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Footprints of Former Men in Far CornwallHawkers prose sketches appeared originally as contributions to various periodicals, and in 1870 they were published for him in book form by Mr. John Russell Smith, as Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall. In 1893, eighteen years...

The Marriage of Heaven and HellAs a new heaven is begun, and it is now thirty-three years since its advent, the Eternal Hell revives. And lo! Swedenborg is the angel sitting at the tomb: his writings are the linen clothes folded up. Now is...

Portraits of Curious Characters in London, &c. &c. - With Descriptive and Entertaining Ancedotes. Many are the reports concerning his civility, and polite manner of attending to the ladies whenever they have honoured him with their commands; and several curious persons have come to...

A System of Practical Medicine. By American Authors. Vol. 2 - General Diseases (Continued) and Diseases of the Digestive SystemAcute articular rheumatism is a general non-contagious, febrile affection, attended with multiple inflammations, pre-eminently of the large joints and very frequently of the heart, but...

Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 02Nous plaons en tte de ce volume, qui fut le dbut littraire de Maupassant, les lettres que Mme de Maupassant, sa mre, adressait Gustave Flaubert au sujet de la vocation littraire du jeune Guy. Si quelque...

The Norwegian Fjords This volume, the artist hopes, may be found useful to the traveller who desires a more intimate acquaintance with the country and its people than may be acquired from a casual visit to its shores. In claiming for this volume no...

Tracts on the SabbathFOR INTRODUCING THE SABBATH OF THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC. To search for the knowledge of our duty, as subjects of the Divine Government, is of the highest importance to Christians and to all men. "None...

The Cause of the Charge of BalaclavaThe charge of the Light Brigade, one of the most magnificent assaults known in Military annals, and one of the greatest blunders known to military tactics, has never yet been properly described. This may be accounted for by...

The Adventure Girls in the AirThe airplane circled low over the shore, its motor a loud humming noise. The begoggled head of the pilot peered over the side at the little group of people on the beach as he sent his plane zooming up...

RiverbyA YEAR IN THE FIELDS. Selections appropriate to each season of the year, from the writings of John Burroughs. Illustrated from Photographs by Clifton Johnson. Uniform with the Riverside Edition of Burroughs's works. 12mo, $1.50. I have often said to myself, "Why should not...

An American Hobo in Europe - A True Narrative of the Adventures of a Poor American at Home and in the Old CountryStranger, will you please permit me to give you an introduction to a particular friend of mine, little Billy. Little Billy and...

The City of God, Volume IIThey believe this will prove not the least valuable of their various Series, and no pains will be spared to make it so. The Editor has secured a most competent staff of Translators, and every care is being taken...

The City of God, Volume I"Rome having been stormed and sacked by the Goths under Alaric their king,[1] the worshippers of false gods, or pagans, as we commonly call them, made an attempt to attribute this calamity to the Christian religion, and began to...

The Life of John Taylor - Third President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsIf the preface to a book be looked upon as the author's excuse for writing it, then this book should have no preface, for the author has no...

My Pretty Scrap-Book: Picture Pages and Pleasant Stories for Little Readers It is Dick's birth-day, and his mamma has very wisely bought "My Pretty Scrap-Book" for him as a present. Should you like to see what is in it? Very well, then; stand by...

Mother Goose for Grown Folks You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of receipt...

Once Upon a Time, and Other Child-Verses TRUSTING to the sweet charity of little folk To find some grace, in spite of halting rhyme And frequent telling, in these little tales, I say again:Now, once upon a time! NOW, once upon a time, a...

The Russian Ballet THE Russian ballet, at least that section of it which M. de Diaghiliev, patron and grand seigneur rather than agent, has taken all over Europe during the last few years, and more recently to America, is now more than a darling...

Sota ja rauha IVPietarin korkeimmissa piireiss kvi thn aikaan monimutkainen taistelu Rumjantsevin, ranskalaisten, Maria Feodorovnan, tsesarevitshin ja muidenkin puolueiden vlill kiivaimmin kuin koskaan ennen ja tavallisuuden mukaan kaikui tss taistelussa ylinn hovikuhnurien hurina. Mutta Pietarin levollinen ja ylellinen elm, jota huolestuttivat ainoastaan elmn nkhirit...

Sota ja rauha IIIVuoden 1811 lopulla alettiin kiihkesti asestaa ja keskitt Lnsi-Europan sotavoimia ja vuonna 1812 siirtyivt nm voimat miljoonittain ihmisi (nekin yhteenlaskettuina, jotka kulettivat ja ruokkivat armeijaa) lnnest itn Venjn rajoille, jonne myskin vuodesta 1811 alkoi vetyty Venjn voimia. Keskuun kahdentenatoista pivn marssivat...