Classic eBooks

Getting Ready to be a Mother - a little book of information and advice for the young woman who is looking forward to motherhoodThe childbearing function is a wonderfully complex physiological phenomenon. It affects and is influenced by almost every organ and tissue in...

Chinese pottery and porcelain; vol. 1. Pottery and early waresWHEN we consider the great extent of the Chinese Empire and its teeming populationboth of them larger than those of Europeand the fact that a race with a natural gift for the potter's craft and...

Phallic Worship - A description of the mysteries of the sex worship of the ancients, with the history of the masculine cross. An account of primitive symbolism, Hebrew phallicism, bacchic festivals, sexual rites, and the mysteries of the ancient faiths.The present somewhat slight sketch...

How to Use and Enjoy Your New Frigidaire RefrigeratorNOTE: This book contains instructions on the use and care of your refrigerator, what to do in case you move, recipes for tempting salads and desserts, and your Frigidaire 5-Year Protection Plan. Be sure to read...

Peter Parley's Annual, 1855: A Christmas and New Year's Present for Young PeopleHoliday faces! Aye, they are bright, shining, and beautiful as dewdrops glistening in the mornings splendourstars sparkling in a clear midnight skyflowers lit up by the summers sun. It makes the heart...

Gereformeerde dogmatiek. Tweede deel.1. Het mysterie is het levenselement der dogmatiek. Wel verstaat de Schrift onder geen abstract-bovennatuurlke waarheid in Roomschen zin; maar z is even ver verwderd van de gedachte, dat de geloovige de geopenbaarde mysterin in wetenschappelken zin verstaan en begrpen zou,...

Aniwee; or, the Warrior Queen - A tale of the Araucanian Indians and the mythical Trauco people I was once a child myself, and dearly loved those books of adventure which told of strange lands and strange people I had never seen. Yet, when...

Sana: Romaani"Sana, yksi sana vaan!" huudahti reipas pojanni ja sit seurasi voimakas ksien yhteen lynti ja mets kajahti helest naurusta. Thn saakka oli ollut hiljaista petjin oksissa ja pykkipuiden latvoissa. Metskyyhkynen yhtyi pojan nauruun ja nrhi, joka ksien taputuksesta oli sikhtnyt, levitti ruskeat, kauniilla...

Loi du 29 juillet 1881 sur la Liberté de la Presse2. Tout imprim rendu public, lexception des ouvrages dits de ville ou bilboquets, portera lindication du nom et du domicile de limprimeur, peine, contre celui-ci, dune amende de cinq francs quinze francs. 3. Au...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXI, No. 1, July 1842It was a gorgeous bridal. The old hall of the palace was lit up with a thousand lights, and crowded with all the wealth, beauty and rank of Poland. The apartment blazed with the jewels of its...

El arte de amarDe Ovidio y de sus obras han escrito otras plumas ms bien cortadas que la ma; y as fuera temeridad querer aadir, o superfluidad copiar a los eruditos que emprendieron aquel trabajo. Dems de que los comentarios y rapsodias no son...

Tramping With a Poet in the RockiesVachel Lindsay is the poet. He is best known as the author of General William Booth Enters Heaven, The Congo and Johnny Appleseed. He also wrote a highly comical piece called The Daniel Jazz. He is a wonderful...

On the Preparations of the Indian Hemp, or Gunjah (Cannabis Indica) - Their Effects on the Animal System in Health, and Their Utility in the Treatment of Tetanus and Other Convulsive DiseasesThe narcotic effects of hemp are popularly known in the South of Africa,...

The Yellow Hunter; or, The Winding Trail of DeathYes, the fearless originator of the greatest Indian conspiracy on record had received a death-blow at the hands of a fellow red-man, and the promise of a barrel of English rum had nerved the villains arm....

Mr. Keegan's ElopementThe northeast wind was very fresh that morning, and drove the seas before it briskly; but the Denver went at each of them in her bulldog fashion, and buried her white nose in them, and showered the crests of those which were...

Tschandalan vankiHn kullasta paulaa kalkuttaa. Muistoni lintu. Dionysos 1-2. Hebrealainen. Kai keijun kevyt on! Miksi aiot? Najadi. Kyyneleit. Viftin jlkeen. La petite! Tuskaton keiju. Unilaulu. Unelmissa. Metstiell. Sadesss. Kaks vierasta. Miksi hll huulet vrjyy? Runoiltu lempi. Hyveittemme esi-ist. Miihkalniemi. Suuri myrsky. Pikkunen Salome. Kyttyrns...

Lord Lister No. 0384: Het Diamanten HalssnoerNiet ver van de Kensington Gardens, en ten noorden van dit prachtige park, hetwelk deel uitmaakt van het wereldbefaamde Hyde Park, bevindt zich de Cleveland Square, waar slechts de rijkste en deftigste Londenaars wonen, die er allen hun...

The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 2 of 2)When in 1869 Clara Barton went to Europe in quest of health, she had never so much as heard of the Red Cross. That organization had been in existence in...

Questions at Issue in Our English SpeechPractically all the matter in this collection of essays has been printed elsewhere. Four of the articles, A Question of Preference in English Spelling, Authority in English Pronunciation, What Is Slang? and Briticisms versus Americanisms, first appeared in...

Kant-breviarium: Kant világnézete és életfelfogásaAzon szerencse jutott osztlyrszeml, hogy megismertem egy filozofust, aki a tantm volt. Legvirgzbb veiben vidm s lnk volt, mint egy ifj, s e vidm lnksg, azt hiszem, legelaggottabb korig is ksrte. Nylt, gondolkodsra termett homloka elpusztthatatlan derltsg s rm szkhelye...