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Motor Matt's Hard Luck; or, The Balloon-House PlotIssued Weekly. By subscription $2.50 per year. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1909, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C., by Street & Smith, 79-89 Seventh Avenue, New York,...

For the Honor of the School: A Story of School Life and Interscholastic SportIn response ten boys dressed in white shirts bearing the crimson H, white running pants, and spiked shoes disentangled themselves from the crowd about the dressing-room door and assembled at the...

Haïti - De Aarde en haar volken, Jaargang 1881Wij bevinden ons in volle zee. De hemel is donkerblauw; de dampkring heeft die doorzichtige helderheid, die volgens Homerus bij uitnemendheid eigen is aan den dampkring van den Olympus. Zoo ver de blik reikt, zien wij...

Hildebrand; or, The Days of Queen Elizabeth, An Historic Romance, Vol. 1 of 3Frugal and wise, a Walsingham is thine; A Drake, who made thee mistress of the sea, And bore thy name in thunder round the world. Then flamed thy spirit high; but...

Field Book of Western Wild FlowersIn this little book a very large number of the commoner wild flowers growing in the United States, west of the Rocky Mountains, are pictured and described. It is the first attempt to supply a popular field book for...

The Dwelling HouseThis work is intended not merely to point out certain common defects in the Dwelling House, and to show how evils more or less necessary in towns may be avoided in the country, but to call attention to the fact that our...

Histoire de France (Volume 1/19)Elle avait des annales, et non point une histoire. Des hommes minents l'avaient tudie surtout au point de vue politique. Nul n'avait pntr dans l'infini dtail des dveloppements divers de son activit (religieuse, conomique, artistique, etc.). Nul ne l'avait encore...

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 407, September, 1849About two years ago, we found it necessary to draw the attention of our readers to certain alterations which our Whig rulers, or at least a section of them, proposed to make in the existing law...

The Bases of DesignTHE substance of the following chapters originally formed a series of lectures addressed to the students of the Manchester Municipal School of Art during my tenure of the directorship of Design at that institution. The field covered is an extensive one,...

Frank Armstrong at CollegeIt was the evening of a day in late September and a noticeable chill in the air hinted at the near approach of fall. Through the whole of that day and for several days previous to the opening of our story,...

The Talk of the Town, Volume 2 (of 2)When folks are not in accord, and especially if there is fear on one side, communication of all kinds is difficult enough, but personal companionship is well-nigh unendurable. Often and often in evenings not so long...

The Talk of the Town, Volume 1 (of 2)WHEN I was a very young man nothing used to surprise me more than the existence of a very old oneone of those patriarchs who, instead of linking the generations each with each, include two or...

La doctrine de l'IslamNote 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. Les Pneumatiques de Philon de Byzance, dit. et...

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old StoriesTo those who are fortunate enough to know Miss Alexander's pen and pencil pictures of Italian peasant life the very name of Francesca, over which her early work was published, carries with it an aroma as of...

Natural WondersNo small part of our fundamental knowledge concerning the world of nature has been put into shape for comprehension by children, time out of mind. The Swiss Family Robinson is half natural history, even if not always of an especially convincing kind; and...

Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and JulietThe earliest edition of Romeo and Juliet, so far as we know, was a quarto printed in 1597, the title-page of which asserts that "it hath been often (with great applause) plaid publiquely." A second quarto appeared in 1599,...

From Paper-mill to PressroomIn the following pages I have endeavored to present a treatise on paper free from confusing technicalities, yet sufficiently intimate to be of service alike to the manufacturer, the salesman, and the consumer of paper viewing the subject in a broad...

The Minister's WooingThe author has endeavoured in this story to paint a style of life and manners which existed in New England in the earlier days of her national existence. Some of the principal characters are historic: the leading events of the story are...

Korean Buddhism: History—Condition—ArtThe author does not over-estimate the importance of this little book: it is nothing more than its title claims. It consists of three lectures given to popular audiences, with the accompaniment of many illustrations. It represents, however, a considerable amount of work...

Christmastide: Its History, Festivities, and CarolsIT would not be consistent with the proposed character of this work to enlarge on the Christian dispensation, as connected with the sacred feast of Christmas; to show Christianity as old as the Creation; that the fall of man...