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The Phantom Violin - A Mystery Story for GirlsThe little French girl, Petite Jeanne, sprang noiselessly through the cabin door. Then, as if to keep someone out, closed the door and propped herself against it. They saw me! she repeated in a whisper. And...

Tom Fairfield in Camp; or, The Secret of the Old MillOh, yes, but you never can tell. One day shell run like a sewing machine, and the next I[2] cant seem to get her started. Shes like all the other motorboats, good at times,...

The BruceThe literary relationships of The Bruce may be briefly indicated. It stands at the beginning of Scottish literature; of its predecessors and contemporaries we have but the names, or possible versions whose place of origin is in dispute. In form and technique, including...

The Potter and the ClayAnother year, and we are still at War! But we must not mind, for we must see this thing through to the end. As Mr. Oliver said in his letter on "What we are fighting for," published this week: "We...

A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and NehemiahThe island city of Tyre lay close to the Syrian coast. It seemed to float among the waves that fretted themselves into foam as they rolled in between the jagged rocks, and...

An Outline of English Speech-craftThis little book was not written to win prize or praise; but it is put forth as one small trial, weak though it may be, towards the upholding of our own strong old Anglo-Saxon speech, and the ready teaching of...

The Story of Blue-Beard[1] Gueridons, i. e. stands to place lights or china upon. The word is now used to signify any small round table with one foot; but the old-fashioned stand, which was higher than a table, and its top not bigger than...

The InsectThe Insect" is one of the four remarkable works in which the late M. Michelet embodied the results of a loving and persevering study of Nature. These works are absolutely unique; the poetry of Science was never before illustrated on so large a...

"If Youth but Knew!"Her child eyes were still upon him and seemed to ask for something yet. And, at this, he bent and kissed her gently, as he would have kissed a child . . . Frontispiece "Is it not," remarks Fiddler Hans the...

Histoire de la prostitution chez tous les peuples du monde depuis l'antiquité la plus reculée jusqu'à nos jours, tome 5/6Ce texte contient quelques mots et expressions en Grec, comme . Si ceux-ci napparaissent pas correctement, veuillez vrifier le jeu de caractres utilis pour laffichage....

Reminiscences of Glass-making The articles upon the history and progress of Glass Manufacture herein presented to the public were originally published in the columns of a village newspaper. They are the result of investigation upon these topics made in the few leisure moments gained...

Ulla Fersen: Historiallinen novelliHiidenmaan lntinen niemi muodostaa, juuri Suomenlahden suulla, kookkaan niemekkeen. Tm niemeke luotojensa ja kariensa ymprimn, joihin moni laiva tuntematta lhempn rantaa olevia, kiertelevi kulkuvyli, on hvinnyt, kurottaa uskaliaasti vihertvt, rehevill metsikill ja ihanilla vainioilla kaunistetut rantansa aaltoihin ja kuohuun. Niemekkeen ulommainen...

The Life and Adventures of Ben Hogan, the Wickedest Man in the World The writer of these pages desires it understood that he has acted simply in the capacity of an amanuensis for Mr. Ben Hogan. The statements, opinions, incidents, revelations and views are...

Recollections of the War of 1812The favourable reception of a small work on this colony has emboldened me again to come before the public in the character of an author, and as it is fifteen years since I last obtruded myself in that capacity,...

The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume 1 (of 2)Every one who wishes to understand and rightly estimate the Methodist movement of the last century, must, not only read the lives of the two Wesleys, but also, make himself acquainted with the history...

Harper's Young People, December 7, 1880 - An Illustrated Monthly"Couldn't you give more'n six pea-nuts for a cent?" was a question asked by a very small boy with big, staring eyes, of a candy vender at a circus booth. And as he spoke he...

From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round ItDuring the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland. It is well known...

L'Illustration, No. 1609, 27 décembre 1873 SOMMAIRE TEXTE Histoire de la semaine. Courrier de Paris, par M. Philibert Audebrand. Nos gravures: La veille du 1er janvier (fin). La Sur perdue, une histoire du Gran Chaco (suite), par H. Mayne Reid. Revue littraire; les Livres...

The Toilet of Flora - or, A collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, powders, perfumes, and sweet-scented waters. With receipts for cosmetics of every kind, that can smooth and brighten the skin, give force to beauty, and...

Fru Marie Grubbe: Interieurer fra det syttende AarhundredeDen Luft, der laa under Lindetrernes Kroner, havde vugget sig frem over den brune Hede og de trstige Marker; den var bleven baget af Solen og stvet af Vejene, men nu var den renset af det ttte...