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John de Lancaster: a novel; vol. I.On the first of March 1751, Robert De Lancaster, a native of North Wales, and grandfather of my hero, had assembled his friends and neighbours to celebrate, according to custom, the anniversary of their tutelary saint. I enter...

The Rambler club in the mountainsIn pursuance of his intention to write stories full of lively, wholesome adventure for boys, the author presents "The Rambler Club in the Mountains," following "The Rambler Club Afloat," and "The Rambler Club's Winter Camp." The five boys leave...

The conservation of energyWe may regard the Universe in the light of a vast physical machine, and our knowledge of it may be conveniently divided into two branches. The one of these embraces what we know regarding the structure of the machine itself, and...

The ward of TecumsehWHEN the beautiful Sally Habersham accepted Dick Ogilvie her girl associates rejoiced quite as much as she did, foreseeing the return to their orbits of sundry temporarily diverted masculine satellites. Her mothers friends did not exactly rejoice, for Dick Ogilvie had...

Romances of the old town of EdinburghTHE stories in this volume owe their publication to the favour extended to my Book of Legends. If I had any apology to make it could onlyindependently of what is due for demerits which the cultivators of the...

The comingProduced by: D A Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works put online by Harvard University Library's Open Collections Program.) The vicar of the parish sat at his study table pen...

The flowering plants of Africa - An analytical key to the genera of African phanerogramsTHE flora of Africa being now comparatively well known, the author of the present work considered the time opportune to present to the public an analytical key for determining in...

The boomerang circuitIt happened just like that. One instant the wavering, silvery film seemed to stretch across the arch in the public square of the principal but still small settlement on the first planet to be colonized in the Second Galaxy. The film bulged,...

The Tiddly Winks[6] The Tiddly Winks are good natured little fairies who teach lessons of thrift and good cheer. Here we meet Tiddly Winks, Tiddly Wee, Tiddly Thrift, Tiddly Cheer-Up, Tiddly Scowl, and Tiddly Why, all having the characteristics of real children. Who would...

Jewels and the woman: The romance, magic and art of feminine adornmentNote: For centuries it has been the custom for jewelers to identify their designs by stamping their hallmark on jewels. The reproduction on page 20 is of Marianne Ostiers hallmark. Unless otherwise noted...

Jedermanns Hundebuch: Plege, Erziehung und Dressur des HaushundesDas Schicksal jedes Lebewesens, auch des Menschen und der Pflanze, wird durch das Zusammenwirken seiner erblichen Veranlagung mit den Einflssen der Umwelt bestimmt. Welcher von den Ursachengruppen die grere Bedeutung zukommt, das ist von Fall zu Fall...

The story of Ida: epitaph on an Etrurian tombFor now some ten or twelve years I have been asking every good writer whom I knew, to write some part of what was exactly true, in the greatest of the sciences, that of Humanity. It...

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Potemkin villageDirector Unterbaum of the Intercolonial Office rose from his chair as the pair came in. "I take it you haven't met before?" he said. "Mr. and Mrs. Lanzerotti, this is Ann Starnes, the recording photographer, and Robert Heidekopfer, one of our better writers."...

Lord Lister No. 0375: Amor en MercuriusIn de Cromwellstreet, een der voornaamste zijstraten van de Oxfordstreet, bevindt zich, niet ver van laatstgenoemde straat verwijderd, een vrij groote winkel, niet lang geleden gebouwd, en volgens de laatste eischen ingericht. Hij had zich nimmer opgehouden met...

„Ups” en „downs” in het Indische levenZe waren het uitgaan en het ontvangen van menschen zoo gewoon in den laatsten tijd, dat het haar toescheen alsof er een ziek was van de familie, wanneer ze rustig bij elkaar bleven zitten zoon heelen avond. De...

Soanan kerettiläinenYlhll vuoristokiipeilijt varsin usein kohtasivat silmlaseja kyttvn vuohipaimenen, jonka ulkomuoto oli muutoinkin huomiota herttv. Hnen ruskettuneesta ihostaan huolimatta saattoi hnen kasvoistaan huomata, ett hn oli sivistynyt mies. Hn muistutti paljonkin Sienan tuomiokirkossa olevaa, Donatellon luomaa Johannes Kastajan pronssikuvaa. Hnen hiuksensa olivat tummat ja...

Lot & CompanyAll would have happened differently for Bellair had he been drowsy as usual on this particular Sunday afternoon. The boarding-house was preparing for its nap; indeed already half enveloped, but there came to Bellairs nostrils a smell of carpets that brought back...

Don Hale Over There"Don Hale in the War Zone" recounts the many adventures of Don on a dangerous trip across the ocean, as well as in war-torn France, while seeking his father, an aviator in the service of the Allies. His chum, George Glenn,...

The island pirate, a tale of the MississippiI soon discovered that I had got into the very ground where such a taste could be gratified. Amid scenes of softness or sublimity, or tranquil solitude or stirring lifeamid varied types of nationality, and strange contrasts...