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My Adventure in the Flying Scotsman; A Romance of London and North-Western Railway SharesThe following story was told me by that meek but estimable little man who forms the central figure in it. I have made him relate the strange vicissitudes of his life...

LimboTHE most sumptuous present that Millicent received on her seventh birthday was a dolls house. With love to darling little Mill from Aunty Loo. Aunt Loo was immensely rich, and the dolls house was almost as grandiose and massive as herself. It was divided...

Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 no. 15, July 31, 1858FannyW-e-l-ly-e-s. Wyckoff says I am increasing my popularity every day. And now if you will only continue to puff me, my dear Mr. Bennett, I will hug and kiss you, and love you ever...

The Secrets of the HaremMany people have an idea that Turkish women absolutely do nothing that is either useful or ornamental aside from the decoration of their own persons, but that is not altogether true, as my residence of over a year in their...

A Publisher's ConfessionThere is expressed in these chapters so much that is practical and of interest to those engaged in the various branches of authorship, book-making and book-selling that the present publishers have availed themselves of the permission of the Boston Transcript, in which...

Historical Record of the First, or the Royal Regiment of Dragoons - Containing an Account of Its Formation in the Reign of King Charles the Second, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1839The ancient Armies of England were composed of Horse and Foot; but...

Nuoren miehen kädestä: Kokoelma mielialojaAamutunnelma. Olli ja Aili. Luistinj. Saattajan salaisuus. Venjn Karjalassa. Riisuttu riemuni. Kaalikatu N:o 22. Kirottu Helsinki! Toisena pivn. Mullerrus. Tllaisena yn. Sydmmeni tuskassa. Polkupyrll kotiin. Karhua kuulustamassa. Sielun vihollinen. Jnikset ja Pappilan Jalo. Pastorin Ressu. Rovastin raittiuslupaus. Mik virkamies sit...

Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2 - Plant-DispersalThe study of insular floras.Their investigation in this work from the standpoint of dispersal.The significance of plant-distribution in the Pacific.The problems connected with the mountain-flora of Hawaii.The persistence of dispersing...

The Clock and the KeyA few minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcribers note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. The cover image has been...

Beaufort Chums"The river is coming up at the rate of an inch an hour! announced Mr. Miller, reading from the evening paper. At one oclock it was eighteen feet, and reports from the north indicate the highest water ever known on the Upper Mississippi....

Brazil and La Plata: The personal record of a cruiseTwo inducements have led to the publication of the following volume: one, the favor with which similar works from my pen have been received; the other, the belief that a book of fact, for light...

The American Missionary — Vol. 33, No. 3, March, 1879relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to either of the Secretaries as above; letters for the Editor of the American Missionary to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York Office....

The Tragedy of Fotheringay - Founded on the journal of D. Bourgoing, physician to Mary Queen of Scots, and on unpublished ms. documentsIn compiling this book, my original intention was to deal with the material afforded by Bourgoing's Journal, supplemented by the Letters of...

Sotainen tarina: Kertomus HeinärannaltaMonta painavaa seikkaa puhui Savukyln puolesta. Matka meijerialueelta Savukyln oli yht pitk kaikilta suunnilta! Siin oli jo verraton etu, niin etteivt toiset psseet rhisemn siit, ett he joutuvat liian kauas meijerist. Toiseksi oli Savukyl likempn rautatieasemaa, ja sekin seikka piti ottaa...

A Rose in JuneThese words were spoken in the garden of Dinglefield Rectory on a very fine summer day a few years ago. The speaker was Mr. Damerel, the rector, a middle-aged man with very fine, somewhat worn features, a soft benignant smile, and,...

The Laughing Bear, and Other StoriesTo the children of St. Mark's Church, Seattle, whose interest in these stories, told many years ago, was the inspiration that brought them to life. May they prove to other children the same joy. And so to them this...

Letters from a Son to His Self-Made Father - Being the Replies to Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His SonI know you will accuse me of lack of the business promptness which is the red label on your brand of success, but I...

The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 4 (of 6) - Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 4Changes in the worldThe years 1815 and 1816I am made a peer of FranceMy first appearance in the tribuneVarious speechesThe Monarchie selon la CharteLouis...

A Source-Book of English Social HistoryThe new scientific method of teaching history requires that the student should learn to examine some at least of the evidence for himself, and to form a judgment upon it: he is no longer expected to accept the teachers...

Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 no. 13, July 17, 1858While Horace Greeley and myself were in conversation over our breakfast at the Graham House, Goss escorted Fred Douglas and lady to the table, who took seats near us. I knew not who they...