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The Lost King of OzA whole book full of news has happened in Oz since I wrote to you last year. But before I tell a word of it, I must thank you for the wonderful letters you have written to me. It is...

Theodore Savage: A Story of the Past or the FutureIf it had been possible for Theodore Savage to place on record for those who came after him the story of his life and experiences, he would have been the first to admit that the...

Early Woodcut Initials - Containing over Thirteen Hundred Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries The ornamentation of books dates probably from the time of their invention, that is to say, it goes back to a very remote antiquity. From Greece,...

Írók, könyvek, emlékekA harmadik gimnziumba jrtam, amikor Petfi lelke elszr megihletett. A gyorsrversenyen nyertem egy pldnyt annak a kortrsaim eltt nagyon jl ismert zld-tbls Petfi-kiadsnak, amelynek egy forint volt az ra s amelybl a mi nemzedknk a kltt megismerte. rltem az ajndkknyvnek, dlutn kivittem...

Les XipéhuzLa tribu nomade de Pjehou, avec ses nes, ses chevaux, son btail, traversait la fort farouche de Kzour, vers le crpuscule du soir, dans locan de la mer oblique. Le chant du dclin senflait, planait, descendait des niches harmonieuses. Tout le monde tant...

The Flag of the Adventurer At last! murmured Eveleen Ambrose with heartfelt relief, gaining the unsteady deck by dint of a frantic clutch at her husbands arm, and cannoning helplessly against an unfortunate man who happened to be standing near the head of the...

HideoutRobbin Cutlass was angry. He wouldn't let this one go by. Not even with a million credits on his head. But damn it, one ship and one crew couldn't fight the whole Tri-Planet Entente Space Patrol alone. But that was how it had to...

Blue and Purple BLUE AND PURPLE SONGS TO A WIFE BLUE AND PURPLE FAR HORIZONS HEBES EYES SWEET FACE, I SEE THEE SHINE TWO FLOWERS THE MUSIC OF MY HEART THE TRYST NATURES LOVELINESS YOU THE LAST LIGHT WHEN YOU WERE BORN FORTUNE, YOU...

The Lost DryadA dozen years ago, when every one was still reading Rudder Grange and The Merry Chanter, Frank R. Stockton asked Mrs. Frederick Gotthold which of his stories she liked best. Her choice of the fairy tale, Old Pipes and The Dryad, pleased...

Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1885. Seventh Report - (Vol. II No. 2)The following Report contains a summary of investigations of a Committee reappointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Aberdeen, in 1885,...

The StrangerThey came down to rest their tubes on an unnamed planet of a little-known star in the Buckhorn Cluster. Because they were tired from weeks in space, they came in without looking. They circled the planet once and spiraled down to an open...

Final ExaminationI suppose it started some time back, even before the astronomers discovered it, and certainly long before I found out. How far back I have no idea; thousands of years, perhaps, or more. But the first I knew about it was one March...

On the BorderlandCOPYRIGHT, 1923 BYDOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES ANDGREAT BRITAIN COPYRIGHT, 1919, 1920, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CO. COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY...

Drawings in pen & pencil from Dürer's day to ours, with notes and appreciationsIn the original circular relating to this volume it was announced that Mr. Malcolm C. Salaman would contribute the letterpress. The Editor desires to express his sincere regret that, owing to...

La Reĝo de la MontojVi estas, sinjorino, kiu adis unua tiun novelon. Mi rakontis in al vi, anta tri monatoj, tuj post via edzinio, kiam mi mem ne ankora sciis in perfekte. Vole, nevole, vi memoros dum via tuta vivo rakonton, kies dato protektos...

The Riders of Ramapo PassThere was a time in the West when hard men lived hardand died hard! The mountains and ravines were pouring out their long-hoarded treasures with reckless prodigality, and the lure of gold, like a magnet, drew creatures of every description...

The Fire FlowerSheldon had plunged on into this new country rather recklessly, being in reckless mood. Now, five days northward of Belle Fortune, he knew that he had somewhere taken the wrong trail. The knowledge came upon him gradually. There was the suspicion before...

Baboe DalimaIn den avond van den 4den Februari 1885, had de schrijver dezer bladzijden in eene buitengewone vergadering van de Indologische Vereeniging te Delft eene lezing gehouden over de opium in Ned. Indi.1 Bij terugkeer naar s-Gravenhage evenwel betuigde een der hoorders zijn leedwezen,...

Iron Hand, Chief of the Tory League; or, The Double FaceWhen the colonists had acquired a mastery over the savages of the wilderness, and assisted in breaking the French power on their frontier, they began to feel their manhood stirring within them, and they...

Two Christmas Stories: Sam Franklin's Savings-Bank; A Miserable Christmas and a Happy New YearIF any one had told Sam Franklin before he married that he would ever save money out of his wages, he would have laughed the idea to scorn; they had never...