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Norsk literaturhistorie for gymnasiet, lærerskoler og høiere folkeskoler - Med et tillæg om de forskjellige literaturarter I 6te utgave blev der gjort en del forkortelser og nogen forandringer ellers. I 7de utgave er der gjort en del forandringer i avsnittet om den nyere norske...

Coronation RitesWhile it is hoped that this book may prove of service to those who wish to study the history and structure of the Coronation Rite, it will be evident that a subject so large can only be treated, in the space at my...

History of the Harvard College Observatory During the Period 1840-1890 A careful study of the early history of the Harvard College Observatory has been made by Mr. Daniel W. Baker. Many facts were thus brought to light which had not appeared in print. A...

Harper's Young People, September 26, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyOne day nearly a hundred and fifty years ago two elderly gentlemen were dining together in an old house in Hamburg, Germany. They were music-masters of great note in those days. Herr Franck was the...

La Casa de los CuervosEn la parte que el sol no calienta, el musgo extiende su terciopelo verde, como un suave tapiz. Crecen los yuyos en las grietas de los oscuros adobes manchados por la cal del antiguo revoque; se ve en un muro...

Comb HoneyThe present tendency in beekeeping is decidedly toward the production of extracted honey rather than of comb honey. The recent activity among beekeepers toward specialization, which necessitates the establishing of out-apiaries, and the rapidly increasing demand for extracted honey are among the factors...

Juan José: Drama en tres actos y en prosaOtra. Cuiden los actores que representen esta obra, de dar los personajes su verdadero carcter; son obreros, no chulos, y por consiguiente su lenguaje no ha de tener entonacin chulesca de ninguna clase. Esta obra es...

Harper's Young People, September 19, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyLong and long ago, before you or I were born, in the year 1799 in fact, a man by the name of Ossip Schumachoff threw away a golden opportunity. Having undertaken an expedition up to...

The Hammond-Harwood House: A Registered National Historic LandmarkThe Hammond-Harwood House was built in 1774 by Matthias Hammond, a Maryland patriot deeply involved in the public affairs of his day. A man of wealth, education and spirit, he wished his house to occupy a proud...

GudrunThe charming story of Gudrun is a romance of the old heroic period, written by some unknown poet of Austria or Bavaria in the thirteenth century. Next to the Nibelungen Lied, it is the most important of the German epic poems. Indeed some of...

HempTHE HEMP PLANT contains the drug marihuana. Any farmer planning to grow hemp must comply with certain regulations of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. This involves registration with the farmer's nearest Internal Revenue Collector and the payment of a fee of $1. Although...

The Chicago Massacre of 1812 - With Illustrations and Historical DocumentsHistory is not a snap-shot. Events happen, and the true record of them follows at a distance. Sometimes the early report is too voluminous, and it takes time to reduce it to truth by...

Change Signals: A Story of the New FootballI am taking this occasion to thank all of my readers, boys and girls alike, who have been so kind as to write to me. Sometimes your letters have gone unanswered for a long time, I fear;...

Routine for a HornetRunning to the suitlocker, he wondered if the bells had to be loud enough to jar a man's mind. The other on-duty men in the wardroom were running with him, and the corridor outside reverberated to the sound of pounding feet...

Why Crime Does Not PayThe publishers believe that a picture of life sketched by a master handsomebody who stands in the world of crime as Edison does in his field or as Morgan and Rockefeller do in theirscould not fail to be impressive and...

Quéda que as Mulheres Têm para os TolosContento-me em repetir o que se disse antes de mim: minhas paginas conscienciosas so um resumo de muitos e valiosos escriptos. Propriamente fallando, uma comparao scientifica, e eu obteria a mais doce recompensa de meus esforos, como...

Beyond the Black Waters This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcribers Note....

The History of Court FoolsIn the days of old, it happened that all Olympus was dull, and Zeus complained, yawning the while, that there was not a fool amongst the gods, with wit enough to keep the divine assembly alive, or to kill the...

When Wilderness was King: A Tale of the Illinois Country SURELY it was no longer ago than yesterday. I had left the scythe lying at the edge of the long grass, and gone up through the rows of nodding Indian corn to the house,...

A Little KnowledgeEven with modern conveniences, Caesar could never have staged such a triumph, and in the face of world history-making, he wouldn't have reason to. Olbu's visit to the earth was certainly a bigger deal for the archives than anything Caesar ever did....