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Living Bayonets: A Record of the Last Push "Our spirits are living bayonets. The ideals which we carry in our hearts are more deadly to the enemy than any man-made weapons. THESE selections from collected letters of Coningsby Dawson have been edited by his...

The Test of Scarlet: A Romance of Reality THE raid is over. The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down. Flares are the deaf and dumb language of the Front. Sometimes they say, We are advancing; sometimes, We are beaten back. Most...

Buell Hampton Once an American mother, with the wealth of a Croesus and a lovely daughter, longed for titled distinction. In her net she caught an adventurer, clothed in a frayed-out remnant of a former nobilityand an eyeglass. They bartered and came to terms,dollars,...

The House of the Trees & Other PoemsMany of the poems in this volume are printed here for the first time; several, however, have appeared in either the New York Independent, the New England Magazine, the Youths Companion, the Toronto Week, or the Travelers...

Truthful JaneMiss Jane Evelyn Aubrey-Blythe stared steadily at the toes of her damp, shabby little boots which peeped out from beneath the hem of an equally damp and shabby gown, her youthful brows puckered thoughtfully over a pair of extraordinarily bright, long-lashed hazel eyes....

Dionysos: Valikoima runoja Sukuni ma tiedn juuren! Lailla leimuliekin suuren hehkun, tuhoon itseni. Mihin tartun, syttyy valo, mink jtn, hiiltyy palo: liekki olen varmasti! Terve, ystvyys! Ens aamurusko mun toiveheni korkeimman! Oi usein tuntui kuin loputon ois tie ja y, ja elo inha, vailla...

Mythologia FennicaFRKLARING FVER De NOMINA PROPRIA DEASTRORUM, IDOLORUM, LOCORUM, VIRORUM &c. ELLER Afgudar och Afgudinnor, Forntidens Mrkelige Personer, Offer och Offer-Stllen, Gamla Sedvnjor, Jttar, Troll, Skogs-Sj- och Bergs-Rn m. m. Som Frekomma i de ldre Finska Troll-Runor, Synnyt, Sanat, Sadut, Arwotuxet &c. samt n...

Stories of the Gorilla Country, Narrated for Young PeopleIn this book I have attempted to relate some of the incidents of life in Africa for the reading of young folks. In doing this I have kept no chronological order, but have selected incidents and...

Chronique du crime et de l'innocence, tome 4/8 - Recueil des événements les plus tragiques;...Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont...

History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. II - To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-second day of...

Baptism According to ScriptureIn order to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion, it appeared to one of the members present to be necessary, that every passage of Scripture bearing upon the subject should be considered, and its true meaning sought; and that care should of...

The Doctrine of the Lord's Supper. As Taught by the Church of EnglandIt is a very easy thing to make a confident assertion, and such assertions produce a greater effect on many minds than the most careful and best-established proof. Thus it is not...

An Essay to Shew the Cause of Electricity; and Why Some Things are Non-Electricable. - In Which Is Also Consider'd Its Influence in the Blasts on Human Bodies, in the Blights on Trees, in the Damps in Mines; And as It May Affect the...

Imperfectly ProperIt is with extreme diffidence that the author presentsbut then is any healthy author ever really as modest as he makes himself out in his foreword? Probably not, or there wouldn't be any book. The author, however, is quite conscious of the many...

The Heart of Cherry McBain: A NovelAlthough it was late afternoon it was very hothot even for August. The horse ambled sleepily up the dusty trail, his head low and his eyes not more than half open. The rein hung loosely over his neck...

Fifteen DiscoursesGentlemen, That you have ordered the publication of this discourse is not only very flattering to me, as it implies your approbation of the method of study which I have recommended; but, likewise, as this method receives from that act such an additional...

With ski & sledge over Arctic glaciersThe story of the exploration of the interior of Spitsbergen, begun in 1896, as described in my former book entitled The First Crossing of Spitsbergen, is continued in the present volume, which is to be regarded as an...

Deadly Adulteration and Slow Poisoning Unmasked - Disease and Death in the Pot and BottleThe able and patriotic Editor of the Literary Gazette, No. 156, in the course of his review of Mr. Accums meritorious work on Culinary Poisons, makes the following just and...

Lyhyt tarina nuoresta tytöstäMiten kaikki kimalteli ja loisti! Heinikkokin kastehelmineen oli kuin hohtokivin kylvetty! Tuuli oli lakannut ja meri lepili auringon loisteessa kirkkaana kuin kuvastin. Silloin tllin vain kaislikonrajassa saalista vijyv hauki loikkauksellaan srki sen tasaista pintaa. Toiste tuli sellt pin hiljainen tuulen henki....

Samuel Titmarsh: Tarina isosta Hoggartyn timantistaEnglannille ilmestyi 19:nnen vuosisadan alkupuoliskolla kolme, neljkin harvinaisen kyvykst romaanikirjailijaa, jotka pystyivt tekemn itsens huomatuksi Scottinkin suositun romantisen romaanin rinnalla. Se johtui siit, ett he eivt ruvenneet tmn mestarin jljittelijiksi ja hnen kunniaan saattamansa romaanilajin enemmn tai vhemmn onnistuneiksi...