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Bible CharactersIt frequently occurs to the devout Bible student and to the earnest Christian that, if he could have had the personal acquaintance of Jesus, and other Bible characters, it would have helped materially in the cultivation of a religious and spiritual life. One...

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 995, January 21, 1899 ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE. TWO OF THE GREATEST AFFLICTIONS OF GIRLHOOD: BLUSHING AND NERVOUSNESS. OUR HERO. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. BREAD AND CAKES. WANTED: A LITTLE MORE IMAGINATION. AN EMBROIDERED BABYS CARRIAGE COVERLID OF HOUSE FLANNEL....

Tales of Laughter - A third fairy bookG. P. Putnams Sons, for permission to use The Greedy Cat, Father Bruin in the Corner, The Pancake, The Death of Chanticleer, Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh, Bruin and Reynard Partners, Pork and Honey, and Slip...

The Manatitlans - or, A record of recent scientific explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A.In the following record of the explorations of the Teutonic corps of the R. H. B. Society of Berlin, dispatched for the classification of parasitical animalcul peculiar to...

Songs for the Little Ones at HomeWith the exception of the verses set to music and the index, the body of this book is entirely illustration. The plain text of the verses is appended at the end of the volume. Links to the particular...

The Sieges of Vienna by the TurksThe narrative specified in the Title from which the following pages are in general borrowed, and in great part translated, is the work of a gentleman resident in Vienna, and enjoying as such access to the numerous and...

Faust: Ein GedichtInhalt 1. Im Giebelhaus 2. Die schnen Btzerinnen 3. Calvari 4. Dolores 5. Lucretia 6. Die letzte Manto 7. Die heimath 8. Zu Sankt Maria 9. Diana von San Pietra 10. Am Ocean 11. Schn Hertha 12. Die alten Zechner 13. Paraklet...

Wayward WinifredPerhaps some reader may know the Glen of the Dargle. No boys or girls may know it, but perchance their grandsires may tell them of a mountain stream which threads its way through rugged hills till it falls over a precipice and winds...

RunousoppiOlen ottanut suomentaakseni Aristoteleen Runous-opin, arvellen ett'ei tm yritys olisi niinkn turha, vaikka kyll sen kytllinen merkitys ei voi olla suuri. Paljas kytllisyys ei olekkaan pantava kirjallisuus-tuotteiden korkeimmaksi mrjksi, eip edes meidnkn, vhitellen kehkivss, suomenkielisess kirjallisuudessa. Meidnkin kansallis-kirjallisuuden on, kuinka vhiseksi se muutoin vhisess...

Pfaffernüsseln: Allerlei ErzgebirgischesNet bei jeden Menschen gilts als Schmeichelei, wenn's ht 'r hoot en Vugel, oder bein Beier-Wilhelm seiner Fraa war dos ewos annersch, die wollt garn en hobn, un ihre grte Sehnsucht war e Kanaritzvugel. 's is doch esu: 's ka aner erngd...

The Ladies' ParadiseI certainly have no desire to frighten the female readers to whom this free rendering of one of M. Zola's best books so largely appeals,it is indeed a book with a good sound moral, fit for every thoughtful woman to perusebut, in...

A Butterfly ChaseYes, little Minnie and her cousin Bertie have quite made up their minds to have a splendid collection of butterflies. They have been reading all about it in a book which their uncle, who is a professor at the Museum, has sent...

Folk Tales of BreffnyMany of the stories in this volume were told by an old man who said he had more and better learning nor the scholars. The like of them, he declared, do be filled with conceit out of books, and the most...

La Comédie humaine - Volume 08. Scènes de la vie de Province - Tome 04Vous qui, par le privilge des Raphal et des Pitt, tiez dj grand pote l'ge o les hommes sont encore si petits, vous avez, comme Chateaubriand, comme tous les vrais...

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 31, January 30, 1841The Castle of Dun-garbry, or properly Dun-cairbr, signifying the Dun or Fort of Cairbre, is situated on a hill, on the south side, and not far from the mouth, of the Drowis, or Drobhaoisa...

The Food Question: Health and Economy"Eat ye that which is good." "That thou mayest prosper and be in health." "Eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness." "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost." This book was planned before...

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China - Including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries; with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.Introduction.Erroneous Notions regarding China.No correct Sources of Information.Information gleaned from the...

Happy Ending: The Collected Lyrics of Louise Imogen GuineyThis volume has been garnered from the author's earlier books. Two poems have been chosen from "The White Sail" (1887); nine Oxford Sonnets from a privately printed booklet (1895), since added to, and much altered; and...

Two Dramatizations from Vergil: I. Dido—the Phœnecian Queen; II. The Fall of TroyThe first edition of this volume, containing only the Dido: An Epic Tragedy, a dramatization of the love story of neas and Dido, was published in 1900, and met with a gratifying...

The Horse in America - A practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristicsThere have been so many books written about horses that in offering a new one I feel that an explanation,...