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The Missouri OutlawsGUSTAVE AIMARD was the adopted son of one of the most powerful Indian tribes, with whom he lived for more than fifteen years in the heart of the prairies, sharing their dangers and their combats, and accompanying them everywhere, rifle in one...

The Entail; or, The Lairds of GrippyFor many years I have been wondering why John Galts works are fallen into such neglect: that they should be almost wholly forgotten, even by readers to whom Scott and Jane Austen, Fanny Burney and Miss Edgeworth are...

Points of Humour, Part 2 (of 2)The best preface to this set of the Points of Humour is the former set, which, we are credibly informed, has favorably disposed the muscles of our readers for repeating a certain cackling sound, which is heart-food to...

Points of Humour, Part 1 (of 2)It will be readily perceived that the literary part of this work is of humble pretensions. One object alone has been aimed at and it is hoped with successto select or to invent those incidents which might be...

The Sunshade, the Glove, the MuffTHE author of a Dictionary of Inventions, after having proved the use of the Parasol in France about 1680, openly gives up any attempt to determine its precise original conception, which indeed seems to be completely concealed in the...

The Diatomaceæ of Philadelphia and VicinityThe Delaware River rises in the Western Catskill Mountains, flows southward for about three hundred and seventy-five miles, and expands into Delaware Bay about sixty miles from the sea. Its origin is among the Devonian and Carboniferous rocks, and...

A Comprehensive History of NorwichSome account of the sources of information should be given in the preface to a history, in order to assure the reader of the authenticity of the narrative. No one can have turned over a booksellers catalogue of local historical...

A Practical Treatise on Gas-light - Exhibiting a Summary Description of the Apparatus and Machinery Best Calculated for Illuminating Streets, Houses, and Manufactories, with Carburetted Hydrogen, or Coal-Gas, with Remarks on the Utility, Safety, and General Nature of this new Branch of Civil Economy.11,...

A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and ArtI have felt some difficulty in selecting a title for the contents of the following pages, in which it was, in fact, my design to give, as far as may be done within such moderate...

Die Freigabe der Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens - Ihr Maß und ihre Form; Zweite AuflageIch wage am Ende meines Lebens mich noch zu einer Frage zu uern, die lange Jahre mein Denken beschftigt hat, an der aber die meisten scheu vorbergehen, weil sie als heikel...

History of the Kingdom of Siam - and of the revolutions that have caused the overthrow of the empire, up to A. D. 1770Turpin's History of Siam, published at Paris in the year 1771 consists of two volumes, the first of which deals merely...

Thackerayana: Notes and AnecdotesA LARGE portion of the public, and especially that smaller section of the community, the readers of books, will not easily forget the shock, as universal as it was unexpected, which was produced at Christmas, 1863, by the almost incredible intelligence...

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines - containing a clear exposition of their principles and practiceIt is the business of operative industry to produce, transform, and distribute all such material objects as are suited to satisfy the wants of mankind. The primary production...

Tales of Humour, Gallantry & Romance, Selected and Translated from the Italian These tales are translated from a variety of authors. The translator has been chiefly led to the task by the hope of composing an entertaining volume out of materials not generally accessible....

Three Courses and a Dessert - Comprising Three Sets of Tales, West Country, Irish, and Legal; and a MelangeAt a table of three courses, the guests have a right to expect some sort of a dessert; it is the necessary consequence of a certain...

Nightmare TalesNote: The cover of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Some details were changed to improve readability in a mobile device. A more extensive transcribers note can be found at the end of this book....

The Wonderful Story of Blue Beard, and His Last Wife"MANY years ago, a noble castle stood on the side of a hill, surrounded by the most beautiful gardens, groves, and fields. It was the residence of a man amazingly rich; and who therefore had...

An Unsentimental Journey through CornwallI believe in holidays. Not in a frantic rushing about from place to place, glancing at everything and observing nothing; flying from town to town, from hotel to hotel, eager to "do" and to see a country, in order that...

Blackie & Son's Books for Young People, Catalogue - 1898"Mr. Henty not only concocts a thrilling tale, he weaves fact and fiction together with so skilful a hand that the reader cannot help acquiring a just and clear view of that fierce and terrible...