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The Insect World - Being a Popular Account of the Orders of Insects; Together with a Description of the Habits and Economy of Some of the Most Interesting SpeciesThis popular French book on Insects has been placed in my hands in order that the...

Donne e poeti Leone Tolstoi glorificato insieme e scomunicato. Intorno al Carducci non risuonano ora che lodi; e s'inchinano a lui, da un pezzo, anche gli avversari di un tempo. Lo stesso Max Nordau, che ha messo tanto studio a trovare il bacillo della...

Sotto il velame: Saggio di un'interpretazione generale del poema sacro Questo volume sar seguito, se la vita e la forza mi basteranno, da due altri libri: La mirabile visione, che svolger l'ultimo capitolo di questo; La poesia del mistero Dantesco, che tenter di dichiarare...

Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (4 of 9) - Edward the Fourth, Earle of March, Sonne and Heire to Richard Duke of YorkeAfter that this prince Edward earle of March had taken vpon him the gouernement of this realme...

Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Republicks - Adapted to the Present State of Great BritainI am not at all surprised at those encomiums which the philosophers and poets so lavishly bestow upon the pleasures of a country retirement. The profusion...

Beadle's Dime Book of Practical Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen - Being a Guide to True Gentility and Good-Breeding, and a Complete Directory to the Usages and Observances of SocietyWe shall say only a few words about presentations. The same form is always observed,...

Les Villes tentaculaires, précédées des Campagnes hallucinées LA VILLE Tous les chemins vont vers la ville. Du fond des brumes, L-bas, avec fous ses tages Et ses grands escaliers et leurs voyages Jusques au ciel, vers de plus hauts tages, Comme d'un rve, elle...

Fiesko: Historiallinen murhenäytelmäTmn historian olen ottanut p-asiallisesti kardinaali v. Retzin kirjasta Conjuration du Comte Jean Louis de Fiesque ja Histoire des Conjurations, Histoire de Genes sek Robertsonin Geschichte Karls V. nimisist teoksista. Tapauksien ohessa kyttmni vapautta puolustaa Hamburgin nytelmtaiteilija, jos ei, niin min ennen...

Near the Top of the World: Stories of Norway, Sweden & DenmarkThis book is intended to encourage a friendly attitude towards people of other lands. Fast steamers, airplanes, and the radio have made the people of all lands neighbors, and American boys and girls...

Acrobats and MountebanksThe Banquistes was the first title chosen for this book: it has been altered for two reasons which appeared conclusive after some consideration: the general public would have misunderstood it, and it would certainly have wounded those interested in it, who would...

Auld Lang Syne: Selections from the Papers of the "Pen and Pencil Club"The human heart is cradle of deep love, Which growing and expanding from its birth, Ever finds space within that living cot; Howeer remotely oer this beauteous earth Its subtle influences may...

The Seven Curses of LondonCurious Problem.The best Method of Treatment.The Child of the Gutter not to be entirely abolished.The genuine Alley-bred Arab.The Poor Lambs of the Ragged Flock.The Tree of Evil in our midst.The Breeding Places of Disease and Vice Twenty Thousand Thieves in...

Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing CardsAt what period Playing Cards first became known in Europe,whether as an original invention, or introduced from some other quarter of the world,has not yet been ascertained. From the silence, however, of all authorities...

Scapa and a Camera - Pictorial Impressions of Five Years Spent at the Grand Fleet BaseIt was my privilege to be in administrative charge of the Naval Base at Scapa from August, 1914, to May, 1916, until relieved by Rear-Admiral Prendergast. The Author, Mr....

Jack Ranger's Gun Club; Or, From Schoolroom to Camp and TrailNow are you ready? asked Sam again, as he stepped forward and raised the pistol, ready to fire the starting shot in a small race between Jack Ranger, one of the best-liked students at...

The Story of the Nations: PortugalTHIS volume is written on a different plan to that adopted in most of the volumes in the same Series which have preceded it, and attempts to give a short chronological history of Portugal. An episodical history, though more...

Woman, Church & State - The Original Exposé of Male Collaboration Against the Female SexThis work explains itself and is given to the world because it is needed. Tired of the obtuseness of Church and State; indignant at the injustice of both towards woman;...

Auguste Rodin - Mit 96 VollbildernRodin war einsam vor seinem Ruhme. Und der Ruhm, der kam, hat ihn vielleicht noch einsamer gemacht. Denn Ruhm ist schlielich nur der Inbegriff aller Miverstndnisse, die sich um einen neuen Namen sammeln. Es sind ihrer sehr viele um...

Tracks and TrackingTO derive the greatest pleasure from the pursuit of game, either large or small, it is necessary that the disciple of Nimrod be versed in the science of interpreting the meaning of tracks and trails. Nature is as an open book to...

Betty's Happy YearBetty McGuire stood on the steps of the veranda as she spoke. Her mother, in the doorway, was smiling down at her, and her pony, Dixie, was jingling his bells and pawing at the snow and ice in the driveway below. It...