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The Red Widow; or, The Death-Dealers of London"Why, haven't I already told you exactly what I saw?" asserted the girl excitedly. "I've related in detail all I know. And I repeat that I don't like auntie being there any longer." "Well," said the young...

The Passing of the Turkish Empire in EuropeTOWARDS the end of a dismal summer, when everybody who is anybody in the United Kingdom was departing for their annual holidays, dark clouds began to gather on the political horizon overshadowing that European storm-centre, the Balkan...

Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Bisclaveret: Four lais rendered into English proseThe previous volumes which have been published in this series have contained versions belonging to what we may call the conscious period of romantic literature; the writers had not only a story to tell, but...

With the Black PrinceMr. Stoddard is at his best in this stirring story, which among other themes pictures incidents of Washington's campaigning in New Jersey. In this vivid account of a boy's part in great historical events there is a leading actor, "the last...

The Boy's Book of New InventionsIN THE preparation of this book the author has tried to give an interesting account of the invention and workings of a few of the machines and mechanical processes that are making the history of our time more wonderful...

Der brennende Dornbusch; Mörder: Hoffnung der Frauen (in weiem Bettlaken, zum Schlafen gekleidet, so langes Haar, da es am Boden in Ringeln nachschleift. Sie kriecht geisterhaft aus den Bettchern hervor und richtet sich gegen die Lichtstrahlen auf, elektrische Helligkeit des Mondes.) Ein alter Mann...

Our Little Austrian CousinIn this volume I have endeavored to give my young readers a clearer and a more intimate knowledge than is usually possessed of the vast territory known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is a collection of provinces united under one ruler,...

The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson - Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway LocomotiveThe present is a revised edition of the Life of George Stephenson and of his son Robert Stephenson, to which...

It Never Can Happen AgainLizarann Coupland did not know what her father's employment was; but she knew that, every morning, she saw him to the corner of Bladen Street, put his left hand on the palin's of number three, and left him to shift...

The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer - With Sketches of Simon Kenton, Lewis Wetzel, and Other Leaders in the Settlement of the WestDANIEL BOONE was the ideal of the American pioneerbrave, cool, self-reliant, a dead shot with his...

Niobe, All Smiles: A Farcical Comedy in Three ActsNOTICE.The attention of those who take part in or organise dramatic representations should be called to the law on copyright. All representations of copyright dramatic works are liable to fees, if either money or consideration be...

Quartetto Ho finito or ora il libro, e riprendo la penna per dedicartelo. Quando, fra qualche mese o qualche anno sar stampato, chiss quali avventure, sorprendendo le nostre vite e divertendone la direzione apparente, potrebbero impedirmi di farlo. Forse la malinconia che c'invade, allorch...

Histoire de Flandre (T. 2/4)Note 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. Un bourgeois du mtier des tisserands, nomm...

Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. - with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince.THE Letters which we now...

The Fantasy Fan, September 1933 - The Fan's Own Magazine Every fantasy fiction magazine says: "This is YOUR magazine." Most fans like this phrase, for it provides a very welcome personal feeling on the part of the readers toward these magazines. The business of...

Items on the Priesthood, presented to the Latter-day SaintsAs there is more or less uncertainty existing in the minds of many of the Bishops and others in regard to the proper status and authority of the Bishopric and what is denominated the "Aaronic or...

MothwiseThe publication of Growth of the Soil in the spring of last year (1920) set critics and readers asking for information about the author and his works. Later in the year further interest was aroused by the news that Hamsun had been awarded the...

An Unsinkable Titanic: Every Ship its own LifeboatIt is the object of this work to show that, in our eagerness to make the ocean liner fast and luxurious, we have forgotten to make her safe. The safest ocean liner was the Great Eastern; and...

The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 3: Acadia, 1611-1616Following is a synopsis of the documents contained in the present volume: XIII. Biard writes from Amiens (May 26, 1614) to the general of the order, reporting the planting of St. Sauveur mission, the attack...

The Romantic LadyNOL ANSON and I had been great friends in our first youthful days, but our lives and ambitions had led us so contrarily that we had not seen each other for more than six years when, on the night two weeks ago,...