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Der WandererSchlicht, fast drftig kommen sie dahergezogen, die fnf Wrtlein im alten Liede vom Wandern, ja vom Wandern und bergen unter ihrem unscheinbaren Gewande ganze Welten. Strmisch und laut jubelnd, dann wieder mit gedankenschwerer Bedchtigkeit oder vor sich hinschlendernd mit leichten Sinnen, dann aber...

Exile From VenusEarth was a world of murdering savages; bleak and desolate; contaminated by deadly radioactivity. Only Craig Verrill's atavistic stubbornnessand a rash promise, made in furycould have brought him back to that perilous birthplace of Man.... The solicitude of Linda's voice, the seductiveness...

Captives of the Thieve-StarThe celebration of the wedding of Peer and Channok had to be cut a little short, because a flock of police-boats from Irrek showed up at detector-range about midway. But it was carried off with a flourish nevertheless. The oxygen-bubble in...

Magna Carta, and Other AddressesTo the student of American institutions it must appear singularly impressive and instructive that the members of the Constitutional Convention of the state of New York have paused in their important work to celebrate the seven-hundredth anniversary of the Great...

Into the Frozen South In the beginning it was the intention of Sir Ernest Shackleton to give Scout Marr the benefit of his guiding hand in the writing of this book; and indeed up to within a few days of the great explorers death,...

The Tourist's Guide through North WalesThe Authors object in offering to the Public the following pages is, that all who have a desire to examine the beauties of Welsh scenery may also have an opportunity of seeing the most interesting portion of it in...

A tragikumPr vvel ezeltt Gyulai Pltl egy szp knyv jelent meg Katonrl s Bnk-bnjrl. Rkosi Jen e knyvet a Budapesti Hirlap trczjban ismertette s egyuttal nmely megjegyzst koczkztatott a tragikumrl ltalban s Bnk tragikumrl klnsebben. Trtnt, hogy ugyanabban az idben dolgozott Bethy Zsolt a...

Die Kringhäusler: Drama in drei Akten[Im Hintergrund der weiten Bhne sieht man mchtige Eisgebilde mit leuchtend weien Oberflchen, whrend alle Unebenheiten, Spalten und Risse je nach ihrer Tiefe vom zartesten bis zum tiefsten Blau erscheinen. Etwas mehr gegen den Vordergrund ist ein kleiner Streifen...

The Priceless Pearl"The girl is simply too good-looking," said Bunner, the office manager, in a high, complaining voice. "She is industrious, intelligent, punctual and well-mannered, but simply too good-lookinga disturbing element in the office on account of her appearance. I made a grave mistake...

The Seminoles of FloridaThat there is yet a tribe, or tribes of Indians in Florida is a fact unknown to a large part of the people of this country; there are even students of history who have scarcely known it. These people, driven, about...

Purple ForeverThree men on Venus ... lolling about in their shirt sleeves and breathing in an atmosphere of chlorine and ammonia that was sure to kill a man in thirty seconds. The pictures lied! ... they must lie! Trick photography?... Inquisitive Carl Keating found...

A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of ChildrenIt was said by one of old time that a childs heart is a holy place, and Scripture in awful words has uttered woe on him who wounds the feelings of one of these...

La simulación en la lucha por la vidaCiertas reglas de acentuacin ortogrfica del castellano cuando la presente edicin de esta obra fue publicada, en 1917, eran diferentes a las existentes cuando se realiz la transcripcin. Palabras como vi, fu, di, por ejemplo, en esa...

Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 1 (of 2)THE articles comprehended in the present volumes were written at very long intervals of time, some half a century ago, and printed in the Transactions of various Societies in different and distant counties. Many also appeared...

Social Forces in England and AmericaThe telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption. There is the usual trouble in connecting up, minute voices...

A Body of Divinity, Vol. 3 (of 4) - Wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended, being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly's Larger CatechismAnsw. The union which the elect have with Christ, is the work of Gods...

The Airship Boys in the Great War; or, The Rescue of Bob RussellGreat guns exactly describes it, if youre reading those accounts of the war in Europe, said he with a grin, or maybe youd better say the great-est guns, because thats what they...

Pieni novellikirjasto VIIIVuonna 1860 olin min toisena permiehen erll hyvll purjelaivalla, joka kulki Honolulusta Sydneyhin. Olimme jotenkin hyvll onnella suorittaneet kappaleen matkaa Austraalian monilukuisten saariryhmien vlitse, kunnes saavuimme Louisiadein pitklle ulottuvan saariston lhelle. Ne ovat kaakkoon pin Uudesta-Guineasta. Siell tapasi meidt useampia viikkoja kestv...

Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Town and Soke of Horncastle [1820] - in the county of Lincoln, and of several places adjacentThe Author of this volume has for several years past been induced from a partiality to topographical research, to devote those hours...

Rocket SummerThe crowd gathered to make a curious noise this cold grey morning before the scheduled Birth. They arrived in gleaming scarlet tumble-bugs and yellow plastic beetles, yawning and singing and ready. The Birth was a big thing for them. He stood alone up...