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The Mentor: Guynemer, The Wingèd Sword of France, Vol. 6, Num. 18, Serial No. 166, November 1, 1918For more than two years all of us have seen him cleaving the heavens above our heads, the heavens lighted up by shining sun or darkened by...

The Mentor: Reclaiming the Desert, Vol. 6, Num. 17, Serial No. 165, October 15, 1918To the great number of returning soldiers, land will offer the great and fundamental opportunity. The experience of wars points out the lesson that our service men, because of army...

The Mentor: The Virgin Islands of the United States of America, Vol. 6, Num. 13, Serial No. 161, August 15, 1918We landed at St. Thomas in front of a little square overhung by palm and mango trees and shaded by lofty ferns, and were...

The Mentor: Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 6, Num. 7, Serial No. 155, May 15, 1918When I was a child seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children; and,...

The Mentor: Scotland, the Land of Song and Scenery, Vol. 1, Num. 10, Serial No. 10, April 21, 1913 - A Trip Around the World with Dwight L. ElmendorfCONTRIBUTORSPROF. JOHN C. VAN DYKE, HAMILTON W. MABIE, PROF. ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, REAR ADMIRAL ROBERT E....

Petrarch's Secret; or, the Soul's Conflict with Passion - Three Dialogues Between Himself and S. AugustineYet no English translation has hitherto been published. A French version by M. Victor Develay was issued a few years ago, and received the recognition of the French Academy;...

The Still-RoomMRS. CHARLES ROUNDELL is responsible for the chapters dealing with the Pickling of Meat, Preserves, Refreshments at a Garden-Party, and Food for Invalids; as well as for certain recipes scattered through the book. These are distinguished by the initials J. R. The preparation...

When Mother Lets Us Give a Party - A book that tells little folk how best to entertain and amuse their little friendsThere is nothing that is much more fun than a party, is there? Mother hasnt forgotten the days when she set a...

History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. 2 (of 3) - Third EditionRestored to the home of his fathers, Shah Soojah was not contented. Even during the excitement of the march to Caubul he had complained of the narrow kingdom to which he was...

Cours familier de Littérature - Volume 28L'envie et la haine s'acharnrent sur lui. Ce fut alors que ses ennemis dcouvrirent l'Essai sur les Rvolutions, publi et retir de la publicit par les conseils de ses amis, pour tre remplac par le Gnie du Christianisme....

Mechanics: The Science of MachineryALTHOUGH strictly speaking the term Mechanics applies to that branch of Physics that deals with the actions of forces on material bodies, originally the word had a broader meaning embracing all machinery and mechanical inventions. To-day popular usage is restoring...

Five Years in Texas - Or, What you did not hear during the war from January 1861 to January 1866. A narrative of his travels, experiences, and observationTo conceive the idea, and execute the purpose of making a book, is, to a modest man,...

Klorinda1. Marraskuun neljntenkolmatta pivn vuonna 1690. 2. Jeoffrey herra tekee tuttavuutta tyttrens kanssa. 3. Tuttavuutta jatketaan. 4. Kirkkoherran vierailu ja Klorinda neidin syntympivt. 5. "Minua ei keksit." 6. Anne sisko lyt ern muotokuvan. 7. Mit kuutamossa tapahtui. 8. Ers kohtaus ruusutarhassa ja ers kihlaus....

Crusoe in New York, and other talesSo far as these little stories have met the public eye, they have called forth criticism from two points of view. It is said, on the one hand, that the moral protrudes too obviously; that if a preacher...

Aux glaces polaires: Indiens et esquimauxIl traite dun apostolat de plus de soixante-dix ans, aux latitudes extrmes du monde habit; et il parat une heure o, dans le vicariat du Mackenzie du moins, nul prtre na encore pntr, si ce nest vos enfants, les...

YorkAs each town has its characteristic features and peculiar advantages, we may ask what it is that constitutes the special attraction exerted by the city of York, not only upon those, who with more or less of appreciation dwell within its limits but upon...

A Book of Porcelain: Fine examples in the Victoria & Albert MuseumThe twenty-eight water-colour drawings reproduced in this volume have been made from specimens of porcelain in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, many of which have never been published...

The Fourteenth of July, and Danton: Two Plays of the French RevolutionIt is perhaps a little surprising to learn that the author of Jean-Christophe has written at least sixteen full-length plays. Most of these, it is true, antedate the publication of the first parts...

Páginas escogidasMi costumbre de no volver nunca sobre lo hecho y de no leer nada de cuanto escribo, una vez dado a la imprenta, ha sido causa en esta ocasin de no poco embarazo para m. El presentar un tomo de Pginas escogidas me...

Joseph ConradTo any reader of the books of Joseph Conrad it must be at once plain that his immediate experiences and impressions of life have gone very directly to the making of his art. It may happen often enough that an author's artistic life...