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Washington albumLarger versions of the illustrations may be seen by right-clicking them and selecting an option to view them separately, or by double-tapping and/or stretching them. High-resolution versions of nine illustrations may be seen by clicking High-Resolution below them. The panoramic view of Washington...

Book of parlor tricks: How to perform themThe point of this trick consists in divining a word which is named, together with several others. Two of the players commonly agree between themselves to place it after an object that has four legs; for instance,...

Civilization in the United States: An inquiry by thirty AmericansThis book has been an adventure in intellectual co-operation. If it were a mere collection of haphazard essays, gathered together to make the conventional symposium, it would have only slight significance. But it has been...

The Philistine: a periodical of protest (Vol. I, No. 4, September 1895)In Mr. Cudahys remarkable book entitled The Pawns of Chance there are Sixteen Women who Did. Its sure success is prophesied on this account, for of the five novels that have made ten-strikes[106]...

The Philistine: a periodical of protest (Vol. I, No. 3, August 1895)How can we have great art in our day? We have no faith. Belief of some sort is the life-blood of art. When Athene and Zeus ceased to excite[75] veneration in the minds...

The Philistine: a periodical of protest (Vol. I, No. 2, July 1895)THE BIBELOT is issued monthly, beautifully printed on white laid paper, uncut, old style blue wrapper, in size a small quarto (56), 24 to 32 pages of text, and will be sent postpaid...

Heilige Banden: RomanPaula stond op van haar stoeltje in de studeerkamer van haar man. Ze had er met hem koffie gedronken, zooals ze dat gewoon waren sinds jaren, na den eten. Hij had intusschen wat zitten bladeren in een oud manuscript, een bijna vergeten...

The guest ritesIt was time for the after-meal meditation. Marik, First Priest of Carthule, finished his frugal meal and went outside to sit in the mid-day breeze and watch the sands blowing gently over the bare flat plains. The problem of the Revelation occupied...

Under Blanco's eye; or, Hal Maynard among the Cuban insurgentsIssued WeeklyBy Subscription: $2.50 per year. Entered as Second Class Matter at the N. Y. Post Office. Street & Smith, 81 Fulton St., N. Y. Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1898,...

Way of the godsHe looked at the October morning all about him as if he had never seen October before. That was not true, of course. But he knew that he would never see it again. Unless they had mornings, and Octoberswhere he was...

Let's Get TogetherA kind of peace had endured for a century and people had forgotten what anything else was like. They would scarcely have known how to react had they discovered that a kind of war had finally come. Certainly, Elias Lynn, Chief of...

Nick Carter Stories No. 120, December 26, 1914: An uncanny revenge; or, Nick Carter and the mind murderer.The famous New York detective sat at the head of the table. Ranged about it were Chick Carter, his leading assistant; Patsy Garvan, and the latters young...

Ludwig Richter-Büchlein: Mit vielen schönen Holzschnitten des Meisters: von Haus und Hof Weib Kind und KegelDas Original wurde in Frakturschrift gesetzt. Passagen in Antiquaschrift werden im vorliegenden Text kursiv dargestellt. Abhngig von der im jeweiligen Lesegert installierten Schriftart knnen die im Original gesperrt gedruckten...

Friends and EnemiesThe sun hadn't quite risen, but now that the five men were out from under the trees it already felt hot. Far ahead, off to the left of the road, the spires of New Angeles gleamed dusky blue against the departing night....

The Gently Orbiting BlondeMaybe Helene's right in saying that I shouldn't tell exactly how our living room became the training station for Space Satellite One. If I don't, though, I'm afraid she'll let it slip out as a deep dark secret to one of...

Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 15MR. THOMAS J. DODD (Executive Trial Counsel for the United States): Mr. President, the day before yesterday the Tribunal asked if we would ascertain whether or...

The luckless trapper; or, The haunted hunterThere is a peculiar hiss when a rifle-ball passes in close proximity to one's head, a sound that no doubt chords with some musical note, yet upon most ears the noise is apt to fall rather unpleasantly. So...

The Philistine: a periodical of protest (Vol. I, No. 1, June 1895)A tiny spot on the map is the Philistia of Old Testament daysa way station on the path of commerce between alphabet-building Phnicia to the north, and Canaan and predatory Arabia on the...

Illustrated history of the United States mint - with a complete description of American coinage, from the earliest period to the present timeThe need of a circulating medium of exchange has been acknowledged since the earliest ages of man. In the primeval days, bartering...

Lord Lister No. 0014: De verwisselde detectiveIk zou toch wel eens willen weten, hoe die Overal en Nergens weet, wat ik onze club gezegd heb, zei mr. Hopp tot verscheiden heeren, die in zijn studeerkamer stonden en als een levende muur geschaard waren om...