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An American Patrician, or The Story of Aaron Burr - Illustrated THE Right Reverend Doctor Bellamy is a personage of churchly consequence in Bethlehem. Indeed, the doctor is a personage of churchly consequence throughout all Connecticut. For he took his theology from that well-head...

A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora The following is little more than a diary of a voyage made by me on the whaler Aurora of Dundee in 1884. I cannot imagine its being read by many, as the subject can only...

The Apaches of New York These stories are true in name and time and place. None of them in its incident happened as far away as three years ago. They were written to show you how the other half livein New York. I had...

In Indian Tents - Stories Told by Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and Micmac Indians to Abby L. AlgerIn the summer of 1882 and 1883, I was associated with Charles G. Leland in the collection of the material for his book The Algonquin Legends of New England,...

Verses of a V.A.D.These poems, by a writer for whom I have literary hopes, belong very clearly to that new and vigorous type of poetry which has sprung from the stress of the last few years and has its root in things done and...

Suuri oppi: Johdatus kungfutselaiseen elämänkatsomukseenSuuri tuntematon on kaukaisen idn kiinalainen maailma suomalaiselle yleislle thn asti ollut. Vieraan isnnn alamaisina ei meill ole ollut erikoisempaa aihetta kiinnitt huomiotamme monien miljoonien merkilliseen maahan. Ainoastaan lhetyskansa on lhemmin seurannut siklisi oloja parisen vuosikymment. Kiinaa ksittelev suomenkielinen kirjallisuus...

The Invasion of 1910, with a full account of the siege of LondonWITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF LONDON BY WILLIAM LE QUEUX NAVAL CHAPTERS BY H. W. WILSON INTRODUCTORY LETTER BY FIELD-MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS, K.G., K.P., ETC. Toronto THE MACMILLAN COMPANY...

PoemsHenry Reed Conant was born in Janesville, Wis., on the seventeenth day of February, 1872. When four years of age he removed to Vermont, the native state of his parents Henry Clay and Dora Evaline (Reed) Conant. Henry was educated in the public schools...

The Life, Times, and Scientific Labours of the Second Marquis of Worcester - To which is added a reprint of his Century of Inventions, 1663, with a Commentary thereon.The Middle Ages are usually considered to have closed between 1490 and 1500, only one century...

Catalogue of Works Literary Art and MusicHONE (William), Ancient Mysteries described, especially the English Miracle Plays founded on the Apocryphal New Testament Story, extant among the unpublished MSS. in the British Museum, including notices of Ecclesiastical Shows and Festivals of Fools and Asses, the...

Novellen - Hausgenossen. — Und Doch! — Der tolle Junker. — Finderlohn. — Glück muß man haben!In dem sonnenhellen, saubern Stbchen, das sie nun schon seit zwanzig Jahren bewohnte, sa Frulein Sabine Krauthoff und strickte, whrend sie, mit einer Hornbrille auf der Nase, in...

Biography of Percival LowellIf genius is the capacity for taking infinite pains, Percival Lowell possessed it abundantly from his study of Esoteric Shinto, in his earlier life in Japan, to his great calculation of the position and orbit of an unknown planet beyond Neptune,...

Loafing Along Death Valley Trails: A Personal Narrative of People and PlacesTo one who, without complaint or previous experience with desert hardships, shared with me the difficult and often dangerous adventures in part recorded in this book, which but for her persistent urging, would...

Beauchamp; or, The Error.It was in the reign of one of the Georges--it does not matter which, though perhaps the reader may discover in the course of this history. After all, what does it signify in what king's reign an event happened, for although...

The Poetry of Science; or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of NatureThe True is the Beautiful. Whenever this becomes evident to our senses, its influences are of a soul-elevating character. The beautiful, whether it is perceived in the external forms of matter, associated in...

Popular Pastimes for Field and Fireside, or Amusements for young and oldI WOULD like to make a few suggestions on home influence, before I commence a list of amusements. They may be superfluous; if so, I trust you will pardon me. All parents, I...

Lentävä hollantilainenSchelden oikealla rannalla olevan pienen linnoitetun Terneuse-nimisen kyln ulkolaidassa sijaitsi seitsemnnentoista vuosisadan keskivaiheilla muudan pieni ja siev tummankeltainen talo, jonka ikkunaluukut olivat viherit. Rakennus oli pienen, pensasaidan ymprimn puutarhan keskell ja koko aluetta kiersi melko leve vesioja, jonka yli ei ollut niinkn helppo...

Federal Stamp Taxes on Drafts, Checks and Promissory Notes, 1919The Revenue Act of 1918 imposes a tax on drafts and checks, payable otherwise than at sight or on demand, upon their acceptance or delivery, whichever is prior, within the territorial jurisdiction of the United...

The Land of Little RainI confess to a great liking for the Indian fashion of name-giving: every man known by that phrase which best expresses him to whoso names him. Thus he may be Mighty-Hunter, or Man-Afraid-of-a-Bear, according as he is called by friend...

MurroksessaIloitse sydn! Uudestisyntymisess. Vitka vauhti Tyhn! Ennustuksia. Kevss. Kevttulvissa. Luonnonlaki. Murros. Lakkolaisille. Yh kidu ja krsi. Yksi on totuus. Me kuljemme Kuolonlasten laulu. Kaleeriorjat soutavat. Valitusvirsi. "Ollako vai eik olla". Unta ja totta. Auliutta. Olkaa valveill' Y on Jauhakaa orjat! Nyt toverit! Umpimhkn. Kummemmasta...