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The KachárisIt is with some diffidence that I comply with Colonel Gurdons request that I should add a few words of preface and explanation to the last literary work of an old friend and pastor, whose loss will long be lamented in the Assam...

La garçonneEh! oui, le temps que les chers confrres aient jet, droite et gauche, leur venin Pudeurs retardement dont la bombe attendait, pour fulminer, l'clat de l'offensant succs! Et le temps aussi que s'apaist le concert des indignations plus ou moins feintes, le tolle...

Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers - an exposition of their similarities of throught and expression, preceded by a view of emblem-literature down to A.D. 1616Minor errors in punctuation and formatting have been silently corrected. Please see the transcribers note at the end of this...

Birds and Nature Vol. 10 No. 5 [December 1901]The vireos form a peculiar and interesting familythe Vireonid, which includes about fifty species. All are strictly American and the larger number inhabit only the forest or shrubby regions of Central and South America. The name...

The Evil Eye, Thanatology, and Other EssaysIN COMMEMORATION OF THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF THE INTRODUCTION OF ETHER AS AN ANAESTHETIC AGENT Fifty years ago to-daythat is to say, on the 16th of October, 1846,there occurred an event which marks as distinct a step in human...

Schutz- und Trutzbündnisse in der NaturDie Gesellschaft Kosmos bezweckt, die Kenntnis der Naturwissenschaften und damit die Freude an der Natur und das Verstndnis ihrer Erscheinungen in den weitesten Kreisen unseres Volkes zu verbreiten. Dieses Ziel sucht die Gesellschaft durch Verbreitung guter naturwissenschaftlicher Literatur zu...

The Hand-Made Gentleman: A Tale of the Battles of Peace THIS is a tale of youthof its loves and dreams and hazards, and of the incredible riches of purity which often belong to it. Many of the adventures which led to the Hand-Made Gentleman...

What Happened to MeIn my garden a lily grew, blossoming in snowy purity, fragrant sweetness and stately grace. It held the summer in its golden heart and the love of the angels crowned its radiant petals. It bade me "good-morning" and the dawn was...

John Gutenberg, First Master Printer - His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses and his DeathA wedding! how much joy is contained in that word! but even more in the thing itself! You, however, who live in these days, can hardly form an idea of...

Eminent Authors of the Nineteenth Century: Literary PortraitsIt is a well-known fact that at the beginning of this century several prominent Danes endeavored to acquire citizenship in German literature. Since then the effort has not been repeated by any Danish author. To say nothing...

Der Eroberer - Eine poetische Phantasie in fünf Kaprizzen. Aus alten Urkunden mit neuen Anmerkungen Seit den uralten Zeiten des furchtbaren Tearkon[1], der die Sulen Herkules aus Bescheidenheit nicht berschrit, fand sich, unter Eurer Majestt preiswrdigsten Ahnen zum Wohlseyn der Erde durch eine besondere...

Stjärnornas kungabarn 2: De tre - En tids- och karaktersstudie från drottning Kristinas dagar Den 16 September 1642 gick hennes majestts rlogsbrigg Andromeda till segel frn bo med destination till Norrkping, fr att dr utbyta sina sexton malmkanoner mot lika mnga jrnkanoner af billigare...

Stjärnornas kungabarn 1: Nattens barn - En tids- och karaktersstudie från drottning Kristinas dagar Fr knappt mer n fyrtio r tillbaka var den lrda skolan i Finland nrmast inrttad fr blifvande prster. Latinet flt fverst med en bottensats af grekiska och hebreiska. De hgre...

»1906«. Der Zusammenbruch der alten Welt Wir stehen am Ende. Das furchtbare Jahr, in dem die alte Welt von Blut so rot war, ist vorber. Wir haben ihn gehabt, den frischen frhlichen Krieg. Noch stehen europische Heere drauen, um Schritt fr Schritt das zurckzuerobern,...

Lauri StenbäckKaksi vuotta Helsingiss. Kaksi vuotta Upsalassa: "Matkamuistoja." Kotona ja taas Helsingiss: uusissa oloissa, ystvi ja tovereja. Kaksoisht Vyrill. Osakuntaelm. "Anna", "Tytn rukous", "Kirje ystvlleni" y.m. runoelmia. "Ajatelmia." "Ers kesilta." Edelleen osakuntaelm. Akateeminen oikeudenkynti. Pietismi yliopistopiireiss. Totuuden puolesta: kaikki tai ei mitn. Runebergin ja...

Polite Satires: Containing The Unknown Hand, The Volcanic Island, Square PegsSCENE. A Room in JULIET'S Flat. Back centre, a fire. To its right, a chair; to its left, an easy chair and a small table. Two envelopes and a new novel lie on the...

Die Ströme des NamenlosEs gibt Zeiten und Stunden und halbe Nchte, in denen ich immerfort ber die Ehe meiner Eltern nachdenken mu. Und manchmal scheint mir, mein Leben sei, als es mir noch unbewut war und in meiner Mutter beschlossen, schner und mchtiger und...

The First Book of EskimosThe author and artist are indebted to a great many scientists and other careful observers who have lived among the Eskimos. The whole record of our sources is too long to give, but here are some we have found particularly...

Women in English Life from Mediæval to Modern Times, Vol. IThe object aimed at in the following pages is to show the place that women have held in our national life, from the days when what we call the Saxon race was dominant in...

The Lost Mine of the Amazon: A Hal Keen Mystery StoryHal lay rigid in his deck chair and watched from under half-closed lids. The dapper little man came toward them soundlessly and approached Denis Keens chair with all the slinking agility of a cat....