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The Naturalist in NicaraguaThe Naturalist in Nicaragua"In the spring of this year (1874) he read a book which gave him great pleasure, and of which he often spoke with admiration, "The Naturalist in Nicaragua," by the late Thomas Belt. Mr. Belt, whose untimely death may well be...
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English literary criticismEnglish literary criticismIn England, as elsewhere, criticism was a late birth of the literary spirit. English poets had sung and literary prose been written for centuries before it struck men to ask themselves, What is the secret of the power that these things have...
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Masterpieces of American Wit and HumorMasterpieces of American Wit and HumorMore than half a dozen years have passed since Mr. Andrew Lang, startled for once out of his customary light-heartedness, asked himself, and his readers, and the ghost of Charles Dickensall three powerless to answerwhether the dismal seriousness of...
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God and My NeighbourGod and My Neighbour INFIDEL! I put the word in capitals, because it is my new name, and I want to get used to it. INFIDEL! The name has been bestowed on me by several Christian gentlemen as a reproach, but to my ears...
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Das hohe Ziel der Erkenntnis: Aranada UpanishadDas hohe Ziel der Erkenntnis: Aranada Upanishadksha, Erscheinung. Grundbedeutung der Wurzel ksh (ks, k), Licht, Schein; in Ableitungen und Zusammensetzungen: erschauen, sichtbar werden, zutage treten, erscheinen. * Derselbe Laut in derselben Bedeutung ist auch in slawischen Sprachen erhalten (russisch: -). Hierzu wolle man die...
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The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth?The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth?The following work offers in book form the series of studies on the question of the historicity of Jesus, presented from time to time before the Independent Religious Society in Orchestra Hall. No effort has been...
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Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3ALADDIN LEADS THE PRINCESS INTO THE PALACE (Color Plate) Arthur Henderson FRONTISPIECE JOHN'S PUMPKIN Lucille Enders THE GRYPHON After Sir John Tenniel ALICE SAT STILL After Sir John Tenniel THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE After Sir John Tenniel AND TURNS OUT HIS...
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Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2KAY AND GERDA AT PLAY AMONG THE FLOWEBS (Color Plate) Arthur Henderson AESOP (Halftone) .. From Painting by Velasquez THE OWL .. Herbert N. Rudeen THE SPARROW AND THE EAGLE .. Herbert N. Rudeen INFANT JOY .. Lucille Enders JAPANESE...
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Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, HungarianStories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, HungarianOn a time it happened that the light-house keeper in Aspinwall, not far from Panama, disappeared without a trace. Since he disappeared during a storm, it was supposed that the ill-fated man went to the very edge...
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Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and ItalianLiterary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and ItalianAncient Greek philosophy was divided into three sciences: Physics, Ethics, and Logic. This division is perfectly suitable to the nature of the thing, and the only improvement that can be made in it is to add the...
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An Adventure with a Genius: Recollections of Joseph PulitzerAn Adventure with a Genius: Recollections of Joseph PulitzerIn the course of my wanderings about the labyrinth of life it has been my good fortune to find awaiting me around every corner some new adventure. If these have generally lacked that vividness of action...
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A Defence of Poetry and Other EssaysA Defence of Poetry and Other Essays The dialogue entitled The Banquet was selected by the translator as the most beautiful and perfect among all the works of Plato. [Footnote: The Republic, though replete with considerable errors of speculation, is, indeed, the greatest repository...
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Writing for VaudevilleWriting for VaudevilleCan you be taught how to write for vaudeville? If you have the native gift, what experienced writers say about its problems, what they themselves have accomplished, and the means by which it has been wrought, will be of help to you....
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Evolution of Expression — Volume 1Evolution of Expression — Volume 1Teach me, then, To fashion worlds in little, making form, As God does, one with spirit,be the priest Who makes God into bread to feed the world. Richard Hovey. The revised edition of the "Evolution of Expression" is issued...
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Bulfinch's MythologyBulfinch's MythologyThose who have investigated the origin of the romantic fables relating to Charlemagne and his peers are of opinion that the deeds of Charles Martel, and perhaps of other Charleses, have been blended in popular tradition with those properly belonging to Charlemagne. It...
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Legends of CharlemagneLegends of Charlemagne No new edition of Bulfinch's classic work can be considered complete without some notice of the American scholar to whose wide erudition and painstaking care it stands as a perpetual monument. "The Age of Fable" has come to be ranked with...
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The Age of ChivalryThe Age of ChivalryIf no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. But if that which tends to make us happier...
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The Age of FableThe Age of FableIf no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. But if that which tends to make us happier...
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Zone Policeman 88 a close range study of the Panama canal and its workersZone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Strip by strip there opened out before me, as I climbed the "Thousand Stairs" to the red-roofed Administration Building, the broad panorama of Panama and her bay; below, the city...
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Observations By Mr. DooleyObservations By Mr. Dooley A Little Essay on Books The Law's Delays Sherlock Holmes International Amenities Art Patronage Immigration White House Discipline Money and Matrimony Prince Henry's Visit Prince Henry's Reception Cuba vs. Beet Sugar Bad Men From The West European Intervention The Philippine...
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