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Strange Stories of the Great River: The Adventures of a Boy ExplorerIn early days this Great River was almost unknown. A few savages had paddled their skiffs upon it. Curious tales were told about it. Monsters guarded it. Sorcerers lived in its caverns. Mystic...

Sir Christopher: A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644On a bluff of the Maryland coast stand a church, a school, a huddle of gravestones, and an obelisk raised to the memory of Leonard Calvert. These alone mark the site of St. Mary's, once...

Old Quebec, the city of ChamplainTHIS little book aspires, neither to the utility of a guide-book, nor to the dignity of a history. It is designed rather as a reminder of the great events which have given to the old city of Quebec a...

Fra Contadini Il momento non pu essere pi opportuno. Il risveglio del nostro partito in Italia, dovuto in molta parte anche alla simpatia colla quale generalmente viene accolta la tattica che esso ora segue e all'indirizzo pratico dell'attuale metodo di propaganda, tattica ed indirizzo...

Strange Stories of the Great Valley: The Adventures of a Boy PioneerThrough the primeval hardwood forests of its hillsides, long ago, ran the naked, rollicking boys of the Stone Age, choosing the best paths as they hurried out to play, each one with his...

Old Wonder-Eyes, and Other Stories for ChildrenOnce, when I was in England, I visited some friends, who lived in a pleasant part of the country. They had a fine old house, filled with all sorts of beautiful things; but nothing in-doors was so delightful...

Harper's Young People, July 19, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyWhen the young Prince Charles Edward, grandson of James II., King of Great Britain, landed in Scotland in 1745, and claimed his right to the throne from which his grandfather had been driven, thousands of...

Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic FowlA series of studies is here presented bearing on the question of dominance and its varying potency. Of these studies, that on the Y comb presents a case where relative dominance varies from perfection to entire absence, and through...

In der Mondnacht: MärchenIn einem einsamen Wirthshause des Thringer Waldes bernachtete ich im letzten Sommer, als ich auf der Reise war. Ich konnte nicht einschlafen und dachte allerlei bei mir, was man so denkt, wenn man nichts Anderes zu thun hat. Da ging der...

Mogreb-el-Acksa: A Journey in MoroccoTO WAYFARING MEN. Sirs, the Holy Scriptures, which, as we know, were written for our learning, seem to imply that some of us are fools. This may be so, and when I moralise, wrapped in the frequent contemplation of my...

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 10 (of 20)PRESENT PERILS FROM ENGLAND AND FRANCE, NATURE AND CONDITION OF INTERVENTION BY MEDIATION AND ALSO BY RECOGNITION, IMPOSSIBILITY OF ANY RECOGNITION OF A NEW POWER WITH SLAVERY AS A CORNER-STONE, AND WRONGFUL CONCESSION OF OCEAN BELLIGERENCE....

Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians and Explorer, Disclosing Interpositions of Providence, Severe Privations, Perilous Situations and Remarkable Escapes - Fifth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series, Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day...

Forest, Rock, and Stream - A series of twenty steel line-engravingsIt is supposed that the Halve-Mane, the vessel in which the great discoverer made his first passage up the Hudson, reached no farther than two leagues above the city which bears his name, and...

Les cavaliers de la nuit, deuxième partie (t. 4/4)Les Paysans, on le sait, forment une des grandes catgories dont la runion devait complter luvre immense entreprise par lillustre romancier sous le titre de la Comdie Humaine. Lide dominante de cette magnifique tude est lantagonisme...

The China Painter Instruction BookThere are many things of which the beginner in china painting should be reminded. It is most essential that he has clean tools and well mixed colors before attempting any work. To be sure poorly ground colors are more quickly...

Life Movements in Plants, Volume IIn this transcription a black dotted underline indicates a hyperlink to a page, illustration or footnote; hyperlinks are also marked by aqua highlighting when the mouse pointer hovers over them. A red dashed underline indicates the presence of a...

Nouvelles AsiatiquesPlusieurs des ouvrages du comte de Gobineau sont rares et, pour dire le vrai, introuvables. Depuis que cette passionnante physionomie littraire a t remise en valeur par divers travaux allemands et franais, et que l'opinion commence enfin souponner en l'auteur des Pliades un...

Rites and Ritual: A Plea for Apostolic Doctrine and WorshipThe following pages had been prepared, for the most part, for publication, before it was known that the question of Ritual would be discussed in Convocation, or a Committee of the Lower House appointed, by...

Ben Stone at OakdaleAs he was leaving the academy on the afternoon of his third day at school in Oakdale, Ben Stone was stopped by Roger Eliot, the captain of the football team. Roger was a big, sturdy chap, singularly grave for a boy...

The Hand of Providence - As Shown in the History of Nations and Individuals, FromDon't throw this book down carelessly. It will do you no harm. It assumes no dictation. It may benefit you if you will read it carefully. "We have plenty of...