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Villars and Its EnvironsThere is no more interesting district in the Rhone valley, perhaps even in the whole of Switzerland, than that which lies around the north-western entrance to the upper and main portion of the Canton of Valaisthat impressive, narrow entrance formed by...

Winning His "Y": A Story of School AthleticsThey sang it at the top of their voices as they came down the hill, arm in arm, and crossed the meadow toward the village. There was no one to hear, and they wouldnt have cared if...

The American Bee-Keeper, Vol. II, Number 3, March, 1892This is the month that we should begin to feed and build up our bees, especially our weak colonies, and to get them ready for the honey harvest. Commence by giving them one half pint thin...

Lips Tullian und seine Raubgenossen - Eine romantische Schilderung der Thaten dieses furchtbaren Räuberhauptmanns und seiner Bande, welche im Anfange des 18. Jahrhunderts ganz Sachsen, Böhmen und Schlesien mit Furcht, Schrecken und Entsetzen erfüllteDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1854 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit...

The American Bee Journal, Vol. VI., Number 5, November 1870Mr. Editor:I promised, (vol. V., page 187,) to report how my refrigerator wintered its colony. The frames were covered with a piece of old carpeting, and the whole space outside the inner hive packed with...

Oswald Cray: A NovelIt was market-day at Hallingham. A moderate-sized and once beautiful town, cut up now by the ugly railroad which had chosen to take its way right through it, and to build a large station on the very spot where the Abbey...

The American Bee Journal, Vol. VI, No. 4, October 1870That the introduction of unfecundated queens should be so often spoken of, and that too by some of our experienced bee-keepers, as a matter of much difficulty, is a question to me almost incomprehensible. In...

A Compendium on the SoulIn the Name of GOD, the Merciful, the Compassionate: May GOD bless our Lord Muhammad and his Kinsfolk, and give them peace. O my God facilitate [this undertaking]; and make [it] end in good, O Thou Bounteous Being! Abu-Aly, Ibn...

The Crystal Palace and Other LegendsLegends have a fascination for all classes of people, but they possess a peculiar charm for children. They constitute, in fact, a form of literature particularly fitting to the mental world of the child. In them fact and fancy...

Biographical notice of Nicolo Paganini - With an analysis of his compositions, and a sketch of the history of the violin.Despite all contrary assertions, based upon pretended monuments, Oriental, Greek, and Roman antiquity was unacquainted with instruments played with a bow. Neither India nor...

Haworth'sTwenty years ago! Yes, twenty years ago this very day, and there were men among them who remembered it. Only two, however, and these were old men whose day was passed and who would soon be compelled to give up work. Naturally upon this...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Thomas Dixon LEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY THE FOOLISH VIRGIN CHAPTER I. A FRIENDLY WARNING CHAPTER II. TEMPTATION CHAPTER III. FATE CHAPTER IV. DOUBTS AND FEARS CHAPTER V. WINGS OF STEEL CHAPTER VI. BESIDE THE SEA CHAPTER...

Index of the Project Gutenberg works of Robert Louis Stevenson MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS FATHER DAMIEN ST. IVES ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS FABLES THE MERRY MEN PRINCE OTTO LAY MORALS WEIR OF HERMISTON EDINBURGH VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS...

My Knitting Book (Second Series)It has been justly observed that, an art cannot be taught but by its proper terms. In the art of knitting, various terms have been employedwhether correctly, or not, it is here needless to inquireto designate the same simple process....

The Purpose of HistoryThis book contains three lectures delivered at the University of North Carolina on the McNair Foundation in March of the current year. It expresses certain conclusions about history to which I have been led by the study of the history of...

The American Bee Journal, Volume VI, Number 3, September 1870The following remarks, made by the Rev. Mr. Kleine, before a convention of bee-keepers in the town of Meppen, province of Hanover, Prussia, present a succinct account of the present state of this subject abroad....

Itsenäinen Suomi, unelmasta todellisuuteenTss kirjassaan on Edvard Hjelt kuvannut tuon kansamme elinaatteen kehityst unelmasta todellisuuteen. Hn on samalla kuvannut oman elmns johtavan aatteen kehityst. Suomen itsenisyys oli hnen nuoruutensa unelma. Tmn toiveen sitken puolustukseen vihki hn miehuutensa voimat ja hehkuvalla innolla ja alttiudella uhrasi...

The Life and Experiences of an Ex-Convict in Port MacquariePort Macquarie, as is generally known, was one of the first Settlements made in New South Wales. It is intended herein to give a full and authentic synopsis of the Life of the Oldest Living...

The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Second - Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Siam and Java; With Descriptions of Cochin-China, Cambodia, Sumatra and the Malay ArchipelagoThe favorable reception accorded to "The Boy Travellers in Japan and China" has led...

The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy's Retreat - A study of an Obscure Part of the Waterloo CampaignSo much has been written on the Waterloo Campaign that, even in the smallest details, nothing new can be revealed; but the dazzling magnitude of the great...