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How to Teach Manners in the School-roomImportance of the definite teaching of manners. Children are close imitators; they will learn some kind of manners, and one who teaches positively or emphatically (or contrariwise) may often see a miniature of himself in his young pupil....

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The Dungeons of Old Paris - Being the Story and Romance of the Most Celebrated Prisons of the Monarchy and the RevolutionTriste comme les portes d'une prisonSad as the gates of Prison, is an old French proverb which must once have had an aching...

Chester: A Sketch-Book 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 90 days of receipt of the...

More "Short Sixes" T is not to be denied that a sense of disappointment pervaded Mr. Brimmingtons being in the hour of his first acquaintance with the isolated farm-house which he had just purchased, sight unseen, after long epistolary negotiations with Mr. Hiram Skinner,...

Sweet Clover: A Romance of the White City"Well, Jack," said Mr. Van Tassel, entering his son's room at Cambridge, "the deed is done. Behold you a full-fledged alumnus of glorious old Harvard!" The speaker grasped the young fellow's hand, his face expressing his pride...

Yksinäisiä: Romaani nykyajalta Peijakas! Kellohan on jo vaikka mit! Meidn helvetilliset soittokellomme kyvt jless. Ja min olen tottunut kymn niiden mukaan. Yksi piano soi: herys! Toinen yhtyy: nopea pukeutuminen! Kaikki kolme rikvt: ovesta ulos! Enk ole tt pivjrjestyst seuraten viel koskaan myhstynyt Trkeist yhteiskunnallisista...

The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 - The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy[Transcriber's Note: The above cover image was produced by the submitter at Distributed Proofreaders, and is being placed into the public domain.] Modern Science insists upon the doctrine of evolution;...

Waterfowl Identification GuideThe North American continent, at the time of its discovery and early settlement, had a waterfowl population which was one of its many wonders. So far as the evidence shows, no equal area of the earths surface ever supported such vast numbers...

The Delinquent (Vol. IV, No. 1), January, 1914[Delaware has received in recent months national attention because a member of Congress asked in Congress whether the use of the whipping post in Delaware cannot be declared contrary to the provisions of the national constitution. To...

Symzonia: Voyage of DiscoveryBe it remembered, that on the second day of November, in the forty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Jonathan Seymour, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right...

Cardinal Pole; Or, The Days of Philip and Mary: An Historical RomanceCorrected text will appear in the text with a gray underline. Placing the cursor over the text will display the original version. A brief explanation can be found by consulting the endnotes for...

The RapinIn the rooms of my friend Otto Struve there hangs a parrot cage containing a somewhat dejected-looking lark. It was given to him by Gustave Garnier, the man who took the Prix de Rome last yearor was it the year before?and whose picture...

Dictionnaire de la langue verteNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Aprs l'tude des insectes, ces infiniment petits...

Adelaide: Wahrscheinlich nur ein RomanDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1807 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Zeichensetzung und offensichtliche typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche sowie inkonsistente Schreibweisen wurden beibehalten, insbesondere wenn diese in der damaligen Zeit blich waren oder im...

The Tell-Tale: An Original Collection of Moral and Amusing Stories"Let me see," said Mrs. Dormer, "but I think I must have almost exhausted my stock. Beauty and the Beast, I told you yesterday; the Yellow Dwarf you know by heart, for you were telling...

Faery Lands of the South SeasThe islands of the South Seas are places of an interest curiously limited. The ethnological problem presented by the native is interesting only to men of science, commerce is negligible, there is little real agriculture, and no industry at...

Harper's Round Table, February 25, 1896Alaric Dale Todd was his name, and it was a great grief to him to be called "Allie." Allie Todd was so insignificant and sounded so weak. Besides, Allie was a regular girl's name, as he had been so...

The Story of Live DollsA tiny gilded coach drawn by two beautiful white kittens, with reins of blue ribbons covered with silver bells, and through the coach window the face of a wonderful doll. On her head was a jaunty sailor hat, from under...

The Art & Practice of Typography - A Manual of American Printing, Including a Brief History up to the Twentieth Century, with Reproductions of the Work of Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use...