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The Travels and Extraordinary Adventures of Bob the SquirrelThe following little story has been put in the present shape by a Father; and he takes the privilege of a Preface to say a word in behalf of children, as REASONABLE BEINGS. Whoever will take...

Un hollandais à Paris en 1891: Sensations de littérature et d'artIl faut bien quil soit dans la petite ville dHilversum, o lon tisse la laine et le coton, un de ces poles de Hollande, dans lesquels le sage, comme au temps de Descartes, senferme...

Letters from the Raven: Correspondence of L. Hearn with Henry WatkinIt is felt that no apology is necessary for offering to the interested public, even though it be a limited one, the letters and extracts from letters which appear in this little volume. In...

Kaarlo Bergbomin kirjoitukset 2. Tutkimukset ja arvostelutHistoriallinen draama Saksassa (v. 1868). Heinrich Heine. Luonnekuva (v. 1864). Ranskan toinen keisarikausi ja sen kirjallisuus I-III (v. 1866). Karl Jonas Ludvig Almqvist (v. 1866). Ulkomaan kirjallisuutta. Uusia romaaneja (v. 1867). Nelj vuotta Suomen kirjallisuuden historiasta (v. 1870)....

The Children of CupaThe mother had been very ill, and the question was, where shall we take her so that she may get thoroughly well? It must be some place where the family might accompany her. She had declared that she would not go...

The Wishing Horse of OzWhat could be more interesting than an Oz mystery? What, indeed? "Why," I can almost hear you shout, "Two Oz mysteries." And here you have them in this newest Oz story, two very mysterious mysteries to solve and ponder over...

Leaves from the Diary of an Impressionist: Early WritingsOn a memorable day a good many years ago a certain sub-editor, exploring the morning's mail, found his sense enthralled by a weird, sad, delicious odor. Perfumes in the mail were not unheard-of: violets there had...

Truth [Vérité]Conspicuous among the writings which influenced the great changes witnessed by the world at the end of the eighteenth century were the 'Nouvelle Hloise,' the 'Contrat Social,' the 'mile ou l'ducation' of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. At the close of the nineteenth, the advent of...

Satuja ja tarinoita IV 60 Se on totinen tosi. 61 Joutsenenpes. 62 Hyv tuuli. 63 Sydnsuru. 64 Kaikki paikoilleen. 65 Ruokakauppiaan tonttu. 66 Vuosituhansien kuluttua. 67 Piilipuun alla. 68 Viisi hernett. 69 Lehti taivaasta. 70 Hn ei kelvannut mihinkn. 71 Viimeinen helmi. 72 Kaksi...

Known to the PoliceThe kind reception accorded to a previous book encourages me to believe that another volume dealing with my experiences in the great under-world of London may not prove unacceptable. For twenty-five years I have practically lived in this under-world, and the...

Boat Sailing in Fair Weather and Foul, 6th ed.When the first edition of this little book was printed in 1894 my publishers thought they would be very lucky if they ever disposed of half the number of copies turned out by the press. I...

The Boy Fortune Hunters in EgyptI was standing on the deck of the Seagull, looking over the rail and peering into the moonlight that flooded the bay where we lay at anchor, when the soft dip of an oar caught my ear. I glanced...

Military Service and Adventures in the Far East: Vol. 1 (of 2) - Including Sketches of the Campaigns Against the Afghans in 1839, and the Sikhs in 1845-6.Any one who has coasted the Andamans will bear witness to the beauty of those Islands, of...

Snagged and Sunk; Or, The Adventures of a Canvas CanoeJoe Wayrings voice rang out loud and clear, and the words of his song were repeated by the echoes from a dozen different points among the hills by which the camp was surrounded on every...

The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, April 1853 The separation of one prisoner from another is the only sound basis on which a reformatory (prison) discipline can be established with any reasonable hope of success.Fifth Report of Inspectors of English Prisons. PHILADELPHIA:...

The Catholic World, Vol. 06, October, 1867 to March, 1868. [Transcriber's note: This text is derived from archive.org/stream/catholicworld06pauluoft/catholicworld06pauluoft_djvu.txt Page numbers are shown in curly braces, such as {123}. They have been moved to the nearest sentence break.] Under the head Rome or Reason we...

Seekers in Sicily: Being a Quest for Persephone by Jane and PeripateticaWhen this book was writtenin the spring of the yearthe Land of the Older Gods was unmarred by the terrible seismic convulsions which wrought such ruin in the last days of 1908. Very...

The Law's Lumber Room (Second Series)This is an entirely distinct book from the first series of the Laws Lumber Room. The subjects are of more general interest, they are treated with greater fulness of detail, most are as much literary as legal; but I...

Signers of the Declaration - Historic Places Commemorating the Signing of the Declaration of IndependenceNearly two hundred years have passed since America proclaimed her independence. Yet this action and the beliefs and hopes motivating those responsible for it are as central to us as...

The Rainbow BridgeThere was always room for one more in the Home for Little Pilgrims. Especially was this true of the nursery; not because the nursery was so large, nor because there was the least danger that the calico cats might be lonesome, but...