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The man in grey - Being episodes of the Chovan [i.e. Chouan] conspiracies in Normandy during the First Empire. It has been a difficult task to piece together the fragmentary documents which alone throw a lightdim and flickering at the bestupon that mysterious personality...

A visit to a farm house; or, An introduction to various subjects connected with rural economy. - Seventh edition, revised and corrected.This little Work was undertaken to excite the attention of those children, who live in the country, to the various objects by which...

Dream's endThe sanitarium was never quiet. Even when night brought comparative stillness, there was an anticipatory tension in the airfor cyclic mental disorders are as inevitable, though not as regular, as the swing of a merry-go-round. Earlier that evening Gregson, in Ward 13, had...

Sir John Dering: A romantic comedyThe light of guttering candles fell upon the two small-swords where they lay, the one glittering brightly, the other its murderous steel horribly bent and dimmed; and no sound to hear except a whisper of stirring leaves beyond the...

A szocziológia vázlataEz a sz: szocziolgia sokkal vilgosabb rtelmnek tetszik, semhogy meghatrozsra szorulna. Etimolgiai jelentse: a trsadalom vagy a trsasgok tudomnya. De ez a vilgossg csak ltszlagos. Mert ennek a kifejezsnek: a trsasgok tudomnya tbb klnbz rtelmet tulajdonthatunk. Els s legtgabb rtelmben a szocziolgia...

Atomic!The alarm went off just after midnight. The red signal showed emergency. But it was always emergency at first. We all knew that. Ever since the arachnid tribe in the Chicago Ring had mutated wed known better than to take chances. That time the...

Metsolan pojat: MaalaiselämääVille siirrlsi uutimia ja katseli ulos. Kaukaa tummasta metsnrannasta nkyi kaksi valopilkkua. Lentolasta ne loistivat. Oikeanpuoleinen tuli tuikki navetasta. Neljn aikaan joka aamu se sielt pilkotti. Aikaiseen siell lypsettiin, sill he laittoivat aamumaidon kaupunkiin. Toista tulta ei milloinkaan ennen kuutta sytytetty. Se...

Report of an autopsy on the bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, commonly known as the Siamese twinsThe few minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcribers note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling...

In the volcano's mouth; or, A boy against an armyWe called this new line of high-class copyrighted stories of adventure for boys by this name because we felt assured that it was bound to win its way into the heart of every true American...

An outline of humor - Being a true chronicle from prehistoric ages to the twentieth centurySpeaking exactly, an Outline of the Worlds Humor is an impossibility. For surely the adjectives most applicable to humor are elusive, evasive, evanescent, ephemeral, intangible, imponderable, and other terms...

The bushwhackers & other storiesOne might have imagined that there was some enchantment in the spot which drew hither daily the young mountaineers steps. No visible lure it showed. No prosaic reasonable errand he seemed to have. But always at some hour between the...

Trouble Times TwoThomas Lionel Ph.D., M.M. bounded out of bed with a cheerful bit of off-tune song. He glanced at the calendar and then the clock and he grinned because life was just too good to be true. Everything was according to plan. He'd...

The black cat (vol. I, no. 3, December 1895)THE purest and most perfect Face Powder that science and skill can produce. Makes the skin soft and beautiful and removes Sun-burn, Tan, Freckles, and all shiny appearance. Invisible on closest inspection. Absolutely harmless. We invite...

Good citizenship IT is not of the authors own motion that the following essays are given to the public in this form. With characteristic modesty, Mr. Cleveland was willing that these addresses should lie undiscovered and unread in the limbo of pigeonholes or of...

The power of kindness and other stories - A book for the example and encouragement of the youngFor a boy fourteen years of age, this was a dreadful state of mind to be in. The individual who had offended him was a fellow-student,[8] named...

Manual of the apiaryIn apiculture, as in all other pursuits, it is all-important to make a good beginning. This demands preparation on the part of the apiarist, procuring of bees, and location of his apiary. Before starting in the business, the prospective bee-keeper should...

Can Grande's castle I turn the page and read... . . . The heavy musty air, the black desks, The bent heads and the rustling noises In the great dome Vanish... And The sun hangs in the cobalt-blue sky, The boat drifts over the...

Leliane: een modern sprookjeReeds tien jaren geleden liep ik met het plan rond voor dit boek, waarvan ik toen het begin al had geschreven, dat echter in den loop der tijden is weggeraakt. Ik durfde er nooit weer aan, omdat er zulke onwaarschijnlijke dingen...

Tirano Banderas: Novela de tierra calienteFilomeno Cuevas, criollo ranchero, haba dispuesto para aquella noche armar a sus peonadas, con los fusiles ocultos en un manigual, y las glebas de indios, en difusas lneas, avanzaban por los esteros de Ticomaip. Luna clara, nocturnos horizontes profundos...

The step on the stairI had turned the corner at Thirty-fifth Street and was halfway down the block in my search for a number I had just taken from the telephone book when my attention was suddenly diverted by the quick movements and peculiar...