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Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. 2 (of 2) - Or Success, Ideals and How to Attain ThemTHE felicity of F. Oppers caricatures is marvelous. His drawings for the Dinkelspiel stories, by George V. Hobart, in the New York Morning Journal have drawn to...

Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Or Success, Ideals and How to Attain ThemApelles, the great artist, traveled all over Greece for years, studying the fairest points of beautiful women, getting here an eye, there a forehead, and there a...

Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting - A Treatise on the Painting of Carriages, Wagons and Sleighs, Embracing Full and Explicit Directions for Executing All Kinds of Work, Including Painting Factory Work, Lettering, Scrolling, Ornamenting, Varnishing, etc., with Many Tested Recipes and FormulasThe great demand...

Kadotuksen kansa: Kuvaus Lontoon East EndistäEnglantilaisen kustantajan huomautus. Esipuhe. I. Alas. II. Reilu Johnny. III. Asuntoni ja vhn muutakin. IV. Muuan Kadotuksen-kuilun mies. V. Laidalla. VI. Paistinpannu-kuja ja silmys Kadotuksenkuiluun. VII. Viktoria-ristin mies. VIII. Ajuri ja kirvesmies. IX. Piikkil. X. Lipun kannossa. XI. Pihti....

The tragical acts, or comical tragedies of Punch and JudyPortions of the following drama are founded upon the performances of an old Italian Punch and Judy performer of the name of Piccini, who has perambulated the towns and country hamlets of England for the...

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 08 (of 20)April 8, 1852, during his first session in the Senate, Mr. Sumner brought forward a resolution for a revision and consolidation of the national statutes, which was duly referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.[1] Though...

The Post of Honour - Stories of Daring Deeds Done by Men of the British Empire in the Great WarIt is often said that the post of danger is the post of honour. The post of danger is given to the bravest, and the...

Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers - Pranks, Jokes and Laughable Affairs of Our Boys and Their Allies in the Great WarNow that the dread of awful war has passed with the coming of welcome peace, we can turn our minds with renewed cheerfulness...

The Children of the ValleyAlly was lostthe little blue-eyed dear! That is to say, she was nowhere to be found. And of course there was commotion in the Valley. Michael, the gardener, was going one way; and John, the house-man, another; and Pincher, one...

The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, December 1882 - A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture. A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture. Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. VOLUME III. FROM OCTOBER, 1882, TO JULY, 1883. THEODORE...

The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, January 1883 - A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture. One of the illustrious successors of Iaroslaf the Great upon the throne of Kief, was his grandson Vladimir, grandson also of the Greek emperor Constantine Monomachus, whose...

The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving CrewAUTHOR OF BOY SCOUTS OF THE SIGNAL CORPS, BOY SCOUTS OF PIONEER CAMP, BOY SCOUTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BOY SCOUTS ON PICKET DUTY, BOY SCOUTS OF THE FLYING SQUADRON, BOY SCOUTS AND THE PRIZE PENNANT, BOY...

The Pennycomequicks, Volume 3 (of 3)Philip was restless all that day, after Salome had departed. He had remained at home in the morning to see her off, and he did not return to his work at the factory till after lunch. At the office,...

The Pennycomequicks, Volume 2 (of 3)Next morning Salome was agreeably surprised to find her mother better, brighter, and without the expression of mingled alarm and pain that her face had worn for the last two days. She refrained from telling her about the mysterious...

The Pennycomequicks, Volume 1 (of 3)They courteously, but withal peremptorily, require them periodically to climb trees, and when they are well up and grappling the branches, they shake the trees. If the venerable representatives of the earlier generation hold on, they are pronounced to...

Life in the War Zonerance to-day is sharply divided into two sections; within the greater you can come and go almost as freely as before the war. All that is necessary is a sauf conduit easily obtained from your commissaire de police, which you...

Kokka-tarinoitaMeidn tietksemme ei viel ole suomeksi ilmestynyt sentapaista kokousta, kuin tm tst lukialle tarjona oleva. Meidn kyttmmme nimitys, kokka-tarina, vastaa muukalaista sanaa: anekdot, joka tulee kreikan-kielest, kussa anekdoton merkitsee tosia tapauksia, sanoja j.n.e., joita ei viel ole kirjoitettu, tahi joitten keksiin nimi joko ei...

Die Bibliothek meines Oheims: Eine Genfer NovelleIch habe Leute kennen gelernt, die an der Schwelle des vterlichen Kramladens gro geworden sind. Dieselben hatten sich in dieser Lebensweise eine gewisse praktische Menschenkenntni erworben, und so eine Art spiebrgerlichen Sinn, einen Philistergeschmack, eine Gewhnlichkeit der Ansichten...

Illumination and Its Development in the Present DayIn all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks; yet they could not exist without the aid of these. This quotation from Cicero may...

California as It Is and as It May Be: A Guide to the Gold RegionThe residence of several years in the country together with his familiarity with its whole extent, not excluding the Gold Region in which he passed more than four months rambling...