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Au pays russeJ'ai fait en Russie, depuis 1892, trois sjours prolongs; j'ai parcouru cette immense terre dans tous les sens, et j'ai appris sa langue. Le hasard m'y a mis en contact avec les plus terribles flaux qui la ravagent priodiquement, et avec quelques...

The Life and Times of Alfred the Great - Being the Ford lectures for 1901The present work contains the lectures delivered by me on the Ford foundation in Michaelmas Term, 1901. The lectures are printed substantially as they were delivered, with the exception that...

Peter Poodle, Toy Maker to the King OMMY stood with his little nose pressed flat against the pane. He was very tired, and also very hungry, for he had walked ever and ever so far. How far, he did not know. At first, he...

The Magical Mimics in OzAs long as I can remember, I have been reading Oz books, and now I am very proud and happy to have been permitted to write a book about the latest happenings in the Land of Oz. As for the...

The Sugar Creek Gang Goes NorthAll rights in this book are reserved. No part may be reproduced in any manner without the permission in writing from the author, except brief quotations used in connection with a review in a magazine or newspaper. I GUESS...

The Sugar Creek Gang Digs for TreasureAll rights in this book are reserved. No part may be reproduced in any manner without the permission in writing from the author, except brief quotations used in connection with a review in a magazine or newspaper. I...

Patty's Pleasure TripLady Kitty spread out the sheets of millinery designs, and still absorbed in her reading, Patty lifted her hand and, without looking, pointed a finger at random till it rested on one of the pictured hats. Angel child! You think youre teasing...

The NewspaperSo common an object as a newspaper is seldom the subject of serious reflection. If any one of us should stop to consider what it is and why it is made, it is odds that he would think chiefly of one aspect of...

The Popol Vuh: The Mythic and Heroic Sagas of the Kichés of Central AmericaThe Popol Vuh is the New Worlds richest mythological mine. No translation of it has as yet appeared in English, and no adequate translation in any European language. It has been...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 3, March 1847Thomas Carlyle is a Scotchman, born about fifty years ago, at Ecclefechan, Annandale, according to one authority. His parents good farmer people, his father an elder in the Secession church there, and a man of strong native...

Punainen jumalaKas noin! Basset katsoi kelloonsa ja vertasi killist jyrhdyst mielessn arkkienkelin pasuunantrhdyksiin. Kaupungin muurien, ajatteli hn, pitisi luhistua tuollaisesta valtavasta ja vastustamattomasta kskyst. Lukemattomia kertoja oli hn turhaan koettanut keksi syyt tuohon tavattomaan jyrinn, joka kuului lpi koko seudun, tunkeutuen ymprill asuvienkin heimojen...

OrestesEj finns s vdligt ngot ord, att tala ut, Ej lidelse, ej gudaskickadt olycksfall, Att ej dess brda menskans lynne lyftade. Ty han, den slle, ej hans de hnar jag Zeussonen sjelf, som folket pstr, Tantalos, 5 Rdd fr den hll, som p hans...

Nietzsche, sein Leben und seine LehreIn diesen Zeiten ist die UB mehr noch als frher zum Helfer vieler geworden, die nach gutem Lesestoff drsten, schrieb die Zeitschrift fr Deutschkunde. Der Verlag Reclam will angesichts dieser Tatsache seinerseits alles versuchen, um allen zu helfen, fr...

L'Alfabet européen appliqué aux langues asiatiques - OEuvres de C.-F. Volney, tome VIIINe ddaignez point comme minutieux les lmens alfabtiques;...... car si vous scrutez leurs replis mystrieux, vous en verrez sortir une foule de questions subtiles, capables non-seulement dexercer les enfans, mais dembarrasser les...

"Monsieur Henri": A Foot-Note to French HistoryO little concerning the French provincial struggle of the eighteenth century has found an echo in our language, that the British Museum and the Bodleian Library have not three original references between them to add to the local...

Seikkailu rosenkreuziläisten luonaTm novelli, joka ilmestyi Bostonissa vuonna 1839, oli ensimminen yritykseni romaanikirjoittamisen alalla. Menestys oli suuri sek Amerikassa ett Englannissa, joten kirja vhss ajassa ilmestyi monena painoksena. Sen ptarkoituksena oli alkujaan levitt erit aatteita, joita t:ri Carl du Prel "Maallinen luostari"-nimisell kirjallaan oli...

Philipp Reis: Inventor of the Telephone - A Biographical SketchThe title of this little work sufficiently indicates its nature and scope. The labour of preparing it has not been slight, and has involved the expenditure of much time in prosecuting inquiries both in this...

The Joy of Life [La joie de vivre]'La Joie de Vivre,' here translated as 'The Joy of Life,' was written by M. Zola in 1883, partly at his country house at Mdan, and partly at Bnodet, a little seaside place in Brittany. The scene...

Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper - Designed Especially to Aid Beginners; Economical Receipts for Those Who Are Cooking for Two or ThreeWHEREVER I have gone in the last fifteen years in following my calling as a teacher of cooking, earnest appeals have been made to...

Harper's Round Table, March 3, 1896Can you not see the boy of 1775 nowhis sturdy legs encased in stout black stockings, german-silver buckles to his knee-breeches, his hair plaited and tied with a smart black ribbon, and all this magnificence topped by three real...