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Le diable amoureuxLes erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. Une liste d'autres corrections faites se trouve la fin du livre. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. L'AUTEUR du Diable amoureux appartient cette classe d'crivains qu'aprs l'Allemagne et...

Ward Hill, the SeniorA school has been very correctly termed a little world of itself. Within it the temptations and struggles and triumphs are as real as those in the larger world outside. They differ in form, not in character, and become for many...

Captain Carey; or, Fighting the Indians at Pine Ridge"Well, Carey, my gallant aide-de-camp and friend, I am to lose you, it seems; but then what is my loss is your gain, as you have been promoted to a first lieutenancy, and ordered to report...

For His Country, and Grandmother and the CrowHere the singer's voice broke down, and I peered curiously around my corner of the wall. He was pacing to and fro on the river-banka weary-faced lad with pale cheeks and drooping shoulders. Beyond him a fat...

The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] - Containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events...

Daughters of Belgravia; vol. 3 of 3It is the truth that Gabrielle is desperately in love with Lord Delaval, and it is equally true that, thrusting all maidenly reserve to the four winds, she does not hesitate to let him know it. Last nightwill...

Eine langweilige Geschichte: Aus den Aufzeichnungen eines alten MannesEs lebt in Ruland ein hochverdienter Professor, namens Nikolai Stepanowitsch *** (ich unterdrcke den Familiennamen), Geheimrat, Ritter pp.; er besitzt so viele russische und auslndische Orden, da, wenn er Veranlassung hat sie anzulegen, die Studenten ihn...

Harper's Round Table, January 21, 1896On the 20th of December, 1848, I sailed from Honolulu, where I had been naval-store-keeper for many years. My vessel was the Chilean merchant-ship Maria Helena, and she carried as passengers several others who had long resided in the...

The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel JackSmollett bears witness to the popularity of Defoes Colonel Jacque. In the sixty-second chapter of Roderick Random, the hero of that novel is profoundly impressed by the genius of the...

Eine dänische Geschichte: RomanAuf der sd-stlichen Kste der Insel Laaland erhebt sich das alte Stdtchen Nysted, welches sich zu den frhesten Dnemarks zhlt, da es schon im Jahr 1409 durch Erich von Pommern Stadtrechte erhielt. Wie aus einem dicken Laubkranze schaut es von seinem...

PoemsPage xvii., line 6, for been read being; page xxii., first line, for Reynerdson read Reynardson; page xxiv., for tte--tte read tte--tte; page xxviii., 2nd line, for compliments. read compliments,; page xxx., line 11, for Dick Suivelles read Dick Swiveller; page xxxi., in the...

Bird PortraitsThis book is called "Bird Portraits" because Mr. Seton-Thompson's pictures are always faithful and charming portraits of the birds which he draws. But since a bird's portrait, no matter how accurate, can show its subject in only one position, singing, feeding, flying, or...

Miss Fairfax of Virginia: A Romance of Love and Adventure Under the PalmettosThe genial summer sun had long since dropped behind the Irish hills, and the glowing lights of old Dublin were set like rare jewels upon the dark bosom of mother earth when...

Conundrums, Riddles and Puzzles - Containing one thousand of the latest and best conundrums, gathered from every conceivable source, and comprising many that are entirely new and originalA taste for guessing puzzles and enigmas is coeval with the race. The early Greeks were extremely...

Insolación y Morriña (Dos historias amorosas)LA primer seal por donde Ass Taboada se hizo cargo de que haba salido de los limbos del sueo, fu un dolor como si la barrenasen las sienes de parte parte con un barreno finsimo; luego le pareci que...

Czech Folk TalesThe present collection is intended to exemplify the spirit of the Czech race. It may perhaps be objected that folk-tale themes are part of a common stock belonging to all European races, and even to many primitive peoples: but though this is...

Quince minutos en globo - Disparate cómico-lírico-bailable en un acto, en prosa y versoEsta obra es propiedad de su autor, y nadie podr, sin su permiso, reimprimirla ni representarla en Espaa y sus posesiones de Ultramar, ni en los pases con quienes haya celebrados,...

Three Years in TibetI was lately reading the Holy Text of the Saharma-Pudarka (the Aphorisms of the White Lotus of the Wonderful or True Law) in a Samsk manuscript under a Bohi-tree near Mga-va (Sranh), Benares. Here our Blessed Lord Buha Shkya-Muni taught His...

Dissertatio medica inauguralis de icteroIcterus, de quo scribere mihi proposui, morbus est ex antiquo tempore medicin notus. Celsus, medicus Romanorum prclarus, familiariter de eo disseruit, clareque eum delineavit. Pars corporis autem quam occupat scriptori ei patefacta non fuit; si ex silentio ejus fas sit...

ElaineDans sa chambre, l'tage le plus lev d'une tour, laine la belle, laine l'aimable, laine, la blanche fille d'Astolat, gardait l'cu sacr de Lancelot. Elle l'avait d abord plac l'endroit o les premiers rayons du matin pouvaient le frapper et la rveiller par leur...