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The Laird of Norlaw; A Scottish Story Chapter I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., XXVII., XXVIII., XXIX., XXX., XXXI., XXXII., XXXIII., XXXIV., XXXV., XXXVI.,...

Lääkärin muistelmia: Historiallinen romaani Ludvig XV:n hovistaAlkulause. Johdanto. 1. Ukkosvuori. 2. "Se, joka on." 3. L.P.D. 1. Rajuilma. 2. Althotas. 3. Lorenza Feliciani. 4. Gilbert. 5. Taverneyn parooni. 6. Andre de Taverney. 7. Heureka. 8. Vetovoima. 9. Kaukonkemys. 10. Nicole Legay. 11. Kamarineitsyt ja...

The Book of the Sailboat: How to rig, sail and handle small boatsNo one knows who first invented boats. Probably they were used by primitive man long before he discovered how to use bows and arrows or had even learned to chip stones into...

Little Wideawake: A story book for little childrenRosie is the name of the little girl whose picture you see on the first page, with a snowball in her hands. Of course her name is Rosa really, but somehow we always call her Rosie. Has...

Sailor Jack, the TraderI dont wonder that you are surprised. Its Tom Randolph easy enough, though I can hardly believe it myself when I look in the glass. There isnt a nigger in the settlement that isnt better clad and better mounted than I...

The Romany Rye - A sequel to "Lavengro"It having been frequently stated in print that the book called Lavengro was got up expressly against the popish agitation in the years 185051, the author takes this opportunity of saying that the principal part of that...

Best Lincoln stories, tersely toldABRAHAM LINCOLN. How American history would dwindle if that name were taken out of it! Washington was great. Grant was great. Lee was great. Many others have been and are great in all the walks of life. But Lincoln, who...

Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada* * * * * * * Mountaineers will realize, from these descriptions of Sierra climbs, how few dangers we encountered which might not have been avoided by time and caution. Since the uncertain perils of glacier work and snow...

The Economical Jewish Cook: A Modern Orthodox Recipe Book for Young HousekeepersAdmirable as are many of the Jewish cookery books already before the world, they assume the use of ingredients and processes too expensive for ordinary use. The want of an orthodox book, dealing...

Onnellisten saari: Kaksi kertomusta kokoelmasta 'Svenska öden och äfventyr'August Strindberg (synt. Tukholmassa tammik. 22 p:n 1849) on nykyajan omituisimpia henki. Rajumyrskyn lailla hn ilmestyi aikana, jolloin Ruotsissa kaikki oli unteloa poroporvarillisuutta, esiintyen pelottomana kapinoitsijana, taisteluun vaativana yhteiskunnan-uudistajana. Hn on kulttuurinvihollinen ja rousseaulainen kuten Ruotsissa...

The Life of Cardinal WolseyPerhaps few periods of English history are more remarkable than that which comprised the fortunes of Wolsey; a period which had to boast the most illustrious potentates who have ever filled the thrones of Europe. The age of Henry was...

A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials - Illustrated by a Verbatim Report of the Trial of Mrs. Elizabeth HoweThe proceedings in witchcraft in 1692 to us who are two hundred and twenty years removed from the scene, seem, at first, impossible,...

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 47, 1728-1759 - Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 6, December 1850Nay, do not be startled! Because we use the pronoun we, we do not mean to pronounce you insane. We is of the first person, and we would be the last person to venture a doubt of...

Fast-Day Cookery; or, Meals without MeatEncouraged by the kindly manner in which the Press has dealt with my "Anglo-Indian and Oriental Cookery," and at the repeated request of friends, I am writing this little book. In its compilation, I have had in view both...

The Life and Times of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt - A Study in the Origin of the Roman EmpireIn the following pages it will be observed that, in order not to distract the reader, I have refrained from adding large numbers of notes, references,...

The Seaside Sibyl; Or Leaves of Destiny: A Fortune Teller in VerseThe original and only genuine Rough on Rats is manufactured by and has the name of Ephraim S. Wells, Jersey City. N. J., on each box. We employ no traveling Agents, nor Peddlers....

Armenian Legends and PoemsSevered for many centuries from Western Europe by the flood of Turkish barbarism which descended upon their country in the Middle Ages, and subjected for the last two generations to oppressions and cruelties such as few civilised people have ever had...

Aventures de l'abbé de Choisy habillé en femmeFranois-Timolon de Choisy naquit Paris le 16 aot 1644. Son pre tait intendant du Languedoc quand il fut charg d'arrter Montpellier M. de Cinq-Mars et de se saisir de ses papiers. Il le trouva occup en brler...

The Boy Inventors' Electric HydroaeroplaneHumph! and the gangling, rather disagreeable-looking youth who had answered the summons to the door of the Boy Inventors workshop, gave a supercilious look over the dusty and worn, although carefully mended, clothes of the dark-eyed, dark-haired, slender youth who...