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Anton Tchekhov, and Other EssaysIt is not to be denied that Russian thought is chiefly manifested in the great Russian novelists. Tolstoi, Dostoevsky, and Tchekhov made explicit in their works conceptions of the world which yield nothing in definiteness to the philosophic schemes of...

Kloka Maja och andra berättelserKloka Maja var hela den kvinnliga befolkningens oumbrliga hjlpreda och orakel. Deras frtroende till henne var lika obegrnsadt som karlarnas hat var brinnande, och det vill sga mycket. Ty deras hat var s mycket intensivare, som de icke vgade gifva...

The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to SuccessMany years ago the author of the present volume resolved to write a long series of books describing various phases of village and city life, taking up in their turn the struggles of the bootblacks,...

VirradóraA skon a tavasz, a mosolyg menyasszony, piros virggal a fejn, srgazld pzsit ruhban, nefelejts kk tavak nevet szemeivel; a tetn az agg fltkeny vlegny zuzmars szakllval, kds rosszkedvvel, jg alatt bujdokl patakereivel, a kinek nagy biztats kell, hogy rgondolja magt s letegye hsvegt...

Nuori VenäjäNeljnnes-vuosisataa sitten pidettiin Shitnitskin kihlakuntaa Staromirskin lnin rikkaimpana alueena. Kihlakunnan pkaupunki Shitnitsa, jota vilja-aitat renkaana ympritsivt ja jossa yt-piv kaadeltiin ja ammenneltiin jyvi, muistutti nltn ainaisia markkinoita, joiden hlin kantautui yli likaisten katujen, yli kuhisevan sataman ja yli vienosti vreilevn, silen joenpoukaman, mik...

Satanella: A Story of PunchestownThe speaker was a rough-looking man in a frieze coat, with wide mouth, short nose, and grey, honest Irish eyes, that twinkled with humour on occasion, though clouded for the present by disappointment, not to say disgust, and with some...

Double Play: A Story of School and BaseballDan Vinton returned to Yardley after the Christmas vacation on an afternoon of one of those bright, warm days which sometimes happen along in the middle of Winter. As the train rumbled over the bridge, Dan caught...

The Jolly Book of BoxcraftThe Jolly Book of Boxcraft has been enlarged and rewritten from work started in May, 1909. This work was purchased by St. Nicholas, Little Folks, Good Housekeeping, The Congregationalist and Christian World, The Designer, Hollands Magazine, The Housekeeper, The Ladies...

Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew.There has appeared from time to time in Europe, during the past thousand years, a mysterious individuala sojourner in all lands, yet a citizen of none; professing the profoundest secrets of opulence, yet generally living...

Ruize-rijmenDeze verzameling bevat den inhoud der vijf vroegere bundels en de Rijmen, die verder in de beide Groenen en elders verschenen zijn, herzien, geschikt, geschift. Vele Rijmen heb ik geschrapt te weinig, zal menigeen misschien zeggen. t Is mogelijk; het geheele hoofdstuk Oorlogsrijmen b.v....

Little Stories of Married LifeOh, Henry! Pretty Mrs. Waring looked tragically across the breakfast-table at her husband, or rather at the newspaper that screened him completely from her view. Do put down that paper for a moment. I never get a chance to speak...

The Grandeur That Was Rome: a survey of Roman culture and civilisation THENS and Rome stand side by side as the parents of Western civilisation. The parental metaphor is almost irresistible. Rome is so obviously masculine and robust, Greece endowed with so much loveliness...

Airplane Boys at Platinum RiverI say, Buddy, my esophagus feels as if my pharynx is severed, Robert Caldwell remarked very soberly to his step-brother, Jim Caldwell, as the pair made their way among the gay crowd attending the Spanish-Peruvian fiesta near Cuzco. Is that...

ElektraAgamemnon, Argos s Mykene kirlya, Trja ostromra indulvn, hrom lenyt, Elektrt, Iphianasst s Chrysothemist, s fit, Orestest, otthon hagyta nejvel Klytaemnestrval, Iphigenia lenyt pedig magval vitte. De kedveztlen szelek miatt a grg hajhad knytelen volt Aulisban vesztegelni, mig a jslat ki nem jelent, hogy...

Puer romanusTHIS book is meant to fill the gap between a First Year Reader such as Primus Annus and the reading of an actual Latin author. It may be begun in the first term of the second year, but the authors themselves prefer to...

Larry Dexter and the Stolen Boy; or, A Young Reporter on the LakesMy Dear Boys: Most unexpected things happen to newspaper reporters. That is one reason why, in spite of the hard work attached to the profession, so many bright young lads like it....

Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First. - Comprising the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. etc.Your Royal Highness having graciously condescended to extend your august patronage and protection to this work, I...

Harper's Young People, April 11, 1882 - An Illustrated Weekly The sun in heaven was darkened when Christ the Lord was slain, And in the holy Temple the veil was rent in twain; And all His sad disciples in sorrow bowed the head; They...

Még egy csokrot: ElbeszélésekKorbbi trvnyeink a prbajt csak mint trvnyes bizonytkot ismertk: mint Istenitletet. A ki olyan fbenjr bnnel volt vdolva, a mit nem lehetett r bizonytani, ktelezve volt a vdoljval letre-hallra megvvni. A prviadalt a bir rendelte el s a gyztes vdlottat rtatlannak...

High Society - Advice as to Social Campaigning, and Hints on the Management of Dowagers, Dinners, Debutantes, Dances, and the Thousand and One Diversions of Persons of QualityNo reader will be permitted to pass beyond this page who is not actually in society. This...