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Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1913Poetry is one of the realities that persist. The faade and dome of palace and temple, the monuments of heroes and saints, crumble before the ruining breath of time, while the Psalms last. So when another year passes and...

Down the Scale or Up...Not skinniness! Its no light matter, Hortense, this question of figures. You can figure on that. Even the new styles wont hide the awful fact that you bulge where you shouldnt, OR that you own no curves where you should....

Place Names in KentWhen I was a school boy at Canterbury, in the fifties and sixties, my first interest in philology was evoked by Trench on The Study of Words, and by the more elaborate pioneer work, Isaac Taylors Words and Places, while oral...

The Hoofs of Pegasus The thanks of the author are due to Winfred Douglas for his criticism and help in arranging the material in this book; and to the editors of Poetry (Chicago), Contemporary Verse, The Literary Review and The Bowling Green for permission...

Be Kind to One AnotherLily Stuart and Ellie Graham were very near neighbours, and very dear friends. They attended the same school, and [Pg 3]when that was over, they spent most of their leisure time in playing with each other. Ellie's younger sister, May,...

Le Grand Silence Blanc: Roman vécu d'Alaska N Montpellier, en 1884, il y fit de compltes tudes classiques o, de bonne heure, le dmon qui le hante introduit un grain de fantaisie. Il publie quatorze ans ses premiers vers et prononce au mme ge...

Le Banian, roman maritime (2/2)Un seul officier, charg de veiller la manuvre, reste immobile sur le pont, un il fix sur le compas qu'il observe prs du timonier, et l'autre il errant sur les voiles dont il pie le battement et le FASEYAGE; car...

Viagem ao norte do Brazil feita nos annos 1613 a 1614, pelo Padre Ivo D'EvreuxVIAGEM AO NORTE DO BRASIL FEITA NOS ANNOS DE 1613 A 1614, PELO PADRE IVO DEVREUX RELIGIOSO CAPUCHINHO PUBLICADA CONFORME O EXEMPLAR, UNICO, CONSERVADO NA BIBLIOTHECA IMPERIAL DE PARIZ COM...

An Apology for the Colouring of the Greek Court in the Crystal PalaceThe coloured or colourless state of the monuments of the Greeks, and more particularly of their monumental sculpture, has long been a subject of discussion in the world of art; a discussion...

The American Diary of a Japanese GirlHow often I watched thy august presence in happy amazement when thou didst pass along our Tokio streets! What a sad sensation I had all through me when thou wert just out of sight! If thou only knewest,...

Leon, Burgos and Salamanca: a historical and descriptive accountIn the plan of this book, as in the other volumes of the Series, the text has been made subordinate to and explanatory of the illustrations, which, I venture to hope, will be found to form...

The Heritage of The South - A History of the Introduction of Slavery; Its Establishment From Colonial Times and Final Effect Upon the Politics of the United StatesA review is given, in the pages following, of the causes which led to the political issue...

Énigmes et découvertes bibliographiquesJe vous lavais prdit, lorsque vous vous tes dcid, dans un moment dimpatience et peut-tre de dpit (vous vous lassiez des lenteurs insparables de la formation dune bibliothque damateur), vous dfaire de ladmirable choix de livres que vous aviez dj runis:...

Kynäelmiä II: Runosommitelmia ja suorasanaisia kokeitaSiit' aina mua moitit, kunnon veikko, Kun ajan kysymyksiin puutu en, Ja minut tuomitset, ett' olen heikko Ja sanot menneen multa miehuuden. Nin pauhattuas, vaadit tytt suuta Mun elon kurjuudesta huutamaan, Niin ett vihlois lihaa ynn luuta Jo saatanankin...

Kynäelmiä I: RunosommitelmiaJos voisin. Milloin. Huolett' ollos. Voitto on varma. Varpuselta. Kes-aamuna. Synnyinseuduilla. Karjalassa. Nietokset kun sulavi. Neuvon tietisin. Hiljan kuolo. Paimen. Toivo. Uus' elo. Luodon koivu. Ern kerran. Koska. Turhaa idin surua. Kihlatuille. Jos. Ystvni. Syksyn kukka. Kirkossa. Mik syyn. Auta, Herra. Marssi-ehdoitelma...

Across the ChasmMARGARET TREVENNON was young and beautiful. Her faithful biographer can say no less, though aware of the possibility that, on this account, the satiated reader of romances may make her acquaintance with a certain degree of reluctance, reflecting upon the two well-worn...

The Philosophical Theory of the StateTranscribers Note: The text is that of the first edition, with the errata incorporated. Because there are no page breaks, footnotes are placed under the paragraphs or quotations to which they relate, and renumbered accordingly. Page numbers have been...

Les châteaux d'Athlin et de Dunbayne (1/2), Histoire arrivée dans les Montagnes d'Écosse.Situation du Chteau d'Athlin.Douleur de ceux qui l'habitent, cause par la mort du comte, tu jadis par Malcolm, chef de la tribu de DunbayneVie retire de Maltida, veuve du Comte.Premires annes de...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 748, April 27, 1878As much interest has latterly been roused concerning the population habitually living in the English canal traffic boats, we offer the following particulars on the subject from the personal observation of a...

The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2) - Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical AntiquityThe book contains several blank pages and long and multi page footnotes hence there are gaps in, and variable spacing of, page numbers. Many index entries refer...