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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 09, September 1900 - The Ducal Palace: Venice; Types of Italian Garden Fountains"Considered as the principal representation of the Venetian school of architecture, the Ducal Palace is the Parthenon of Venice," wrote Ruskin. To know...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 08, August 1900 - The Guild Halls of LondonPerhaps there are no corporate bodies now existing in England which can trace their beginnings in a more unbroken line to the earliest recorded historical events of...

MakbetoEl la kvar famekonataj tragedioj, Hamleto prezentas al ni la karakteron de homo, kontrabatalanta kontra grava devo, por kies plenumo li sin sentas tro malforta, Otelo la terurajn rezultatojn de eloza spirito, Julio Cezaro la funkciadon internan de nobla animo (tiu de Bruto), kiu...

The Burning Wheel COME MY FRIENDS'TIS NOT TOO LATE "TO SEEK A NEWER WORLD IT MAY BE THAT THE GULFS WILL WAN US DOWNIT MAY BE WE SHALL TOUCH THE HAPPY ISLESYETOUR PURPOSE HOLDSTO SAIL BEYOND THE SUNSET. ULYSSES The Burning Wheel Doors of...

Dactylography; Or, The Study of Finger-printsIn 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...

The Wasted GenerationI am thirty this day, the twenty-ninth of August, 1916. The guns are roaring along the Somme front. Another great attack is on. The gray waves are passing over the top for the thousandth time and, for the thousandth time, hope is...

Akilles: Kuvaus Anni tulee meille huomenna aamupivll. Min annan sielt Annille ihomaalia ja puuderia. Annin pit laittautua oikein ntiksi pitoihin: maalata poskensa ja koristaa itsens. Sill Anni on entisest muuttunut. Ja senthden pit Annin ottaa avuksi kaunistuskeinoja. Min annan Annille sielt mys konjakkia. Se...

Greater Greece and Greater Britain; and, George Washington, the Expander of England. - Two Lectures with an AppendixThese two lectures were given quite independently, the former to the Students Association at Edinburgh on December 22nd, 1885, and the latter as a public lecture in...

Mr. Punch's "Animal Land"There is two kinds of prefisses one if it is by yourself and the other if you get a swell riter to do it for you. I'm going to do it by myself because I have done the talk undeneath the...

Touring AfootWALKING tours are popularly supposed to be feasible chiefly for those to whom this method of travel is incidental to their occupationtimber cruisers, landlookers, prospectors, game wardens and trappers of the Northmen who daily match themselves against the forces of Nature. To the...

Dust: A NovelContents. Chapter I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., XXVII., XXVIII., XXIX., XXX., XXXI., XXXII., XXXIII., XXXIV., XXXV., XXXVI., XXXVII. THE time at...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 07, July 1900 - House of Jacques Coeur: Bourges; Gothic Carved WoodworkThe house of Jacques Cur at Bourges is, to architect and historian alike, one of the most interesting monuments which have survived from the...

L'éclaireurC'tait vers la fin de mai 1855, dans un des sites les plus ignors des immenses prairies du Far-West, peu de distance du Ro Colorado del Norte, que les tribus indiennes de ces parages nomment, dans leur langage imag, le fleuve sans fin aux...

The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the ForerunnerThis Romance is the Second of the historical Trilogy, of which the first volume, dealing with the times of the Emperor Julian, was the Death of the Gods. The present story of the Italian Renaissance has been...

Motor Matt's Air Ship; or, The Rival InventorsIssued Weekly. By subscription $2.50 per year. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1909, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C., by Street & Smith, 79-89 Seventh Avenue, New York,...

The Splendid OutcastJim Horton awoke in high fever and great pain but the operation upon his skull had been successful and it was believed that he would recover. Something as to the facts of the exploit of the wounded man had come to the...

The Forbidden WayThe young man in the swivel chair drummed with his toes against the desk, while he studied the gaudy fire insurance calendar on the wall before him. His pipe hung bowl downward from his lips, and the long fingers of one hand...

Grasses: A Handbook for use in the Field and LaboratoryTHE following pages have been written in the hope that they may be used in the field and in the laboratory with specimens of our ordinary grasses in the hand. Most of the exercises involved...

The Yule Log: A Series of Stories for the YoungIT was an old custom, and one that still holds in many parts of England, to cut and dry, in order for burning, an enormous log, or clog, as it was anciently called; the trunk...

Droll stories of Isthmian life INE years have passed since the ship which brought me from New York to Panama pulled out of its dock at the foot of Twenty-seventh Street. It was a bitter cold day in February and the great Iron City...