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The Century World's Fair Book for Boys and Girls - Being the Adventures of Harry and Philip with Their Tutor, Mr. Douglass, at the World's Columbian Exposition Whats he found out now, I wonder? said Harry to Philip, in a low tone. I dont...

Venus. To the Venus of Melos 3Modelled by the sea, which is the reservoir of all the forces, you enchant us and you sway us by that grace and by that calm which strength alone possesses, and you bestow on us your serenity. It...

The Rumble and the RoarWhen Joseph got to the office his ears were aching from the noise of the copter and from his earplugs. Lately, every little thing seemed to make him irritable. He supposed it was because his drafting department was behind schedule...

Woman's work in municipalitiesWith a truly remarkable grasp of a widely extended movement, Mrs. Beard has summarized and emphasized the work that the women of America have done in behalf of rescuing the city from the powers of evil and inefficiency, and placing it...

The Costume of China - Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the ChineseExhibiting the various kinds of weapons, offensive and defensive, in use among the Chinese infantry, cavalry, artillery, and bowmen, arranged on a stand or frame of wood. One or more...

Busy Ben and Idle Isaac IN a very pretty village, there once lived two boys, named Benjamin and Isaac. Benjamin was always at work, doing something; but Isaac liked best to take his ease, and did not care, like Benjamin, to be tidy and...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works on Women's Suffrage - Four volumes edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage Individualism rather than AuthorityPersonal appearance of AbolitionistsAttempt to silence WomanDoable battle against the tyranny of sex and colorBigoted AbolitionistsJames G....

Homes of the London PoorIn reprinting the following articles, by Miss Octavia Hill, of London, it is not proposed that the system described is, in all its details, applicable to this country. The conditions of poverty in America and in England differ widely. The...

The Life or Legend of Gaudama, the Buddha of the Burmese (Volume II)Buddha, being seventy-nine years old, delivers instructions to the RahansPreachings in the village of PatalieMiraculous crossing of the GangesConversion of a courtesanSickness of BuddhaHis instructions to AnandaLast moments and death of ThariputraHis...

A Day with Ludwig Beethoven At daybreak, on a summer morning, in the year 1815, a short, thick-set, sturdily-built man entered his sitting-room, and at once set to work to compose music. Not that he disturbed the slumbers of the other inhabitants by untimely...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Bram Stoker You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Upton Sinclair You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Frederic Remington You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within...

Harper's Young People, 1882 Index - An Illustrated WeeklyBirds:"Why shouldn't we enjoy ourselves?" 208; A Bird escaped"Flown," 212; Swallows and their Nests, 233; The Titmouse, 345; An April Shower, 408; The Vain Sparrows, 425; Barn-Swallows and their Nests, 456; California Linnet, 456; House-hunting, 480;...

Racconti e bozzetti Questi racconti, lettori carissimi, non pretendono punto di essere una novit. Il primo comparso molti anni addietro in un modesto Almanacco, che, fra alcuni giovani veneziani, stampavamo ai tempi del dominio austriaco; il penultimo ebbe gli onori dell'Antologia; gli altri tutti...

Harper's Young People, October 31, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyNan planted her elbows rather more firmly into the table, clutched her curly head with a pair of firm brown hands, and returned to the question of the man and his wine. Marian watched the...

A Toothache on ZenobNautunal turned the fifth dial a few degrees, and glanced up. "Depends on your interest. It's true this is just routine space-sweep, but noise from space is amazingly variegated. Just one more sector to scan tonight, and I'll be through. What's...

Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 22, July, 1921 - America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and FilosophyAll new jokes, jests and jingles; Captain Billys Advice to the Lovelorn; and Smokehouse Poetry comprising a collection of the best red-blooded poems in the world. Republication...

Notes on Diseases of Swine, Sheep, Poultry and the Dog - Cause, Symptoms and TreatmentsGraduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, in affiliation with the University of Toronto, Canada. Hon. Member of the Ontario Veterinary Medical Society. Ex. State Veterinarian for Oregon. Ex. President of...

The Coal Measures Amphibia of North AmericaThe question of the origin of land vertebrates, which has appealed so strongly to students of fossil Amphibia, is by no means solved from the material furnished by the Coal Measures of North America. The Amphibia are, however,...