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Blue-beard: A Contribution to History and Folk-lore - Being the history of Gilles de Retz of Brittany, France, who was executed at Nantes in 1440 A.D., and who was the original of Blue-beard in the tales of Mother GooseThe story of Bluebeard has become...

Suomen kansan peikkosatuja ynnä legendoja ja kertomussatuja - Toinen sarja suomalaisia satuja lapsilleEsittely. Peikon sikainosto. Peikko teett Matilla konstikkaan sillan. Peikko asettaa Matin raha-aittansa oven vartijaksi. Jrven kokoonkelaaminen. Hatun hopeilla tyttminen. Matti uhkaa kantaa pois peikon raha-aitan. Peikko ja Matti kilpailemassa. Peikko ja Matti...

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 [Supplement]To a consummate artist like yourself I need hardly suggest that The Nights still offers many a virgin mine to the Playwright; and I inscribe this volume to you, not only in...

Greek Athletic Sports and FestivalsIt is my hope that the present volume may prove of interest to the general reader as well as to the student of the past. For though its subject may seem at first sight purely archaeological, many of the problems...

New Witnesses for God (Volume 3 of 3)III. The Difficulty of Passages from Isaiah Being Quoted by Nephite Writers, that Modern Bible Criticism Holds were not Written Until the Time of the Babylonian Captivityand not Written by Isaiah at all (Erratum.After using numerals in...

Junior Park Ranger Program: Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National MonumentsNow that you are an official Junior Park Ranger we hope that you will continue to help us protect these special places so that others who come after you may enjoy them also. This Junior...

Mesa Verde: Junior Ranger BookletThe National Park Service and its park rangers care for special places like Mesa Verde for todays and future generations to enjoy. That means YOU, as well as your children and grandchildren! Hi! My name is Kathy and this is...

The Green Thumb, Nov.-Dec. 1959, Vol. 16, No. 10To preserve the natural beauty of Colorado; to protect the forests; to encourage proper maintenance and additional planting of trees, shrubs and gardens; to make available correct information regarding forestry, horticultural practices and plants best suited...

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site: Junior Ranger WorkbookWe are looking for a few SPECIAL Junior Rangers! You will learn many things about the Site by doing your best to complete this workbook (hint: answers can be found in the Visitor Center by using...

Shapes of Greek VasesThe appreciation of beautiful form, with the ability to create it, which was characteristic of the Greek people, is nowhere better illustrated than in the shapes of their pottery. These vasesthe jars, dishes, and cups made for household and religious usewere...

Helvi: Kertomus nuorisolle Tnn min heti sen uudistan. Mutta tiedtk, iti, minua melkein pelottaa menn sinne kouluun. Niin ikv, ettei ollut useampia pyrkijit kolmannelle luokalle. Nyt min yksin tulen kaikkien entisten joukkoon, niinkuin vieras lammas karjaan. Niin, semmoinen hirve joukko! Min juuri laskin itsekseni,...

Impressions of SpainTHERE is a character in current drama who devoted his whole life to the writing of a book. He called it a pamphlet, because he had intended it to be a pamphlet when he started on his task, but in its completed...

Virgilio nel Medio Evo, vol. II All'uomo odierno la poesia volgare del medio evo e la poesia classica appariscono come due cose tanto diverse per qualit di forme, per sentimenti e tendenze, che la prima pare debba essere figlia di una rivoluzione, prodotta e...

Virgilio nel Medio Evo, vol. I Nel libro che qui pongo a luce io intendo esporre tutta intiera la storia della nominanza di cui godette Virgilio lungo i secoli del medio evo, segnarne le varie evoluzioni e peripezie, determinare la natura e le cause...

Vinzi: A Story of the Swiss AlpsThe story of Vinzi is one of the freshest and most attractive to be found in modern literature, yielding not at all to the authors better-known Heidi. It is sure to delight all children and as many of...

Rhymes of the Survey and Frontier TO MY FATHER F. B. FIELD AND MY FRIEND C. D. MACKINTOSH THE FORMER FOR HIS INTEREST IN HIS SON'S LIFE ABROAD AND THE LATTER FOR HIS KIND INDULGENCE AND SYMPATHY. "There is no more courageous body of...

Harper's Round Table, November 17, 1896This is how the country people still tell the story of the Tragedy of the Youths, an incident of the time of James VI. of Scotland and I. of England, about forty years before the sailing of the Mayflower...

The Whites and the BluesIn the preface of "The Companions of Jehu" I told why that romance had been written; and those who have read it cannot fail to have seen where I borrowed from Nodier in the description of the execution, of which...

The Yellow PoppyAny reader familiar with the figure of the gallant and unfortunate Louis de Frott will realise why neither he nor the Normandy which he led so well play any part in these pagesnot indeed that he has served as prototype for any...

Peter Jameson: A Modern RomanceIf you take the Central London Tube to the Bank Station; fight for your place in the lift; climb the tortuous staircase to Lombard Street; pass along that narrow, money-glutted thoroughfare, where scarlet-vested, top-hatted bank-messengers take dignified way from the...