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The Island Trapper; or, The Young White-Buffalo HuntersDash me! if I didnt hear music. Tecumseh, ye heard it, too, for I saw ye prick yer ears before I told ye to stop. Where is the white man who has the audacity to be musical...

Dead Shot; Or, The White Vulture: A Romance of the YellowstoneIt was at the close of a bright May afternoon; the last rays of the sinking sun shone down gayly upon the broad prairie, through which, like a great yellow serpent, rolled the turbid...

Bring Back My Brain!The face came with the laughter, floating through the swirling radiance as a shadow drifts through fog. Hollow-cheeked, hollow-eyed, hairless as a sand-scoured, tide-washed skull, it hovered before Dane like a living death's-head, closer than ever before. But the face would...

Mäenkylän maitomies: RomaaniTavallisesti noin kello yhdeksn aikaan haukottelee herraskartanon prakennuksen uninen ulko-ovi ja pst herran ulos, sill juuri silloin, aamiaisen jlkeen, alkaa Ulrik von Kremer ensimmisen kiertokulkunsa omilla tiluksillaan asuessaan siell kesisin Yrjnpivst Mikkelinpivn yksin niinkuin ainakin. Vaatetuksessaan ei Menkyln isnt tarjoa nkijlle vuosimriin...

Modern Street BalladsOver Street Ballads may be raised the wail of Ichabod, Ichabod, their glory is departed. They held their own for many centuries, bravely and well, but have succumbed to a changed order of things, and a new generation has arisen, who will...

Sateenkaari: RomaaniI. Onnen laakso. II. Espanjan kulta. III. O'Reilly. IV. Pahan palkka. V. Ermaan ni. VI. Etsint alkaa. VII. Mies, joka tahtoi oppia tuntemaan elm. VIII. Espanjalainen kultaraha. IX. Rosvot. X. O'Reilly puhuu "risakielt". XI. Kenraalin ksi. XII. Kahakka. XIII. Pako. XIV. Nainen, jolla...

Les Syrtes (1883-1884)Lauteur a peu damiti aujourdhui, non seulement pour cet essai de sa jeunesse, mais mme pour un autre de ses ouvrages, plus accompli: Les Cantilnes. Il dira donc quil consent laisser rimprimer Les Syrtes, uniquement pour ce que ces vers marqurent leur...

Guardians of the TowerThat morning, the sun rose bright and clear over the Tower. Jon woke, clambered to his feet, and rolled his sleeping-blanket. Within five minutes, he was fully awake and ready to protect the Tower against its enemies. He took his station...

The Sunny Side of the StreetIn this little volume are offered recollections of the sunny side of many people. I have plucked blossoms from the gardens of humor and pathos, which lie side by side, and in weaving them into a garland, claim only...

The Escape; Or, A Leap For Freedom: A Drama, in Five ActsThis play was written for my own amusement, and not with the remotest thought that it would ever be seen by the public eye. I read it privately, however, to a circle of...

The Southern Case for School SegregationMay it please the court: When this book was conceived, it was intended to be titled U.S. v. the South: A Brief for the Defense, but it seemed a cumbersome title and the finished work is not, of course,...

De graaf de LhoraillesReeds sedert de eerste dagen der ontdekking van Amerika, werden zijne afgelegene kusten het toevluchtsoord en de verzamelplaats voor avonturiers van allerlei soort, wier ontembare geest, warsch van de boeien der oude Europeesche beschaving, elders een goed heenkomen zocht. Eenigen van...

Musta sankari: Allanin ystävän Umslopogaasin lapsuus ja nuoruuden vaiheet - Kertomus zulukaffereistaLukijalle. I. Chaka-poikasen ennustus. II. Mopo pulassa. III. Mopon uhkarohkea paluu. IV. Mopon ja Balkan pako. V. Moposta tulee kuninkaan lkri. VI. Umslopogaasin syntym. VII. Umslopogaas kuninkaan edess. VIII. Taikureiden tappio. IX. Umslopogaasin...

Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1882. Fourth ReportThe following Report contains a summary of investigations of a Committee, appointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Southampton, in 1882, to consist of Professor Newton,...

Paddy at Home ("Chez Paddy")Ireland and France are still united by so many sympathetic memories that we have watched all the incidents of the struggle undertaken by the unfortunate Irish against England with the keenest interest. This struggle has now lasted nearly three hundred...

The Youth of Washington: Told in the Form of an AutobiographyAnd if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired: but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.2 Maccabees xv. 38....

LasersThe transistor burst upon the electronic scene in the 1950s. Almost overnight the size of new models of radios, television sets, and a host of other electronic devices shrank like deflating balloons. Suddenly the hard-of-hearing could carry their sound amplifiers in their ears. Teenagers...

This Then is Upland Pastures - Being some out-door essays dealing with the beautiful things that the spring and summer bring When the warm rains succeed winters driving downpours, and the young grass begins to mantle the meadows with tender green, is the time,...

Delicious Recipes: Including Toll House Chocolate CookiesIn New England, on the outskirts of Whitman, Massachusetts, stands a lovely old Cape Cod house. Back in the early 1700s it was used as a toll house where passengers changed their horses, dined, and paid their toll...

The Adventures of PeterkinIKNOW you have all heard of the little man who lived inside a pumpkin. Just why he lived there I dont exactly remember, but I cant imagine that he used to sleep so comfortably inside his tiny bowl of a bed-room....