a permanent...

Antimachus of Colophon and the Position of Women in Greek Poetry - A fragment printed for the use of scholarsThe author of the following pages met with his death in Switzerland on July 16th, 1895, in his twenty-sixth year. Had he lived to complete...

Haukkavuoren aarre: KertomusLouhijrvi, kotiseutuni, on Etel-Pohjanmaan pitji. Se on laajatasankoista, siell ja tll pienien mets-alojen katkaisemaa niitty- ja peltomaata. Vuolas Louhijoki, laskien etll Pohjanlahteen, virtaa monimutkaisena sen keskitse ja jakaa sen suuriin kylkuntiin. Etenkin Kirkonkyl on mahtavan nkinen. Siell onkin talo talon vieress, ja...

The Black TigerThe problem had nothing to do with the carburetor. Woody at seventeen could put that back together without even thinking of what he was doing. He'd cleaned and adjusted a score of them since he first started working at McNess Union Service...

The Play-day Book: New Stories for Little FolksSince Little Ferns was published, I have had many letters, and messages, from little children all over the country, asking me to write them soon another little book of stories. Here is one that I have prepared...

Tractor Principles - The Action, Mechanism, Handling, Care, Maintenance and Repair of the Gas Engine TractorThe tractor of to-day is built in almost as many types and designs as there are tractor makers, and is far from being as standard as the automobile. There...

Peaks of ShalaI would not have this book considered too seriously. It is not an attempt to untangle one thread in the Balkan snarl; it is not a study of primitive peoples; it is not a contribution to the worlds knowledge, and I hope...

The Little Lady of the HorseA group of rocks, roughly piled, and a few evergreen shrubs clustering about them, made a pleasant break in a long, monotonous stretch of coast, and the coolness of the spot was always refreshing after their canter in the...

War, 52 Carey CartoonsFROM time immemorial the human race has been interested in pictures of persons, scenes and things; and one of the most potent means of driving home ideas and lessons, and oftentimes of arousing human passions, is the cartoon. No longer venomous,...

Palkkapiian päiväkirja: RomaaninovelliOh, itse pellon oja, laitimmainen jokioja, ltkkvesi on mielestni onnellisessa tilassa nyt! Mustat luiriaiset luistelevat sen kimaltavaa pintaa, uskotellen tnne kammarputkan ikkunaan, ett sadetta vuovaa! Pelstyin nimittin sken ojan vesirenkaita, kunnes ksitin ne noiden hauskojen itikoiden aikaansaamiksi, piirustelijoiden. Eip ei, ei viskele...