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Harper's Round Table, June 30, 1896The only way to prove whether this story is true or not is to find the Professor (who could tell you all about it) and the Quartermaster (who claims to have been an eyewitness), and ask them; or to...

Le Università italiane nel Medio Evo AVVERTENZA Pag. VII INTRODUZIONE Origine delle universit Importanza degli studii relativi alle universit Gli storici delle universit antiche Opinione nostra sulla vera origine delle universit Il risorgimento della civilt moderna Influenza del Cristianesimo Profonda ignoranza nei primi secoli...

Chin-Chin; Or, The Chinaman at HomeThe friendly welcome accorded by the English Public to my Chinese Painted by Themselves has encouraged me to publish this translation of my last work. Old Epicurus summed up his philosophy in pleasures well understood. The peoples of the...

The Boy from Green Ginger LandI know its my turn really, Kitty, but gentlemen always let ladies choose, said eight-year-old Micky with dignity. Id very much advise Swiss Family Robinson, because it seems such a splendid opportunity, now the curtain-rods are down, to use...

Tuen, Slave and EmpressThis story is founded upon facts in the life of the Empress-dowager of China, the mother of the present Emperor. She was sold as a slave by her father to a renowned government official, who after a few years adopted her...

Samlade dikterVrdroppen. bo Slott. Veteranens jul. Vid Schillersfesten i Helsingfors. Svenskan och finskan. Finska vikens klippor. Har du mod? Italienaren. Studentsng. I en artists album. I en konstlskares album. Fogeln. Rusen i skogen. Demanten p Marssnn. Det frtorkade trdet. Stjernorna. fver en afplockad ros....

Lightning Rod Conference - Report of the Delegates from the Following Societies, Viz.: Meteorological Society, Royal Institute of British Architects, Society of Telegraph Engineers and of Electricians, Physical Society. With a Code of Rules for the Erection of Lightning Conductors; and Various AppendicesAlthough France...

Les aventures du jeune Comte Potowski, Vol. 2 (of 2) - Un roman de coeœur par Marat, l'ami du peupleRien n'est plus sacr aucun des partis: ils s'exterminent sans quartier. Ils courent par troupes effrnes, le glaive et le flambeau la main. Tout se...

Franz HalsPassagen in Antiquaschrift werden im vorliegenden Text kursiv dargestellt. Abhngig von der im jeweiligen Lesegert installierten Schriftart knnen die im Original gesperrt gedruckten Passagen gesperrt, in serifenloser Schrift, oder aber sowohl serifenlos als auch gesperrt erscheinen. veranstaltet, von der nur 100 Exemplare auf...

The Wreck of the "Royal Charter" - Compiled from Authentic Sources, with Some Original MatterThis little book is prepared under the conditions of saving the Mail which leaves England on the 12th, and of being a complete narrative of the Wreck. The one condition...

Sketches of Indian Character - Being a Brief Survey of the Principal Features of Character Exhibited by the North American Indians; Illustrating the Aphorism of the Socialists, that "Man is the creature of circumstances"In order to complete the history of the human mind, and...

Les aventures du jeune Comte Potowski, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Un roman de coeœur par Marat, l'ami du peupleL'authenticit de cet ouvrage indit de Marat est incontestable: le manuscrit original, entirement autographe, est rest, pendant plus d'un mois, expos dans les bureaux du...

Armenia: A year at Erzeroom, and on the frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and PersiaAlmost from time immemorial a border warfare has been carried on between the Koordish tribes on the confines of Turkey and Persia, in the mountainous country beginning at Mount Ararat toward...

A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entituled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 (of 17)Limited to one thousand numbered sets, of which this is During the last dozen years, since we first met at...

The Mythology of All Races, Vol. 11: Latin-AmericanTop face of the monolith known as the "Dragon" or the "Great Turtle" of Quirigua. This is one of the group of stelae and "altars" which mark the ceremonial courts of this vanished Maya city (see Plate...

Cassell's History of England, Vol. 5 (of 8) - From the Peninsular War to the Death of Sir Robert PeelNapoleon's Desire for an HeirThe Archduchess Maria LouisaThe Divorce determined uponThe MarriageNapoleon quarrels with his FamilyAbdication of Louis BuonaparteNapoleon's bloated EmpireAffairs of SwedenChoice of Bernadotte...

Harper's Young People, June 27, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyMr. Stubbs's brother had been a close observer of all that was going on, with a view probably to guarding against another sudden fright such as the overture had given him, and the moment Ben...

The Passing of Empire Most people when they talk of India, most books when they treat of India, are concerned with its differences from the rest of the world. It is the appearance and the dress of its peoples, their customs and habits, their...

The Three Brothers From Great Trowlesworthy's crown of rosy granite the world extended to the moor-edge, and thence, by mighty, dim, air-drenched passages of earth and sky, to the horizons of the sea. A clear May noon illuminated the waste, and Dartmoor, soaking her...

Viisas tyttöI. Tilanne. II. "Neiti Exeterin kasvot." III. "Meille on vain yksi yhteist." IV. Elman uusi puku. V. Lady Alfreton ehdottaa kynti kukkasnyttelyss. VI. Matkalla juhlaan. VII. Mertounin herttuatar ja hnen tyttrens. VIII. "En ole ikipivinni nhnyt sopimattomampaa kohtausta." IX. Piers selittelee maailman tapoja....