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Rocks and Their OriginsThis little book is intended for those who are not specialists in geology, and it may perhaps be accepted as a contribution for the general reader. To all who are interested in the earth, the study of rocks is an important...

Views of nature: or Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation - with scientific illustrationsThe twofold object of this work,an anxious endeavour to heighten the enjoyment of nature by vivid representations, and at the same time to increase, according to the present state of...

The Boys' Book of Model Aeroplanes - How to Build and Fly Them: With the Story of the Evolution of the Flying MachineIN the boys calendar nowadays the aroplane season comes in with sledding and runs all through skating, marble, top, kite-flying, and bicycle...

Stories for BoysThe Old Time Journalist will tell you the best reporter is the one who works his way up. He will hold that the only way to start is as a printers devil, or as an office boy, to learn in time to...

Arthur Blane; or, The Hundred Cuirassiers I. The Pretty Mask II. A Case of Rapiers III. The Chteau IV. The Bond of Makrent V. The Countess's Boudoir VI. Madame opens the Trenches VII. Charenton VIII. The Marechal de Logis IX. We Dine at the...

Cutie: A Warm MammaIn 1924 Cutie appeared in different issues of the Chicago Literary Times which Ben Hecht and I edited. We issued this paper in tabloid form, with streamers and scareheads; with poetry, prose and the other arts treated in a breezy, jovial,...

The Council of SevenAT FIVE oclock of a September evening, Helen Sholto left the office, as usual, and went to her club. Opposite the tube lift in Dover Street, London, out of which she came, was a bookstall. Clamoring across the front, a newsbill...

The Glacier Gate: An Adventure StoryDestiny knocked at his door, but Doctor Rupert Lang was not at home. At that very moment he was talking of his destiny to Miss Eva Morrison in the glassed gallery of the Bayview Hotel, four miles out of...

Rainbow Landing: An Adventure StoryThe boat was late in leaving the Mobile wharf. Dusk fell as it wallowed noisily and slowly up against the current of the Alabama River, under the great bridge, past Hurricane and the lumber mills. The shores ceased to be...

Obras completas de Fígaro, Tomo 1El criterio utilizado para llevar a cabo esta transcripcin ha sido el de respetar las reglas de la Real Academia Espaola vigentes cuando la presente edicin de esta obra fue publicada. El lector interesado puede consultar el Mapa de...

Psychological Aspects of the Problem of Atmospheric Smoke PollutionAll that can be wisely attempted in an article which aims merely to furnish a preliminary survey of the psychological aspects of the smoke problem, is to outline the scope of the inquiry, to review briefly...

The Druidess: A Story for Boys and OthersAs this story touches upon history to a certain extent, perhaps too much licence has been taken with Ethelberts movements in bringing him as far west as the Severn Valley. The union between the Britons and Saxons...

Recollections - The Reminiscences of the Busy Life of One Who Has Played the Varied Parts of Sailor, Author & LecturerIt may very well be that I am doing something now which is totally unnecessary, indeed that is a foregone conclusion as far as...

The Wright BrothersThe aim in this book has been to satisfy the curiosity of the average, non-technical reader regarding the work of the Wright Brothers, and to do so as simply as possible. No attempt has been made to go into minute technical details....

Metzerott, ShoemakerKarl Metzerott, shoemaker, counted himself reasonably well-to-do in the world. It was a favorite saying of his (though he was not greatly given to sayings at any time, his days being so full of doings), that his Socialist opinions were not based upon...

A Marriage in High Life, Volume IIEaster was now fast approaching, and Fitzhenry announced to Emmeline his intention of going out of town for a fortnight,but not to ArlingfordAnd he concluded by saying, that, of course, he 2supposed she would like to pass the...

A Marriage in High Life, Volume IThe following pages, which I now offer to the public, may, perhaps, not attract general interest; they contain merely a few passages in the history of the heart and feelings of an individual placed in singular and trying...

Hints to Travellers, Scientific and General, Vol. 2 - Tenth edition, revised and correctedThe first seven sections of this volume have been carefully revised, but required no serious alteration. The eighth section required very extensive changes and additions, due to the great progress of...

Ten Essays on Zionism and JudaismThe present volume of translations from the Hebrew of Achad Ha-Am[1] differs in character from the volume of Selected Essays published in 1912 by the Jewish Publication Society of America. The earlier selection was confined, by the express desire...

Die Sitten der Völker, Dritter Band - Liebe, Ehe, Heirat, Geburt, Religion, Aberglaube, Lebensgewohnheiten, Kultureigentümlichkeiten, Tod und Bestattung bei allen Völkern der ErdeDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1916 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und...