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The Little Navajo HerderIn Little Navajo Herder, we have brought together in one volume the pictured story of a year in the life of a little Navajo girl, which originally appeared in four separate books. In the first edition, which was prepared for classroom...

A Beacon for the Blind: Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-GeneralI wish we had Fawcett here to-day. At this crisis England needs him sorely. These words, said with much feeling by the late Lord Avebury, were spoken to the writer of...

Twenty-Two Goblins. Translated from the SanskritOn the bank of the Godavari River is a kingdom called the Abiding Kingdom. There lived the son of King Victory, the famous King Triple-victory, mighty as the king of the gods. As this king sat in judgment, a...

The Tunnellers of Holzminden (with a side-issue)Almost exactly two years ago, as I write these lines, the famous Holzminden Tunnel became history. Even then, when the sordid camp was still lending (and seemed likely to lend in perpetuum) its grey colour to every aspect...

The Life of a FoxhoundTrimbush told his storythe story of his lifelong ago, and a generation of sportsmen having, probably, been succeeded by another since then, the autobiography of that old and sagacious hound is now presented to the notice of those who may...

Magnhild: KertomusMaiseman muodostavat korkeat, jyrkt tunturit, joiden poikki par'aikaa liikkuu etntyv raju-ilma. Laakso on kapea ja polveilee yhtenn. Vuolas virta koukertelee mukana ja tmn vartta ky tie. Ylempn menrinteill seisovat itse talot, ollen enimmkseen matalia, maalaamattomia asuntoja, mutta monilukuisia; ylt'ymprill levi niitetty hein ja...

Ihmiskunnan edustajaRalph Waldo Emerson syntyi 25 p. toukok. 1803 Bostonissa. Hn kuului vuonna 1685 Amerikaan muuttaneeseen englantilaiseen dissenters' sukuun. [Dissenters'eiksi nimitettiin Englannissa valtiokirkkoon kuulumattomia uskonlahkoja.] Hnen esi-isns olivat kuudessa polvessa olleet pappeja, samalla myskin kulkien paikkakuntansa kirjallisten harrastusten etunenss. Papilliselle uralle antautui nuori Ralph...

Wonderful EscapesREVISED FROM THE FRENCH OF F. BERNARD AND ORIGINAL CHAPTERS ADDED. BY R I C H A R D W H I T E I N G. With Twenty-six Plates. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO. 1871. Aristomenes, the Messenian general, fighting at...

The History of Lumsden's Horse - A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its DisbandmentTo Lumsdens Horse belongs the high honour of having represented all India in a movement the magnitude and far-reaching effects of which we are only beginning to...

Those Brewster ChildrenElizabeth Brewster sat by the window of her sewing-room in the fading light of the winter afternoon. She had been straining her eyes a little over her work and the intent look did not leave them as she glanced out into the...

Some Distinguished Victims of the ScaffoldNo apology is needed, save that which the consciousness of inadequate work may call forth, from him who writes a history of great criminals. Since the lives of so many whose crime is their only title to fame have...

William Blake, Painter and PoetThe position of William Blake among artists is exceptional. Of no other painter of like distinction, save Dante Rossetti, can it be said that his fame as a poet has fully rivalled his fame as a painter; much less that,...

Die Karikatur im WeltkriegeWenn irgend etwas, so spiegelt die Karikatur die Empfindungen der verschiedenen Vlker, ihre Zuneigungen oder Abneigungen, die ganze Stufenleiter ihrer Gefhle wider. Es ist eine alte Wahrheit, da die Kultur oder oft besser gesagt die Unkultur nirgends packender zum Ausdruck kommt...

Budge & Toddie; Or, Helen's Babies at PlayThe many indulgent men and women who liked Helens Babies so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind...

Medical Women: Two EssaysWe deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion, or any individual for another individual, what is and what is not their proper sphere. The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and...

The Deaf Shoemaker: To Which Are Added Other Stories for the YoungMy Dear Young Friends: Encouraged by your kind reception of my former little volume, I have gathered together my scattered sketches with the earnest wish and heart-felt prayer that they may be instrumental...

Auch ich, auch du: Aufzeichnungen eines Irren. Es ist hier nicht alles, wie ich es mir wnschte. Am Tor steht der Kaiser, der lt uns nicht hinaus. Er trgt einen roten Rock und lt mich nicht hinaus, wenn ich mir ein Brieflein kaufen will....

Harhama IIIPeruna kukki Harhamalan akkunan alla, keltakukat nuokkuivat kainoina sen nurmella; mttnkolossa, ojan reunassa, hautoi pikku sirkun emo ja lepppensaan varvulla viserteli sen ikviv puoliso emonsa ajan kuluksi. Oli tulossa lemmen soitin-aika. Luonto laitteli ansoja ikuisen rakkauden poluille. Mets viritti lintunsa laulamaan, nurmi nosti...

On the various forces of nature and their relations to each otherWhich was first, Matter or Force? If we think on this question, we shall find that we are unable to conceive of matter without force, or of force without matter. When God created...

Report of the Committee of Fifteen - Read at the Cleveland Meeting of the Department of Superintendence, February 19-21, 1884, with the DebateThe undersigned Committee agrees upon the following report, each member reserving for himself the expression of his individual divergence from the opinion...