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Marion Harland's Cookery for Beginners - A Series of Familiar Lessons for Young HousekeepersBeyond doubt, the ability to make good bread. No one need rise hungry from a table on which is plenty of light, sweet bread, white or brown, and good butter. For...

Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean Society. - Fourth EditionThe history of the humblest human life is a tale of marvels. Dr. Johnson said that there was not a man in the street whose biography might not be made...

Culture & EthnologyThis booklet is an attempt at popularization. The first four chapters are practically identical with as many lectures, delivered in 1917 as the January course offered by the Department of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History. The purpose of the...

An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions - Also, an Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem, in 1692The following pages were in substance composed to be read before the Plymouth Lyceum, in 1829. When it was understood that Rev. Charles...

The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1847John Farmer, who was the most distinguished Genealogist and Antiquary of this country, was born at Chelmsford, Ms., June 12, 1789.[1] He was the eldest son of John Farmer, who married, January...

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 308 - New Series, Saturday, November 24, 1849 THE HALF-BOARDER. INDIAN POLICE REVELATIONS. TRACINGS OF THE NORTH OF EUROPE. PLAN FOR MAINTAINING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE LABOURING-CLASS. THE LATE DR ZUMPT. COLA MONTI. LADY SETTLERS IN AUSTRALIA. SCOTTISH BANKING. PROFESSIONAL...

Amor y PedagogíaNota del Transcriptor: Se ha respetado la ortografa y la acentuacin del original. Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Pginas en blanco han sido eliminadas. La portada fue diseada por el transcriptor y se considera dominio pblico El capricho la impaciencia,...

Wanderungen durch die interessantesten Gegenden des Sächsischen Obererzgebirges (Drittes Heft) - Ein Beitrag zur speciellern Kenntniß desselben, seines Volkslebens, der Gewerbsarten, Sitten und GebräucheDicht vor der altchemnitzer Vorstadt hat sich das, ber eine Stunde lange, schne Dorf Altchemnitz in einem flachen Bogen gegen Sden...

Avuttomia: KertomusHn nukkui puuvuoteella, selin vanhaan mieheens, sen seln takana, alusena jotain kulunutta. Laiha, raukea ksivarsi oli koukistettu korvallisen alle, pnalusen lisksi. Kasvoilla, joita paksuksi poimuttuneet vanhuudenrypyt ylt'yleens peittivt, ei nkynyt elonmerkkikn. Harvat, viel silyneet hiussuortuvat oli palmikoitu ja sidottu pikkunypykksi laihaan niskaan, ja...

The Shakespeare Story-Book Literary critics have many times during the past two thousand years waged battle with one another over the question whether drama owes its excellence chiefly to plot or chiefly to character. Is it the business of the dramatist, critics ask successively...

Remarks upon the First Report of the Royal Commission on Ritual in connection with the integrity of the Book of Common Prayer - A lecture delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Brighton Branch of the English Church Union, Nov. 27, 1867p. 2It is...

Types of canoes on Puget Sound he canoes and the canoe manufacture of the North Pacific area have already received a fair amount of attention in ethnographical literature.[1] Many sizes and shapes of craft are in use, most of which have not been described...

The Boy Hunters of KentuckyThere was no happier boy in all Kentucky than Jack Gedney on the morning that completed the first twelve years of his life, for on that day his father presented him with a fine rifle. Now, you must know that...

Siperian samojedien keskuudessa vuosina 1911-13 ja 1914Aina lapsuudestani saakka olin tuntenut vastustamatonta halua pst Aasiaan. Isni, Otto Donner, oli aikoinaan hnkin toivonut ja odottanut samaa mutta mahdollisuuden tarjoutuessa oli matkan toteuttaminen liian myhist. Olin perinyt hnen tyydyttmttmn halunsa ja pienest piten olin kuullut puhuttavan...

More Stories of the Three PigsYou remember, too, how the Wandering Wolf frightened the one in the straw house and "ate up that poor little pig." And you will never forget how he afterwards scared the one in the wooden house and "ate up...

Studies on Slavery, in Easy LessonsThis is a legitimate topic of general interest, and it assumes a preponderating importance to the people of the Southern American States, when the fact is taken into consideration that a general league against the institution of African slavery...

The Life of Carmen Sylva (Queen of Roumania)Carmen Sylvas volume of beautiful poetry, entitled My Rest, begins with the above poem. It explains the poetic reasons for the choice of the name under which the royal writer conceals herself. The title, My Rest, has...

Harper's Young People, September 6, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyWhen Tim left old Mose's kitchen it was nearly time for the steamer to start on her regular trip, and the[Pg 706] passengers were coming on board quite fast. The bustle and excitement which always...

Cassell's Book of In-door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside FunThis Work is a companion volume to Cassell's Book of Sports and Pastimes. As the latterwith the exception of the special sections on "Recreative Science," "The Workshop," and "Home Pets"is largely occupied with games and...

Kun ruusut kukkivat: 5-näytöksinen huvinäytelmä"Mamman Liisa", keski-ikinen talonneito. Silja, nuori tytt, edellisen sukulainen. "Pekka Eevastiina" (Pekka Leopold Huutava), rampa ruotiukko. Jorkka Maijanpoika Jurtikka, | Antti Hermanni Juikurinen, | Simo Aleksanteri Matikainen, | rautatien-tymiehi. Pekka Polykarpus Riemuton, n. 60-v. | Mikko Siunattu, | Miihkuli Petrinpoika...