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The Water-Colours of J. M. W. TurnerThe Editor desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the following collectors of Turners water-colours who have kindly lent their drawings for reproduction in this volume:Mr. C. Morland Agnew, Sir Hickman Bacon, Bart., Mr. Ralph Brocklebank, Rev. William MacGregor,...

Dawn of the DemigodsWorld War III was also before my day. But then fear, the protective emotion, played a reasonable part. So no cities were actually vaporized. But our side came out the victors with bombers so high-flying that they were already atom-propelled rocket...

What Hath Me?The thousand tiny eyes raced past him, glittering with alien ecstasy, shining brighter, ever brighter as they fed. He felt the lifeblood being sucked out of himdeeper stabbed the gelid coldlouder roared the throbbing in his ears ... then the voice came,...

The Shadow-GodsCurt watched them, screaming as they fled before the shadow-thingsthe tortured humans of Earth. He watched them die, crushed and seared by the spreading blue flower, and he cursed himself. With all his knowledge and strength he could not save his people. Looming...

La comédie de celui qui épousa une femme muettereprsente pour la premire fois le 21 mars 1912 au Caf Voltaire, par les soins de la Socit des tudes Rabelaisiennes, sur l'initiative de M. G. Cohen, reprise au Thtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin le 23 mai...

Little HelpersHe stopped a minute to draw a long breath, and his audience, who was sitting in an easy position upon the upturned kitchen coal scuttle, with her oldest child in her arms, took the opportunity to ask meekly, Well, I dont believe I...

Memoir of the early campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal and Spain, - By an officer employed in his armyThe following sheets pretend to no merit in composition, the writer pretends to no reputation as an author; the subject must be interesting...

For a Night of LoveThe little town of P.... is built on a hill. At the foot of the old ramparts runs a deep brook, the Chanteclair, doubtless so named from the crystalline sound of its limpid waters. When one arrives by the Versailles...

Rosemary and Pansies In a churchyard old and still, Where the breeze-touched branches thrill To and fro, Giant oak trees blend their shade Oer a sunken grave-mound, made Long ago. No stone, crumbling at its head, Bears the mossed name of the dead Graven...

Ljungarsin taru1. Kuinka mestari Gervasius tuli kantamaan veroa Myllyrannan myllyst, ja mit silloin tapahtui. 2. Mit Myllyrannassa viel tapahtui ja kuinka ritari Bo Knuutinpoika Ljungars tuli ratsain myllyyn. 3. Mitenk ritari Bo Knuutinpoika vieraili Myllyrannassa, ja mit Ursula rouva sai siell aikaan. 4. Kuinka...

Plants Poisonous to Live StockWhat is a Poisonous Plant? As will be shown later, so-called poisonous plants differ widely in degree of harmfulness, and it is highly probable that under ordinary conditions many of the plants commonly reputed to be poisonous are really almost...

The Purple PariahThe two men stared grimly at a motionless purple sphere, about eight feet in diameter, that rested fifty feet from the damaged rocket. On the surface of the sphere were two huge, sad eyes that watched the rocket ship with melancholy attention....

Engines of the GodsThe engine was the wealth of Mars. With it Kortha could save his people ... or the evil Guantra could rule the Universe. But neither could use the machine until its secret was solvedso they fought and schemed for the knowledge,...

A Nation in the Loom: The Scandinavian Fibre in Our Social Fabric - An Address by Rev. R. A. JernbergThe services of the inauguration of Professors R. A. Jernberg and W. B. Chamberlain took place on Monday evening, April 15, 1895, in the First...

Lead Smelting and Refining, With Some Notes on Lead MiningThis book is a reprint of various articles pertaining especially to the smelting and refining of lead, together with a few articles relating to the mining of lead ore, which have appeared in the Engineering...

Savage GalahadHe stirred slightly, the ponderously long, yet smoothly-flowing lines of his body, trembling vaguely with the undulating rhythm of the tall pale watergrass. Dim and monstrous shadows floated past, then suddenly spurted in frenzied speed to devour or be devoured. And the dark...

ExampleHis office, aboard the Polaris, was a rather grim place. All command offices were, essentially, being limited pretty much to regulation furnishings, but rare was the Commander who did not manage to plant some of his personality there. It was perhaps characteristic of Commander...

A Group of Famous Women: stories of their livesThe advantages of biography as a means of education are obvious. History and biography go hand in hand, the latter giving vitality and reality to the former. Educators have for a long time appreciated this, and...

The Story Hour, Vol. I, No. 2, December, 1908 - A Magazine of Methods and Materials for Story TellersMake remittances by money order, draft or registered letter, payable to Mersene E. Sloane, Publisher. Sender risks unregistered money. Manuscripts on story-telling, and of stories for...

The Blue VenusOut of their mountain hideout came the terrified band of The Renegade. Through the valleys of Venus they swept, seeking a greed-maddened slaver who planned an experiment so cruel and barbaric it would destroy the very foundation of mankind. The hooded figure...