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Ireland: The People's History of Ireland, Volume 1 (of 2)THAT famous English Republican, Thomas Painewhose political pamphlets have been admired quite as much as his theological works have been censureduttered in Common Sense, published in 1776, while he was serving under Washington in the...

Hoisting AppliancesNote.This book is made up of separate parts, or sections, as indicated by their titles, and the page numbers of each usually begin with 1. In this list of contents the titles of the parts are given in the order in which they...

El papa del marEsto fu en el Select Hotel de Avin, las ocho de la noche. Claudio Borja, que la haba observado de lejos durante la comida, abandon su mesa para apostarse junto al hall, y al verla llegar pregunt en espaol: Los dos...

An Oberland ChâletAt a period when everybody travels, and the yearly number of English-speaking visitors in Switzerland is counted by the hundred thousand, the writer who presumes to offer the long-suffering public a book of Swiss impressions would seem to be courting the yawn...

The Emeryville ShellmoundCalifornia has but few characteristic archaeological remains such as are found in the mounds of the Mississippi valley or the ancient pueblos and cliff-dweller ruins of the South. In the shellmounds along this section of the Pacific coast it possesses, however, valuable...

Essay on the Literature of the Mexican WarThe annexation of Texas and the consequent war with Mexico resulted in adding to the United States eight hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred and ninety square miles of territory, an area much greater than all that...

Stoles: Knitted; Crocheted; Hairpin Lace4th Row: K 3, * insert needle through next st and y o and K 1, y o, K 1 in same st, sl both y o and st off needle (3 sts made), P 3, repeat from * across...

Instructions for the Management of Harvey's Sea TorpedoTo impart a thorough knowledge of the management of such an arm as the sea torpedo is a matter of easy accomplishment by personal explanation; especially so, when the arm is in the water, and practised with...

Millions from WasteThe reclamation and exploitation of waste products for a variety of industrial uses constitute one of the most fascinating and increasingly important developments in modern industry. It is a subject of which very little is known outside privileged circles, and the possibilities...

Remarks on the Importance of the Study of Political Pamphlets, Weekly Papers, Periodical Papers, Daily Papers, Political Music, &c.There cannot be a surer proof of ignorance and folly than impertinence, whether it betrays itself in the pertness of a coxcomb, or in the solemnity...

Better days; or, A Millionaire of To-morrowChicago, said Professor John Thornton, Chicago, my dear doctor, is the typical American city. New York and San Francisco may be classed as metropolitan. Philadelphia, St. Louis, and New Orleans are local to their surroundings; Boston isBoston, but...

The Adam ChaserHalfway up a long caon that cut a six-mile gash through rugged mountains thinly pock-marked with prospect holes, the radiator cap of John Abingtons car blew off with a pop like amateur home-brew. For a matter of a minute, perhaps, that particular...

The growth of medicine from the earliest times to about 1800Very few persons will challenge the truth of the statement that in the United States and Canada there are not many physicians who possess even a slight knowledge concerning the manner in which the...

Autumnal leaves: tales and sketches in prose and rhyme NEW YORK: C. S. FRANCIS & CO., 554 BROADWAY. BOSTON:53 DEVONSHIRE STREET. 1857. {4} Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, By C. S. Francis & Co., In the Clerks Office of...

A Pata da Gazella: romance brasileiro. O vestido roixo debruou-se de modo a olhar para fra, no sentido contrario aquelle em que seguia o carro, emquanto o roupo, recostando-se nas almofadas, consultava uma carteirinha de lembranas, onde naturalmente escrevra a nota de suas encommendas....

Goldbach & Comp. fűszerkereskedése "A kék macskához": RegényKt Bethy-csald van, a szlovni s bessenyi. Mind a kett nevezetes nyomot hagyott a kzletben. A bessenyi gon csupa politikusok teremnek, a szlovnin csupa tudsok s rk. Mg egy harmadik g is volt, mely kihalt, az rvendi...

A Floating City, and The Blockade RunnersThe few minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcribers notes at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. The full-page illustrations...

Life of MozartMr. Louis Nohl, the author of the present little volume, has merited for himself in Germany a high reputation as a writer of the biographies of musicians, and some of his larger works have appeared in English on the other side of...

Life of HaydnThe abridged Life of Haydn, by Dr. Nohl, prepared originally as a contribution to a series of biographies, which is issued in popular form in Germany, is so simple in its narrative, that it would hardly need an introduction, were its subject-matter...

Contraband: A Tale of Modern Smugglers Dare Stanley, who had been lying down in his berth, felt the necessity of fresh air, and slipping on an oilskin coat he made his way on deck. The air was fresh enough there in all conscience! He...