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Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and SeaI can easily recall the little room in which I sat, poring over my next days lessons. It was in one end of the attic of our modest cottage, and the only room done off upstairs. The sloping...

Life of Robert Stevenson, Civil EngineerThe addresses made to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Institution of Civil Engineers, at the opening meetings of the session1851, contained obituary notices of Robert Stevenson. The late Alan Stevenson, his eldest son, also wrote a short...

A Catalogue of Books Published by Methuen and Company, November 1907Colonial Editions are published of all Messrs. Methuens Novels issued at a price above 2s. 6d., and similar editions are published of some works of General Literature. These are marked in the Catalogue. Colonial...

My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's - Designed as a Beacon Light to Guide Women to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, But Which May Be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, without Injury to Themselves or the BookWhich is to be read,...

Travels in Peru and India - While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India.The introduction of quinine-yielding Chinchona-trees into India, and the cultivation of the "Peruvian Bark" in our Eastern possessions, where that inestimable febrifuge...

Good stories for great birthdays - arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own readingARRANGED FOR STORY-TELLING AND READING ALOUD AND FOR THE CHILDRENS OWN READING BY FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside...

Old Fashioned Flowers, and other out-of-door studiesTHIS morning, when I went to look at my flowers, surrounded by their white fence, which protects them against the good cattle grazing in the field beyond, I saw again in my mind all that blossoms in the...

Jim MortimerPeople, unless they be star-gazers, do not walk along, as a rule, with their faces turned towards the sky; hence it was that the slender telephone wire communicating between Dr Mortimer's private residence, "Pangora," and the doctor's private asylum, escaped the notice of...

History of Spanish Literature, vol. 2 (of 3)The Literature that existed in Spain from the Accession of the Austrian Family to its Extinction, or from the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the End of the Seventeenth. Theatre. Influence of the Church and the...

Erdélyi képekA j reg Petki Farkas nem utols ember vala a maga idejben, a mit mindazok, a kik t valaha ismertk, bizonyra tudni fognak. Miutn azonban lehetsges dolog, miszerint ezen sorokat olyan emberek is olvasni fogjk, a kik t nem ismertk, jnak tallom t...

A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entituled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 09 (of 17)Limited to one thousand numbered sets, of which this is I avail myself of a privilege of authorship, not yet...

The Education of Children from the Standpoint of TheosophyIN VIEW OF THE MANY UNAUTHORIZED TRANSLATIONS OF DR. RUDOLF STEINERS WORKS, THE PUBLISHER BEGS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT ALL AUTHORISED EDITIONS, ISSUED UNDER THE EDITORSHIP OF MR. MAX GYSI, BEAR THE SYMBOL OVERLEAF (CROSS IN...

Manual of Style Governing Composition and Proof Reading in the Government Printing OfficeClear and positive rules for composition and proof reading are needed in printing offices to prevent confusion and unnecessary delay and expense. Inflexible rules for style in all works can not be...

The Manufacture of Chocolate and other Cacao PreparationsThe object of this work is to furnish a source of information and advice for those who are interested in the branch of industry to which it relates. The author of this treatise has therefore endeavoured not...

The Life Story of a Black BearIllustrations have been moved near to the text they illustrate and linked to the List of Illustrations. Chapters have been linked to the Table of Contents. Select Enlarge to access a larger version of the image. There is...

The Orloff Couple, and MalvaAlexei Maximovitch Peshkoff was born March 14, 1869, at Nijni Novgorod. On both his father's and mother's side he belonged to the people; his father followed the trade of a jobbing upholsterer, and his mother was the daughter of a...

Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 07DR. HANS LATERNSER (Counsel for the General Staff and High Command of the German Armed Forces): In the name of the organization I represent, I make...

Das wandernde Licht: NovelleEs war keiner von den Kurierzgen; wenige Fahrgste nur saen in den Wagen verteilt; auf der Station stiegen nicht mehr als zwei Reisende aus. Dies waren zwei Mnner, von denen der eine, der bejahrter und dicker als der andre war, sogleich...

Sten Sture nuorempi ja Kristiina Gyllenstjerna II: TuomioMolemmat olivat pukeutuneet pappispukuun, ja toisen tarmokkaat piirteet ja ryhti osoittivat hnen olevan pohjoismaalaisen; toisen ulkonst olisi voinut ptell, ett ainoastaan Italian auringon alla saattoi kehkeyty jotakin niin mallikelpoista. Kuitenkin oli Desiderius Erasmus syntynyt Rotterdamissa; harvoin li...

Der letzte Sommer: Eine Erzählung in Briefen Lieber Konstantin! Ich habe mein Amt angetreten und will Dir berichten, wie sich mir die Lage darstellt. Da mir gelingen wird, was ich vorhabe, bezweifle ich nicht, es scheint sogar, da die Umstnde gnstiger sind, als man...