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Connected PoemsOubliant tout fait la race humaine, je me fis des socits de cratures parfaites, aussi celestes par leurs vertus que par leurs beauts, damis srs, tendres, fidles, tels que je nen trovai jamais ici-bas.Confessions de Rousseau, Partie II., livre 9. ......Buy Now (To...

The Auxilia of the Roman Imperial ArmyAn essay on the Roman auxilia might seem merely to be one of the many monographs in which students of the military system of the Roman Empire are patiently arranging material for some future scholar to utilize in...

Prospector's SpecialThe sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants. The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched...

Death's WisherFlinn took the seat that Wilmer indicated, dropped his overnight bag beside it, and tried to relax. He'd had five hours of inactivity on the plane, but the peremptory manner with which he had been routed out of his California apartment and conveyed...

Valtioviisas kannunvalaja: Viisinäytöksinen komediaHerman Bremenilinen, kannunvalaja. Geske, hnen vaimonsa. Engelke, heidn tyttrens. Antonius, pyrntekij, Engelken kosija. Henrik, kannunvalajanslli. Anneke, palvelustytt. Poika. Toinen poika. Gert, turkkuri, | Frans, veitsisepp, | Collegium politicumin jseni. Siivert, tullivartija | Jens, oluenlaskija, _Riku, harjantekij. Sanderus | _Abrahams, | vale-raatiherroja....

A Book of North WalesCONCERNING the purpose and scope of this little book I have but to repeat what I have said in the prefaces to my other works of the same natureA Book of the West, A Book of Dartmoor, A Book of...

Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good HusbandrieWhile for all who take an interest in the customs and life of our ancestors Tusser's writings must always possess considerable interest, to the Members of the English Dialect Society they are especially valuable for the large number of...

Noorsche VolksvertellingenDe Noren loopen zeer hoog met het boekske, waarvan hier de fraaiste vertellingen den Nederlandschen lezer worden aangeboden. En ze hebben reden te over voor die waardeering. Terwijl toch aan den eenen kant de belangstelling gewekt wordt door den inhoud der sagen uit...

Manx Fairy TalesThere is at least one spot in the world where Fairies are still believed in, and where, if you look in the right places, they may still be found, and that is the little island from which these stories comeEllan Vannin, the...

The Turks and EuropeThe Agreements before the ArmisticeOccupation of Smyrna by GreeceThe First Ottoman DelegationDismissal of the First DelegationSituation of the Ottoman Government and the Nationalist MovementForeign Interests in TurkeyResources of TurkeyThe Damad Ferid Cabinet resignsThe Ali Riza MinistryThe Marash IncidentsThe Urfa and Aintab...

Stand Pat; Or, Poker Stories from the MississippiThe things that I saw, that seemed worthy of note, I have set down without prejudice to the little town of Brownsville, which has grown since I was there. Let no citizen of the place pursue me...

Traveling Companion WantedYou remember Regan. He's the man who fell overboard in a spacesuit and found that there really is a passage to India. It winds down from the Champion Deep in the Atlantic and comes out somewhere off Bombay. It took Regan a...

From an Unseen CensorUncle Isadore's ship wasn't in bad shape, at first glance. But a second look showed the combustion chamber was crumpled to pieces and the jets were fused into the rocks, making a smooth depression. The ship had tilted into a horizontal...

Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived In[v] PREFACE. This little book does not need any long Preface, as the title sufficiently explains the object aimed at. Although the various subjects referred to in the Diary are annotated in the different editions, there is...

The History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2)While Mr. Cavendish was extending the bounds of pneumatic chemistry, with the caution and precision of a Newton, Dr. Priestley, who had entered on the same career, was proceeding with a degree of rapidity quite unexampled; while...

Hawaiian Sea Hunt MysteryIn the tropical, jungle-like garden behind the hotel, a man stood absolutely motionless. The broad trunk of the coconut palm tree behind which he lurked protected him from being seen by anyone on the hotels wide, sweeping porch. The broad porch...

The Road to En-Dor - Being an Account of How Two Prisoners of War at Yozgad in Turkey Won Their Way to FreedomThe only good that I can see in the demonstration of the truth of spiritualism is to furnish an additional argument against...

Toen de duisternis dreigde...Hoog aan den zomerhemel zweefde nog het gouden zonlicht. Als in glans en gloed gedoopt bewogen zich de toppen der dennen ritselend op den wind. Maar aan den voet der bruine stammen legerden reeds de schaduwen van den avond, zij bedekten...

If You Was a MoklinUp to the very last minute, I can't imagine that Moklin is going to be the first planet that humans get off of, moving fast, breathing hard, and sweating awful copious. There ain't any reason for it. Humans have been...

Oh, Rats!He was no more able than any other rat to possess articulate speech, or to use his paws as hands. All he had was a brain which, relative to its size, was superior to any rat's that had hitherto appeared on Earth. It...