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The Historical Geography of Europe, Vol. I, TextIt is now several years since this book was begun. It has been delayed by a crowd of causes, by a temporary loss of strength, by enforced absence from England, by other occupations and interruptions of various...

Countdown10 years of uneasy peace, since the Hour of Tragedy ... ten apprehensive, uneasy years pungent with fear, with hatred, distrust ... ten years like ten thousand in the past of man ... ten units out of the infinite, out of time the eternal,...

Les Bourgeois de WitzheimL'Allemand dit: Ia; l'Alsacien dit: I. Ia est net, tranchant, affirmatif; I est tranant, ironique, dubitatif. Tout est l, et vous pouvez aller de Bischwiller Mulhouse si vous prononcez I comme il faut. Les mots franais, sems dans la phrase alsacienne...

The Cruise of the Catalpa: A Poem[The following is one of his latest literary efforts,which was often sung by the ships company,a song entitled Rolling Home, which eminently proves that he is possessed of as much poetic fire and genius, as he is of...

Captain of the KaliJohn Ward, God Helper, hung in his chair like a damp, empty uniform. An open, four-foot port showed a circle of blazing blue sky and a regular glimpse of a high, curving topsail. The humid, hot salty flavor of a strange...

A Fortnight at the Front Whether any one has the right to make any statement with regard to something which has only been studied for a short time is questionable, and, therefore, I do not pretend to any dogmatic utterance, but I wish simply...

Out of the Flame Five Portraits and a Group I. The General's Wife Refuses II. Aux Bords de la Mer III. Giardino Pubblico IV. Ultimate Judgment V. An Old-Fashioned Sportsman Group: English Tea-rooms My thanks are due to the Editors of The Nation, The...

Argonaut and Juggernaut My thanks are due to Messrs. Blackwell for permission to reprint certain poems which first appeared in the anthology "Wheels," and to the editors of The Times, the Nation, Art and Letters, the Cambridge Magazine, Everyman, Colour, New Paths, and Poetry...

Another EarthLieutenant Colonel Philip Snow, Flight Surgeon, USAF, and Test Director of the Aero-Medical Laboratory, was pacing the study floor in his quarters, asking himself for the dozenth time in the past half-hour: What had happened to Richardson during the test that afternoon? He...

Medical Thoughts of ShakespeareThe occasion is taken to acknowledge the kind consideration that the first edition of this little work has received. This edition appears in a thoroughly revised and much enlarged form; to what extent, may be judged by the fact that chapters...

The Armies of EuropeThe matter contained in the following pages has been corrected up to date. The Corrigenda at the end of Germany, France, Italy, and Russia, refer to the alterations that have taken place during the progress of this work through the press....

Crystallizing Public OpinionIn the ten years that have elapsed since this book was written, events of profound importance have taken place. During this period, many of the principles set forth in the book have been put to the test and have been proven true....

The Universal KinshipThe Universal Kinship means the kinship of all the inhabitants of the planet Earth. Whether they came into existence among the waters or among desert sands, in a hole in the earth, in the hollow of a tree, or in a palace;...

Drug Smuggling and Taking in India and BurmaAt a time when the drug-evil, as it is called, is attracting so much attention all over the world, it does not seem out of place to tell the public something about how conditions in regard to...

Juicio razonado sobre los acontecimientos de Europa, situacion del Sumo Pontífice, y tambien sobre la ventajosa posicion en que se encuentra la España, respecto del resto de EuropaLa revolucion poltica que se verifica en esa porcion de Europa y que ha conmovido hasta los...

Witch of the GlensCopyright 1962 by Sally Watson All rights reserved First published in 1962 by The Viking Press, Inc. 625 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N. Y. Published simultaneously in Canada by The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited Each uisghe. Water horse (mythical...

France from Behind the Veil: Fifty Years of Social and Political LifeWhile this volume has been passing through the press certain of the personages still living at the time Count Vassili was at work on the manuscript of France from Behind the Veil have...

A History of England, Period I. Mediæval MonarchyThe history of civilization can be traced in great lines which have more or less followed a similar direction throughout all Europe. The interest of a national history is to observe the course which these lines have...

Coins de ParisPetit-fils et fils de deux artistes d'un rare mrite et d'une juste clbrit: P.-J. Mne et Auguste Cain; mon excellent ami Georges Cain a suffisamment prouv qu'il est le digne hritier de leur talent. Il veut constater aujourd'hui qu'il sait, comme disaient...

Juhannustulilla: Laulunsekainen kansanpila Ja pojat ne metshn lksivt, ne lksivt, pyypyssyt olalla hilyi, tytt kaivolla kauan nykkyivt, ne nykkyivt, ja silmiss kyynel pilyi. Ei meill' ole ikv ollenkaan, ei ollenkaan, vain halli se oravaa itkee, tytt luhdin solassa nauraa vaan, ne nauraa vaan ja...