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For the BirdsAmong the fondest and most memorable moments of childhood are the discoveries of songbirds nesting in the backyard. The distinctive, mud-lined nests of robins and their beautiful blue eggs captivate people of all ages. Likewise, the nesting activities of house wrens, cardinals,...

From an Easy ChairThis little book is a reproduction, with some emendations, of articles which appeared in the Daily Telegraph in the six months between the beginning of last October and the end of April. If it should meet with success, further collections of...

Buccaneer of the Star Seas"... and thou shalt be immortal!" Such was the curse of that 13th Century sorcerer. Now Carlyle roamed the uncharted star-seas, seeking Death as he sought the richly-laden derelicts in that sargossa of long-vanished space-galleons. An unpleasant shudder went through...

Seul, à travers l'AtlantiqueIL A T TIR DE CET OUVRAGE: QUINZE EXEMPLAIRES SUR PAPIER JAPON IMPRIAL NUMROTS JAPON 1 A 15; TRENTE EXEMPLAIRES SUR PAPIER MADAGASCAR LAFUMA NUMROTS MADAGASCAR 1 A 30; CENT EXEMPLAIRES SUR PAPIER HOLLANDE VAN GELDER NUMROTS HOLLANDE 1 A 100...

Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic ArtThe purpose of the present work is to study what is known of one of the most important genres of Greek sculpturethe monuments erected at Olympia and elsewhere in the Greek world in honor of victorious athletes at...

The Arab conquests in Central AsiaThe Oxus is a boundary of tradition rather than of history. Lying midway between the old frontier of Aryan civilisation formed by the Jaxartes and the Pamr and the natural strategic frontier offered by the north-eastern escarpment of the...

My Literary ZooCan not fail to be of the utmost interest to any and all who have spent any time in the country and observed the ways of country people. Miss Sanborn is simply inimitable in her ability to catch the humorous in what...

L'affaire du bonnet et les Mémoires de Saint-SimonLe 25 aot 1683, Saint-Simon, qui s'appelait alors le vidame de Chartres, reut, l'occasion de sa fte, la Saint-Louis, un petit volume reli en maroquin rouge, portant sur la couverture: au centre, les armoiries de sa maison;...

Swiss Heroes: An Historical Romance of the Time of Charles the BoldThe period of the Swiss Heroes romance is in the days of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy; and the sentiment of its title is to be found in the careers of the...

Seeing LincolnCome with us, all you who are new to the city or you who bid fair to live and die in Lincoln without ever having seen her various faces. Well teach you inwell, we dont know how many lessonssomething about the city in...

A Manual of Mending and Repairing; With DiagramsThe author of this work modestly trusts that all who read it with care will admit that in it he has distinctly shown that mending or repairing, which has hitherto been regarded as a mere adjunct to...

The Plus Food for Minus MealsPerhaps the meals you serve are bulk-minus meals. Kelloggs All-Bran is the bulk-plus food so necessary in the well-balanced diet. Serve as a cereal, combined with other cereals, or use it as an ingredient in many tempting and economical...

Paul JonesThe writer feels the most sincere diffidence in making use of the mighty name and personality of Paul Jones, who, as Cooper justly says, was not only a great seaman but a great man. An excuse, however, is not wanting. It is justifiable...

Paradoxes and Problemes - With two characters and an essay of valour. Now for the first time reprinted from the editions of 1633 and 1652 with one additional probleme.[ii]This edition is limited to 645 copies, printed and made in England for the Nonesuch Press...

A Poor GentlemanThe house of Penton is one of the greatest in the county of which it is an ornament. It is an old house, but not of the kind which is now so generally appreciated and admired. It is not Elizabethan nor Jacobean,...

Star PirateIt was cold that night, I remember. Cold and clear as ice. And although Ceres has no moon ... it's hardly more than a satellite itself, ... the starlight penetrated its thin, dustless atmosphere with surprising brilliance, throwing weird shadows across the icy...

Az öreg tekintetes: RegénySovny, hajlott asszonyka vnszorgott az utcn. Barna tlikend volt rajta s a kezben bot. Minden kapu eltt megllt s krlnzte a kaput. Vgre egy zldre mzolt hromemeletes hz el rkezett. Ott a kapu oldaln nttt vastbla hirdette, hogy orvos is lakik...

Crises in the History of the Papacy - A study of twenty famous popes whose careers and whose influence were important in the development of the church and in the history of the worldProbably no religious institution in the world has had so remarkable...

Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825, Vol. 2 (of 2) - Or, Journal of a Voyage to the United StatesBe it remembered, That on the sixth day of November, in the fifty-fourth year of the independence of the United States of America, A....

Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of Elias HicksAmong the papers which were left by Elias Hicks, there were several manuscripts, written by himself, containing many particulars respecting his life and religious engagements. His connexions have collected these Memoirs, and now present them...