Classic eBooks

A history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the Navy from MDIX to MDCLX, with an introduction treating of the preceding periodThe creation of the modern Royal Navy has been variously attributed to Henry VII, to...

The secret in the hill When I was a very little boy my mother died. I was too young to feel her loss long, though I missed her badly at first; but the compensation was that it brought my father nearer to me. He...

The handy manual: A veritable mine of useful and interesting statistics, information, etc.Elephant, 100 years and upward; Rhinoceros, 20; Camel, 100; Lion, 25 to 70; Tigers, Leopards, Jaguars and Hyenas (in confinement), about 25; Beaver, 50; Deer, 20; Wolf, 20; Fox, 14 to 16;...

La douceur de vivreLa rue commence au chevet de lglise et finit la berge du canal. En t, quand le soleil baisse, lombre du clocher sallonge sur les pavs humides o lherbe arrache repousse toujours. Les maisons pignon et colombage, accotes lune lautre de...

The buccaneer book: Songs of the black flagIt is related of the notorious Pirate known as the Scourge of the Caribs, that he would never have to do with any woman, saving only one; and her he held only a single hour in his...

A naturalist in Madagascar - A record of observation, experiences, and impressions made during a period of over fifty years' intimate association with the natives and study of the animal & vegetable life of the islandTHE title of this book may perhaps be considered...

Storm Cloud on DekaTellurian Pharmaceuticals, Inc., was civilization's oldest and most conservative drug house. "Hide-bound" was the term most frequently used, not only by its younger employees but also by its more progressive competitors. But, corporatively, Tellurian Pharmaceuticals did not care. Its board of...

Modern house-plans for everybody - For village and country residences costing from two hundred and fifty dollars to eight thousand dollarsIn the modernized and revised edition of House-Plans for Everybody, but little attempt has been made to change the text or floor plans, as...

Isis unveiled, Volume 1 (of 2), Science - A master-key to mysteries of ancient and modern science and theologyThe work now submitted to public judgment is the fruit of a somewhat intimate acquaintance with Eastern adepts and study of their science. It is offered...

A True Interpretation of the Witch of Endor1. How She and all other Witches do beget or produce that Familiar Spirit they deal with, and what a Familiar Spirit is, and how those Voices are procured, and Shapes appear unto them, whereby the Ignorant...

Constantine the Great: The reorganization of the Empire and the triumph of the ChurchIn the following chapters, my object has been to tell the story of the Life and Times of Constantine the Great. Whether he deserves the epithet my readers will judge for...

Veljesten kesken: Yksinäytöksinen huvinäytelmäKaarlo, matematiikan professori. Emanuel, pastori | hnen veljens. Bruno, tohtori luonnontutkija | Klaara, hnen sisarensa. Toini, heidn serkkunsa. Edvard Winzer, arkkitehti ja valtiorakennusten tarkastaja. Somasti sisustettu huone. Molemmin puolin ja keskell ovet, etualalla vasemmalla (katsojista) ikkuna, sen edess pieni ompelupyt, oikealla...

La main de Sainte ModestineTRS blanche travers le cristal et les ciselures dor du reliquaire qui lenfermait, elle semblait presque une main vivante cette main de sainte. Une main de femme, puissante et douce, demeure l pour diriger et apaiser. Aussi, la vnration des...

The Ring bonanzaThe rings of Saturn stretched like a level sheet in all directions, though actually composed of millions of tiny bodies. Homer Timkin carefully braked with the nose rockets till he floated motionlessly with respect to the ring's own rotary motion around its...

Dusky Dick: or, Old Toby Castor's great campaign - A story of the last Sioux outbreak"Dusky Dickwhat can he want here, I wonder?" and there was cadence of mingled uneasiness and dislike perceptible in the old man's tones that told but too plainly the...

Dick and Dr. Dan; Or, the boy monster hunters of the Bad LandsDick Darrell was one and Charley Nicholson the other; both were in the employ of the paleontological department of the museum, their duties being to sort out and arrange the bones of...

Toying with fate; or, Nick Carter's narrow shaveOur experience with the American reading public has taught us that it expects better reading than readers of any other nationality. Why? Because Americans, as a rule, are better educated and more intelligent. We make it a...

Dramaturgiai dolgozatok (2. kötet, 1864-1881)A Nemzeti Szinhz rszrl kitztt 50 s 30 arany djrt plyz vgjtkok megkezdtk versenyket. A mint tudjuk, a birlk mintegy tz vgjtkot bocstottak szinpadi versenyre s a plyahirdets flttele szerint csak eladatsuk utn fogjk elitlni a jutalmat. Az ily plyzst...

Dramaturgiai dolgozatok (1. kötet, 1850-1863)Az Alfld, a mily gazdag gabonban, oly szegny irodalmi termnyekben s a min nagy tiszteletben ll eltte a szalonna s tlttt kposzta, pen oly kevs becsek a knyvek. Az rk s knyvrsok bizonysgot tehetnek. Tl a dunai rszen mindig kt...

Roger the ranger: A story of border life among the IndiansIt is of no use, Father Nat; we have gone over the same ground again and again. I shall never settle down as a New England farmer, and there are other reasons why I...