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A Popular History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Reign of Queen Victoria; Vol. IV King James had abandoned England, fleeing from the storm which he had raised, obstinate in his ideas and holding persistently to the hope of a return, which...

Historical and Descriptive Guide Through ShrewsburyThis Historical Guide has no pretensions to the value of either a full history or a complete handbook of Shrewsbury. It consists simply of a sketch of the historical associations of Shrewsbury, and of a directory just sufficiently complete...

West Point ColorsSome of my friends in a certain cadet class beset me to write a West Point story; promising me incidents at will, a plot, a name, and a tactical officer for "the villain." Perhaps it was because I declined this last sensational...

The Stranger in Shrewsbury - or, an historical and descriptive view of Shrewsbury and its environsA lovely spot For all that life can ask! Salubrious! mild! Its hills are green: its woods and prospects fair! Its meadows fertile! And to crown the whole In...

Devonshire WitchesDevonshire bears powerful evidence to the theory of Mr. Buckle, that the climate and scenery of a country tend to influence the creed of the people. Our miles of broad and almost deserted moorland, the deep valleys, the dark combes, and our stormy...

Vieilles Histoires du Pays BretonLa lgende de la mort chez les Bretons armoricains. Nouvelle dition avec des notes sur les croyances analogues chez les autres peuples celtiques, par Georges Dottin, professeur-adjoint l'Universit de Rennes. 2 forts volumes in-12, LXX-347-456 pages. 10 fr. C'est en...

A Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865My father, a skillful physician by profession, was by taste and inclination a controversal writer, a contributor to the newspapers, mixing up in the stir of the times. Before the Civil War his energy was devoted to...

Dramatis PersonæAlthough it would be presumptuous to introduce the work of Arthur Symons, a word or two about this particular collection may not be out of place. A number of these essays have appeared in representative American and English periodicals, but their preservation here...

Gypsy Coppersmiths in Liverpool and BirkenheadWhen you want to find a Gypsy the police are more likely to be able to give you his address than directories, bankers, or ministers of religion; and it was a Liverpool policeman who sent me to the back...

Money-making men; or, how to grow richI FEAR City people are very mercenary in their views and habits. It is natural that they should be so; they come into the City to make money, and that is all they are thinking of while they...

The Man From SiykulMyra Horn awoke from her nap on the couch in the control room and looked at her husband. He was hunched over the Simplimatic 50-Button control board of their sleek Skypiercer space-launch, peering through the vision shield with a grim intensity....

The Road Past Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864This publication is one of a series of booklets describing the significance of historical and archeological areas in the National Park System administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. It is printed...

A First Book in Writing EnglishIt sometimes happens that the study of the principles of composition is left until the overcrowded last year of the high school, under the plea that facts ought to precede generalizations. Is it not better to have the pupil...

"Crazy Daisy" Boutique, Vol. No. 5HOW TO DETERMINE SIZE TO MAKE: Directions are based on standard measurements listed below. Allowance has been made to size, stitch, yarn and style of garment for best results. These are general body measurements and may vary with each...

Colorado Wild FlowersThe original color films used for the plates on pages 15 and 26, were heretofore reproduced in different form in American Wild FlowersMoldenke, published in 1949 by D. Van Nostrand Co., New York, with whose permission they are again reproduced here. Flowers,...

Marie és más asszonyokA hotelt a bartaim ajnlottk, affle szerny kis szlloda volt maison meuble a Rue Victor Mass-ban, nem messze a boulevardtl s egszen kzel a Montmartre minden vidmsgtanyjhoz. Mikor a kocsim megllott eltte, egy barna pamutbluzos szolgafle ember szedte le a kofferemet....

Planet of No-ReturnKerry Blane growled unintelligibly, batted the injector lever with a calloused hand. His grizzled hair was a stiff wiry mop on his small head, and his oversize jaw was thrust belligerently forward. But deep within his eyes, where he hoped it was...

Trouble on TychoIt was all, so far as the D.C. was concerned. Isobar was talking to himself. The plate dulled. Isobar said, "Nuts!" and returned to his duties. He jotted neat ditto marks under the word "Clear" which, six months ago, he had placed...

The Basis of Social Relations: A Study in Ethnic PsychologyAlthough, as we have seen, there is no common measure of Mind and Matter, the connections between the two are so intimate that, in organised beings, any change in the one entails a corresponding change...

Meteor-Men of MarsIt came out of the dawn sky, slanting like a fiery meteor out of the east. The two men in the skiff saw the glowing streak in the sky and heard the sound of its passage, like the loosing of a nest...