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Perkins of Portland: Perkins The GreatTHERE was very little about Perkins that was not peculiar. To mention his peculiarities would be a long task; he was peculiar from the ground up. His shoes had rubber soles, his hat had peculiar mansard ventilators on each...

The Jack-Knife ManPETER LANE GEORGE RAPP, the red-faced livery-man from town, stood with his hands in the pockets of his huge bear-skin coat, his round face glowing, looking down at Peter Lane, with amusement wrinkling the corners of his eyes. He was sitting on...

In PawnLem Redding had a dimple in his cheek that appeared when he smiled. For a boy with a faceful of freckles he was pretty. He had dear, bright gray eyes, and his smile, aided by the dimple, made most folks love him at...

The Confessions of a DaddyI guess we folks that live up at our end of town think we are about as good as anybody in Colorado, and mebby a little better. We get along together as pleasant as you please, and we are a...

The Great American Pie CompanyIf you take a pie and cut it in two, the track of your knife will represent the course of Mud River through the town of Gloning, and that part of the pie to the left of your knife will...

That Pup Murchison, who lives next door to me, wants to get rid of a dog, and if you know of anyone who wants a dog I wish you would let Murchison know. Murchison doesn't need it. He is tired of dogs, anyway. That...

Economic SophismsMy design in this little volume is to refute some of the arguments which are urged against the Freedom of Trade. I do not propose to engage in a contest with the protectionists; but rather to instil a principle into the minds of...

Protection and Communism This translation will not, it is hoped, be unacceptable to the English reader, particularly at the present moment, when it is not improbable that, under certain circumstances, a great effort may be made in this country to restore Protectionor, should that...

Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2Thiers as Chief of the ExecutiveNegotiations respecting a new Anglo-French Commercial TreatyReturn of the PrincesEmbarrassment caused by the Comte de ChambordQuestion of voting in the House of LordsThiers elected PresidentState of parties in FranceIrritation...

Le diable boiteux, tome IIUn jeune cavalier de Tolde, suivi de son valet de chambre, s'loignait grandes journes du lieu de sa naissance, pour viter les suites d'une tragique aventure. Il tait deux petites lieues de la ville de Valence, lorsqu' l'entre d'un bois...

L'Illustration, No. 1607, 13 décembre 1873Texte: Histoire de la semaine.--Courrier de Paris, par M. Philibert Audebrand. -- La Sur perdue, une histoire du Gran Chaco (suite), par M. Mayne Reid. -- Nos gravures. -- Bulletin bibliographique. -- L'Histoire de France raconte mes petits enfants,...

George Whitefield: A Biography, with special reference to his labors in AmericaThe excellent Matthew Henry has very truly said, "There are remains of great and good men, which, like Elijah's mantle, ought to be gathered up and preserved by the survivorstheir sayings, their writings,...

Le CalvaireLe Calvaire a t fort malmen par les patriotesces gens-l ne plaisantent pointaussi malmen qu'un tonneau de bire allemandece qui serait pour blesser mon amour-propreou qu'un opra de Wagnerce qui serait pour l'exalter. Les patriotes ont dtach de mon livre un court chapitre,...

Elements of Folk Psychology - Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of MankindThe keen interest which the present age is manifesting in problems connected with the interpretation of human experience is no less a result than it is a precondition of the...

Turun linnassa: Kertomus Juhana-herttuan ajoiltaI. Myrsky merell. II. Turvapaikka maalla. III. Raaseporissa. IV. Juhlamenot Turun linnassa. V. Juomingit seurasalissa. VI. Pilvi kevttaivaalla. VII. Retki Katrinedaaliin. VIII. Vanki. IX. Odottamaton lyt. X. Unelmat. Todellisuus. XI. Jrkhtmtn ptksessn. XII. Kahleet pstetn. XIII. Uusia lytj. Turvapaikka Ruissalossa....

Auszug aus der Alten, Mittleren und Neueren GeschichteDas vorliegende geschichtliche Handbuch, seit der neunten Auflage von dem jetzigen Herausgeber bearbeitet, ist durch Umgestaltung und Vermehrung des Inhalts bei den wiederholten Auflagen mehr und mehr ein Werk des Herausgebers geworden, von ihm zu vertreten hinsichtlich...

Albert BallinMY principal reason for publishing the information contained in this volume is to keep alive the memory of Albert Ballin. I particularly desire to show what was his share in bringing about the economic advance of Germany during the golden age of the...

The Origin of the Werewolf SuperstitionThe belief that a human being is capable of assuming an animals form, most frequently that of a wolf, is an almost worldwide superstition. Such a transformed person is the Germanic werewolf, or man-wolf; that is, a wolf which...

The Girl Warriors: A Book for Girls Winnifred Burton sat all alone in the pleasant sitting-room, curled up in an easy-chair so large that her little figure was almost lost in its great depths. The fire in the open grate burned brightly, sending out...

Tom Strong, Lincoln's Scout - A Story of the United States in the Times That Tried Men's SoulsMany of the persons and personages who appear upon the pages of this book have already lived, some in history and some in the pages of "Tom...