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Aunt Olive in BohemiaONCE upon a time, as the fairy tales have it, there was a certain country town. It was a sleepy little town, where few things happened. It was like a dog grown old and lazy with basking in the sun, undisturbed...

A Girl of the Plains CountryThe little girl on the back seat of the stage clung to one of the uprights of the vehicle as though she feared that when it stopped she would, in her enthusiasm, hurl herself bodily from it, and into...

Waldemar Seier: Historiallinen romaaniThtikirkkaana syysyn, vuonna 1204, loisti puoleksi lehtens karistaneiden niinipuiden lomitse pienest kaari-ikkunasta, Sorn luostarin etelisest kylkirakennuksesta, hiljainen yksininen valo merelle. Siell sisll, korkeassa holvikattoisessa, niinkutsutussa piispantuvassa istui mustalla nahkatuolilla, ern kiviseinn naulatun tammipydn ress, kunnianarvoinen, valkopartainen vanhus, edessn suuri pergamenttinidos. Pyt...

Kotoisia kohtauksia; Victoria regiaVaunut, joissa morsiusparin oli kotia ajaminen, olivat oven edess. Oli jo hyvin myhist illalla. Kynttilt olivat palaneet loppuun kruunuissa ja kynttilnjaloissa, elvt kukkaset morsiuspiikojen hiuksissa olivat lakastuneet ja valkoisilla tarlataanihameilla ei en ollut sama tuoksuva raittius kuin vihkimisen kestess. Nyt tuli...

Morgue ShipSam Burnett shook his long head, trying to think clearly. Pallid and quiet, three bodies lay on the cold transparent tables around him; machines stirred, revolved, hummed. He didn't see them. He didn't see anything but a red haze over his mind. It...

A Minor War History Compiled from a Soldier Boy's Letters to "the Girl I Left Behind Me": 1861-1864IN gathering material for a history of the Second Regiment, one of my sources of information was a big bundle of letters, even then yellowing with agemy...

The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society (Vol. VI)This is the sixth volume of the Journal of the Society. It continues the series so auspiciously begun years ago and which has been added to annually. These six volumes represent a great amount of work...

Die Koralle: Schauspiel in fünf AktenEin ovaler Raum: das heie Herz der Erde. In sehr heller Wandtfelung liegen die Tren unsichtbar: zwei hinten, eine links. Nur zwei runde Sessel aus weiem Elefantenleder stehen mitten in groem Abstand gegenber; der rechte mit einem Signalapparat an...

Die Abenteuer des Fliegers von Tsingtau: Meine Erlebnisse in drei ErdteilenEs war im August des Jahres Neunzehnhundertunddreizehn, als ich in meiner Heimatstadt Schwerin anlangte. Mehrere Wochen hatte ich mich in England aufgehalten, hatte mich vor allen Dingen in London dem Studium der dortigen reichhaltigen...

Geography of the Land Very few of the geographic events of the past year have been of such an essential nature as to require a reference in this report, and yet some of them are of surpassing interest. Fraught, as many of them are,...

Eleonora Lubomirski - Historiallis-romantillinen kertoelma Kaarle X ja Kaarle XI ajoiltaI. Eversti Kruse ja hnen holhokkinsa II. Eversti Kruse tekee ptksen. Neuvottelu. III. Seikkailu. IV. Mikolaiovissa. Kaksi vieraissakynti. V. "Jota rakastetaan, sit kuritetaan." Muukalainen. VI. Eversti Kruse tulee liikutetuksi. Is ja poika. Taistelu. VII....

Comedia do Campo volume III (Scenas do Minho)La plupart des drames sont dans les ides que nous nous formons des choses. Les vnements qui nous paraissent dramatiques ne sont que les sujets que notre me convertit en tragdie ou en comdie, au gr de...

Emanuel Swedenborg's Investigations in Natural Science and the Basis for His Statements Concerning the Functions of the BrainReprinted from the festival publication of the University of Uppsala on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Royal Society of Sciences of Uppsala and of the...

One Against the StarsIn the glass bulge atop the shining ship, John Bairn, the pilot, licked feverish lips. He brushed the black hair away from his gray eyes. His stubby fingers raced over the keys of the control panel before him. That dive was...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 745, April 6, 1878Long agoyou may say in 1808when I was a boy at Peebles, the school-children, as a variety in their boisterous amusements, occasionally bombarded with stones a grievously defaced effigy built into the...

Tauromaquia completa, ó sea, El arte de torear en plazaCOMPLETA, escita por el clebre LIDIADOR FRANCISCO MONTES. PRECIO, 14 rs. en Madrid y 15 cm las Provincias. FRANCISCO MONTES TAUROMAQUIA COMPLETA, SEA EL ARTE DE TOREAR EN PLAZA, TANTO A PIE COMO A CABALLO:...

Shaggo, the Mighty Buffalo: His Many AdventuresTwo big boy buffalo calves that had started to run over the dry, dusty prairie, their hoofs sending up little showers of dirt, stopped in front of another buffalo, much larger than either of them. Where are you...

ReinsternOn, and on, and on! For interminable hours had we been rushing headlong over yellowish-brown plains, punctuated here and there by willow-fringed streams; past huge water-tanks standing guard over dreary little cabins already cowering before the approach of fierce wintry assaults; past forlorn specimens...

The New Wonder of the World: Buffalo, the Electric CityThis Company furnishes the investor a safe and reliable channel through which he may place his money. Great care and judgment used before putting an investment on the market. Large and small investors will find...

ImmenjärviLoppu-syksyn ern iltapivn astui i'llinen, hyvsti puettu mies vitkaan katua myten. Nytti silt kuin olisi hn kvelymatkalta tullut takaisin kotiinsa, sill hnen vanhanaikaiset solkikenkns olivat plyiset. Pitk kultanuppista keppins kantoi hn kainalossansa; tervill silmillns, joissa silyi koko jo muuten vistynyt nuoruus, ja joitten sek...