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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the ShoreI cannot forego the pleasure of dedicating this little book to you; excepting of course the opening exhortation (needless enough in your case) to those who have not yet discovered the value of Natural History. Accept it as...

Stories from Everybody's MagazinePlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce about two million dollars...

The Autobiography of a Quack, and The Case of George Dedlow Both of the tales in this little volume appeared originally in the Atlantic Monthly as anonymous contributions. I owe to the present owners of that journal permission to use them. The Autobiography of...

The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 10Please take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this....

The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 1Please take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this....

Proposed Roads to Freedom THE attempt to conceive imaginatively a better ordering of human society than the destructive and cruel chaos in which mankind has hitherto existed is by no means modern: it is at least as old as Plato, whose "Republic" set the...

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories On comparing with the original Russian some English translations of Count Tolstoys works, published both in this country and in England, I concluded that they were far from being accurate. The majority of them were retranslations from the...

The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken. She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot. To-day she swept swiftly...

A Personal Record As a general rule we do not want much encouragement to talk about ourselves; yet this little book is the result of a friendly suggestion, and even of a little friendly pressure. I defended myself with some spirit; but, with characteristic...

The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992HEADS Introduction of signatories TITLE1 Common Provisions TITLE2 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European Ecomonic Community with a View to Establishing the European Community TITLE3 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European Coal...

The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiFOREWORD INTRODUCTION THE MANHATTAN PROJECT INVESTIGATING GROUP PROPAGANDA SUMMARY OF DAMAGES AND INJURIES MAIN CONCLUSIONS THE SELECTION OF THE TARGET DESCRIPTION OF THE CITIES BEFORE THE BOMBINGS Hiroshima Nagasaki THE ATTACKS Hiroshima Nagasaki GENERAL COMPARISON OF HIROSHIMA AND...

Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives Much research has been devoted to the effects of nuclear weapons. But studies have been concerned for the most part with those immediate consequences which would be suffered by a country that was the direct target of...

The Compleat AnglerSir,I have made so ill use of your former favours, as by them to be encouraged to entreat, that they may be enlarged to the patronage and protection of this Book: and I have put on a modest confidence, that I shall...

Catalan's Constant [Ramanujan's Formula]Catalan constant to 300000 digits computed on September 29, 1996 by using a Sun Ultra-Sparc in 1 day 8 hour 15 min 15 sec 55 hsec. The algorithm used is the standard series for Catalan, accelerated by an Euler transform. The...

Creatures That Once Were Men It is certainly a curious fact that so many of the voices of what is called our modern religion have come from countries which are not only simple, but may even be called barbaric. A nation like Norway has...

The Golden ThresholdOde to H. H. the Nizam of Hyderabad In the Forest Past and Future Life The Poet's Love-Song To the God of Pain The Song of Princess Zeb-un-nissa Indian Dancers My Dead Dream Damayante to Nala in the Hour of Exile The...

Poems Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. ISAIAH 60:15. My Mother's Kiss . . . . . . . . . . 1 A...

The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of HomeThe kettle began it! Dont tell me what Mrs. Peerybingle said. I know better. Mrs. Peerybingle may leave it on record to the end of time that she couldnt say which of them began it;...

The Heroes; Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My ChildrenMy Dear Children, Some of you have heard already of the old Greeks; and all of you, as you grow up, will hear more and more of them. Those of you who are boys will, perhaps,...

The Battle of LifeOnce upon a time, it matters little when, and in stalwart England, it matters little where, a fierce battle was fought. It was fought upon a long summer day when the waving grass was green. Many a wild flower formed by...