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Wupatki National Monument, ArizonaThe red sandstone prehistoric pueblos of Wupatki, gleaming against a background of black basaltic cliffs and facing a view of the Painted Desert of the Little Colorado River, were built by groups of farming Indians, ancestors of the picturesque Hopis. More...

Snow-shoes and Sledges - A Sequel to "The Fur-Seal's Tooth"Of course, if every reader of this story had also read its forerunner there would be no need of introducing its characters, for they would already be old friends. We would merely meet them at...

The Flying InnThe sea was a pale elfin green and the afternoon had already felt the fairy touch of evening as a young woman with dark hair, dressed in a crinkly copper-coloured sort of dress of the artistic order, was walking rather listlessly along...

An Easy Introduction to Spanish Conversation - Containing all that is necessary to make a rapid progress in itCONTAINING ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE ARAPID PROGRESS IN IT. PARTICULARLY DESIGNED FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE LITTLE TIME TO STUDY, OR ARE THEIR OWN INSTRUCTORS....

Excursions in the County of Cornwall - Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of CuriosityOn the completion of...

The Ingoldsby Legends; or, Mirth and MarvelsTO RICHARD BENTLEY, ESQ. My dear Sir, I should have replied sooner to your letter, but that the last three days in January are, as you are aware, always dedicated, at the Hall, to an especial battue, and...

Three Good Giants - Whose Ancient Deeds are recorded in the Ancient ChroniclesLong before the day when Fielding and Smollett began to be read on the sly, and before the comic Muse of Congreve and Wycherly began to be looked at askance, that English...

Obstetrical Nursing - A Text-Book on the Nursing Care of the Expectant Mother, the Woman in Labor, the Young Mother and Her BabyThe avowed purpose of care given to the maternity patient to-day is to minimize the discomforts and perils of her pregnancy, labor,...

Scarabs: An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian Seals and Signet RingsThere are few small objects of antiquity which present themselves so often to the travellers notice in Egypt, as the little seals of stone, pottery and other material, carved in various forms and...

Notes on Diseases of Cattle: Cause, Symptoms and TreatmentIn offering this work to the consideration of Students of Veterinary Science, as well as to the Veterinary Profession and others who are interested in the study and advancement of Veterinary Science, I feel it will...

Robert Curthose, Duke of NormandyRobert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror, had been dead but a few years when Abbot Suger set about rebuilding the great abbey church of Saint-Denis, which was dedicated with such pomp and ceremony in 1144. Among the scenes...

Ye Magick Mirrour of Old JapanIN old Japan the mirror occupies a peculiarly important place. Travellers in that land of strange arts and quaint customs tell us of mirror-worship as one of its forms of primitive religion. In old Japan the mirror is not,...

Henriette, oder die schöne Sängerin: Eine Geschichte unserer TageDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1826 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche, altertmliche sowie inkonsistente Schreibweisen bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert. Passagen in franzsischer Sprache wurden dem...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Anatole France You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you...

The Lyrical Dramas of Aeschylus Translated into English Verse{1} The poet who publishes an original work, or the painter who exhibits the product of his own brush, does well, in the general case, to spare himself the trouble of any sort of introductory exposition...

They Were DifferentAs secretary, receptionist and general nursemaid to them I took it upon myself to dig back through the news files and get enough clips to tell their history from birth until they opened the school. You've all read it so there's no...

Flower and Jewel; or, Daisy Forrest's Daughter CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER...

Schwedenklees Erlebnis Es gibt Menschen, die vom Glck geradezu verfolgt werden. Sie wachsen in angenehmen Verhltnissen auf, behtet von Eltern und Verwandten, ihre Gesundheit ist vorzglich, sie sind begabt genug, um ohne besondere Anstrengungen und Qualen ihre Erziehung zu beenden. Sie haben gerade soviel...