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From Memory's Shrine: The Reminscences of Carmen SylvaIt has been said by a well-known German novelist of our day in one of his most recent works that as we approach our fiftieth year our hearts nearly always resemble a grave-yard, thronged with memories, a...

From Midshipman to Field MarshalAncestryParentageThe Grammar School and College at MarlboroughI become a Naval Cadet. The Woods, from whom I am descended, were for hundreds of years owners of Hareston Manor, Brixton, a small village near Plymouth. There is a record of a John...

From MissouriWith jingling spurs a tall cowboy stalked out of the post-office to confront his three comrades crossing the wide street from the saloon opposite. Look heah, he said, shoving a letter under their noses. Which one of you long-horns has wrote her again?...

From Monkey to Man, or, Society in the Tertiary Age - A Story of the Missing Link, Showing the First Steps in Industry, Commerce, Government, Religion and the Arts; With an Account of the Great Expedition From Cocoanut Hill and the Wars in Alligator...

From Newton to Einstein: Changing Conceptions of the UniverseThe preparation of this new edition has made it possible to correct errors, to further amplify certain portions of the text and to enlarge the ever-increasing bibliography on the subject. Photographs of Professors J.J. Thomson, Michelson,...

...a message to the Black Youth.This is a compilation of individual essays written during the summer-fall of 1992. The essays are designed to inspire thought within the Black Mind. These writings are primarily targeted toward the Black Youth of this day, of which I...

From North Carolina to Southern California Without a Ticket and How I Did It - Giving My Exciting Experiences as a "Hobo"After a good deal of persuasion upon the part of my relatives and immediate circle of friends, I have decided to write an...

From North Pole to Equator: Studies of Wild Life and Scenes in Many LandsTO THE GERMAN EDITION. Six years have passed since the grave at Renthendorf closed over the remains of my esteemed father, whose deathall too earlywas as great a loss to Science...

From Now On A WILD and prolonged roar came from every quarter of the race track. It swelled in volume. It came again and again. Pandemonium itself seemed loosed. Outside the enclosure, a squat, fat man, the perspiration rolling in streams down his face,...

From Ocean to Ocean: Across a Continent on a Bicycle - An Account of a Solitary Ride From Adelaide to Port DarwinA vague longing to do something first flattered, then irritated, then oppressed me. In vain I tried to argumentatively brush it aside, to...

From October to Brest-Litovsk1. In this book Trotzky (until near the end) uses the Russian Calendar in indicating dates, which, as the reader will recall, is 13 days behind the Gregorian Calendar, now introduced in Russia. Events move so quickly at this time, that...

From October to Brest-LitovskThe person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the country from which...

From Office Boy to Reporter; Or, The First Step in JournalismMy Dear Boys: I have tried to write for you a story of newspaper life and tell how a boy, who started in the lowest position,that of a copy carrier,rose to become a reporter....

From One Generation to Another Dearest Anna,I see from the newspaper before me of March 13, that I am reported dead. Before attempting to investigate the origin of this mistake, I hasten to write to you, knowing, dearest, what a shock this must have...

From out the Vasty DeepThe words were said in a good-natured, though slightly vexed tone; and a curious kind of smile flitted over the rather grim face of the person to whom they were addressed. Miss Farrow looked up from the very comfortable armchair...

From outer spaceThe grizzled old space veteran leaned back in his chair and stared up through the transparent dome. In the black sky myriad white specks gleamed without twinkling, their light unbent by atmosphere or dust. The steady pulse of the airmakers kept rhythm...

From Paddington to Penzance - The record of a summer tramp from London to the Land's EndBefore I set about the overhauling of my notes made on this tourafoot, afloat, awheelfrom London to Lands End, I confided to an old friend my intention of...

From Paper-mill to PressroomIn the following pages I have endeavored to present a treatise on paper free from confusing technicalities, yet sufficiently intimate to be of service alike to the manufacturer, the salesman, and the consumer of paper viewing the subject in a broad...

From Paris to New York by LandMany who read the following account of our long land journey will not unnaturally ask: "What was the object of this stupendous voyage, or the reward to be gained by this apparently unnecessary risk of life and endurance...

From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows - A Narrative of a Journey by Sledge over the Snows of European Russia and Siberia, by Caravan Through Mongolia, Across the Gobi Desert and the Great Wall, and by Mule Palanquin Through China to PekinEmbarrassed readers,...