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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...

Chair backs Our Miss Vanek, one of Americas foremost needlework designers and authority on all knitted, crocheted and tatted handiwork, has solved many of our friends handiwork problems. She will be only too glad to aid you in the matter of suitable colors, puzzling...

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...

The Public SquareA GIRL of nineteen had just arrived in New York, with one fat bag. She turned into the curving silence of Harrow Street, which is only three minutes walk from Washington Square, but some trick to find. Several times she changed her...

A Bakony (2. kötet)Ezt a krdst veti fl a j Vasrnapi Ujsg mult heti szma. (1905. vi novemberben.) Nem elszr vetdik fl ez a krds. Sobri eltnt rgen, kzel hatvankilencz esztendeje. Ma mr reg ember az is, a ki akkor szletett. Ha Sobri lne:...

A Bakony (1. kötet)Tjkoztatval kell Bakony czim mvemet kezdenem. Olyas valamivel, a mit ir emberek elsznak, elbeszdnek szoktak nevezni. n nem igen szoktam ezzel lni. lljon helyt az iri m a maga erejbl, az elre val ajnlgats gy se sokat r. A m tartalmt...

Nick Carter weekly No. 186, July 21, 1900: Nick Carter rescues a daughter; or, The junior partner's strange behavior.Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1900 by Street & Smith, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. Entered...

Jésus Title: Jsus Author: Jean Aicard Release Date: September 23, 2022 [EBook #69031] Language: French Original Publication: FR: , France: Ernest Flammarion,1911. Credits: Laurent Vogel (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) Avant daller dormir prs de toi...

The girl in the crowdStretch an invisible cord knee-high across the sidewalk at Broadway and Forty-second Street, and in five minutes a hundred prettier girls than Daisy Reynolds will stumble over it. (A hundred homelier girls too, for that matter!) Daisy was just the...

Genevra; or, the history of a portrait - by an American lady. A resident of Washington City.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by T. B. PETERSON, In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States,...