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TwilightA couple of years ago, on the very verge of the illness that subsequently overwhelmed me, I took a small furnished house in Pineland. I made no inspection of the place, but signed the agreement at the instance of the local house-agent, who proved...

Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the SiouxIt will be noticed that this book differs from others of the American Fights and Fighters Series, and especially its immediate predecessor, Indian Fights and Fighters, in that I am not the author of all or...

The Wind-JammersI WAS a few months over sixteen when my father set me to work in the ship-yard. My task consisted in carrying water for the men to drink and distributing among them armfuls of bolts and trunnels. In this way I became acquainted...

The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 2, February, 1881relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the American Missionary, to Rev. C....

Kings-at-ArmsPresque toutes ses actions, jusqu celles de sa vie prive et amie, out t bien loin au del du vraisemble. Cest peut-tre le seul de tous les hommes, et jusquici le seul de tous les rois, qui ait ru sans faiblesse; il a port...

Luonnon-kirja: Ala-alkeiskouluin tarpeiksiTm kirja sislt Jumalan tit. Tm kirja on lasten kirja. Lue tt. Lue kowasti. Lue hywsti. Pid tarkka waari. Ajattele tarkasti. Seiso suorana. Sano sanat selwsti. Rohkaise mielesi. Ahkera palkitaan. Lukemisen perst tulewat leikit. Hupaisesti saat sitten juoksennella. Alottakaamme siis. Kuunteleppa nyt....

The Ways of Life: Two StoriesI do not pretend to say that the two stories included in this volume are conscious or intentional studies of the phase of human experience which I can describe in no other way than by calling it the ebb,...

A Description of the Famous Kingdome of Macaria - Shewing its Excellent Government: Wherein The Inhabitants Live in Great Prosperity, Health and Happinesse; the King Obeyed, the Nobles Honoured; and All Good Men Respected, Vice Punished, and Vertue Rewarded WHereas I am confident, that...

How It Flies; or, The Conquest of the Air - The Story of Man's Endeavors to Fly and of the Inventions by Which He Has SucceededIn these pages, by means of simple language and suitable pictures, the author has told the story of the...

Ei sitä voi koskaan tietääHammaslkrin tyhuoneessa kauniina elokuun aamuna 1896. Se ei ole mikn tavallinen pieni lontoolainen huoneenpahainen, vaan hieno kalustettu huone, nkala merelle, suositulla kylpypaikalla. Operatsionituoli, jonka vieress on kaasupumppu ja siihen kuuluva sylinteri, on huoneen keskustan ja nurkan vlill. Jos katsoo sisn...

The Art of Glass-Blowing - Plain Instruction for the Making of Chemical and Philosophical Instruments Which are Formed of GlassThe flame of a lamp, or candle, condensed and directed by a current of air, is exceedingly useful in a great number of arts. The...

Chronique du crime et de l'innocence, tome 7/8 - Recueil des événements les plus tragiques;...Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont...

On Growth and FormThe reasonings about the wonderful and intricate operations of nature are so full of uncertainty, that, as the Wise-man truly observes, hardly do we guess aright at the things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things...

Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's LifeExistence became utterly unendurable, he continued, worries heaped upon one another until the strain was unbearable, and then, to crown all, a terrible disease took possession of me. I knew I could not live. It might be a...

Psychology: Briefer CourseIn preparing the following abridgment of my larger work, the Principles of Psychology, my chief aim has been to make it more directly available for class-room use. For this purpose I have omitted several whole chapters and rewritten others. I have left...

Nothing of Importance - A record of eight months at the front with a Welsh battalion, October, 1915, to June, 1916Then, said my friend, what is this war like? I ask you if it is this, or that; and you shake your head. But...

Humours of '37, Grave, Gay and Grim: Rebellion Times in the Canadas The title of this book is built upon the assumption that humour is a sense of incongruity, not that there was anything specially humorous in the affairs of 37 beyond that which...

La porte des rêvesLa tempte nous avait pousss trs loin des ctes o nous avions accoutum de faire la course. Pendant de longues journes sombres, le navire avait plong, le nez en avant, travers les masses d'eau verte crteles d'cume. Le ciel noir semblait...

Tom Terror, the OutlawTom Terror, as he was fitly named, had already made a name which will never be erased from the annals of danger and death that a thousand pens have traced in crimson ink. He had ridden from Custer City, five months...

At Close RangeOn my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things. With it I decipher at close range such finger-work as the cutting of intaglios, the brush-marks on miniatures,...