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The Natural History of the GentIn the Sunday newspapers of May 24, of the past year, 1846, appeared the following paragraph: A Gent.A respectable-looking man, named James Dickenson, was charged by Brooks, 169 S, who said, Please your worship, at two oclock yesterday morning...

Keskikoulun Yleinen Historia. 1. Vanha ja Keskiaika - Oppi- ja Lukukirja Keski- ja Tyttökouluille Sekä SeminaareilleTysiluokkaisten lyseoiden ja yhteiskoulujen keskiluokkia kuin mys tyttkouluja ja seminaareja varten on kauan kaivattu sopivaa yleisen historian oppikirjaa. J. R. Pallinin Yleisen historian oppikirja ei suppeutensa eik yksipuolisen ainevalintansa...

Rachel and the Seven WondersRachel was a very unhappy little girl as she sat in an omnibus with Miss Moore, on her way to the British Museum. She didnt want to go to the British Museum. She didnt want to be in London at...

The Young Diana: An Experiment of the FutureOnce upon a time, in earlier and less congested days of literary effort, an Author was accustomed to address the Public as Gentle Reader. It was a civil phrase, involving a pretty piece of flattery. It implied...

Honszerző Árpád: Elbeszélés a honfoglalás idejéből dnyeszter-menti vgtelen sksgon tzesen sttt vissza a lemen nap. Ennek a vgtelen sksgnak kzepe tjn, szelid emelkeds dombon llott a fejedelem hatalmas nagy stra, melynek arannyal, ezsttel sztt selyme biborpiros fnyben ltszott gni a nap rverd sugaraitl. A...

Ten Years in Washington - or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them ... to Which Is Added a Full Account of the Life and Death of President James A. GarfieldThe Young Surveyors DreamHumboldts View of WashingtonA Vision...

Inside Illinois: Mineral ResourcesAlthough Illinois has been nicknamed the Prairie State, many parts of it are hilly and scenic. The idea of large areas of the state being nothing more than broad, flat prairies has come about because the major highways have been built...

Over 250 Ways to Cook and Serve Fish and Other Productions of the Sea - A Choice Collection of Recipes, Representing the Latest and Most Approved Methods of CookingThere are many fishes in the Sea, in fact so many that it is possible to...

Az élet könyveA knyv alig remlt sikere arnylag rvid id alatt msodik kiadst tette szksgess. Szt sem rdeml apr igaztsokat nem szmtva, vltozatlanul adom az olvas kezbe s vele egytt rlk a magyar filozfiai gondolkozs terjedsnek. Minden koreszme a trsadalom gondolkozsnak egy-egy hatalmas emcija....

Beware the Star GodsKuru paused, his stone knife poised above the half-skinned kill. He listened, at the same time twitching his sensitive nostrils in an effort to read the messages of the wind. But there was nothing in the air for his nose to...

Journey for the BraveThe base diner was hot and stuffy that night as Scotty Johnson sat with Mitch and Jack and the other boys, sipping his last cup of coffee before Zero Hour rolled around. Mitch and Jack had succeeded in sneaking him out...

Earthmen Die Hard!The great ship from beyond the Galaxy drew alongside the tiny planet, matched its orbit, cut its drive, and drifted slightly toward the lone moon. The ship was nearly as large as the planet itself, but there was no interchange of gravity...

Lord Lister No. 0002: De straf van den juweelenvervalscherMaak je maar niet bang, wij zijn zoo veilig als t maar kan. Iedereen houdt ons voor echte Fransozen. En dan, Charly, je moet je er toch heusch aan wennen om over Raffles te spreken als...

Silver Rifle, the Girl Trailer; Or, The White Tigers of Lake SuperiorIn the center of a thickly-wooded dell, situated about three miles from the southern shore of Lake Superior, a half-breed youth, clad in the habiliments of a Chippewa Indian, discussed a frugal meal....

The Three Trappers; or, The Apache Chief's RuseIt was now quite late in the afternoon, and Fred Wainwright reined up his mustang, and from his position took a survey of the surrounding prairie. On his right stretched the broad dusty plain, broken by some...

Guide to Rocks and Minerals of IllinoisThe rich prairies that gave the state its nickname are themselves derived from ancient rocks, worn and changed by millions of years of action by weather, water, wind, plants, and animals. Unmeasured depths of rock underlie the prairies,...

Memoirs of Bertha von Suttner: The Records of an Eventful Life (Vol. 2 of 2)So now there existed in the capital of Germany a Peace Society, about which as a center branch societies would presumably group themselves in all the larger German cities. The...

Stray Feathers From a Bird Man's DeskIn looking back over the preparation of these sketches I feel as though each evening I'd gathered up the bits and pieces left over from the day's work and fashioned them into designs for my own amusement and...

Machine-Gun TacticsThis book, which was begun five years ago, is now published because I feel that, with all its faults, it may bring into greater prominence the latent possibilities of the machine gun, and the vital necessity for the most complete organisation and tactical...

The Norse King's Bridal - Translations from the Danish and old Norse, with original balladsIn these translations from the Danish I have adhered strictly to the metres of the original; this, however, is not the case with those from the Old Norse. The original...