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Recollections and impressions of James A. McNeill WhistlerMost of what is contained herein has been collected from time to time within the past ten years and jotted down for use in certain lectures on Whistler and his art. The lectures were, as is this...

The soup and sauce bookThe Englishto their lossare not a soup-eating nation; and for the most part, those of us that do care for soups are obstinately conservative in our tastes. The ordinary restaurant thinks it has done its duty when ox-tail, mock-turtle and...

Indians of the Enchanted Desertthose people of the Enchanted Desert who called me Chief,Indians, employees, missioners, traders,whose confidence, loyalty, and devotion made my work among the Hopi and Navajo tribes possible of success; and to humbler friends, my faithful horses, Dandy and Barney Murphy,...

Obras completas de Fígaro, Tomo 2El criterio utilizado para llevar a cabo esta transcripcin ha sido el de respetar las reglas de la Real Academia Espaola vigentes cuando la presente edicin de esta obra fue publicada. El lector interesado puede consultar el Mapa de...

Comedias, tomo 1 de 3: Los Acarnienses, los Caballeros, las NubesSi el autor de la presente traduccin, que lo es mi amigo el laborioso helenista vascongado seor Baribar, no la hubiese encabezado ya con una discreta introduccin, adems de los proemios que delante de...

Deportation, its meaning and menace - Last message to the people of America by Alexander Berkman and Emma GoldmanWith pencil and scraps of paper concealed behind the persons of friends who had come to say good-bye at the Ellis Island Deportation Station, Alexander Berkman...

In the cardsThe masked man crept down the corridor stealthily. It was quite dark in the hallway but he knew that it was a synthetic darkness, a matter of temporal convenience, for on a spaceship, time is regulated by the Terran daily cycle of...

The long trail: A story of African adventure ADVENTURES OF DICK TREVANION, THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY ROCHESTER, THE A GENTLEMAN AT ARMS A HERO OF LIEGE AIR PATROL, THE AIR SCOUT, THE BARCLAY OF THE GUIDES BOYS OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE BROWN OF MOUKDEN...

Neva's choice - A sequel to "Neva's three lovers"A beautiful young widow, Mrs. Octavia Hathaway, with the connivance of her admirer, Craven Black, succeeded in marrying the wealthy widower, Sir Harold Wynde, who had a daughter, Neva, at school in France, and a son,...

Kreivi Hannibal: Historiallinen romaani Ranskan hovistaI. Veripunaista suosiota. II. Hannibal de Saulx, kreivi de Tavannes. III. Kultaisen neidon viereinen talo. IV. Juhlan aattona. V. Korkea kosinta. VI. Kuka loukkaa Tavannesia? VII. Amfiteatterissa. VIII. Kaksi kanaa ja yksi muna. IX. Epvakaa. X. Rouva St. Lo....

Munkebodan Skytteläiset: Kotielämän kuvaus Skånesta v. 1830 Islle ja idille omistaa kiitollisuudella tmn vanhan jutelman Lnsi Gingen kihlakunnasta Tekij. Kirkkaasti valaisi maaliskuun aurinko pitkn valkean rakennuksen etusein ja paistoi kimakasti hiukan viherihkin, korkealla olevien akkunoiden kautta sislle. Suurten kivirappusten ylpuolella, etehisen puoliavoimella ovella seisoi...

Only a farm boy; or, Dan Hardy's rise in lifeHuh! Guess ye wanted t take a rest, an that was your excuse fer it. Git t work now, an dont let me see you loafin agin. What do ye spose I keep ye fer,...

The Gregory circle[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1947. By Murray Leinster (William Fitzgerald Jenkins) writing as William Fitzgerald. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] On that day the...

A marvelous history of Mary of Nimmegen - Who for more than seven year lived and had ado with the devilThe miracle play of Mary of Nimmegen is one of the gems of Dutch mediaeval literature. Its heroine is a reincarnation of Beatrice, the...

Hunt the Hog of JoeExceptional noses with aquiline bridges and upswept tips marked the six adult couples who drifted past me through the valve into the astraplane, Ap-GG-12C. They were large, tanned, blue-eyed, brown-haired people; and they wore white coveralls stamped, in strange letters,...

Victorious failureWith good reason, Professor H. Klauson hesitated; his wife's arms were holding him with a strangely insistent urgency and fear. He tried to disengage himself, but not with much enthusiasm. Although he had not admitted it to anyone but the Presidium's psycho-medic staff,...

Fuimus s kedves nmnek, sz. mrfai Mrfay Annnak ktelessgv teszem, hogy fiam nevelsre tizedik letveig felgyeljen. Azutn pedig t egy klfldi, taln egy genfi nevel-intzetbe helyezze el, hol a gimnziumi veket fogja tlteni; vente legfeljebb kt hnapot idzvn csak az atyai, illetleg az anyai...

Isola; or, The disinherited: A revolt for woman and all the disinherited Isola first appeared in Young Oxford in September, 1902, and ran in serial form for six months through that publication. The drama itself was written many years ago. It is not for...

Donkeys to bald pate"Of course!" he shouted, his accent becoming thicker with his excitement. "It is lunacy to think only man will increase in his intelligence! Animals will tooya, und insects! It will be a fierce competition for the earth beman and the animals!"...

Extra-galactic nebulaeThis contribution gives the results of a statistical investigation of 400 extra-galactic nebulae for which Holetschek has determined total visual magnitudes. The list is complete for the brighter nebulae in the northern sky and is representative to 12.5 mag. or fainter. The classification...