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In the Ypres Salient - The Story of a Fortnight's Canadian Fighting, June 2-16, 1916Title: In the Ypres Salient The Story of a Fortnight's Canadian Fighting, June 2-16, 1916 Author: Beckles Willson Release Date: July 12, 2014 [EBook #46256] Language: English Character set encoding:...

Yvonne Müller Yvonne Mller hat einen halb franzsischen, halb deutschen Namen, und da sie nur in einem Buche Annette Kolbs[1] existiert, ist diese Mischung kein Zufall, sondern ein Symbol. Man wird sich daher auch nicht wundern, zu erfahren, da Yvonne Mller, natrlich von Ganghofer...

Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million - Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts"All the labor of man is for his mouth," says Solomon. If this proverb be understood, as it was undoubtedly...

Mariages d'aventureIl ne prit pas la peine de lexpliquer, et ne donna aucune raison, peut-tre parce quil nen avait pas de bonnes donner. Jentends de ces raisons admirables, bases sur un intrt certain et un gosme prudent, seules admissibles et concluantes pour des juges...

The HighflyersFred la Mothe was speaking. After a certain number of beverages composed of Scotch whisky, imported soda, and a cube of ice, it was a matter of comparative ease for him to exhibit a notable fluency. After two oclock in the afternoon Fred...

Old Continental TownsTHE story of Rome is a mighty chronicle of such deep importance towards an understanding of the growth of Europe, that a feeling almost of helplessness assails me as I essay to set down in this limited space an account of the...

The Thorn in the NestOur story opens in spring of 1797, in a sequestered valley in Western Pennsylvania. On a green hillside dotted here and there with stately oaks and elms, and sloping toward the road, beyond which flowed the clear waters of a...

A History of the Cambridge University Press, 1521-1921As may be inferred from the title-page, this book has been written to mark the four hundredth anniversary of Cambridge printing. Of the original authorities used in its compilation the most valuable has been the large collection...

BelgiumEvery visitor to 'the quaint old Flemish city' goes first to the Market-Place. On Saturday mornings the wide space beneath the mighty Belfry is full of stalls, with white canvas awnings, and heaped up with a curious assortment of goods. Clothing of every description,...

The Book of MasksTo take critical questions seriously, even passionately, is one of the marks of a genuinely civilized society. It points to both personal disinterestedness and to an imaginative absorption in fundamentals. The American who watches eagerly some tilt in that great critical...

Historia General del Derecho Español, Tomo IAl publicar la presente obra, aspiro suplir, en cuanto lo consiente el estado actual de los estudios, el vaco de nuestra literatura en punto libro de texto acomodado la extensin y carcter que vino dar la enseanza de...

L'Illustration, No. 0061, 27 Avril 1844Histoire de la semaine. Chambre valaque; Vue des tangs prs Saint-Mitre; Portrait de lord Abinger.--Courrier de Paris.--Salon de 1844 (3e article) Portraits de M. le baron Pasquier, chancelier de France, prsident de la chambre des pairs, par M. Horace...

The Kingdom of God, Part 1The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe. All other governments are illegal and unauthorized. God, having made all...

Divine Authority; Or, the Question: Was Joseph Smith Sent of God?A few days since, Mrs. Pratt and myself, together with some others, were kindly invited to take tea with a very respectable gentleman of this town (Liverpool), who, though not connected with our church,...

The British Expedition to the CrimeaBY WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL, LL.D. NEW AND REVISED EDITION WITH MAPS AND PLANS LONDON G E O R G E R O U T L E D G E A N D S O N S THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE...

Some Notes on Early Woodcut Books, with a Chapter on Illuminated Manuscripts The invention of printing books, and the use of wood-blocks for book ornament in place of hand-painting, though it belongs to the period of the degradation of medival art, gave an opportunity...

Chains: A Play, in Four ActsSCENE: Sitting-room at 55 Acacia Avenue. The principal articles of furniture are the centre table, set for dinner for three, and a sideboard on the right. There are folding doors at the back, leading to the front room, partly...

A Modest Meane to Mariage - pleasauntly set foorth by that famous Clarke Erasmus Roterodamus, and translated into Englishe by N.L.When I remember (gentle Maister Rogers) the auncient acquaintance and friendship, and the daylie and accustomed metings, recourse and familiaritie that (amg the rest)...

Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and DevelopmentA delightful air of romance and mystery surrounds the whole subject of Labyrinths and Mazes. The hedge-maze, which is the only type with which most of us have a first-hand acquaintance, is generally felt...

The Romance of Book-CollectingThere are plenty of peoplein fact, they are in the great majority even among bookish menwho regard antiquated sale-catalogues in the light of so much rubbish, and yet, when intelligently consulted, these memorials of a bygone day not only have their...