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The Moon and the SunThe rocket waited, a gleaming yellow-finned tube, pointing its nose at the depths of space. Time ticked in the control tower which rested in the shadow of the great monster. Six minutes left. Sunlight danced on silver curves. Outside the...

Breath of BeelzebubThe martian servant stopped at my desk, coughed faintly to attract my attention. I looked up and he handed me a calling card on which was printed "Slane O'Graeme." It was a limp, thumb-marked and discouraged-looking emissary. The Martian faded away and...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 751, May 18, 1878Should there be any one who wishes to spend a few weeks in a quiet French watering-place not far from the English coast, let him try St Valery. Here he will not...

A Few Words on the Crystal Palace QuestionNo Clergyman who values his own ease will write on either side of a question connected however remotely with that of Sunday observance. If he takes the one side, the world accuses him of bigotry: if the...

All in the Day's Work: An AutobiographyAll rights reservedno part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion...

A Second Letter on the late Post Office AgitationIt has been satisfactory to me to receive, from many excellent and well-informed persons, assurances of their entire concurrence in the sentiments of my former Letter. I am neither surprised nor alarmed to find myself assailed,...

Frank Merriwell on the Boulevards; Or, Astonishing the EuropeansThis is an ideal line for boys of all ages. It contains juvenile masterpieces by the most popular writers of interesting fiction for boys. Among these may be mentioned the works of Burt L. Standish, detailing...

The DerelictThe end of the trail ... he knew it, she knew it, old Hanu knew it and so Jeff Thorne stumbled off into the Martian desertto die. But death takes strange forms out there.... Geoffrey Thorne was "on the beach." Face down on...

The Story Tellers' Magazine, Vol. I, No. 2, July 1913To all girls and boys, but only for the time of their childhood, the flowers of the field, the blossoms of the wood, with the right to play among them freely, according to the custom...

Mimsy's JokeNance smiled foolishly. The long trip back to Earth from Mars wouldn't be at all dull. It might well be one long delicious chuckle over a great, grim and incredible joke. And wouldn't Nance's little cocker spaniel appreciate it most of all? He...

Mary Boyle, Her BookI hope my readers, whether gentle or simple, will do me the favour to read this Preface, as I wish to explain a little, perhaps apologise a little, after the usual fashion of people who write their reminiscences. According to custom,...

The Trinity Archive, Vol. I, No. 5, March 1888Our line of Fine Dress Suits and Overcoats is the largest and finest ever seen. In our Hat and Furnishing Goods Department you can find anything you could ask for. All we ask is a call...

A Reply to Dr. Vaughan's "Letter on the Late Post-Office Agitation"Three years ago the Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley published a letter to the Postmaster-General in opposition to the attempt (as he wrote) which was making in Bath and its vicinity to prevent the delivery...

Beyond Rope and FenceTo you, dear old Dora, who inspired this book, I dedicate it. I regret most poignantly that life has ordained that you may never know, despite my caresses and my quart measures filled to overflowing with oats, how deeply I have...

Hier Zensur - wer dort? Antworten von gestern auf Fragen von heute1. Friedenshoffnungen und -enttuschungen. 2. Metternich karlsbadert. 3. Friedrich von Gentz als Zensor. Eine Komdie in 1 Vorspiel und 5 Akten. 4. Es soll der Snger mit dem Knig gehn. 5. Der Musterstaat...

Idole des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. VIII. Moral ohne Religion - Religiös-wissenschaftliche VorträgeDie religisen Werte hat die Moderne zum Teil verworfen, der moralischen kann sie nicht entraten, denn der tugendhafte Mensch bleibt ja ihr Ideal; da die Gtter fr sie tot sind, soll der bermensch leben....

Sixty-Year ExtensionThey told only half the story to Daniel Carter Griffin when he volunteered to die. They told him of the glories of life re-born; youth re-captured; love re-won; of Free Agenting around the cosmos. Of many things, they spoke about ... but never...

The Galactic GhostIt settled gracefully, quietly, onto an empty field in northern New Jersey. And so unexpected was the event, so unbelievable the fact that man was being visited by aliens from space, that it was a full half hour before the first extra...

A Letter on the Late Post Office AgitationWe have been lately invited to sign a parochial remonstrance against some projected changes in the business of the London Post Office. I, for one, declined the invitation. I never thought of obtruding upon others my reasons...

English Cathedrals Illustrated - Second and Revised EditionSOUTHWELL CHOIR SCREEN. The following pages are an attempt to make the study of the English cathedrals more interesting. Every ancient building has a life-history of its own, and should be studied biographically. But open a guide-book,...