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Harlow Niles Higinbotham - A memoir with brief autobiography and extracts from speeches and lettersHarlow Niles Higinbotham, represented, to a singular degree, the best citizenship of the second and third half-centuries of the Republic. Born on an Illinois farm October tenth, 1838; educated in...

Hannu Halle kaikkialleKuuluisan Hannu Hallen palajaminen ulkomaan yliopistosta isins kaupunkiin muodostaa, syyst kyll, knnekohdan Lalenburgin tasavallan ja, jos tahdotte, koko Europankin historiassa. Ainakin piti jokainen Lalenburgin kansalainen pienen valtionsa ja kaupunkinsa asioita niin trkein, ett'ei ainoastaan lhimpin, vaan kaukaisimpainkin kansain piti ehdottomasti kiinnitt niihin...

Confessions of a TradesmanIt is a particular, and not altogether pleasant, feature of literary work in Britain that should an author make a certain amount of success with a book on one particular topic, it is thenceforward tacitly assumed that he must stick to...

Pahuuden voimiaBonde-Bergin tavalliset isoniset kokkapuheet, joita hn ravintolahuoneessa lateli lukuisalle ja kiitolliselle kuulijakunnalle, olivat jo alkaneet melkoisesti laimentua. Kmnri & dispasri Vaage oli juuri lopettanut tuoreen turskan ja puolisen pullonsa punaista viini, sek tuli nyt pllystakkineen, lakkineen ja sikari hampaissa ruokahuoneesta, jossa viel istui...

Going-to-the-SunI had a splendid six weeks tramping with my lifetime friend, Stephen Graham, in the Rockies. We climbed northwest through Glacier Park, Montana, across the Canadian line into Alberta, Canada. There it is in two sentences.{2} It would take more than the Encyclopdia Britannica...

An Expedition to Mount St. Elias, AlaskaPart IPrevious Explorations in the St. Elias Region Bering, 1741 Cook, 1778 La Prouse, 1786 Dixon, 1787 Douglas, 1788 Malaspina, 1792 Vancouver, 1794 Belcher, 1837 Tebenkof, 1852 United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1874, 1880 New York Times...

Armazindy - The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley The publication of this volume in the Homestead Edition of the works of James Whitcomb Riley is made possible by the courtesy of The Bowen-Merrill Company, of Indianapolis, the original publishers of Mr....

Verena in the Midst: A Kind of a StoryMr. Richard Haven, some of whose letters are to be found in a preceding volume, The Vermilion Box, is still a bachelor and still lives in Mills Buildings, Knightsbridge, but is doubtful if he can afford...

The Art of BalletSome may possibly wonder to find here no record of Ballet in Italy, or at the Opera Houses of Madrid, Lisbon, Vienna, Buda-Pest, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Warsaw, or Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg), not to speak of the United States and South...

Under the Polar Star; or, The Young ExplorersHe called himself a ship carpenter, and he was one, for no member of that craft ever did finer work than that he was now engaged on. Before him, upon the bench, fast assuming artistic proportions, was...

Die Philosophie unserer Klassiker: Lessing, Herder, Schiller, GoetheGoethe sagt einmal in einem seiner Sprche in Prosa: Das Klassische ist das Gesunde, das Romantische ist das Kranke. Von der gleichen Ansicht ausgehend, habe ich im vergangenen Sommersemester die Philosophie unserer Klassiker Lessing, Herder, Schiller, Goethe...

Homage to John Dryden: Three Essays on Poetry of the Seventeenth CenturyThe three essays composing this small book were written several years ago for publication in the "Times Literary Supplement," to the editor of which I owe the encouragement to write them, and now...

The UndefeatedIt was so hot that a certain Mr. William Hollis sitting on an old bacon box in the lee of a summerhouse in his lock-up garden had removed coat and waistcoat tie and collar, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt and loosened...

A short history of the printing press and of the improvements in printing machinery from the time of Gutenberg up to the present dayThe simple form of wooden press, worked with a screw by means of a movable bar, continued in use for about...

The Red SaintWhen Denise of the Hermitage went down to draw water at the spring at the edge of the beech wood, she saw the light of a fire flashing out through the blue gloom of the April dusk. It was far awaythat fire,...

Les femmes qui font des scènes[p. 4] Jai donn souvent le beau rle lhomme, cela va sans dire; je lai plac dans son jour le plus avantageux; je lai clair de toutes les lueurs de linnocence,parce quil est temps de ragir contre le parti...

The Twentieth Century EpicBy the Author. This poem that I have dignified with the term epic, was written by inspiration, and is dedicated to the human race. I have used the term epic with no intention of assuming a dignity not due my production;...

The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young LadiesThe Author of the following sheets is well aware of the objections which may be made to the performance but hopes the candour of the public will excuse those defects, which the...

Evolution and AdaptationThe adaptation of animals and plants to the conditions under which they live has always excited the interest, and also the imagination, of philosophers and scientists; for this relation between the organism and its environment is one of the most characteristic features...

Pirun miekka: Runonäytelmä Viisi vuosisataa verkallensa, vierinyt on unhoituksinensa ajasta tuon Henni Kuokkinaisen, suuren, jalon, ylvn turkulaisen. Jnyt miehen nimi ainoastaan kertomahan kelpo kantajastaan. Ihmislapsi, muistonmaita karta, ellei oppaanas' oo Runotarta, joka ajan menneen pimentoihin, muistin sammuneihin komeroihin johtaa selvittvn valaistuksen, avaa Muistottaren mustan...