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Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners: - with Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakspeare; on a Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris dance.The practice, and also the necessity of explaining the writings of Shakspeare, have...

Richard StraussThe writer of a thumb-nail biography of Richard Strauss finds himself confronted with a troublesome assignment. Strauss lived well beyond the scriptural age allotted the average man. He would have been 86 had he reached his next birthday. There was nothing romantic or...

Serge Prokofieff and His Orchestral MusicThe first is classical, whose origin lies in my early infancy when I heard my mother play Beethoven sonatas. It assumes a neo-classical aspect in the sonatas and the concertos, or imitates the classical style of the eighteenth century,...

Danger at Mormon Crossing - Sandy Steele Adventures #2ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT OF REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN ANY FORM COPYRIGHT 1959 BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. PUBLISHED BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. ROCKEFELLER CENTER, 630 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK...

The Boy Scouts at Mobilization CampJust so, Bud, and, to tell you the truth, Im feeling the same way myself. Ever since we scouts waved good-bye to our gallant Battery K some five miles up the road, and watched the last gun, caisson and...

Nya utvandrarehistorierNgra ord till lsaren. Hvitt ljus. Frn Urskogen. Ett dynamit-attentat. Alexander Taivalmaas spanska krlek. Elias Mykks Amerikafrd. Huru jag blef bekant med fverste Beckridge. fverste Beckridge och hans gorilla. Nr Erik Kykk sprngde banken. David Anttilas de. P prrin. I skogen. Nybyggarlif. David...

Veljekset: Talvinen tarinaI. Lyhyt kertomus siit, mit masterin poissa ollessa tapahtui. II. Mit masterin poissa ollessa tapahtui. (Jatkoa.) III. Masterin vaellukset. IV. Mr. Henryn krsimykset. V. Y helmikuun 28:tta piv vasten vuonna 1757. VI. Lyhyt kertomus siit, mit tapahtui masterin ollessa toisen kerran poissa....

Die moderne Wohnung und ihre AusstattungEin verblhtes Lcheln von Liebenswrdigkeit und lebensfrohem Behagen ist an den Dingen der Biedermeierzeit abzulesen. Zu den hellgelben Kirschholzmbeln, oder nachgedunkelten Mahagonimbeln, zu der unerdenklichen Flle von Formen, Schrnken und Tischen aller Art, Damenschreibtischen und Nhtischen, stummen Aufwrtern und...

The Railway Library, 1909 - A Collection of Noteworthy Chapters, Addresses, and Papers Relating to Railways, Mostly Published During the YearIn the following pages is presented a number of the more timely papers and addresses of the year 1909 on the present railway situation,...

A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2The first of two maps precedes the Introduction. It lacks a caption but probably depicts the Kabul or Khood Cabul Pass. "Boot Khak" named on the map is probably the "Bhoodkhak" of the Journal. The absence of...

Old Court Life in France, vol. 1/2ALL my life I have been a student of French memoir-history. In this species of literature France is remarkably rich. There exist contemporary memoirs and chronicles, from a very early period down to the present time, in which...

Dave Dawson with the Pacific FleetVery much like a little boy who is seeing his first Christmas tree, Freddy Farmer stared pop-eyed out the Clipper's lounge window and down at the man-made magic that was New York City. For a full five minutes he...

Der DreispitzZuerst hrten wir sie von einem unwissenden Ziegenhirten, der nie aus dem versteckten Drfchen, in welchem er das Licht der Welt erblickt, herausgekommen war. Er war einer jener ungelehrten, aber natrlich schlauen, lustigen Bauern, die in unserer Nationallitteratur unter dem Namen picaros (Schelme,...

Musta nuoli: Kertomus Ruusujen ajaltaErn loppukevn iltapivn kuultiin Tunstallin Moat Housen kellon soivan sellaiseen aikaan, jolloin se tavallisesti oli netnn. Lhell ja kaukana, jokivarren metsss ja kentill jtti kansa tyns rientkseen kohti nt. Ja Tunstallin pieness kylss oli joukko talonpoikia kokoontunut ihmettelemn ja keskustelemaan...

Eno Vanja: Kuvaus maalaiselämästä neljässä näytöksessäSerebrjakov, Aleksander Vladimirovitsh, entinen professori. Helena Andrejevna, hnen vaimonsa, 27 vuotta vanha. Sofia Aleksandrovna (Sonja), hnen tyttrens ensimisest avioliitosta. Voinitskaja, Maria Vasiljevna, salaneuvoksen leski, professorin ensimisen rouvan iti. Voinitski, Ivan Petrovitsh, hnen poikansa. Avstrov, Mihail Lvovitsh, lkri. Telegin, Ilja...

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 3Explaining, in Plain Language, the Chemistry of Food and the Chemistry of the Human Body, together with the Art of Uniting these Two Branches of Science in the Process of Eating, so as to...

Dionysius of Halicarnassus On Literary Composition - Being the Greek Text of the De Compositione VerborumA general account of the life and literary activities of Dionysius will be found in the volume entitled Dionysius of Halicarnassus: the Three Literary Letters, where the de Compositione...

La chambre obscureIl y a lieu de s'tonner que la France, qui, depuis si longtemps, accueille si gnreusement les productions littraires de l'Allemagne, n'ait jusqu'ici fait, en quelque sorte, aucun emprunt au gnie nerlandais. Cependant la littrature hollandaise suit de prs, si elle ne...

The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser: A Romantic Novelin which is set forth an exact account of the manner of State held by Madam Venus, Goddess and Meretrix, under the famous Hrselberg, and containing the Adventures of Tannhuser in that Place, his Repentance, his...

The Mystery of the SycamoreAuthor of The Vanishing of Betty Varian, The Mystery Girl, Anybody But Anne, The Come-Back, The Curved Blades, A Chain of Evidence, In the Onyx Lobby, The Luminous Face, Raspberry Jam, etc. Curtis Keefe, engaged in this daily performance, slit...