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The Mentor: Chinese Rugs, Vol. 4, Num. 2, Serial No. 102, March 1, 1916No word in the language is more abused than beauty. A pretty thing is a thing of beauty; a pretty picture is a picture of beauty; and so following. Lacking a...

The Lamps of the Angels"I always hear the sounds of my children. Even the little one when he stirs in his grave. It is the way of a mother." She drew a cup of coffee and sat with them at the table in the...

Dream WorldHe was a healthy man, so he ate a healthy breakfast. He was not too depressed for that. And he listened unconsciously to the dark girl with the musical voice. Often she ate at Cahill's in the mornings with her girl friend. "Agnes,...

Brief Records of the Independent Church at Beccles, Suffolk - Including biographical notices of its ministers,and some account of the rise of nonconformity in the East Anglian countiesMany months ago, I was favoured with a perusal of the earliest records of the Independent church...

La petite mademoiselleCest la premire ralisation dart que jaie essaye et, je lavoue, sans la russir. Mais de bonne heure, jen avais parl, entre autres, Coppe, Goncourt, Judith Gautier, qui sen amusaient; et hier encore, celle-ci me questionnait[viii] rtrospectivement sur mon modle baroque. Ne...

Tippoo Sultaun: A tale of the Mysore warErrors, when reasonably attributable to the printer, have been corrected. The corrections appear as words underlined with a light gray. The original text will be shown when the mouse is over the word. Please see the transcribers...

Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir: A Study in Early Mohammadan ArchitectureI have attempted in this book to bring together the materials, so far as they are known, which bear upon the earliest phases of Mohammadan architecture, to consider the circumstances under which it arose...

DawningsburghNow, Betsy was disappointed and bored. Slim, pretty, freckled and pert, but ten years older than she wished, she had mortgaged her secretarial salary to engage once more in The Eternal Quest. And, as always, the quest was proving futile. Eligible bachelors shunned Dawningsburgh...

BreakdownHe didn't know exactly when it had started, but it had been going on for weeks. Edna begged him to see the doctor living in that new house two miles past Dugan's farm, but he refused. He point-blank refused to admit he was sick...

Thirty Years Since; or, The Ruined Family. A TaleMost cities are hateful; and, without any disposition to "babble about green fields," it must be owned that each is more or less detestable. Nevertheless, among them all, there is none to be compared, as a...

The Girls' Book of Famous QueensIN the annals of history, women have played an important part; and among the famous sovereigns of the world, queens, as well as kings, have made their names illustrious by heroic deeds and great enterprises. The names which we...

Le droit à la forceLa fracheur du soir et la solitude des bois enveloppaient lhumble gare. Rien ne sy agitait, sinon les manuvres falotes des employs. Quelquun courut, une chane daiguillage grina, un coup de sifflet pera le silence, qui, tout de suite, sappesantit,...

How to Become an ActorIn placing this little book before the boys, and the public in general, the author has endeavored to show up the mystic art of stage performances as clearly as possibleexplicitly enough to enable the greenest amateur to erect a stage...

Charity CaseWhy couldn't what he said have been "The best things in life are free, buddy" or "Every dog has his day, fellow" or "If at first you don't succeed, man"? No, he had to use that one line. You wouldn't blame me. Not...

Pick a CrimeThe girl was tall, wide-eyed and brunette. She had the right curves in the right places and would have been beautiful if her nose had been smaller, if her mouth had been larger and if her hair had been wavy instead of...

The Historical Jesus: A Survey of PositionsPresupposition in science. The Copernican theory. The reception of Galileo, Harvey, and Darwin. Blinding effects of scholarship. The theological record. Mutations of Christian opinion. Defence of the belief in witchcraft. Leibnitz and Newton. Criticism of the Pentateuch. Parvish,...

Gillingwater's History of Lowestoft - a reprint: with a chapter of more recent eventsThis island (lately become a peninsula) is situated in the most eastern part of Great Britain and in the northern corner of the County of Suffolk. It is bounded by the...

Wenonah's Stories for ChildrenLois was ten years old and Hal was eight. They thought there was no fun so nice as wading in the salt water and letting the foam break over their legs. Of course it was better still to have Daddy put...

The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10The nation is in too high a ferment, for me to expect either fair war, or even so much as fair quarter, from a reader of the opposite party. All men are...

Conditionally HumanThere was no use hanging around after breakfast. His wife was in a hurt mood, and he could neither endure the hurt nor remove it. He put on his coat in the kitchen and stood for a moment with his hat in his...