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Kak, the Copper EskimoKak was an Eskimo boy who lived in Victoria Island in Canada. He belonged to the Copper Eskimos. This name does not refer in any way to their complexions as red Indians, but is given because the people make all their...

An Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art and Archaeology - Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations.This Dictionary was commenced as an...

Youth and LifeHow shall I describe Youth, the time of contradictions and anomalies? The fiercest radicalisms, the most dogged conservatisms, irrepressible gayety, bitter melancholy,all these moods are equally part of that showery springtime of life. One thing, at least, it clearly is: a great,...

The Treasure TrailLord! what a haul! Elliott murmured to himself, glancing over his letter while he waited with the horses for Margaret, who had said that she would be just twelve minutes in putting on her riding-costume. The letter was from an old-time Colorado...

Twenty Years' Residence among the People of Turkey: Bulgarians, Greeks, Albanians, Turks, and ArmeniansNo one who has talked with many people on the Eastern Question can have failed to remark the wide difference of opinion held on things which ought to be matters of...

Gleanings from MaeterlinckIn the first act of The Blue Bird, the fairy Brylune sends Mytyl and Tyltyl in search of happiness. Shepherded and protected by Light, they explore the Past and the Future, the Palace of Night, the Kingdoms of the Dead and of...

Unfinished Rainbows, and Other EssaysThe rainbow was only a fragment of an arch because the needed sunshine was withheld. Had the sunlight been permitted to permeate all the atmosphere with its golden glow, the arch would have spanned the entire heavens. This is the...

Sailors Narratives of Voyages Along the New England Coast, 1524-1624The first chapter, Verrazanos voyage in 1524, is a modern translation of the original Italian. The other chapters are literal reproductions of their original English publications, and so retain the spelling, the hyphenation and punctuation...

No More Parades: A novel I have always heldand I hold as strongly now as everthat a novel should have no preface. It should have no preface for sthetico-moral reasons, and because prefatory matter takes away from the reality of, and therefore damages, a...

Hilda’s Home: A Story of Woman’s EmancipationIn the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual. In back-woods phrase, The wind-work must precede the ground-work. The ascent of life is the ascent of ideals. Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration. Aspiration implies...

Le chemin de velours; Nouvelles dissociations d'idéesLes Jsuites et le got franais. Les Jsuites ne sont pas au got franais. Lhomme de France, et la femme surtout, veut que ses murs soient rgies par une morale svre, peut-tre pour le plaisir davoir lair de...

Der VolksbeglückerDas niedrige Bergland, das Westbhmen von Bayern scheidet, ist eine liebe, warme Erikagegend, die im Sommer schamhaft errtet, wenn sie sich hllenlos in ihrer unberhrten jungfrulichen Schnheit dem glcklichen Entdecker nach langem Struben endlich preisgeben mu. Und er entdeckte und liebte diese frische,...

Nick Carter Stories No. 146, June 26, 1915: Paying the Price; or, Nick Carter's Perilous VentureIssued Weekly. Entered as Second-class Matter at the New York Post Office, by Street & Smith, 79-89 Seventh Ave., New York. Copyright, 1915, by Street & Smith. O. G....

Nick Carter Stories No. 147, July 3, 1915: On Death's Trail; or, Nick Carter's Strangest CaseIssued Weekly. Entered as Second-class Matter at the New York Post Office, by Street & Smith, 79-89 Seventh Ave., New York. Copyright, 1915, by Street & Smith. O. G....

Olavi AuduninpoikaVainovuosien kohdatessa maata huolehtivat Steinfinninpojat parhaasta pst omaisuutensa silyttmisest koskemattomana ja talojensa suojaamisesta tulelta, ja he osoittivat siin sellaista sisua ja voimaa, ett se mys enimmkseen onnistui, olipa heidn sitten taisteltava birkebeinilisi tai lukuisia muita valtajoukkueita vastaan, joita vuoron pern liikuskeli Mjsenin seuduilla....

Nick Carter Stories No. 148, July 10, 1915; The Mark of Cain; or, Nick Carter's Air-line CaseIssued Weekly. Entered as Second-class Matter at the New York Post Office, by Street & Smith, 79-89 Seventh Ave., New York. Copyright, 1915, by Street & Smith. O....

The Boy's Book of the SeaNOT the least remarkable of the changes which have taken place during the last hundred yearsit is less than that, reallyare those which have come to pass in the sphere of warfare; and the accounts of the battles here...

The Story of Chalmers of New GuineaSome of the stories she told are forgotten, and it is many days since the fortunes she read were proved true or false, but other little children re-echo the old request, and James Chalmers knew well how to...

Love in Excess; or, the Fatal Enquiry - A Novel in Three PartsIn the late War between the French and the Confederate Armies, there were two Brothers, who had acquird a more than ordinary Reputation, under the Command of the great and intrepid Luxembourgh....

The Old CardA visit to any modern French Art Gallery will reveal a number of canvases daubed all over with little patches of primary colours, almost as though the picture had been painted with confetti. Assuming you are unaccustomed to this form of application,...