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Karjalan Osman nuoruus: Historiallinen kertomus yhdeksänneltä vuosisadalta "On totta, ett ruusunhohde lep Pohjolan viikinkiajan yll, mutta jos varustamme silmmme historian nklasilla, niin huomaamme pian, ett tm ruusunhohde ei ole muuta kuin vrisekotus verest ja kyynelist." "Ei parempaa onnea ikn pyytmist!" virkkoi hn. "Ajatelkaas, kaikki...

Treatise on landscape painting in water-colours by David CoxWhen an artist is beyond question a master of his craft it is always particularly interesting to hear what he has to say about the principles by which his art is controlled and the methods he...

When Oscar Went WildRen Merton and Sig Watson had spent the night in Piperock and of a consequence were in no shape to appreciate the beauties of the dewy morn, as their horses picked their way up the trail to the top of Overwhich...

The Little Review, March 1915 (Vol. 2, No. 1) This is not man-to-man enmity, but there need be no quibble about it. For seventeen years I have studied T. R. as representative of that America which has consistently betrayed the finer aspirations of our...

Earth's Gone to the Dogs!Ruskin leaned back and yawnedthe porch chair creaked comfortably. It was a comfortable day. Fifty yards away the barnyard was alive with Spring noises. Clean crisp smells floated to him through the bright morning air. Ruskin frowned and swore quietly....

La Rabistoj: Dramo en kvin aktojKaj iaj Korespondantoj: DANUJO, ANDR.-FRED. HST & SN, Bredgade 35, KJBENHAVN. GERMANUJO, ESPERANTO-VERLAG MLLER & BOREL, Prinzenstrasse, 95, BERLIN. GRANDA BRITUJO, REVIEW of REVIEWS, Mowbray House, Norfolk street, LONDON W. C. HISPANUJO, J. ESPASA, 579, Calle de las Cortes,...

Joan, the CurateIt was soon after the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1748, had put an inglorious end to an inglorious war, that the Government of the day began to give serious attention to an evil which had been suffered to grow while public attention...

The BeachcomberMaxwell and the girl started their weekend on Thursday, in Venice. Friday they went to Paris, Saturday to Nice, and on Sunday they were bored. Alice pouted at him across the breakfast table. "Vernon, let's go someplace else," she said. The eggs were...

Orienting the House: A Study of the Placing of the House with Relation to the Sun's RaysIn selecting a home site, there are a number of very important things to be considered. When once you settle the point of convenient accessibility to your work...

General Crook and the Fighting Apaches - Treating Also of the Part Borne by Jimmie Dunn in the days, 1871-1886, When With Soldiers and Pack-trains and Indian Scouts, but Employing the Stronger Weapons of Kindness, Firmness and Honesty, the Gray Fox Worked Hard to...

Our Irish Theatre: A chapter of autobiographyTo Richard Gregory.Little Grandson: When I go into the garden in the morning to find you a nectarine or tell you the names of flowers, Catalpa, Lovelies-bleeding, Balsam, Phlox, you ask me why I cannot stay but must...

Writing ClassEddie McDermott paused at the door, then caught his breath and tiptoed into the classroom and to his seat. Mort Eddison, his best friend, looked at him reprovingly; the class had been in session for almost fifteen minutes, and one just didn't come...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 30, Vol. I, July 26, 1884The ocean has been watched and studied for ages in innumerable aspectsit has been looked at from points of view wide asunder as the polesit has been sung...

DeirdreOnce on a time Conachr mac Nessa[1] was on a journey, and had to pass the night at the house of Felimid mac Dall, his storyteller. He was annoyed because his wife, Maeve, had not come with him, but Maeve had the knack of...

Psychology and CopperScientific prospectin has its merits, announced Ike Harper, as he climbed out of the gopher-hole and sat down beside me on a boulder and filled his pipe, but fool luck has uncovered more bonanzas than science. Now, there was ol Jerry Sullivans...

The Little Review, February 1915 (Vol. 1, No. 11) An interesting man said recently that the five qualities which go into the making of the great personalityof the genius, perhapsare (1) energy, (2) imagination, (3) character, (4) intellect, (5) and charm. I number them...

The Color of His BootsI still contend that Magpie Simpkins is too finicky. Its all right for a feller to desire to appear to a good advantage, especially on Sunday, but a finicky person hadnt ought to pack a gun at a time when...

Twee VrindenPandoer springt vroolijk vooruit, hapt naar een uitgetrokken plukje mos, schudt het heen en weer en gooit het spelend in de lucht; dan weer vervolgt hij een brommende groene vlieg en kijkt [8]telkens om naar zijn baas, die met groote passen over den...

The ToyThe night, starry, cold, clear, was around them, unfriendly. The natives huddled at the edge of the clearing and stared out at the stockade. There was movement theretwo sentries, abreast, threading their way in and out of shadows. The moonlight was pale and...

BreadMrs. Sturgis had a way of tapping the ivory keys of the piano with her pencil when she was counting the beat during a music lesson. It made her little pupils nervous and sometimes upset them completely. Now she abruptly interrupted herself and rapped...