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The emerald of Catherine the Great First, emeralds are green; and, on principle, like the Green Overcoat, it owes to you of the Green Elephant, a dedication. Next, there is Catherine the Great. She plays no long part, but she founded the fortunes of...

The Crystal CirceThe stratoship from Cairo was late, and I was wondering whether the newsreel theatre or a couple of drinks would make time pass faster. It was early dusk. Through the immense, curved wall-window of the Manhattan Port Room I could see the...

Snap: A legend of the Lone Mountain I suppose that you'll cost me the deuce of a lot, I suppose I must pay and look pleasant, Though you're only a small insignificant dot My three-year-old warriorat present. But if ever you need the paternal...

An historical and moral view of the origin and progress of the French Revolution; and the effect it has produced in EuropeThe revolution in France exhibits a scene, in the political world, not less novel and interesting than the contrast is striking between the...

Memories of the Civil WarI have written this account of my experience in the service of my country from memory, aided by old diaries, letters, etc., and have endeavored to be as accurate as possible, in regard to dates and events of historical importance,...

“In the twinkling of an eye”Some years ago, I received from an important Southern town, a letter from a Ladies Temperance Committee, to this effect:Sir, We, the undersigned, are a committee of Ladies, who, for many years, have purchased your Stories for the People...

Earth dams, a studyThe writer wishes to acknowledge his appreciation of the assistance given him by Mr. Jas. D. Schuyler, M. Am. Soc. C. E., Consulting Hydraulic Engineer, in reviewing this paper, and in making suggestions of value. Appendix II contains a list of...

Prints and their makers: essays on engravers and etchers old and modernOf the prints attributed to Leonardo, the fascinating Profile Bust of a Young Woman stands out from the rest for the sensitive quality of its outline, but even here I would be more...

Les Climats Title: Les Climats Author: Anna de Noailles Release Date: August 9, 2022 [EBook #68719] Language: French Original Publication: FR: , France: Socit du livre contemporain,1924. Credits: Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced...

Out of the seaAnyone but Webb Fallon would have been worried sick. He was down to his last five dollars and quart of Scotch. His girl Madge had sketched him categorically in vitriol, and married somebody else. His job on the Los Angeles Observer...

The American sceneThe following pages duly explain themselves, I judge, as to the Authors point of view and his relation to his subject; but I prefix this word on the chance of any suspected or perceived failure of such references. My visit to America...

Some phases of educational progress in Latin AmericaContents.Central America: Practical education; Guatemala; Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; PanamaBritish Guiana: New school regulationArgentina: Preliminary; illiteracy; report of National Council of Education; progress of education in the Provinces; changes under the projected law of 1918; secondary...

Woman freeAs indicated by Professor Oliver T. Lodge, It is but a platitude to say that our clear and conscious aim should always be truth, and that no lower or meaner standard should ever be allowed to obtrude itself before us. Our ancestors fought...

History of the Sabbath and first day of the weekThe history of the Sabbath embraces the period of 6000 years. The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord. The acts which constituted it such were, first, the example of the Creator; secondly, his...

A history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the Navy from MDIX to MDCLX, with an introduction treating of the preceding periodThe creation of the modern Royal Navy has been variously attributed to Henry VII, to...

The secret in the hill When I was a very little boy my mother died. I was too young to feel her loss long, though I missed her badly at first; but the compensation was that it brought my father nearer to me. He...

The handy manual: A veritable mine of useful and interesting statistics, information, etc.Elephant, 100 years and upward; Rhinoceros, 20; Camel, 100; Lion, 25 to 70; Tigers, Leopards, Jaguars and Hyenas (in confinement), about 25; Beaver, 50; Deer, 20; Wolf, 20; Fox, 14 to 16;...

La douceur de vivreLa rue commence au chevet de lglise et finit la berge du canal. En t, quand le soleil baisse, lombre du clocher sallonge sur les pavs humides o lherbe arrache repousse toujours. Les maisons pignon et colombage, accotes lune lautre de...

The buccaneer book: Songs of the black flagIt is related of the notorious Pirate known as the Scourge of the Caribs, that he would never have to do with any woman, saving only one; and her he held only a single hour in his...

A naturalist in Madagascar - A record of observation, experiences, and impressions made during a period of over fifty years' intimate association with the natives and study of the animal & vegetable life of the islandTHE title of this book may perhaps be considered...