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Bobbins of Belgium - A book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villagesLace is a tissue composed of mesh and flowers (pattern), or either one alone, produced with a needle and single thread, or with several threads manipulated by means of bobbins. It is...

YhdenvertaisuusEdward Bellamy. Kirjoittajan esipuhe. I. Ankara ristikuulustelija. II. Miksi ei vallankumousta tapahtunut aikaisemmin. III. Min saan tydet oikeudet maassa. IV. Kahdennenkymmenennen vuosisadan pankkihuone. V. Saan kokea uuden vaikutelman. VI. "Hpe sille joka pahaa siit ajattelee." VII. Uutta hmmstyttv. VIII. Suurin ihme muoti systy valtaistuimelta....

Leave it to DorisThe Reverend Mr. Artman paced soberly up and down the small living-room of his manse, as every one called the parsonage. His eyes were clouded. The lines at the corners of his kindly lips were sternly set. Now and then he...

Tales of a Cruel CountryThen came sudden alarms; hurryings to and fro; trepidations of innumerable fugitives, I knew not whether from the good cause or the bad; darkness and lights; tempest and human faces; and at last, with the sense that all was lost,...

From Newton to Einstein: Changing Conceptions of the UniverseThe preparation of this new edition has made it possible to correct errors, to further amplify certain portions of the text and to enlarge the ever-increasing bibliography on the subject. Photographs of Professors J.J. Thomson, Michelson,...

Deep Sea Hunters in the Frozen SeasOld Capn Pem was seated on the stringpiece of the wharf, his short black pipe gripped firmly in his mouth, and his wooden leg stretched stiffly before him like the stubby bowsprit of a coasting sloop. Beside him...

Along the Mohawk Trail; Or, Boy Scouts on Lake ChamplainIn the execution of its purpose to give educational value and moral worth to the recreational activities of the boyhood of America, the leaders of the Boy Scout Movement quickly learned that to effectively carry...

Covered With Mud and Glory: A Machine Gun Company in Action ("Ma Mitrailleuse")Sergeant-Major Georges Lafond, of the Territorial Hussars, the author of this book, was in South America at the time of mobilization. He returned to France as soon as possible and joined his...

Five Minute Sermons, Volume II. - For Low Masses on All Sundays of the Year by Priests of the Congregation of St. Paul Repeated and urgent requests from both clergy and laity have induced the publication of this second volume of Five-Minute Sermons. They...

Kesätoverit: Meren säveliäVett, vett, vett loppumattomiin asti! Se vlkkyy ja kimaltelee kuin kulta, se lep tasapintana aavikon lailla, uneksivana ilta-auringon loisteessa. Saaret ahtavat sen tuon tuostakin kaitaiseksi valotieksi, mutta se laajenee jlleen, ojentautuu joka suunnalle ja kurottaiksen kaukaisuutta kohti, kunnes unelmissaan syleilee rettmn avaruuden...

The Red Cross Girls on the French Firing LineThe Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Pot of Gold The Ranch Girls at Boarding School The Ranch Girls in Europe The Ranch Girls at Home Again The Ranch Girls and their Great Adventure...

The Virtue and Use of Coffee With Regard to the Plague and Other Infectious Distempers T this time, when every Nation in Europe is under the melancholy Apprehension of an approaching Plague or Pestilence, I think it the Business of every Man to contribute,...

Verses and Sonnets Title: Verses and Sonnets Author: Hilaire Belloc Release Date: September 8, 2019 [EBook #60263] Language: English Credits: Produced by Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by...

Where Are We Going?The chapters collected in this book represent a running comment on the European situation during the past ten months. Although in the haze that covers the Continent it is difficult always to see clearly what is happening, and still more difficult...

The Five Nations, Volume II... On the th instant a mixed detachment of colonials left for Cape Town, there to rejoin their respective homeward-bound contingents, after fifteen months service in the field. They were escorted to the station by the regular troops in garrison...

The Five Nations, Volume I... Consider that the meritorious services of the Sergeant Instructors attached to the Egyptian Army have been inadequately acknowledged.... To the excellence of their work is mainly due the great improvement that has taken place in the soldiers of H.H....

Reminiscences of Colored People of Princeton, N. J.: 1800-1900There are so few histories of colored people, so few records of their brave and honorable deeds in history, that I feel constrained to record a few facts relative to these people. It is only a...

New lands within the Arctic circle - Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-18741. The ice-sheet spread over the Arctic region is the effect and sign of the low temperature which prevails within it. During nine or ten...

The Duke of BrittanyThe Duke of Brittany is the story of the brief but eventful career of Arthur, son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Constance of Brittany. Geoffrey was the fourth son of Henry the Second of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Guienne. Upon the...

Birds of Heaven, and Other StoriesOf all of the more modern authors of Russia, perhaps none holds a higher rank than Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko. He was born in 1853 in Zhitomir, in the southern part of the Government of Volhynia. His works show an...