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L'expédition de la Jeannette au pôle Nord, racontée par tous les membres de l'expédition - volume 1 - ouvrage composé des documents reçus par le "New-York Herald" de 1878 à 1882Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges....

The Toxicity of Caffein: An experimental study on different species of animalsComparative physiology has established the fundamental fact that some properties are common to all forms of living matter. But the same method of inquiry has also led to the recognition of marked differences...

Annali d'Italia, vol. 3 - dal principio dell'era volgare sino all'anno 1750 Al presente anno rapport il cardinal Baronio [Baron., Annal. Eccl. ad hunc ann.], e dopo lui Camillo Pellegrino [Peregrinus de Finib. Ducat. Benevent.], il principio del regno di Grimoaldo. Ma sapendo noi...

The English Village Community - Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry; An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition)When I had the honour to lay the two papers...

The Walls of ConstantinopleROMANCE and the history of walled cities are inseparable. Who has not felt this to be so at the sight of hoary ruins lichen-clad and ivy-mantled, that proudly rear their battered crests despite the ravages of time and mans destructive instincts....

Gli ultimi giorni di Goldoni - Le Commedie, vol. 1 Dacch l'autore, in una sua gita a Parigi per indagare qualche cosa sugli ultimi giorni del Goldoni e la sorte della vedova, aveva sentito la contessa D'Agoult ricordare d'avere pi d'una volta nella sua...

Un avvocato dell'avvenire - Le Commedie, vol. 1 In quest'epoca cos sinceramente democratica, come sa il lettore, nella quale non c' calzolaio che non arrossisca dell'antica insegna ciabattinesca del padre suo, appena Mastro Andrea, a furia di lavoro e di privazioni, riuscito ad avviare...

La Belgique héroïque et martyreIl n'est pas, dans l'histoire de la royaut, un geste comparable celui d'Albert Ier rsistant de toute la hauteur de son courage et de sa loyaut la honteuse violation de son royaume par les armes allemandes; il n'est pas dans...

John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character, Vol. 1 (of 3) - From the Collection of "Mr. Punch"Old Gentleman (politely). "OH, CONDUCTOR! I SHALL FEEL GREATLY OBLIGED TO YOU IF YOU WOULD PROCEED, FOR I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT IN THE STRAND, AND I AM...

Over There with the Canadians at Vimy RidgeI Shells and Minnenwerfer II Irving's Idea III In No Man's Land IV "Kamerad!" V The Turtle Is Wounded VI A Little History VII Tourtelle Apologizes VIII Cubist Art IX Bob's Letter X Dots and Dashes XI...

Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day - Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan,...

The History of Miss Betsy ThoughtlessIt was always my opinion, that fewer women were undone by love than vanity; and that those mistakes the sex are sometimes guilty of, proceed, for the most part, rather from inadvertency, than a vicious inclination. The ladies, however,...

Sir Quixote of the Moors - Being some account of an episode in the life of the Sieur de RohaineThe narrative, now for the first time presented to the world, was written by the Sieur de Rohaine to while away the time during the...

Eighty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry.)On the 15th June, 1887, the State of Pennsylvania provided for the erection of a Memorial Tablet, or Monument, for each of the Pennsylvania Commands that participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d and 3d, 1863. At a...

The Man with the Black FeatherOne evening last year I perceived in the waiting-room of my newspaper, Le Matin, a man dressed in black, his face heavy with the darkest despair, whose dry, dead eyes seemed to receive the images of things like unmoving...

Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe - From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth CenturyBy whatever race Europe may have been originally peopled, this portion of the world seems to have been swept by successive tribes of...

Nat Goodwin's BookIn penning memoirs or autobiographing it is extremely difficult to avoid writing impersonally, yet I shall strive to avoid it as much as possible, not so much from a sense of duty as from a standpoint of mercy. I have never enjoyed...

Émile eli KasvatuksestaAloin kirjoittaa tt miete- ja havaintokokoelmaa, joka kaipaa jrjestyst, melkeinp yhtenisyyttkin, hydyttkseni erst hyv ja arvostelukykyist iti.[1] Alkusuunnitelmanani oli ainoastaan muutaman sivun pituinen kirjoitelma; mutta kun aineeni vasten tahtoani tempasi minut mukaansa, tm kirjoitelma huomaamattani paisui kokonaiseksi teokseksi, joka epilemtt on liiankin...

The Fantasy Fan, October 1933 - The Fan's Own Magazine You will note several improvements in this issue of THE FANTASY FAN over the first number. The most noticeable one, of course, is the fact that there are almost twice as many pages as...

A Medley of Weather LoreIn this collection of Weather Lore and Poetry I beg to acknowledge with gratitude permission from Messrs. Macmillan to quote lines from Tennyson, Charles Turner, Alfred Austin, Matthew Arnold, Christina Rossetti, T. E. Brown, and Francis Doyle. From Messrs. Longman...