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Kreuz und Quer, Erster Band - Neue gesammelte ErzählungenIn seinem kleinen Atelier, drei Treppen hoch in der Osterstrae, stand der junge Maler Ernst Tautenau auf einer Art von Treppenleiter, die Kohle in der Hand, und entwarf auf der wei getnchten Seitenwand eine groteske Figur...

History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,) - with special reference to the Bay QuintéContentsAntiquarianismRecords of the Early NationsTraditionThe PressThe Eastern WorldThe Western WorldImportance of HistoryColumbusColonizationCanadaAmericaCartierFrench Canadian writersCartiers first visitHuguenotsCartiers second visitJean FrancoisSir George E. CartierEstablishment of the Fur TradeChamplainDiscovery of Lake OntarioBay...

Zone Therapy; Or, Relieving Pain at HomeThousands of lives are lost annually from diseases which could have been prevented. Hundreds of thousands, because of some preventable ailment, which partially or totally incapacitates them, are today living only a small part of their lives. Millions...

Dutch and Flemish FurnitureNo special inducement need be held out to an educated Englishman at the present day to take an interest in a particular field of the arts and crafts of the Low Countries. Long before the nobles of Flanders, France and England...

Chronique du crime et de l'innocence, tome 5/8 - Recueil des événements les plus tragiques;...Recueil des vnemens les plus tragiques; Empoisonnemens, Assassinats, Massacres, Parricides, et autres forfaits, commis en France, depuis le commencement de la monarchie jusqu' nos jours, disposs dans l'ordre chronologique, et...

Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America - Third and Revised EditionUnfortunately the terms Mexico and Central America are not mutually exclusive. Central America is a natural division comprised between the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the Isthmus of Panama. Mexico is a political division...

Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) - Or, Uncle Tom's Cabin Up to DateThe full page drawings are also moved to avoid falling in mid-paragaph. The pages given in the list of illustrations refer to their original page numbers, but here serve...

Poisonous Dwellers of the DesertDeserts of the Southwest are not desolate expanses of sand as many persons believe. This photograph, showing vegetation in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, is a typical illustration of the variety and density of plant growth in the Sonoran...

Young Stowaways in SpaceTwenty cots filled the dormitory, and all but one held its sleeper. Dark-haired Garry Coleman was standing beside his cot, quietly dressing. Every now and then he would cast an anxious glance toward the darkened door at the end of the...

Time and Clocks: A Description of Ancient and Modern Methods of Measuring TimeWhen we read the works of Homer, or Virgil, or Plato, or turn to the later productions of Dante, of Shakespeare, of Milton, and the host of writers and poets who have...

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (June 1913) - Vol. LXXXVI. New Series: Vol. LXIV. May to October, 1913IN a popular guide-book to Switzerland, it is stated that of all Alpine passes the Great St. Bernard is the least interesting. With this view the traveling...

The Silent BattleGallatin wearily lowered the creel from his shoulders and dropped it by his rod at the foot of a tree. He knew that he was losthad known it, in fact, for an hour or more, but with the certainty that there was...

AntigoneTt tavallaan jo 3:tta Antigoneen suomennoksen painosta varten olen, kuten helposti huomataan, ottanut varteen sit etev, tarkkaa ja monipuolista arvostelua, jonka edellinen eli 1885 v:n painos sai osakseen seuraavan vuoden "Valvojassa" nyk. prof. O.E. Tudeer'ilta. Hnen neuvojaan ja vihjauksiaan, mikli mahdollista, noudatellen olen melkein...

Liberia: Description, History, ProblemsAfrica has been partitioned among the nations. The little kingdom of Abyssinia, in the north, and the Republic of Liberia, upon the west coast, are all of the continent that remain in the hands of Africans. Liberia alone is in the...

The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 6 (of 8)Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a...

Daughters of DestinyThe great financier lay back in his chair and a slight smile flickered over his stern features. Then he removed his eye-glasses and twirled them thoughtfully around his finger as he addressed the young man opposite. Ah, do not say that, sir,...

The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 5 (of 8)Ita, si potuero, stylo moderabor meo, ut nec ea, qu supersint, dicam, nec ea, qu satis sint, prtermittam. Augustin. C. D. l. xvii. c. 1. x xi LINCOLNS-INN, MARCH 2, 1772. xii xiii An Indenture, bearing...

Miss Esperance and Mr Wycherly"Love is an excellent thing, a great good indeed, which alone maketh light all that is burthensome and equally bears all that is unequal. For it carrieth a burthen without being burthened and maketh all that which is bitter sweet...

Musical Instruments [1876]These Handbooks are reprints of the dissertations prefixed to the large catalogues of the chief divisions of works of art in the Museum at South Kensington; arranged and so far abridged as to bring each into a portable shape. The Lords of...

Boy Scouts at Crater Lake - A Story of Crater Lake National Park and the High CascadesIt seems to be generally assumed that a story for boys must be crowded full of adventures, and the assumption is doubtless based on experience. This would be...