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Monsieur Judas: A ParadoxNot an important place by any means, this sleepy little town lying at the foot of a low range of undulating hills, beside a slow-flowing river. A square-towered church of Norman architecture, very ancient and very grim; one principal narrow street,...

Prosa Dispersa - Obras Completas Vol. XXHace poco ms de un ao nos hallbamos en mi habitacin, en un hotel de Pars, cerca de la Bolsa, el poeta Maurice Duplessis, porta-estandarte de la escuela romana; el simptico y sutil Kreutzberger, a la sazn crtico...

Murtoviivoja: NovellejaHn avasi ikkunan ja kurkisti ulos. Kaikki oli hiljaista, kaikki ennallaan. Pienen pihamaan tukevarunkoiset palmut katsoivat hneen hievahtamattomin viuhkoin ja nurmikon keskell kihelmivn suihkulhteen vesi pisaroi laiskasti maahan pitkin sammaltuneen kivialustan kuvetta. Kummallista! Hn nki tuon saman joka piv ja aina oli se...

The Bayeux Tapestry ElucidatedEngland has performed, and is probably destined yet to perform, an important part in the history of nations. The era treated of in this work was doubtless the crisis of her fate. Happily, she survived the shock of the Conquest, and...

The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 8, August, 1881We publish on the opposite page a map of Africa, upon which is represented, by crosses, the location of the different Protestant mission stations of that continent. The Mendi Mission on the West Coast, and...

The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 7, July, 1881We devote an unusual amount of space in this number to reports of the closing exercises of ten of our educational institutions at the South. Next month we purpose to add reports of others whose...

Karma: A Re-incarnation Play - In Prologue, Epilogue & Three ActsHe is taken up with these politics just now. Its only natural, considering the crisis in Egypt. But hes always so in earnest, isnt he? I noticed nothing unusual. The Government is lucky to...

Why Men Fight: A method of abolishing the international duelLe souffle, le rhythme, la vraie force populaire manqua la raction. Elle eut les rois, les trsors, les armes; elle crasa les peuples, mais elle resta muette. Elle tua en silence; elle ne put parler...

The Squirrel's Pilgrim's Progress - A Book for Boys and Girls Setting Forth the Adventures of Tiny Red Squirrel and Chatty ChipmunkOnce on a time a little boy was taken from the noise and bustle of city life to a sparsely settled land where...

The War in the East: Japan, China, and CoreaThe unexpected news of war between the Mikados Empire and the Celestial Kingdom has startled the whole world. Thereby considerable light was thrown upon the Oriental world. Japan, up to a very short time ago, through...

Bálványos-vár: Történeti regényMg csak a negyedik szzad jrta, hogy a magyar np rpd alatt elfoglalta Magyarorszgot. Kt kirly lt egyszerre a magyar trnon: II. Endre s fia IV. Bla. Tros is volt annak a lnak a hta. Akkor is nagy volt a panasz az...

The Mandarin's Fan"For a skilfully conceived plot, succession of stirring incidents and series of surprises, not one of Mr. Fergus Hume's books is surpassed by 'The Red Window.' ... Is the best book of the kind issued this season."--Newcastle Daily Journal. "Mr. Fergus Hume...

Histoire du chien de Brisquet / The Story of Brisquet's DogEn notre fort de Lions, vers le hameau de la Goupillire, tout prs d'un grand puits-fontaine qui appartient la chapelle Saint Mathurin, il y avait un bonhomme, bcheron de son tat, qui s'appelait Brisquet,...

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 52, June 26, 1841Twenty years had nearly elapsed, and no stone marked the grate where Curran was interred: still Ireland continued unpossessed of the remains of one of the ablest of her orators and purest of her...

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 51, June 19, 1841There are perhaps no objects in our own dear Ogygia, or Sacred Island, as it was also anciently called, which strike the minds of strangers with greater surprise, and excite them to more meditative...

The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History - (Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint Cuts)HAT the history and curiosities of Ale and Beer should fill a bulky volume, may be a subject for surprise to the unthinking reader; and that surprise will probably...

Lovers' Saint Ruth's, and Three Other TalesThe contents of this book have, hitherto, never been printed nor published. One chapter among them, The Provider, is based very literally on a tragic thing which happened, some years ago, in Dublin, and which, figuring as a...

Kustaa Vaasa ja hänen aikalaisensa I: Ruotsin vapauttaja - Historiallis-romanttinen kuvaus Lukijalle. 1. Kalln linnassa. 2. Uni. 3. Kynti luostarissa. 4. Uusi tuttavuus. 5. Tulessa kulta kirkastuu. 6. Pako. 7. Kotiintulo. 8. Lehti kntyy. 9. Piv koittaa. 10. Kuningas Kristian. 11. Takaisin Ruotsiin. 12....

Uhkapeli: Arnold Bromanin papereista Peli myty, petti kortit. Umpeen lyty unten portit. Vihdoinkin on hetki koittanut, jolloin hmr ainakin osaksi sielustani katoaa ja salaiset aavistukseni ja epilyni muuttuvat kylmksi todellisuudeksi. Lhes kaksi vuotta olenkin saanut kitua tietmttmyydess. Olen ollut kuin pimess kallioluolassa, josta pois...

Shifting For Himself; or, Gilbert Greyson's FortunesShifting for Himself records the experiences of a boy who, in the course of a preparation for college, suddenly finds himself reduced to poverty. He is obliged to leave his books, and give up his cherished plans. How...