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The Story of BrusselsProbably there is no quarter of Europe more thickly studded with medival towns than that embraced by the Flemish provinces of Belgiumthe old Duchy of Brabant and the old County of Flanders. Curious places they are, some of them, little changed...

Jeftan tytär: Yksinäytöksinen runoelmaPieni laaksonpohjukka Gileadin vuoristossa. Taka-alalla vhittin kohoavia vuoria, sivuilla mets, metsn reunassa vasemmalla Jeftan maja tuuheitten leip- ja viikunapuitten suojassa. Laaksoon laskeutuu kaksi polkua. Oikealta tuleva ky pienen kummun yli, jonka laella kasvaa rehev tamariski. Metsn reunassa oikealla pieni lehtimaja puiden...

The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company - Including that of the French Traders of North-Western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor Fur CompaniesTO THE THIRD EDITION The favor which has been shown to the "Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay...

Corleone: A Tale of SicilyMr. Isaacs: A Tale of Modern India. Doctor Claudius: A True Story. Roman Singer. Zoroaster. Tale of a Lonely Parish. Khaled: A Tale of Arabia. Witch of Prague. Three Fates. Marion Darche: A Story without Comment. Children of the King....

L'Illustration, No. 1606, 6 décembre 1873Texte: Histoire de la semaine.--Courrier de Paris, par M. Philibert Audebrand.--La Sur perdue, une histoire du Gran Chaco (suite), par M. Mayne Reid.--La bataille de Saint-Privat livre le 18 aot 1870--Les Thtres.--Nos gravures.--Comment j'ai retrouv Livingstone. --Revue littraire: les...

Escuela de Humorismo: Novelas.—Cuentos.Nota del Transcriptor: Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Pginas en blanco han sido eliminadas. Los que hoy son y valen, al publicar nuevas y mejores obras, han demostrado que la publicacin de su primer libro, ni fu acto de...

The Art of War in the Middle Ages A.D. 378-1515The Art of War has been very simply defined as the art which enables any commander to worst the forces opposed to him. It is therefore conversant with an enormous variety of subjects: Strategy and...

A. D. 2000Lest originality of title and theme be denied, it is but justice to myself to state that both were assumed in November, 1887. My thanks are due to Lieutenant D.L. Brainard, Second Cavalry, for the true copy of the record of the...

A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 1 of 3)The favour with which my former Indian tales have been received has induced me to write another, in illustration of one of the most important epochs in the history of the Dekhan. The...

El Mulato Plácido o El Poeta MártirNota del Transcriptor: Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Pginas en blanco han sido eliminadas. La mayora de las preguntas y exclamaciones en el texto original fueron imprimidas sin el primer signo de interrogacin y exclamacin respectivamente....

The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars It was the coldest morning of the winter, thus far, and winter is no joke on those northern tablelands, where the streams still run black in token of their forest origin, and old men...

A Chambermaid's DiaryA French chambermaid, who has served in Paris, in the houses of the nobility, the bourgeois, and professional people, finally enters the service of a rich couple living in the country, and there begins to keep a diary. In describing the events...

Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth SeriesThe province of Dalecarlia has often been called the heart of Sweden. It is a centrally located inland province, said to contain a sample of everything the country can offer in the way of natural beauty. For centuries it...

FierabrasSaint pol docteur de verit nous dit que toutes choses reduites par escript sont a nostre doctrine escriptes. Et boece fait mencion que diversement le salut d'ung chascun procede. Puis que ainsi est que la foy crestienne est assez par les docteurs de sainte...

Dernières Années de la Cour de Lunéville - Mme de Boufflers, ses enfants et ses amisNote 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...

Hour of Enchantment - A Mystery Story for GirlsAgain, for a moment, she gave herself over to a study of the magnificent panorama that lay before her. She was poised, like a pigeon in a belfry, but oh, so high up! Six hundred and...

Das Exemplar Zwei Monate aus Maricles seltsamem Leben seien hier preisgegeben und der Vorhang weit davon zurckgeschlagen; dann falle er wieder zu, und sie mag wieder ihres Weges ziehen. Man nannte sie Maricle. Niemand wute, wer sie zuerst so nannte, aber keiner nannte sie...

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899 - Volume LIV, No. 5, March 1899Perhaps there is no civilized institution to which, man has accommodated himself with so ill a grace as monogamy. Hardly a perversion of it has ever existed but may still be found....

Twenty Years in Europe - A Consul-General's Memories of Noted People, with Letters From General W. T. ShermanWhile staying in Switzerland and Italy as a consular officer, during a period of well on to twenty years, I kept a diary of my life. Without...

Candy MedicationMore closely akin to candy are lozenges, and yet they are not real candy. The only one among them that is pleasant is the santonin lozenge; and it is the only one that is popular. An especially good imitation of candy form are...