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Outlaw Jack; or, the mountain devilA quavering, pitiful wail came to their ears, proceeding from a small white tent, half-hidden beneath the low-hanging boughs of the grove. That cry told the two men, plainer than spoken words, the sad truth. It told of a...

The lives of celebrated travellers, Vol. 1. (of 3)The publishers of the Family Library, anxious to obtain and to deserve the favourable opinion of the public, with pleasure embrace the present opportunity to express their warm and sincere thanks for the liberal patronage which...

Sir Copp: A poem for the times, in six cantosThe object of this Poem is two-fold; first, to photograph a phase of human depravity incredible, had we not witnessed it; and to hand down its subjects to eternal infamy: and, secondly, to paint the...

The micro-organisms of the soil The purpose of this volume is to give the broad outlines of our present knowledge of the relationships of the population of living organisms in the soil to one another and to the surface vegetation. It is shown that...

Proxy PlaneteersHere deep in the cavernous interior of airless Mercury, catastrophe could strike suddenly. The rocks of the fissure he was following had a temperature of hundreds of degrees. And he could hear the deep rumble of shifting rock, close by. But it was...

Marianne: kertomusKonsuli Ebbesen, rikkain ja enin arvossa pidetty, enin peltty ja enin vihattu mies koko kaupungissa, nousi vitkalleen kirjoituspytns rest. Mutta noustuaan ji hn seisomaan eteenpin kumartuneena. Hn veti kellon liivins taskusta, napautti auki sen kannen, painoi sen jlleen kiinni ja pani kellon taskuunsa,...

A rogue’s tragedy Two figments of that endless sweet obsession stood alonehigh on a slope of Alp this time. Born of a dream to flesh, they thought they owed themselves to flesha sacred debt. Truth seemed as plain to them as pebbles in a...

Traditions of the ArikaraThe Arikara traditions in this volume were collected during the year 1903, with funds provided by the Carnegie Institution. The work was part of a systematic and extended study of the mythology and ceremonies of the various tribes of the Caddoan...

With Grant at Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg - and an appreciation of General U. S. GrantIn this year of 1915, when the sounds of battle and strife come wafted to us across the sea from Europe, the younger generation are asking questions of...

The heart of the railroad problem - The history of railway discrimination in the United States, the chief efforts at control and the remedies proposed, with hints from other countriesThis work is one of the consequences of a conversation years ago with Dr. C....

L'anfiteatro Flavio nei suoi venti secoli di storia Gli incend, i terremoti, i saccheggi, le fazioni medioevali, le prepotenze dei baroni, la lontananza del Papa dalla sua sede, gli sconvolgimenti politici, fecero disgraziatamente sparire un gran numero di monumenti romani; ma la venerabile mole...

Elements of arithmeticThe preceding editions of this work were published in 1830, 1832, 1835, and 1840. This fifth edition differs from the three preceding, as to the body of the work, in nothing which need prevent the four, or any two of them, from...

Nuoren opettajattaren varaventtiiliTmn kirjan (kirjoittamattomana) sain serkultani Jussilta viimeisen syntympivnni, heinkuun yhdententoista 1923. Tulin silloin lailliseen ikn. Holhoushallitus kukistui, ja valta joutui omiin ksiini. Kaikki sukulaiset, tuttavat ja kylnmiehet riensivt lahjoineen lausumaan onnittelunsa tapauksen johdosta. Talouskapineita ja huonekaluja aivan sateli ymprilleni. (Pitk ik, rakastava...

Metsän satuja ja muita runoja Kulki kurki arvokkaana suolla, pll harmaa, vanha lievetakki, nukkavieru, vanhanmallinenkin. Mutta mits takista! Se astui kurki ntsen ylen juhlallisna, kallellansa p kuin esteetikon, siristeli vliin silmins niinkuin taidenyttelyiss tehdn, katsoi joskus yls ymprilleen, sitten jlleen maahan mietteissns; p ja...

The impossible inventionI had to admire this little guy's courage. Fradin, his name wasJames Arthur Fradin, with a string of letters after it that even the alphabet agencies down at Washington could not have unscrambled. The letters represented honorary degrees conferred on him by...

The Temple of EarthAll his life, Rikard had defied the warlords of Coper City, but even the stoutest outlaw could be outnumbered. Now Rayth offered him freedom for the death of the Chief Engineer. It seemed simple enoughuntil Rikard began to learn the History...

A book of imagesIn England, which has made great Symbolic Art, most people dislike an art if they are told it is symbolic, for they confuse symbol and allegory. Even Johnsons Dictionary sees no great difference, for it calls a Symbol That which comprehends...

The new book of Niagara: Scenes in summer and winterLarger versions of the illustrations may be seen by right-clicking them and selecting an option to view them separately, or by double-tapping and/or stretching them. High-resolution versions of most illustrations may be seen by clicking...

Six modern women: Psychological sketchesThe subjects of these six psychological sketches are well known to English readers, with the exception of Amalie Skram, the Norwegian novelist, and Fru Leffler, who is known only as the biographer of Sonia Kovalevsky. Laura Marholm, the writer of...

Canada in war-paintThere is no attempt made in the little sketches which this book contains to deal historically with events of the war. It is but a small Souvenir de la guerrea series of vignettes of things as they struck me at the time,...