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The Strand Magazine, Vol. 01, No. 04 (April 1891)The frontispiece we are enabled to give this month is penned in what may be termed pictorial hieroglyphics by Sir Edwin Landseer. The letter was addressed to Charles George Lewis, the celebrated engraver. The first house...

Memoirs of an American Lady - With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the RevolutionDEAR SIR, Others as well as you have expressed a wish to see a memoir of my earliest and most valued friend. To gratify...

ArkielämääLapset veneineen olivat kulkeneet etlle kodista. He soutelivat nyt hitaasti pitkin Braxenlahden tyynt vedenpintaa. Ei nkynyt jlkekn ihmisasunnoista. Lahtea varjostivat lehtevt rannat ja salmi, joka johti siihen varsinaisesta Lngsj-jrvest, oli niin kapea ja kiemurteleva, ett sit oli vaikea huomata. Sisarukset olivat iknkuin eroitetut maailmasta....

The Church, the Falling Away, and the RestorationAn effort is made in the following pages to set forth what the New Testament church was when it came into the world through the preaching of inspired men; how it was led into apostasy; and an...

Harper's Round Table, August 11, 1896"My!" exclaimed Bryce Gordon, with a deep sigh, as he softly closed the Greek history over which he had been intently poring for the last fifteen minutes, "I want to go and see that place some time." "The Pass...

The story of CoventryIn preparing this volume for the press I have omitted some of the matter in Life in an Old English Town, which did not seem suitable for this series, and added fresh material likely to be useful to those who wished...

Seller of the SkyNo one took Old Arch seriously; he was just an ancient, broken-down wanderer who went about seeking alms and spreading tales of the great Outside. But sometimes children are curious and believing when adults are cynical and doubting.... They say he...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson [1] Games of strength. The public games of Greece were athletic and intellectual contests of various kinds. There were four of importance: the Olympic, held every four years; the Pythian, held every third Olympic...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of John Burroughs You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within...

Modern American PoetryThe end of the Civil War marked the end of a literary epoch. The New England group, containing (if Poe could be added) all the great names of the ante-bellum period, began to disintegrate. The poets had outsung themselves; it was a...

InhibitionSaxon glanced up. His nostrils flared. "Hurry," he told the crewmen, and came forward, beaming. He was tired. It showed in his feverish, too-bright smile as he said, "Afraid Engineering's a little behind schedule. They'll be here tomorrow morning to erect your city. Tonight...

The Eastern, or Turkish Bath - Its History, Revival in Britain, and Application to the Purposes of Health.It is now about twelve months since, that my attention was first attracted to the Eastern Bath. I thought I knew as much of baths as most...

Tiere und Pflanzen in Wald und FeldEndlich sind die farbenschnen Abbildungen einheitlich und naturgetreu ausgefhrt, so da auch sie das Interesse der Kinder beleben helfen. berhaupt stand fr unsere Erwgungen der Gedanke im Vordergrunde, da diese Bcher geeignet sein knnten, sich im Kampfe gegen...

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction, and the Drama, Vol. 4 - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's HandbookThe original volume promised many illustrations. However, the edition used here had none of them. The List of Illustrations is retained; however, the pages indicated, which...

The Untempered Wind It was early spring, the maples were but budding, the birds newly come and restless, the sky more gray than blue, and the air still sharp with a tang of frost. Jamestown's streets, however, looked both bright and busy. Groups of...

Jean-Christophe Pariisissa II - VI. AntoinetteJeanninit olivat noita vanhoja ranskalaisia sukuja, jotka vuosisatoja pysyvt paikoillaan samassa maaseudun kolkassa ja puhtaina kaikilta vierailta sekoituksilta. Sellaisia on viel Ranskassa paljon enemmn kuin luullaankaan, kaikista yhteiskunnan muutoksista huolimatta; tarvitaan ylen kovaa mullistusta, ett se tempaisi ne suvut...

The Babees' Book: Medieval Manners for the Young: Done into Modern EnglishNEARLY forty years ago, Dr. Furnivall collected for the Early English Text Society divers treatises touching the Manners and Meals of Englishmen in former days. Some of these were published in 1868, under...

Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2) Obvious typographical errors in the editor's text have been corrected. Inconsistent or incorrect accents, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in the original documents and quotes were left as printed. Obituary published...

Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 1 (of 2) Audubon's growing fameExperience in Paris in 1828Cuvier's patronageAudubon's publicationsHis criticsHis talents and accomplishmentsHis Americanism and honesty of purposeHis foibles and faultsAppreciations and monumentsThe Audubon SocietiesBiographies and autobiographyRobert Buchanan and the...

Vagabond AdventuresRALPH KEELER. BOSTON: FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO. 1870. {ii} Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, BY RALPH KEELER, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., Cambridge. TO My old Friend...