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My CountryThis is a small country, a new country, but it is a country I love. I want others to love it also; therefore listen to a few words about it. Let me paint a few pictures, draw a few sketches as I have...

The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling CloakEvery effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible. A number of the original illustrations included internal references (page numbers) and the captions were not clear. These have been removed from the illustrations....

Ken Ward in the JungleThe words broke from the lips of Ken Ward as he leaned from the window of the train which was bearing his brother and himself over the plateau to Tampico in Tamaulipas, the southeastern state of Mexico. He had caught...

Trackers of the Fog Pack; Or, Jack Ralston Flying BlindSan Diego, in sunny Southern California, was looking its prettiest, with balmy breezes blowing softly; cloudless blue skies overhead; the usual throngs on the streets, and a general atmosphere of contentment resting over the entire...

Italian Alps - Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia I owe a double apology for the publication of this volume; in the first place to the public, secondly to my friends. 'Mountaineering' has been by this time fully described...

Parallel Paths: A Study in Biology, Ethics, and ArtIN a recent work by an eminent man of science, Dr. J. Reinke, Professor of Botany at the University of Kiel, there occurs a passage which I cannot do better than place in the forefront of...

L'âme enchantée I: Annette et Sylvie DE CETTE DITION, IL A T TIR: SEIZE CENT CINQUANTE EXEMPLAIRES NUMROTS SUR PAPIER VELIN ALFA RIMPOSE IN-16 58 80 SOIXANTE EXEMPLAIRES SUR PAPIER DE HOLLANDE NUMROTS A LA PRESSE DE 1 A 60 ET VINGT EXEMPLAIRES HORS...

AriadneNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. La premire classe tait plonge dans les douceurs de l'tude, comme...

The Art of the Book - A Review of Some Recent European and American Work in Typography, Page Decoration & BindingTHE Editor desires to express his thanks to the following who have kindly assisted in the preparation of this volume:to the Trustees of the...

L'Illustration, No. 1585, 13 Juin 1891D'abord, revue printanire au cercle de la rue Boissy-D'Anglas. Puis, le Grand-Prix. motions du jeu et motions baromtriques mles. Qui gagnera la course? Pleuvra-t-il? Ne pleuvra-t-il pas? Garden-party et rception du soir l'ambassade d'Angleterre. Dners un peu partout, reprsentations...

Eurico, o presbytero Title: Eurico, o presbytero Author: Alexandre Herculano Release Date: June 14, 2014 [EBook #45966] Language: Portuguese Credits: Produced by Rita Farinha, Alberto Manuel Brando Simes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of...

ClementineAlso weil der Herr Geheimrath mich gestern geistreich gefunden, soll und mu ich ihn heirathen? fragte Clementine und sah dabei lachend ihre jngere Schwester, die Professor Reich, an, die ganz erhitzt auf dem Sopha ihres Wohnzimmers sa. Darum allein nicht, entgegnete diese, aber Du...

Day and Night StoriesAs he got out of the train at the little wayside station he remembered the conversation as if it had been yesterday, instead of fifteen years agoand his heart went thumping against his ribs so violently that he almost heard it....

Mildred at Home: With Something About Her Relatives and Friends. - A sequel to Mildred's married life. ELSIE DINSMORE. ELSIE'S HOLIDAYS AT ROSELANDS. ELSIE'S GIRLHOOD. ELSIE'S WOMANHOOD. ELSIE'S MOTHERHOOD. ELSIE'S CHILDREN. ELSIE'S WIDOWHOOD. GRANDMOTHER ELSIE. ELSIE'S NEW RELATIONS. ELSIE AT NANTUCKET. THE TWO ELSIES....

The Organism as a Whole, from a Physicochemical ViewpointIt is generally admitted that the individual physiological processes, such as digestion, metabolism, the production of heat or of electricity, are of a purely physicochemical character; and it is also conceded that the functions of individual...

South America: Observations and Impressions - New edition corrected and revisedWhoever read as a boy the books of old travellers in the Andes, such as Humboldt's Aspects of Nature, or pored over such accounts of the primitive American peoples as are given in Prescott's...

A Naval Venture: The War Story of an Armoured CruiserIn this book I have endeavoured to write a gun-room tale which will give a general impression of the part played by the Royal Navy during the Dardanelles operations, and of gun-room life under these...

Open That Door!An author is of necessity a rather egotistical sort of a fellow, or else he would not trumpet abroad his name upon the title-page of a book. If we should measure this egotism by the size of the audience to which he...

Indo-China and Its Primitive PeopleNo nation which desires worthily to fulfil the rle of Protector to the barbarous races on whom it proposes to confer the benefits of civilization can afford to remain ignorant of their ways of life and thought. The interchange of...

Garden Pests in New Zealand - A Popular Manual for Practical Gardeners, Farmers and SchoolsThis work deals with the insects and other animals having a detrimental or beneficial influence upon horticulture in New Zealand. Its purpose is to supply such general information as will...