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The Boy Chums in the Gulf of Mexico - or, On a Dangerous Cruise with the Greek SpongersThe speaker, a sturdy, manly-looking boy of eighteen, was one of a party of four persons who were strolling along a street in the Greek section of...

The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 3 (of 3)BY LEONARD WILLIAMS Corresponding Member of the Royal Spanish Academy, of the Royal Spanish Academy of History, and of the Royal Spanish Academy of Fine Arts; Author Of The Land of the Dons; Toledo...

The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 2 (of 3)BY LEONARD WILLIAMS Corresponding Member of the Royal Spanish Academy, of the Royal Spanish Academy of History, and of the Royal Spanish Academy of Fine Arts; Author Of The Land of the Dons; Toledo...

The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 1 (of 3)In preparing these volumes, it has been my aim to give a clear and fairly complete account of the arts and crafts of older Spain. It seems to me that there is room for...

La Comtesse Mathieu de NoaillesNote 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. La comtesse Mathieu de Noailles descend par...

Ikuinen taisteluAadan ja Sillan pukuna lyhyt hame kuitukudelmasta, ylruumiin verhona liivintapainen; ksivarret, osa rintaa, olkapt, jalat ja sret paljaina; vyll uumanauhasta riippuvien nahkarihmasten muodostama esiliina. Hiukset valtoimina, ainoastaan erst kohti nahkarihmalla sidotut. Kaulassa helminauha erivrisist kuivatuista marjoista ja erimuotoisista luulevyist. Rannerengas luu- ja hedelmkoristeista....

The Science and Philosophy of the OrganismThis work is not a text-book of theoretical biology; it is a systematic presentment of those biological topics which bear upon the true philosophy of nature. The book is written in a decidedly subjective manner, and it seems...

Brothers of Peril: A Story of old NewfoundlandDuring the three centuries directly following John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland, that unfortunate island was the sport of careless kings, selfish adventurers, and diligent pirates. While England, France, Spain, and Portugal were busy with courts and kings,...

Das Liebeskonzil: Eine Himmels-Tragödie in fünf Aufzügen"Es ist got gefellig gewesen in unsern tagen kranckheiten zu senden (als wol zu achten ist) die unsern vorfaren unbekant seint gewesen. Da bey haben gesagt die der heiligen geschrift obligen, das die blatteren u gotz zorn kumen...

Bliss, and Other Stories There was not an inch of room for Lottie and Kezia in the buggy. When Pat swung them on top of the luggage they wobbled; the grandmothers lap was full and Linda Burnell could not possibly have held a lump...

A Virgin Heart: A NovelA novel is a novel. And it would be no more than that if the author had not attempted, by an analysis that knows no scruples, to reveal in these pages what may be called the seamy side of a...

Il re dei re, vol. 4 - Convoglio diretto nell'XI secoloSicuro Enrico di lasciar ben curate le sue cose di Germania a Federico di Staufen, senza mettere indugi prese le mosse per alla volta d'Italia. Il considerevole esercito seguivano assai tra vescovi, principi, duchi...

Old Country Inns of EnglandWhy do your guide books tell us about nothing but Churches and Manor Houses? Such was the not altogether unjustifiable complaint of an American friend whose motor car was undergoing repairs. He was stranded in a sleepy old market town...

A Dialogue in Hades - A Parallel of Military Errors, of Which the French and English Armies Were Guilty, During the Campaign of 1759, in Canada[The original of this manuscript is deposited in the French war archives, in Paris; a copy was, with the...

The Buccaneer Chief: A Romance of the Spanish MainAlthough the Seine, from Chanceaux, its fountainhead, to Havre, where it falls into the sea, is not more than four hundred miles in length, still, in spite of this comparatively limited course, this river is one...

A History of MourningA list of the changes made can be found at the end of the book. In the text, the corrections are underlined by a red dotted line "like this". Hover the cursor over the underlined text and an explanation of the...

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 374, December, 1846 EDINBURGH: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, 45, GEORGE STREET; AND 37, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. To whom all Communications (post paid) must be addressed. SOLD BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND...

Natural History - Or, Uncle Philip's Conversations with the Children about Tools and Trades among Inferior AnimalsThe author of the following book avails himself of the opportunity afforded by its publication, to address a word to those who sustain the delightful and responsible relation...

The Knights TemplarsTo be propagated by the sword was a vital principle of Mahommedanism. War against infidels for the establishment and extension of the faith was commanded by the Prophet, and the solemn injunction became hallowed and perpetuated by success. A century after the...

The Bee Hunters: A Tale of AdventureSince the discovery of the goldfields in California and on the Fraser River, North America has entered into a phase of such active transformation, civilisation has advanced with such giant strides, that only one region is still extanta...