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My Memoirs, Vol. V, 1831 to 1832Organisation of the Parisian ArtilleryMetamorphosis of my uniform of a Mounted National GuardsmanBastideGodefroy CavaignacGuinardThomasNames of the batteries and of their principal servantsI am summoned to seize the ChamberHow many of us came to the rendez-vous 1 Odilon Barrot,...

Life's Dawn on Earth - Being the history of the oldest known fossil remains, and their relations to geological time and to the development of the animal kingdomNot merely as a fitting acknowledgment of his long and successful labours in the geology of those...

The Snowball EffectWilton Caswell, Ph.D., was head of my Sociology Department, and right then he was mad enough to chew nails. On the office wall behind him were three or four framed documents in Latin that were supposed to be signs of great learning,...

The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. II., No. 1, April, 1890"The longitude of a point on the earth's surface is the angle at the Pole included between the meridian of that point and some assumed first meridian. The difference of longitude between any two points...

Colour in the flower gardenTo plant and maintain a flower-border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing that is commonly supposed. I believe that the only way in which it can be made successful is to devote certain...

Oja-Pappalan joulu - Tapain-kuvia Etelä-Pohjanmaalta 1870-luvultaSe oli hirvet pyykki se, kun Oja-Pappalan akat jouluksi tuvan lattiata pesivt. Tt ennen oli se tehty Mikkeliksi ja silloin oli siit saatu niin tarpeeksensa, ettei haviteltukaan sit uudistamaan ennen kuin jouluksi. Tll vlin oli siihen ehtinyt takertua yht...

Sketches of Fifteen Members of Worcester Fire SocietyThe history of the Worcester Fire Society is intimately connected with the history of Worcester, of Massachusetts, and the United States. Ten of its members have been Mayors of Worcester, three have been Governors of the State,...

Pitcher PollockOh. Mr. Cummings turned back to his task of rearranging a number of carpenters squares in a green box and made no other reply for a moment. The boy waited silently, watching interestedly. Finally, fixing the cover on the box and laying it...

Hassan; or, The Child of the Pyramid: An Egyptian TaleMore than thirty years have elapsed since, on a summer evening, the tents of an Arab encampment might have been seen dotting the plain which forms the western boundary of the Egyptian province of Bahyrah,...

Grocers' Goods - A Family Guide to the Purchase of Flour, Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Spices, Canned Goods, Cigars, Wines, and All Other Articles Usually Found in American Grocery StoresIn the ancient times of twenty-five or thirty years ago, the grocers goods consisted chiefly of...

The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 3, July 1847It is now upwards of two centuries and a quarter since the despotic sway of the English Sovereigns over the consciences of their subjects, induced all who entertained different sentiments from those...

La cita: novelasAy, Ricardo!... Por qu sers as? Por qu no resignarte y hallar alegra en lo que tienes? Por qu lo ajeno te admira, y lo tuyo, que ms de un descontentadizo hara dichoso, slo te inspira hasto y desdn?... Qu quieres?dijo, uno...

Hatanpään Heikki ja hänen morsiamensa: Kertomus Tuomas piispan ajoiltaTmn kirjan lukijoista jotkut ehkp ottavat kummastuaksensa, ett allekirjoittanut on omistanut sen J. V. Snellman vainajan muistolle ja kysynevt ehk, tokko minulla on ollut jonkinmoinen erityinen syy siihen; Paitsi harrasta sydmeni halua esiin tuoda kiitollisuuden ja...

The Most Bitter Foe of Nations, and the Way to Its Permanent OverthrowThe undersigned have been appointed by the Phi Beta Kappa Society a Committee to render you the cordial thanks of the Society for your admirable Address, delivered last evening, and to request...

Tuhat ja yksi yötäJohdanto. Aasi, hrk ja tymies. Kauppias ja henki. Ensimmisen vanhuksen ja naarashirven tarina. Toisen vanhuksen ja kahden mustan koiran tarina. Kalastajan tarina. Kreikan kuninkaan ja lkri Dubanin tarina. Aviomies ja papukaija. Tarina rangaistusta visiirist. Kalastajan myhempi seikkailuja. Mustain saarten nuoren kuninkaan...

Later Than You ThinkObviously the Archeologist's study belonged to an era vastly distant from today. Familiar similarities here and there only sharpened the feeling of alienage. The sunlight that filtered through the windows in the ceiling had a wan and greenish cast and was...

Anthropological Survey in AlaskaAlaska and the opposite parts of Asia hold, in all probability, the key to the problem of the peopling of America. It is here, and here alone, where a land of another continent approaches so near to America that a passage...

The Teacup ClubHm; yes, I suppose there is something in that. However, we ought not to be hard on the poor things. The whole truth with the sterner sex is that they are never really practical. They How clever you are! cried the girl...

The Officer's Manual: Napoleon's Maxims of WarThe publisher has reissued this little volume as a publication timely for the occasion. A collection of maxims which directed the military operations of the greatest captain of modern times, cannot fail to prove of great use to...

Kulmuja 2: Kuvia elämän varreltaToinen peltoni on vankan vaaran kupeella, eteln rinteell. Siihen nkyy kaukainen, siintv eteln taivas, lmpimn auerta ja silkkipilvi poutaisina kesiltoina. Kuokkien kivikkoon peltoni valmistin ja kasasin kivet roukkioiksi. Hauskaa on ollut sit viljell. Riemu raikui ilmassa kevtiltoina, kun ken kukkuessa...