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Automata Old and NewMay it please your Oddship, Brethren and Guests of Ye Sette of Odd Volumes. The origin of this little paper is very simple. Just eleven months ago we had the delight of listening to the very interesting and instructive communication upon...

The Bird in the Box The soul of man at birth is immured in a prison. It is like a bird singing in a cage, heedless of the bars that confine it. But later the soul knows its bondage. I The Long Journey and...

Peggy Plays Off-BroadwayFirst casting calls are so difficult, Peggy Lane said, looking ruefully at the fifty or more actresses and actors who milled about nervously, chatting with one another, or sat on the few folding chairs trying to read. With only nine roles to...

The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard, and Her Dog - In which is shewn the wonderful powers that good old lady possessed in the education of her favourite animal Title: The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard, and Her Dog Subtitle: In which...

Autobiography of a Female SlaveI was born in one of the southern counties of Kentucky. My earliest recollections are of a large, old-fashioned farm-house, built of hewn rock, in which my old master, Mr. Nelson, and his family, consisting of a widowed sister, two...

Cuentos de navidad y reyes; cuentos de la patria; cuentos antiguosEn este volumen incluyo, bajo el ttulo de Cuentos de la Patria, algunos de los cuales cabra decir, como dijo el poeta del Canto Teresa, que son un desahogo de mi corazn y el...

Aarteen etsijät1. Postireke tavoittamassa 2. Minnetaki metsrosvojen ksiss 3. Vungain jljill 4. Rod seuraa ihmisjalkaisen karhun jlki 5. Rod taistelee hengestn 6. Kuoleman varjo 7. Pohjoiseen 8. Kultainen luoti 9. Ombabika-jokea vastavirtaan 10. Salaperinen laukaus 11. ni rotkossa 12. Vabi tekee merkillisen keksinnn 13....

Kaarle ja Sigismund I: Protestanttiko vai katolinen? - Historiallis-romanttinen kuvaus 1. Hehkua tuhan alla. 2. Kolmenkymmenen thteet. 3. Katolilainenko vai luterilainen. 4. Taistelu ainoan autuaaksi tekevn kirkon puolesta. 5. Ensiminen yhteentrmys. 6. Nadokset. 7. Upsala. 8. Jlkinytelm. 9. Katolinen hallitus. 10. Luostarissa. 11. Uusi...

The Squirrel Hunters of Ohio; or, Glimpses of Pioneer LifeAs an actor and interested witness of the marvelous changes which have occurred in the settlement and civilization of the North-west Territory, the author places before the reader this book, entitled, The Squirrel Hunters of...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 734, January 19, 1878In a densely populated street of the quaint sea-port of Marseilles there dwelt a poor locksmith and his family, who were so hard pressed by the dearness of provisions and the general...

Verses O soft, caressing sound, more sweet than scent Of violets in woody hollows! Tone As amorous as the ring-doves tender moan Beneath the spreading forests leafy tent; What mystery of earth or air hath lent Thee that bewitching music, where the drone Of...

Ozoplaning with the Wizard of OzI often have wondered about the Strat, have not you? Bet a bushel of peanuts you have! Well, while we've been wondering the Wizard of Oz has been inventing an Ozoplane to go Strato-sphering! Oh, there's some pretty high...

Travels in a Tree-topThe several full-page illustrations have been repositioned slightly to avoid falling in mid-paragraph. The captions appeared on a separate page. These illustrations were not included in the pagination. Multiple unnumbered blank pages associated with them have been removed. A pearly mist...

Recollections of a Peninsular VeteranTHE following pages have been selected from the autobiography of my grandfather, the late Colonel Joseph Anderson, who was born in Sutherlandshire, Scotland, on June 1, 1790, and died on July 18, 1877. It should be stated that this narrative...

Mitä Katy teki: KertomusKatyn nimi oli Katy Carr. Hn asui Burnet nimisess kaupungissa, joka ei ollut kovin iso, mutta kumminkin nopeasti kasvava. Talo, jossa hn asui, oli kaupungin laidassa. Se oli iso, nelikulmainen, valkea rakennus, jonka ikkunoissa oli vihret laskuverhot. Sen etusivulla oli katettu...

"Out of the East": Reveries and Studies in New JapanThe hotel seemed to me a paradise, and the maids thereof celestial beings. This was because I had just fled away from one of the Open Ports, where I had ventured to seek comfort in...

Teen-age Super Science StoriesCadet Marshall Farnsworth woke from a nightmare of exploding novae and fouling rockets. After recovering from his fright, he laughed contemptuously at himself. Here I was picked as the most stable of a group of two hundred cadets, he thought, and...

Mosaic of New Mexico's Scenery, Rocks, and HistoryPrevious Scenic Trips to the Geologic Past have emphasized scenic tours of local areas in New Mexico. This book lays out a mosaic of facts and fancies concerning the states landscapes, the rocks that underlie and make...

Lassen Trails: A Brief Guide to the Trails of Lassen Volcanic National ParkLassen Volcanic National Park, established on August 9, 1916, and containing more than 160 square miles, is administered by the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior. The National Park...

False Evidence I. MY APOLOGY II. THE FIRST CLOUD III. "THE BOY MUST BE TOLD" IV. "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" V. "ON BOSSINGTON HEADLAND" VI. AN INTERRUPTED ADDRESS VII. "I AM TOLD" VIII. "MY VOW" IX. AN UNEXPECTED VISIT X. THE FIRST MOVE XI. COLONEL...