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The Englishwoman in Russia - Impressions of the Society and Manners of the Russians at HomeWithout troubling the reader with any account of a sea voyage from England to Archangel, as all travels on the vasty deep present pretty much the same features which...

The Daughter of Virginia Dare The sunbeams were playing hide and seek with the ripples around the prows of three small vessels lying at anchor in the harbor of Portsmouth. Their decks were crowded with the colonists going to seek a home on the...

Anatole FranceIrony is for the ironic. He has shown himself military at the last, but I believe Anatole France would have smiled, a little wistfully, if told that a young man had sentenced himself to read every one of his works and to write...

Precepts in Practice; or, Stories Illustrating the Proverbs Dear young friends (perhaps I may rather welcome some amongst you as old friends), I would once more gather you around me to listen to my simple stories. I have in each one endeavoured to exemplify...

A Cold Night for CryingThe snow sifted silently down, clouds of white confetti in the glare of the street lamps, mantling the streets with white, spilling softly from laden, wind-stirred branches, drifting with the wind and embanking the scars and stumps of buildings that...

Robin Hood; - Being a Complete History of All the Notable and Merry Exploits Performed by Him and His Men on Many OccasionsTHE reign of King Richard the First was very different from the times we now live in. The roads were very bad,...

Jean-Christophe III - NuorukainenChristophe oli heittytynyt itsepintaiseen tyhn. Mykll raivolla hn nytti rankaisevan itsen siit, ett oli tahtonut olla onnellinen. Surun valituksiin ja sliviin sanoihin ei hn vastannut koskaan, niin jykistynyt hn oli ylpeyteens. Virkkamatta mitn hn jatkoi sitkesti jokapivisi tehtvin ja antoi pianotuntinsa...

The Elements of Child-protectionDuring the latter half of the nineteenth century, the importance of child-protection gained a far wider recognition. The nineteenth century has been well named The Century of the Child. But there are reasons no less cogent for describing this century as...

The Queen's Reign and Its Commemoration - A literary and pictorial review of the period; the story of the Victorian transformationWhen Sydney Smith, towards the close of his life, considered the changes which had passed over the country within his recollection, he said that...

The Gray AngelsThe younger generation of Birges Corners insisted that nothing exciting had happened since Abigail Clergys love affair in 1867, and the older generation retorted that Thurley Precore, who must have been born in Arcadia, was bound to create excitement. The older generation...

And Gone TomorrowHere is the best story submitted in answer to the theme question: "What Will Life in America Be Like 100 Years From Now?" ... Written by an undergraduate at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, it pictures the America of 2054 as...

The Letters of S. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan The text frequently shows quotations within quotations, all set off by similar quote marks. The inner quotations have been changed to alternate quote marks for improved readability. This book was written in a period when many...

Neues Spanisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch - Auf Grund des Wörterbuches der Königlich spanischen AkademieEl presente Diccionario ha sido escrito teniendo la vista el clsico y autorizado Diccionario de la Real Academia Espaola, utilizando los mejores diccionarios espaoles y consultando un buen nmero de obras especiales y...

Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs - From Cofachiqui, the Indian Princess, and Powhatan; down to and including Chief Joseph and Geronimo. Also an answer, from the latest research, of the query, Whence came the Indian? Together with a number of thrillingly interesting Indian stories...

Durch den Nebel: RomanDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1908 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und altertmliche Schreibweisen bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert; fremdsprachliche Zitate sowie regional gefrbte Ausdrcke wurden nicht korrigiert. Der untere Rand...

Robinson-koulu: Seikkailuromaani TyyneltämereltäI. Halukkailla on tilaisuus ostaa saari Tyynest valtamerest. II. William W. Kolderup San Franciscosta kamppailee stocktonilaisen J.R. Taskinarin kanssa. III. Phina Hollaneyn ja Godfrey Morganin keskustelu pianon sestyksell. IV. Artelett, jota nimitetn Tartelettiksi, esitelln asianmukaisesti lukijalle. V. Lhtvalmistuksia ja lopullinen matkallelht. VI....

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Francis Parkman Divisions The Algonquins The Hurons Their Houses Fortifications Habits Arts Women Trade Festivities Medicine The Tobacco Nation The Neutrals The Eries The Andastes The Iroquois Indian Social and Political Organization Iroquois Institutions, Customs, and Character...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George Eliot 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...

The Life of Bismarck, Private and Political - With Descriptive Notices of His AncestryThe life of Count Bismarck has been so much misinterpreted, by interested and disinterested persons, that it is thought the present publication, which tells a plain unvarnished tale, will not be...

The North Devon CoastLet us, in Gods name, adventure one voyage more, always with this caution, that you be pleased to tolerate my vulgar phrase, and to pardon me if, in keeping the plain highway, I use a plain low phrase; and in rough,...