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British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794 - Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army" This volume consists simply of extracts reprinted from my History of the British Army. It is published in order that the troops at the front may, if they wish...

Elsie's Friends at WoodburnThe weather on Christmas Day was an improvement upon thatthe wind being less boisterous and the snow-fall only an occasional light flurry, but the sun scarcely showed his face, and as evening drew on the moon shone but fitfully and through...

The River of London[Pg 3] INTRODUCTION Through the flats that bound the North Sea and shelve into it imperceptibly, merging at last with the shallow flood, and re-emerging in distant sandbanks and less conspicuous shoals, run facing each other two waterways far inland, which...

Aboe Bakar: Indische RomanHet parelgrijs van den jongen dag bij zwaar bedekte lucht, gaf het Indisch landschap een westersche tint. Er ontbrak iets aan: de groote, gloeiende vuurbol wierp er zijn heete gouden lichtbundels niet over; hulde niet alles in het zware oostersche geel,...

The Laughter of Slim MaloneTime has little to do with reputation in the far West, and accordingly the name of Slim Malone grew old in the region of Appleton, and yet the owner of the name was still young. Appleton was somewhat of a...

Célszerű szegény emberekAz lettrtnetrl beszljek? Nincs neki. lete kls adataival onnan kezdve, hogy szletett 1866-ban a cegldi vasti llomson, tkzben s meghalt 1917 prilis 24-n Szegeden, az Oroszln-utcban, amelyet mr Tmrkny-utcnak hvnak nem lehetne megtlteni egy oldalt. Heroikus lendlet, romantikus lethullmzs a plyjbl csak...

Seikkailusta seikkailuun: Sotaisia tarinoita Filippiinien saariltaI. Matkamme tarkoitus. II. Malaijilainen Kasim. III. Manilaan. IV. Matkustajamme. V. Petos. VI. Kuinka kapinallisia tehdn. VII. Kiper paikka. VIII. Tumabongin mahtimiehet. IX. Annabel Leen tuhoutuminen. X. Kuinka kapinallisten lukumr enenee. XI. Jlleen takaa-ajettuina. XII. Pahoja uutisia Tumabongista. XIII....

Herr, mach' uns frei!Der zur Rste gehende Julitag hatte alle vorangegangenen Tage, so hei sie auch gewesen waren, bertroffen. Vom frhen Morgen ab hatte die Sonne von dem wolkenlosen Himmel auf die Erde herabgeschienen. Nun ging aber ihre Herrschaft zu Ende, denn der glhende...

The Summers Readers: First ReaderWHEN the school introduces and trains each child of society into membership within a little community, saturating him with the spirit of service, and providing him with the instruments of effective self-direction, we shall have the deepest and best guarantee...

Southern Soldier StoriesThe use of the first personal pronoun singular in any of these stories does not of necessity mean that the author had anything to do with the events chronicled. I tell the story as twas told to me. SOUTHERN SOLDIER STORIES When...

The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless ManThe Committee on Homeless Men was organized by the Executive Committee of the Chicago Council of Social Agencies on June 16, 1922, to study the problem of the migratory casual worker. Its members included men and women...

Through the Crater's RimBut even as I gazed, transfixed with horror, paralyzed by the sight, the vine threw its last coil about the dying man and before my eyes drew the quivering body into the tree above. Then something approached my leg. With a...

Stormy, Misty's FoalDedicated to the boys and girls everywhere whose pennies, dimes, and dollars helped restore the wild herds on Assateague Island, and who by their spontaneous outpouring of love gave courage to the stricken people of Chincoteague. In the gigantic Atlantic Ocean just...

Storia della Repubblica di Firenze v. 3/3 Se vi ebbe mai tempo in cui si veggano ad un tratto mutare aspetto le umane cose come per iscena di teatro, e nuovi uomini atteggiarsi diversamente da quei di prima, e un altro ordine prodursi di...

Storia della Repubblica di Firenze v. 2/3 Abbiamo sul fine del precedente Libro, dov rimasta la narrazione dei fatti civili, mostrato come le due contrarie parti andassero innanzi ciascuna per s, fatte allultimo pi temerarie, e dividessero la Repubblica. Mentre era delitto parlare daccordi...

Storia della Repubblica di Firenze v. 1/3 Essendo a tutti oramai noto che le Prefazioni si fanno da ultimo; e poich, fuori dogni mia speranza, mi fu concesso condurmi al termine di questo lavoro, voglio pur dire intorno ad esso alcune cose che poi...

What Price Peace?Potential causes of war confront us on every hand. Peace has not come. Our military men tell us that getting ready for war is the way to peace. It is their duty to prepare the nation for war. This method, however, will...

The Sixth Marine DivisionLast of the famous Marine divisions of World War II, the Sixth was activated on 7 September 1944 on Guadalcanal, the same island that the First Marine Division had landed on exactly twenty five months before. Although the Sixth Marine Division...

The Man Higher UpTrant substituted for the photograph the bent wire given him by Miss Rowan. Then for the last time he swung to the instrument, and as his eyes caught the wildly vibrating pencils, they flared with triumph. While the results of psychic...

Isa Asp: Nuoren pohjalaisen runoilijaneitosen elämäntarina "Oi, jospa minkin edes niin paljon kuin pieni kipin saisin valaista Suomen yt ja sitten kuolla ja haihtua pois!" Ryhtyessni kuvamaan Isa Aspin elmntarinaa, en ole yrittnytkn arvostella hnen runotuotantoansa taiteelliselta kannalta, vaan olen tahtonut vain koota yhteen...