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Red Spider, Volume 2 (of 2)The second night of watch proved unavailing, for the best of good reasons, that the watch was not kept. Oliver Luxmore sat up, but, finding the night chilly outside the house, attempted to keep watch with a pipe of...

Red Spider, Volume 1 (of 2)There he had a trusty nurse, and a somewhat romantic story was attached to her life. Faithful, good creature! She was carrying the writer in her arms over a brook by a bridge elevated high above the water, when...

The state of the dead and the destiny of the wickedQuestions of such absorbing interest to the human race as The State of the Dead, and The Destiny of the Wicked, should command the candid attention of all serious and thoughtful men. The Bible...

The Royal Pastime of Cock-fighting - The art of breeding, feeding, fighting, and curing cocks of the gameHow happy were those Sons of Men, who in times past were reputed Persons indued with that noble Gift, aut facere scribenda, aut scribere legenda, that is,...

With Force and Arms: A Tale of Love and Salem WitchcraftThe showman, crying his attractions, lifted up his voice at the flap of his tent. So, at this, the entrance to that which is within, those who stop to read may gain a hint...

What's What in AmericaAmerica is a heterogeneous conglomeration of humans comprising a homogeneity. They are all alike, yet they are unalike. All corners of the earth have contributed in the making, yet the one hundred millions have all been blended together into the huge...

The Romance of Madame Tussaud'sThis is a fascinating book and its fascination consists in two things attaching to its subject: first that the famous collection of modelled portraits which has become a sort of national institution in England under the name of Madame Tussauds...

Die Harpyen von Madrit, oder die Postkutsche - Aus dem Spanischen des Verfassers der Donna RufinaSevilla, eine alte Stadt in Spanien, die Hauptstadt Andalusiens, die Schatzkammer der Reichthmer im sdlichen Indien, die Vaterstadt der edelsten und erlauchtesten Familien, erzeugte auch zwey schne Schwestern. Ihr...

A Blundering Boy: A Humorous StorySilly as this story may seem, there is a fixed purpose in writing it; and, like water in a goose-pond, it is deeper than it at first appears. The intention chiefly is to be absurd; to cast ridicule on...

A Colonial Reformer, Vol. 3 (of 3)In the strange exceptional condition of nervous tension up to which that marvellous instrument, the human harp of a thousand strings, is capable of being wound, under the pressure of dread and perplexity, there is a type of...

A History of the Old English Letter Foundries - with Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography. N this age of progress, when the fine arts are rapidly becoming trades, and the machine is on every side superseding that...

The Brighton Boys in the Submarine Treasure ShipJay Thacker, ensign in the Navy of the United States, veteran of many months' service in the grand fleet of the American Admiral Sims in European waters, grabbed his old chum Dick Monaghan by the coat sleeve...

Kolmimasto "Tulevaisuus" eli elämää PohjolassaErn kauhean syysmyrskyn jlkeen vuonna 1807 mik vuosi sittemmin "merkkivuotena" pysyi monen vanhan merimiehen muistissa ajeli kolmimastolaiva "Tulevaisuus" mastottomana haaksihylkyn lumipyryss Ruijan rannikkovesill. Varalaidat olivat pirstoutuneet, ja kolmimasto kellui toisella kyljelln puolillaan vett. Laivan omisti muuan niist Kpenhaminan yhtiist, joilla...

Lakiasia: Näytelmä kolmessa näytöksessäILMOLA (Krjpaikalla oleva asianajaja katselee papereitaan pytns ress): Mitenks hiton lailla se onkaan tuon Vinkan asian laita. Sehn tulee jo tnn esiin. Enk min oikein oivaltanut miten hn sit toimittaa tohlasi. Eihn ne onnettomat osaa asiataan selitt niin, ett siit oikeata...

The Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes; Vol. 12For this last half year I have been troubled with the disease (as I may call it) of translation. The cold prose fits of it, which are always the most tedious with...

The Silicon JungleDavid Rothmans SILICON JUNGLE is an aphrodisiac for anyone interested in the computer revolution. There is a real sense of self-liberation for the reader, in whose mind the dawn lights up the incredible, awful, wonderful reach of the little computer chip. Everything...

SuomalaisiaRuokonsa unilukkari jo nouti, Hertt jolla alkoi nukkujat, Ne, jotka tll unta vet jouti, Vaikk' kuulemahan sanaa saapuivat. "Se joka hndns ymbrins knd On autuas", niin pappi todistaa; On kirkko tynn laulavata nt, Oi, niin se lohduttaa ja nukuttaa! On kuulijat ja pappi kauhuissansa:...

Gettysburg: Stories of the Red Harvest and the AftermathNow we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have...

Lehrbuch der Physik zum Schulgebrauche.Die Entwicklung der bayerischen Realschulen, wie sie sich auf der sprachlich-historischen und mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Grundlage vollzogen hat, legte mir den Entschlu nahe, fr den Unterricht in der Physik ein Lehrbuch zusammenzustellen, welches gerade fr solche realistische Mittelschulen geeignet wre. Sowohl die...

Runeberg Suomen kansan runoilijanaHarva jos mikn runoilija maailmassa on kansalleen antanut niin paljon ja kansaltaan saanut semmoista tunnustusta kuin Runeberg. Emme liiottele, jos sanomme ett hnen tapansa nhd sek ihmiselm ett isnmaata on horjumattomimpia kulmakivi kansamme koko aaterakenteessa. Vastaus on tavallansa oikea. Mist tulee...