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Gods and Heroes; or, The Kingdom of JupiterTHESE stories will, I trust, explain their own purpose; but a few words touching their form are due to critical readers. It will be seen that the Mythology adopted throughout is strictly of the old-fashioned kind which...

The Chimney-CornerMrs. Stowe's romances are among the most thoughtful, picturesque, and popular works of modern fiction. Indeed, they should hardly be called fictitious; for they treat inimitably, and with unfailing freshness, some of the deepest themes that engage the attention of earnest minds. They...

A Handbook of Freethought - Containing in Condensed and Systematized Form a Vast Amount of Evidence Against the Superstitious Doctrines of ChristianityI have aimed in preparing this work to put into compact and orderly form a large amount of irrefragable evidence against the superstitions...

The North Pacific: A Story of the Russo-Japanese WarAs in the preparation of Navy Blue and Cleared for Action, the author has taken great pains to verify the main facts of the present story, so far as they are concerned with the incidents of...

"Broke," The Man Without the DimeI was born on the 28th day of April, 1857, in the village of Port Byron, Rock Island County, Illinois. The waves of the grand old Mississippi sang my lullaby through a long and joyful childhood. So near at...

Trois mois sous la neige: Journal d'un jeune habitant du JuraJeunes amis, Le rcit que nous vous prsentons, sous un titre qui peut vous tonner, repose cependant sur un fond de vrit; il ne surprendra nullement les personnes qui connaissent les pays de montagnes...

CompositionNote.The author gratefully acknowledges the courtesy of those named below in according him permission to use photographs of certain paintings and objects of art as illustrations for this book. License to use photographs was also obtained from the Autotype Fine Art Company, Limited, London...

The Pansy Magazine, July 1886Warranted absolutely pure Cocoa, from which the excess of Oil has been removed. It has three times the strength of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, and is therefore far more economical, costing less than one cent a cup....

The Pansy Magazine, June 1886Warranted absolutely pure Cocoa, from which the excess of Oil has been removed. It has three times the strength of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, and is therefore far more economical, costing less than one cent a cup....

The Pansy Magazine, May 1886Send $1, $2, $3, or $5 for retail box by Express of the best Candies in America, put up in elegant boxes, and strictly pure. Suitable for presents. Express charges light. Refers to all Chicago. Try it once. Warranted absolutely...

The Pansy Magazine, April 1886Send $1, $2, $3, or $5 for retail box by Express of the best Candies in America, put up in elegant boxes, and strictly pure. Suitable for presents. Express charges light. Refers to all Chicago. Try it once. Warranted absolutely...

Pickett's GapAbner Pickett stood in the dusty roadway, rake in hand, watching a load of late August clover, that day harvested, move slowly toward the barn. It was a rich, fragrant, well-proportioned load, covering the hay-rigging wholly from sight, hiding the horses that drew...

LeonorenliederBetrachtet man genau, was der deutschen Poesie fehlte, so war es ein Gehalt und zwar ein rationeller; an talenten war niemals Mangel. Hier gedenken wir nur Gnthers, der ein Poet im vollen Sinne des Worts genannt werden darf. Ein entschiedenes Talent, begabt mit Sinnlichkeit,...

The Flying HorsemanGustave Aimard was the adopted son of one of the most powerful Indian tribes, with whom he lived for more than fifteen years in the heart of the Prairies, sharing their dangers and their combats, and accompanying them everywhere, rifle in one...

The Insurgent ChiefAlthough the town of San Miguel de Tucuman is not very ancient, and its construction dates scarcely two centuries back, neverthelessthanks, perhaps, to the calm and studious population which inhabit itit has a certain middle age odour which is profusely exhaled from...

The Guide of the DesertGustave Aimard was the adopted son of one of the most powerful Indian tribes, with whom he lived for more than fifteen years in the heart of the Prairies, sharing their dangers and their combats, and accompanying them everywhere, rifle...

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, November 9th, 1895I have been staying recently at Oxford, the home of perennial youthand of innumerable dogs. In fact, it was the canine aspect of Oxford that impressed me on this occasion more than any other. Nearly...

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, November 2nd, 1895Tooleiana; or, the Moor the Merrier.At the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in answer to calls for a speech, at the termination of his visit with Thoroughbred, Mr. J. L. Toole presented himself to the audience "habited...

The Girls of Friendly Terrace; or, Peggy Raymond's SuccessThe naming of the Terrace was a happy accident. It must have been an accident, for Jenkins Avenue crossed it at right angles, and just to the north ran Sixtieth Street. No one could have guessed...

A Boy Crusoe; or, The Golden Treasure of the Virgin IslandsTitle: A Boy Crusoe or, The Golden Treasure of the Virgin Islands Author: Allan Eric Release Date: April 14, 2014 [EBook #45397] Reposted: April 21, 2014 [textual corrections] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8...