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The Life of a Fossil HunterOur bookshelves contain the lives or narratives of adventure of many hunters of living game, but the life of a fossil hunter has never been written before. Both are in the closest touch with nature and, therefore, full of...

Australia at War - A Winter Record Made by Will Dyson on the Somme and at Ypres, During the Campaigns of 1916 and 1917Everybody knows that Mr. Dyson, who has made these striking sketches of the great war in which he has himself been...

The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume 1, 1917-1918The most characteristic and comprehensive theme in all American history is that of the westward movement. From the time of the first feeble landings at Quebec, at Plymouth, and at Jamestown, the history of our country has...

The Autobiography of an Indian PrincessI was born in 1864 at the old house known as Sens House which my great-grandfather built at Coolootola, a part of Calcutta where many of our family lived. My birth was always remembered in connection with a storm...

The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 10, October, 1887Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; those relating to the collecting fields, to Rev. James Powell, D.D., or to the District Secretaries; letters for The American Missionary,...

A Yankee Girl at Shiloh Mrs. Curtis in the two other books of this set, A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter and A Yankee Girl at Bull Run, has told delightful stories of little Northern heroines at these great battles. In this present story...

Life and Adventures of Frances Namon Sorcho - The Only Woman Deep Sea Diver in the WorldTo the average individual unacquainted with the art of deep sea diving and the mysteries of the ocean away down beneath its surface, divers are sort of super-human...

The Camp Fire Girls; Or, The Secret of an Old MillOh, Natalie! exclaimed Alice Lathrop, youre a dear, but you always did have the most remarkable remembrancer, and, with a laugh she put her arms around her chum, whose dark, olive-tinted complexion, with that...

Louhilinna: Tarina vanhasta talostaSama aatelinen perhe on hallinnut sit jo neljttsataa vuotta. Isn kdest on aina ottanut poika. Pitjn hautausmaata on suuri kulma tmn suvun hallussa. Vanhimmat ristit ovat jo painuneet pensastojen peittoon, uusimmissa kiiltvt viel kultakirjaimet. Prakennusta peitt taitettu katto, ja pdyss, rystn...

Material Classification - Recommended by the Railway Storekeepers' AssociationThis classification for ordering, handling, and accounting for all material and supplies should be put in use on all railroads under Federal control at or before the taking of the next material inventory. Includes all material...

The Land Beyond the Forest: Facts, Figures, and Fancies from TransylvaniaIn the spring of 1883 my husband was appointed to the command of the cavalry brigade in Transylvania, composed of two hussar regiments, stationed respectively at Hermanstadt and Kronstadta very welcome nomination, as gratifying...

My Japanese Wife: A Japanese IdylThat the present edition of My Japanese Wife has been called for is a source of satisfaction to the writer. Of previous editions some 60,000 copies have been sold, and it is hoped the present version will prove none...

Just a GirlThe original text deliberately leaves a space after a dash (a spaced mdash) in some dialog, and capitalizes the following word, when it describes a disjointed thought. For example isnt it Is this all, in contrast to Isis the place. This spaced...

Mark Tidd: His Adventures and StrategiesMy name is MartinJames Briggs Martinbut almost everybody calls me Tallow, because once when I was younger I saw old Uncle Ike Bond rubbing tallow on his boots to shine them, and then hurried home and fixed mine up...

Warwick, the KingmakerOf all the great men of action who since the Conquest have guided the course of English policy, it is probable that none is less known to the reader of history than Richard Neville Earl of Warwick and Salisbury. The only man...

Kuoleman tarkoitusEnnenkuin nm muistot himmenevt, tahtoisin kirjoittaa ne paperille. Tll sairaalassani Saint-Guillaume kadun varrella sota on sen muuttanut kenttlasaretiksi on minulla sangen vhn aikaa: neljkymment vuodetta, ja kaikki aina kytnnss. Ja millaisia haavoitettuja! Meit on kaksi lkri. Sanoinko kaksi! Kirurgimme ei tule muulloin kuin...

A Narrative of the Melancholy Wreck of the "Dunbar," Merchant Ship, on the South Head of Port Jackson, August 20th, 1875In the preparation of our illustrations it will be at once seen that no expense or trouble has been spared. The drawings are by...

Notes of a Gold Digger, and Gold Diggers' GuideGold Fields have a most bewitching influence upon fallen humanity. The very name begets a spasmodic affection of the limbs, which want to be off. Then man, as a mere lover of beauty, cannot help wishing...

Dell'antico stato del lago di Pusiano nell'alto Milanese Pochi fra gli scrittori, che s'occuparono della storia antica del milanese ebbero cura d'investigarne la corografia parlando anzi di questa bene spesso solo per incidenza o con brevi parole, se eccettuiamo il Giulini ed il P....

The Historians' History of the World in Twenty-Five Volumes, Volume 05 - The Roman RepublicA comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: edited, with the assistance of a distinguished...