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Psycho Vox; or, The Emerson System of Voice CultureIt is true in nature, in both organic and inorganic matter, that sound reports the quality of substance, that is, the quality of the sound indicates the quality of the object which produces it. This is...

The Lake-Dwellings of Europe - Being the Rhind Lectures in Archæology for 1888The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, in offering me the Rhind lectureship in Archology for the year 1888, left me no choice of a subject, as they had already suggested that the...

His Master's VoiceI'd been in Ravenhurst's office on the mountain-sized planetoid called Raven's Rest only twice before. The third time was no better; Shalimar Ravenhurst was one of the smartest operators in the Belt, but when it came to personal relationships, he was utterly...

Della scienza militare Se a questa seconda edizione aggiungiamo una prefazione invece di un avvertimento, come facemmo prima, crediamo necessario dar conto ai nostri lettori delle ragioni che ci hanno ci consigliato, e dire che cosa in essa ci siamo proposti. La ragione principale...

Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales of Hindu DevilryThe sage BhavabhutiEastern teller of these talesafter making his initiatory and propitiatory cong to Ganesha, Lord of Incepts, informs the reader that this book is a string of fine pearls to be hung round the neck...

Thirteen StoriesTo-day in warfare all the niceties of old-world tactics are fallen into contempt. No word of outworks, ravelins, of mamelons, of counter-scarps, of glacis, fascines; none of the terms by means of which Vauban obscured his art, are even mentioned. Armies fall to...

Reminiscences of the King of Roumania Goethe (West-Oestlicher Divan). It is said to have been a chance occasion which gave the first impetus towards the compilation of the German original[1] from which these "Reminiscences of the King of Roumania have been re-edited and abridged."...

Nigelin vaiheet: Historiallinen romaani kuningas Jaakko I:n ajoilta Esipuhe. 1. Kellosepn oppipojat. 2. Kyhn ylpeytt. 3. Outo anomuksen esittj. 4. Raha-asioita. 5. Anomus esitetn paremmin. 6. Kiusallinen ritari. 7. Salaperinen asukas. 8. Lemmenvlittj. 9. Anomus kolmannen kerran. 10. Vertainen ystv. 11. Viettelij. 12. Hienoston...

Devonshire Characters and Strange EventsIn treating of Devonshire Characters, I have had to put aside the chief Worthies and those Devonians famous in history, as George Duke of Albemarle, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Joshua Reynolds, the Coleridges, Sir Stafford Northcote, first...

Harper's Round Table, November 5, 1895It was the first day of June. The air was balmy with sweet odors, the sky was clear and blue, and everything that could sing or make a noise was endeavoring to rejoice. And this was his Britannic Majesty's...

David Blaize and the Blue DoorEver since he was four years old, and had begun to think seriously, as a boy should, David Blaize had been aware that there was a real world lying somewhere just below the ordinary old thing in which his...

The Double GardenCopyright, 1902, By Harper & BrothersCopyright, 1903, By Harper & Brothers, the Century Co.Copyright, 1904, By Maurice Maeterlinck, Harper & Brothers, the Century Co., The Ess Ess Publishing Co., Ainslee's Magazine Co.Copyright, 1904, By Dodd, Mead and CompanyPublished May, 1904 Of the...

Birds and Nature, Vol. 08, No. 1, June 1900 - In Natural ColorsFLOWERS are of very many patterns, and it must not be supposed that there is any special pattern for them all. There are four parts which belong to flowers in general, and...

Der Held von Uganda: Leben und Wirken des Pioniermissionars Alexander MackayDie Londoner Zeitung Daily Telegraph brachte im November 1875 einen Artikel, der eine elektrisierende Wirkung hatte. Es war ein Brief des berhmten Weltreisenden Henry M. Stanley, in dem mit flammender Begeisterung der Reichtum und...

Katy GaumerEvery Wednesday evening in winter Katy Gaumer went to the Millerstown post-office for her grandfather's "Welt Bote," the German paper which circulated among the Pennsylvania Germans of Millerstown. By six o'clock she and Grandfather Gaumer and Grandmother Gaumer had had supper; by half...

Sir Wilfrid LaurierI have long been of the opinion that a genius is a man who knows a good thing when he steals it, and this is the first time I have had a chance to steal on an ambitious scale. I have stolen...

Jaundice: Its Pathology and Treatment - With the Application of Physiological Chemistry to the Detection and Treatment of Diseases of the Liver and Pancreas"Time being money," quite as much to the professional as it is to the mercantile man, the author has endeavoured in...

Teodor DalnokiHurskaat jesuitti-ist olivat kokoontuneet luostarinsa refektorioon [ruokasali luostarissa] pitmn salaista neuvottelua. Ksiteltv asia oli varmaankin erittin trket laatua, sill, mit enempi sit pohdittiin, sit mukaa neuvottelevain net tulivat yh korkeammiksi, liikkeet vilkkaammiksi, kasvot punottavimmiksi; latinaiset puheenparret risteilivt toisiaan vastaan kuin tervt miekkailusilt. Vihdoinkin...

The Silent Watchers - England's Navy during the Great War: What It Is, and What We Owe to ItCsar, said a Sub-lieutenant to his friend, a temporary Lieutenant R.N.V.R., who at the outbreak of war had been a classical scholar at Oxford, you were...

Te LandeAls Cloet dien zaterdagnamiddag, om vier uur juist de zware hekken van de Gentsche gevangenis zag opengaan, en eensklaps, na een tiental schreden, wer in vrijheid was, trok hij haastig, door het daglicht verblind en reeds aan eenzaamheid en duisternis gewend, den breeden...