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The Truth About German Atrocities - Founded on the Report of the Committee on Alleged German OutragesPrussia joined in a Guarantee of Belgian Neutrality. The neutrality of Belgium was guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1839 to which France, Prussia and Great Britain were...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 724 - November 10, 1877For ages golf has been pre-eminently the national game of Scotland. As its history emerges from the mists of antiquity we find football and it linked together as representative games, in...

Cours de philosophie positive. (6/6)Attendu que, dans cet Avis, M. Bachelier ne s'est pas born rcuser d'avance la solidarit des assertions de l'auteur, mais qu'il y a ajout des expressions inconvenantes envers M. Comte; que ledit avis n'a point t pralablement communiqu M. Comte,...

The Land of the Boxers; or, China under the AlliesWRITTEN many thousand miles from the evertroubled land of China, with no opportunity for reference, this book doubtless contains many errors, for which the readers indulgence is asked. The criticisms of the various armies are...

Novellivalikoima suomalaisten kirjailijain teoksistaSynt. 11/9 1861 Lapinlahdella. Alkuperinen nimi Brofeldt. Ylioppilas 1880. Kunniatohtori 1907. Harjoitettuaan muutamia vuosia yliopistollisia lukuja toiminut sanomalehtityss; vihdoin vapaana kirjailijana. Teoksia: Muudan markkinamies, Rautatie, Papin tytr, Lastuja I-IV, Papin rouva, Maailman murjoma, Hernneit, Panu, Katajainen Kansani I-II, Aatteiden mies, Kevt...

The AlienJust speculate for a moment on the enormous challenge to archeology when interplanetary flight is possible ... and relics are found of a race extinct for half a million years! A race, incidentally, that was scientifically so far in advance of ours that...

Des Imagistes: An AnthologyA poet, having taken the bridle off his tongue, spoke thus: More fragrant than the heliotrope, which blooms all the year round, better than vermilion letters on tablets of sendal, are thy kisses, thou shy one! The sailor boy who leant...

The Mystery Ship: A Story of the 'Q' Ships During the Great WarGeorgeotherwise Kenneth Meredith, sub-lieutenant R.N.V.R. and second-in-command of H.M. Motor Launch 1071deliberately blotted five lines of his weekly epistle to the fond ones at home. Unperturbed by a heavy fusillade upon the...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 723 - November 3, 1877It is not a very creditable fact that after centuries of national consolidation, there should be communities within the British Islands who use different vernacular tongues and are ignorant of English....

Die jenische Sprache Dieses Buch ist ursprnglich erschienen als eine Serie von Artikeln in: Gro, Hans (Hrsg.); Archiv fr Kriminal-Anthropologie und Kriminalistik, F. C. W. Vogel, Leipzig; Bd. 63 (1915), S. 1-46, 97-133, 372-396; Bd. 64 (1915), S. 127-183, 297-355; Bd. 65 (1916), S....

William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England - From the earliest period to the reign of King StephenThe history of the English, from their arrival in Britain to his own times, has been written by Bede, a man of singular learning and...

Beautiful BirdsWhat beautiful things birds are! Can you think of any other creatures that are quite so beautiful? I know you will say Butterflies, and perhaps it is a race between the birds and the butterflies, but I think the birds win it even...

A Natural History for Young People: Our Animal Friends in Their Native Homes - including mammals, birds and fishesThis little Volume of Natural History has been prepared to fill a long-felt want. As a child the author was especially interested in the study of...

Twenty Years' Experience as a Ghost HunterIn presenting this volume of ghostly reminiscences to the Public I would lay stress on the fact that, in order to avoid the danger of incurring an action for slander or libel, I havesave where expressedly stated to...

ContagionIt was like an Earth forest in the fall, but it was not fall. The forest leaves were green and copper and purple and fiery red, and a wind sent patches of bright greenish sunlight dancing among the leaf shadows. "Took a shot at...

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 988, December 3, 1898Little rest could be allowed in those days to England's most gallant sons. Moore had a short time with those whom he loved bestwith the mother especially, who was more to him than all...

Famous Givers and Their GiftsWhile it is interesting to see how men have built up fortunes, as a rule, through industry, saving, and great energy, it is even more interesting to see how those fortunes have been or may be used for the benefit...

Slechte TijdenAl wat ik vraag, zijn feiten. Leer die jongens en meisjes niets anders dan feiten. Dat is alles wat men in de wereld noodig heeft. Plant niet anders, en roei alle andere dingen uit. Door feiten alleen kunt gij den geest van met...

Wunderwelten - Wie Lord Flitmore eine seltsame Reise zu den Planeten unternimmt und durch einen Kometen in die Fixsternwelt entführt wird Den vollen Gewinn von dieser Erzhlung wird nur die schon gereiftere Jugend haben, die mit Verstndnis und gewi auch mit lebhaftem Interesse die...

Stone Art - Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 47-178.The collection of the Bureau of Ethnology includes almost every type of stone implement or ornament, and as...