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The Four-Fingered Glove; Or, The Cost of a LieOR, THE COST OF A LIE BY NICHOLAS CARTER Author of the celebrated stories of Nick Carters adventures, which are published exclusively in the New Magnet Library, conceded to be among the best detective tales ever...

Stop, You're Killing Me!I got into the car that morning and was thinking of nothing in particularexcept maybe the cases I hoped to be getting downtown in my one man private dick office. We live at the top of the city's highest hill, my...

Loco or LoveI got my boots on, cooks me some bacon, and eats as far from that hombre as the room allows. A house divided cant ring with harmony, and love has put a breach as wide as the Grand Caon between me and...

At Odds with the Regent: A Story of the Cellamare ConspiracyNight had already come as I drew my cloak more closely about me and stepped forth into the street. I had lingered long over my meal, as a man will who has been alone...

In Kentucky with Daniel BooneProduced by: D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works put online by Harvard University Library's Open Collections Program.) Along the trail which wound...

Historical Record of the Seventieth, or, the Surrey Regiment of Foot - Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been celebrated for innate courage and unshaken...

A Sharper's Downfall; Or, Into the NetNick Carter stands for an interesting detective story. The fact that the books in this line are so uniformly good is entirely due to the work of a specialist. The man who wrote these stories produced no other...

A Life Unveiled, by a Child of the DrumlinsI fancy that this Child of the Drumlins did not know she was living amid drumlins when she passed her youth there. She knew them only as the long, smooth, loaf-shaped hills that were scattered over...

The supernatural in early Spanish literature - Studied in the works of the court of Alfonso X, el SabioIt has been the aim of the author in the following study to collect, classify, and analyze the various references made in the works of Alfonso...

Histoire des légumesOn connat maintenant la patrie primitive de presque toutes les plantes cultives. Les botanistes ont retrouv, ltat spontan, cest--dire sauvage, le plus grand nombre des espces vgtales utiles lhomme. Mais, depuis le point initial de leur mise en culture jusquau moment prsent,...

The Cosmic Snare"See anything?" Linda asked. Liddell's wife of one month was a tall but trimly built girl in the uniform of the Transfer Service. She leaned anxiously over Liddell's shoulder now as he peered at the dazzling white screen. Liddell shrugged and offered...

Selling PointWith the time tested finesse of door-to-door salesmen, Ira slipped his size twelve shoe between the swinging door and the jamb. "But madam, if you'll give me a few minutes of your time...." "I represent U.S. Robot Company," Ira persisted. He smiled pleasantly....

Grammar-land; Or, Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom-shireWHAT is Grammar-land? Where is Grammar-land? Have you ever been to Grammar-land? Wait a minute and you shall hear. You will not find Grammar-land marked on the globe, and I never saw a map of...

The Almond in CaliforniaThe almond (Prunus communis) is supposed to be native to the countries around the Mediterranean and at present the bulk of the worlds supply is produced in that region. It resembles the peach somewhat in manner of growth and character of...

An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy (Vol. 2 of 2) - Being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations. In which are particularly considered population, agriculture, trade, industry, money, coin, interest, circulation, banks, exchange, public credit, and taxesThe...

L'Arcadie; suivie de La pierre d'AbrahamCe livre noffre que le commencement dune sorte dpope que Bernardin de Saint-Pierre na pas acheve; ce premier fragment serait mieux nomm les Gaules. Le lecteur remarquera sans peine le rapport de ces pages avec celles du Tlmaque, qui...

Following a Chance Clew; Or, Nick Carter's Lucky FindNick Carter stands for an interesting detective story. The fact that the books in this line are so uniformly good is entirely due to the work of a specialist. The man who wrote these stories produced...

Meeting at the SummitAs the line went dead, the President put down the phone and picked up the western story anthology he had been reading. He thumbed the pages pensively, then laid that down too and sat back in his chair. He closed his...

Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the WorldSs-ma Chien gives the following biography of Sun Tz:[4] Sun Tz Wu was a native of the Chi State. His Art of War brought him to the notice of Ho Lu,[5]...

Valuation of Real Estate in the Town of Acton. November 2, 1850.The foregoing is a valuation of the real estate of the inhabitants of Acton, and non-resident owners of real estate in said town, taken by us the subscribers, Assessors of said Acton, and...