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Pelican Pool: A NovelWhere the equator girdles the earth, the Indian Ocean and the amorous waters of the Pacific have their marriage bed. Afire with the passions of the tropics, excited by breezes from a thousand islands of palm, of spice, of coral, of...

Early Printed BooksIn the following pages I have endeavoured to give a short account of the introduction of printing into the principal countries and towns of Europe, and to bring our information on the subject as far as possible up to date. Small books...

Ajan käänteessä: Isänmaallisia runoja ja ballaadejaAleksin joulu. Menneit vaiheita. Elettihin ennenkin. Huhun huuhkain. Kun laulajat lauleli. Suomenlahdella. Saulin lankeemus. Sudet tulevat. Hakoisten linna. Itke, itke nurmen nukka! Epilijt. Ne kiltit lampaat. Lalmantin kotiintulo. Volhovin rannoilta. Kansa ermaassa. Pienen oikeus. Rikkahat neitoset. Tm maa. Poppa....

Historia Pitoresca: Palavras e frases celebresO PRESENTE livroPALAVRAS E PHRASES CELEBRES, como que uma Corbeille aonde esto reunidos, explicados, e, por vezes commentados, muitos factos, muitas palavras, phrases e circumstancias curiosas e originaes, que se empregam e se encontram, a cada momento, j n'alguma...

Dirigible BalloonsThis book was transcribed from scans of the original found at the Internet Archive. I have rotated some images. The caption for Figure 20 was illegible in the scanned pages so I used a description from a paragraph that referred to it. Of...

China's Revolution, 1911-1912: A Historical and Political Record of the Civil War TO THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES AND TO THE NEW CHINA PARTY IN THE HOPE THAT THEIR STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM MAY HERALD THE DAWNING OF A DAY OF RIGHT AND TRUTH...

The Epidemics of the Middle AgesThe Council of the Sydenham Society having deemed Heckers three treatises on different Epidemics occurring in the Middle Ages worthy of being collected into a volume, and laid before its members in an English dress, I have felt much...

Castes In IndiaMany of us, I dare say, have witnessed local, national, or international expositions of material objects that make up the sum total of human civilization. But few can entertain the idea of there being such a thing as an exposition of human...

Two StoriesIt was a Sunday and the first day of spring, the first day on which one felt at any rate spring in the air. It blew in at my window with its warm breath, with its inevitable little touch of sadness. I felt...

The Bedbug [1934]A STRENUOUS STRUGGLE, a vigorous campaign, is before any housewife who is called upon to dispute the occupancy of her home with that persistent pest unfavorably known as the bedbug, who, gorged with the blood of his victim, lieth up in his...

La quinta de Palmyra - (Novela grande)El libro nuevo, 4 pesetas. Beltrn, Prncipe, 16.Virgueras, 4 pesetas (Los pedidos al autor, Velzquez, 4, torren)Variaciones. Ilustrado por el autor, Atenea, Ferraz, 21.El Prado, numerosos grabados, 2,50 pesetas. Beltrn, Prncipe, 16.Toda la Historia de la Puerta del...

Flytraps and Their Operation [1930]BOTH THE HOUSE FLY AND BLOWFLIES may be captured in traps. The character of the bait used and the location of the traps greatly influence the kind of flies caught. This bulletin tells how to make the flytraps that have...

Flytraps and Their Operation [1921]RESULTS obtained in experiments with the use of chemicals against fly larv in manure are presented in Bulletins Nos. 118, 245, and 408 of the Department of Agriculture. The biology of the house fly and the various methods of control...

The Bedbug [1916]The presence of the bedbug (fig. 1) in a house is not necessarily an indication of neglect or carelessness; for, little as the idea may be relished, this insect may gain access in spite of the adoption of all reasonable precautions. It...

With the Persian Expedition No one can be more alive than I am to the fact that of the making of war books there is no end, nor can anyone hear mentally more plainly than I do how, at each fresh appearance of a...

The Man InsideTHE long hot tropic day was drawing to its close. The shadows were gradually rising and filling the narrow street, and every now and then from the side of the open drain which ran through the middle of the street a large...

La MortOn l'a dit admirablement: La mort! c'est encore elle seule qu'il faut consulter sur la vie, et non je ne sais quel avenir et quelle survivance o nous ne serons pas. Elle est notre propre fin et tout se passe dans un intervalle...

Travels in Virginia in Revolutionary TimesThis is a book of Travels in Virginia during a period that may be called revolutionary, from the year 1769 to the year 1802, when the United States lay still to the east of France and Spain, and the...

Le Banian, roman maritime (1/2)La caste idoltre des Banians dont les pratiques et les scrupules religieux rappellent un peu la rigidit des premiers isralites, se livre, dans tout l'Hindoustan, cette sorte de commerce nomade et de modestes spculations mercantiles que les Juifs exercent encore...

The Missouri Archaeologist, Volume 34, No. 1 and 2, December 1972We wish to express appreciation to all of the following for their help and assistance in the preparation of this report. The contributions of some are discussed in detail in the text, but we...