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Six Girls and Bob: A Story of Patty-Pans and Green Fields"You'd have to be pretty poor in arithmetic to try it. Even home-taught children ought to know something about putting greater into lesser," observed Bob. "Would you mind telling us what you're driving at,...

The MonsterBefore her was an open window before which was the open sea. In the air was a tropical languor, a savour of brine, the scent of lilies, the sound of mandolins that are far away. Below, in the garden, were masses of scarlet,...

Emmalan ElliOli sit moni alussa oudostellut ja kyytipojaltakin kysssyt, kuka sen tuon Tuuteron Antin mkin nyt oli ostanut ja tuolla lailla komistanut. Vaan kun kyytipoikakaan ei muuta tiennyt, kuin ett olipahan muudan lapsen-saanut vaimonpuoli tuolta "alhaalta pin" ja ett Emmaksi nuo on tuota hokeneet,...

Runokokeita Y talven synkk sulkee helmaansa mantereen Ja kolkko, kylm viima ky yli tantereen, Ei tuli tuika thden kannella tai vahan, Vaan lumituisku peitt tuon isen maiseman. T raskas talven luonto se mielet painostaa, Napuen taistotanner unisna uinahtaa. Tuoss' seisoo Suomen joukko, vilussa vrjtt,...

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)The Excursionto which the fifth volume of this edition is devotedhas been assigned to the year 1814; since it was finished, and first published, in that year,although commenced in 1795. During the earlier stages...

Prosas Profanas - Obras Completas Vol. IINota del Transcriptor: Se ha respetado la ortografa y la acentuacin del original. Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Pginas en blanco han sido eliminadas. La portada fue diseada por el transcriptor y se considera dominio pblico...

Birds Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 3, No. 6, June 1898YES, Lowell, in a few words, describes the month of June, or, at least, he indicates something of it. But, still, what are perfect days? We look for them in April, when the birds,...

Geology: The Science of the Earth's CrustA great ledge in Ogden Canyon near Ogden, Utah. The rock, still retaining its stratification, was deposited layer upon layer horizontally mostly as sand upon the floor of a sea which covered the region fully 25,000,000 years ago....

Famous Indian Chiefs - Their Battles, Treaties, Sieges, and Struggles with the Whites for the Possession of AmericaUpon a beautiful day in July, 1492, two brown-skinned Spaniards lay upon the wharf that jutted far out into the waters of the blue Mediterranean Ocean at...

Joan of the JournalTim had gone into the Journal office, just as she had started doing the dishes. Joan rarely minded doing dishes, because the windows above the kitchen sink looked across at the Journal office and she could watch everything that went on...

L'Illustration, No. 1601, 1 novembre 1873Histoire de la semaine.--Courrier de Paris, par M. Philibert Audebrand.-- Nos gravures.--La Sur perdue, une Histoire du Gran Chaco (suite), par M. Mayne Reid.--Un voyage en Espagne pendant l'insurrection.--Revue comique du mois, par Bertall.--Les Thtres, par M. Savigny.--Bulletin bibliographique....

A Year in EuropeThe only excuse I have to offer for the publication of these desultory and chatty letters in this more permanent form is that a number of my friends have requested it. Many of the letters have already appeared in the columns...

Mary LambI am indebted to Mrs. Henry Watson, a granddaughter of Mr. Gillman, for one or two interesting reminiscences, and for a hitherto unpublished "notelet" by Lamb (p. 248), together with an omitted paragraph from a published letter (p. 84), which confirms what other...

The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, February 1904, No. 159. We have had some dramatic entrances and exits upon our small stage at Baker Street, but I cannot recollect anything more sudden and startling than the first appearance of Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, M.A., Ph.D., etc....

The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 15I have thought convenient to acquaint the reader with somewhat concerning this comedy, though perhaps not worth his knowledge. It was sent me from Italy some years since, by my second son,...

The Woman Gives: A Story of RegenerationTeagans Arcade stood, and in the slow upward progress of the city it may still stand, at that intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, where the grumbling subway and the roaring elevated meet at Lincoln Square. It covered...

Hints on Wolf and Coyote TrappingHE RANGE of coyotes and wolves in the United States to-day is confined mainly to the immense area west of the Mississippi River. Wolves, however, have been so materially reduced in numbers west of the one-hundredth meridian that except...

A treatise on the culture of the tobacco plant with the manner in which it is usually cured - Adapted to northern climates, and designed for the use of the landholders of Great-Britain.Tobacco, or Tabacco, is a medicinal plant, which remained unknown to Europeans...

Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 5 [May 1902] - Illustrated by Color PhotographyThe Ardeidae, or the family of herons, egrets and bitterns, includes about seventy-five species, which are world wide in their distribution, though much more common in temperate regions. So widely scattered...

Birds and Nature Vol. 09 No. 5 [May 1901] - Illustrated by Color PhotographyThe name oriole is from the French word oriol, which is a corruption of the Latin word aureolus, meaning golden. The name was originally applied to a vire, but is now...