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The Coming Ice AgeThe explanations given in the following pages, in which I have sought to show the manner in which an ice age is being brought about, is an extension of a treatise on The Cause of Warm and Frigid Periods, which I...

Echos de Pariz I. PARIZ E LONDRES-O ANNIVERSARIO DA COMMUNA-FLAUBERT. II. OS DUELLOS-AMNISTIA-GAMBETTA-ROCHEFORT-OS JESUITAS. III. O IMPERADOR GUILHERME. IV. O GRAND-PRIX-A ESTATUOMANIA-OS COCHEIROS-VICTOR HUGO-O CAMPO EM PARIZ. V. O 14 DE JULHO-FESTAS OFFICIAES-O SIO. VI. A FRANA E O SIO. VII. A QUESTO BULOZ-A...

Vignettes: A Miniature Journal of Whim and SentimentOn the roof of the ruined church we lay, basking amid the hot, powdery heather; the cinder-coloured roofs of the town flattened out beneath usa ragged patch of dead, decayed colour, burnt, as it seemed, out of...

Spices, Their Histories: Valuable Information for Grocers4 Allspice is the dried unripe berries of a tree of the myrtle family, the pimento, known botanically as Eugenia pimenta, or Pimenta officinalis. Its an evergreen tree some 20 to 30 ft. high, with a slender, straight,...

The Boy Fortune Hunters in PanamaThe bark Nebuchadnezar came staggering into Chelsea harbor in a very demoralized condition. Her main and mizzen masts were both gone, the bulwarks were smashed in, the poop swept away, and she leaked so badly that all the short-handed...

Intiaanipoika Pohjois-Amerikan aarniometsissäPohjois-Amerikan intiaani on epilemtt ollut korkeammalla kehityskannalla kuin yksikn toinen pakanallinen ja sivistymtn kansa. Sit todistavat sek hnen erinomaisen hyvin kehittynyt ja vastustuskykyinen ruumiinsa ett myskin hnen melkoiset henkiset lahjansa. Mutta valitettavasti ei sellaisia vapaita, luonnollisia olentoja en ole olemassa. Intiaanit, jotka...

From the Heart of Israel: Jewish Tales and TypesIs Saul also among the prophets? With my mental ear I hear thus exclaim those in whose view the teller of tales stands immeasurably higher than the rabbi, minister, preacher, scholar, or whatever else may be...

The Rāmāyana, Volume 3. YuddhakāndamThis book was transcribed from scans of several different copies of the original found at the Internet Archive. The typesetters of the original book represented the letter (with a macron above) as (with circumflex above) when italicized, but this etext...

The American Journal of Dental Science, Vol. XIX. No. 6. Oct. 1885GentlemenThe subject I have chosen for your consideration at this, our Annual Meeting, is "Nervous Energy, how Actuated, and its Varied Phenomena." No one can question the importance of knowing all that can...

Polite Conversation in Three DialoguesAs my Life hath been chiefly spent in consulting the Honour and Welfare of my Country for more than Forty Years past, not without answerable Success, if the World and my Friends have not flattered me; so, there is no...

Bedouin LoveJames Champernowne Tundering-West, or, as for the time being he preferred to be called, Jim Easton, sat himself down on the camp-bedstead in the middle of the one habitable room of a derelict rest-house, built on the edge of the desert some distance...

The Story of King Arthur and his KnightsAfter several years of contemplation and of thought upon the matter herein contained, it has at last come about, by the Grace of God, that I have been able to write this work with such pleasure of...

Nella vita: novelle Sul Piazzale di Porta Roma erano poche persone: deserta la via del laboratorio pirotecnico, deserta l'altra di faccia ad essa, ove, in sul principio, la semplice e nuda fabbrica dell'Arcivescovado e seguono appresso altre fabbriche basse e si arriva finalmente alla...

A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the GreatThe visit of Alexander to Jerusalem is recorded by Josephus only. The fact that it is not mentioned by Arrian, who had contemporary diaries before him, by Quintus Curtius, or by Diodorus Siculus, certainly throws...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XL, No. 5, May 1852May has ever been the favorite month of the year in poetical description; but the praises so lavishly bestowed upon it took their rise from climates more southern than ours. In such, it really unites all the...

Education of the Negroes Since 1860The Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund propose to publish from time to time papers that relate to the education of the colored race. These papers are designed to furnish information to those who are concerned in the...

The Prime MinisterMy thanks are due for assistance in writing this book to Mr. Lloyd George, with regard to whom I have the privilege of drawing on the memories of twenty-seven years of unbroken friendship; to Mrs. Lloyd George; to Mr. William George, the...

Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy NevillWhen, some time ago, a collection of my mothers reminiscences was given to the public, we received a large number of suggestions that a second similar volume would be certain of the same cordial welcome as was...

Through the DesertThe boy smiled condescendingly. I dont know whether he is ugly or not. The Sudanese think he is handsome; but to call a man who has killed so many people naughtythat is a word only a little girl, with short dresses reaching...

Dancers in the DarkJoy Nelson came into the room that she was sharing with two other girls, at half-past four in the morning. She was tired. She had been dancing steadily all night; her new silver slippers were killing her; and she was not...