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Girl of the Silver SphereA silver sphere swam in vague depths. The surrounding frame of intricate mechanism gave off a soft phosphorescence that strengthened and faded by turns. A young man, robed in gossamer vitri of richest hue, leaned over, watching keenly. His fingers...

Escape From PlutoMarcius Kemble stood upon the frozen surface of Pluto and swore aloud. He knew there were none to hear him but, just the same, he shouted into his plastic space helmet until his ears were ringing, cursing all the planets and their...

Crash BeamIt happened so fast that for a minute he just stood there absolutely incapable of taking it in. One instant the big Earth-Venus rocket freighter was sizzling through the fog to a perfect landing on the field below. Then suddenly she dipped, undershot...

Zero HourOh, it was to be so jolly! What a game! Such excitement they hadn't known in years. The children catapulted this way and that across the green lawns, shouting at each other, holding hands, flying in circles, climbing trees, laughing.... Overhead, the rockets...

Practicable Socialism: Essays on Social ReformThe following Essays have been written at different intervals during our fifteen years residence in East London. They were written out of the fulness of the moment with a view of giving a voice to some need of which...

Buffalo Bill's Big Surprise; Or, The Biggest Stampede on RecordIt is now some generations since Josh Billings, Ned Buntline, and Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, intimate friends of Colonel William F. Cody, used to forgather in the office of Francis S. Smith, then proprietor of the...

KevätSataa tihuutti yhtenn. Usvaan kietoutunut harju kohosi talojen yli. Tm oli kaupungin pkatu, enimmkseen kaksikerroksisia puutaloja, jotka olivat siististi maalatut vaalein, tympein vrein, harmaankeltaisiksi ja harmaanvalkeiksi, ohuen, kylmn suklaanruskeiksi. Etempn sillan luona pisti yksi kivitalo kalkinvalkoisena silmn jonosta, alastomana ja kyhn punaisine palomuureineen, muistuttaen...

Lyra Celtica: An Anthology of Representative Celtic PoetryIN this foreword I must deal cursorily with a great and fascinating subject, for Lyra Celtica has extended beyond its original limits, and Text and Notes have absorbed much of the space which had been allotted for...

Pekka Sallinen: Kertomus 1808-9 v. sodasta - Juhani herttuan hovissa: Historiallinen kertomusNin laulaa kuolematon runoilijamme Runeberg Suomen kansasta, jonka luonteen sodat, vainot, sorto ja nlkvuodet, sanalla sanoen kaikki krsimykset ja onnettomuudet ovat karaisseet. Monesti on kansamme ollut hvimisilln, mutta verivainioilla ja esi-isin autioksi jneill...

The Mean-WellsThere had been great excitement in the house that afternoon. Loveday had been having toothache frequently[2] for some time. Whenever she drank anything hot or cold, or ate anything sweet, or put a lollipop in her mouth, her tooth had begun to jump...

The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (1594, 1595, and 1596)BY CHARLES J. BEKE, Phil.D. The three voyages undertaken by the Dutch, towards the close of the sixteenth century, with a view to the discovery of a north-east passage to China,...

Kuka nyt vävyksi? Kaksinäytöksinen ilveily(Arkihuone Rssen asunnossa: oikealla, yleisst lukien, etualalla piironki, jonka pll iso peili verhoineen, ovi eteiseen ja sohva pernurkassa; perll 2 ikkunaa ja niiden vlill pittin iso pyt liinoineen, pydll savukelaatikoita ja kukkiva kasvi; vasemmalla kulmassa kakluuni; vasemmalla, lhell yleis kirjoituspyt...

The City of ComradesIn the slow swirl of Columbus Circle, at the southwest corner of Central Park, two seedy, sinister individuals could hold an exceedingly private conversation without drawing attention to themselves. There were others like us on the scene, in that month of...

Only an Ensign: A Tale of the Retreat from Cabul, Volume 3 (of 3) I.PAR NOBILE FRATRUM! II.DOWNIE'S REFLECTIONS III.MR. W. S. SHARKLEY'S PLOT IV.THE HOPE OF THE DEAD V.RETRIBUTION VI.AT JELLALABAD VII.THE SCHEME OF ZOHRAB VIII.MABEL DELUDED IX.BY THE HILLS OF BEYMAROO X.AGAIN...

Only an Ensign: A Tale of the Retreat from Cabul, Volume 2 (of 3) I.BEYOND THE LAND OF THE SUN II.IN THE AFGHAN FORT III.THE WARNING IV.WHAT TOOK US THERE V.TIFFIN WITH THE TRECARRELS VI.THE APPOINTMENT VII."THE BAND PLAYS AT TWO" VIII.THE DRIVE IX.ADVENTURE...

Only an Ensign: A Tale of the Retreat from Cabul, Volume 1 (of 3) To have entered, more fully than I have done, into the events and fighting prior to the Retreat from Cabul, would have proved unsuitable for the purpose of my story,...

This Finer ShadowIt is not always an unmixed advantage to an elderly critic of literature to be recognized as one of the Old School who is interested in extremely modern and daring young writers. But in the case of Harlan Cozad McIntosh this reputation...

The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia, Volume 1 (of 2)Before setting sail from Southampton, it may perhaps be as well to devote a few pages explanatory of the early history and discovery of Vancouver Island; why we are going there; and the...

Holmes' Own Story - In Which the Alleged Multi-murderer and Arch Conspirator Tells of the Twenty-two Tragic Deaths and Disappearances in Which He Is Said to Be Implicated, With Moyamensing Prison Diary AppendixThe following pages are written under peculiar circumstances, perhaps the most peculiar...

Some do not...: A novelThe two young menthey were of the English public official classsat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage. The leather straps to the windows were of virgin newness; the mirrors beneath the new luggage racks immaculate as if they had reflected...