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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1899 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyA REMARKABLE example of the human-like intelligence of a chimpanzee, rivaling that of the celebrated "Mr. Crowley," of New York, so long the chief object of admiration in the museum...

Blesky nad BeskydamiTich a zaduman kraj. Kraj vysokch kopc, prothlch strn, hlubokch rztok a zurcch horskch bystin. Kraj velebn krsy, ale i tvrd lopoty. Chce-li sklidit trochu dkho obil nebo brambor, mus se s prodou bt a rvt. Zemeli Ondr a Jur. Valask statenost...

A History of England - Eleventh EditionThe fact that this book has passed through nine editions in seven years seems to show that it was not altogether written in vain, and has answered the purpose for which it was written. The first edition carried...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 4, October 1852[The sad story of the Earl of Derwentwater, executed in 1716 for participation in the rebellion of the previous year, is well known. The beautiful lake from which he derives his title is surrounded by some of...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 3, September 1852Only imagine yourself, says a writer in the Journal of Commerce, in a little row-boat, passing around the northern coast of Ireland. In the distance, you seem to look upon an immense castle, flanked by double rows...

WanderlustWell I remember my first escapade, and as I sit here to-night writing these memoirs, most vividly do I recall some thrilling experiences which occurred in the pine fields and on the sand hills of Florida. I was then about fourteen years old and...

Letters from a Sûfî TeacherShaikh Sharf-ud-dn was the son of Shaikh Yahi. His birthplace is Maner, a village near Patn in Behr (India). A love of knowledge and the religious life, and signs of spiritual greatness, were found in him from his early childhood....

The Reason Why - A Careful Collection of Many Hundreds of Reasons for Things Which, Though Generally Believed, Are Imperfectly UnderstoodWe are all children of one Father, whose Works it should be our delight to study. As the intelligent child, standing by his parent's...

The Incarnate Purpose: Essays on the Spiritual Unity of LifeTranscriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and...

Campfire and Battlefield - An Illustrated History of the Campaigns and Conflicts of the Great Civil WarOn the 9th of January, 1861, the Star of the West, a vessel which the United States Government had sent to convey supplies to Fort Sumter, was fired...

A Sub and a Submarine: The Story of H.M. Submarine R19 in the Great WarNoel Fordyce had good cause to be anxious concerning his pet. It was the dog's first run with him for over five months, and, left during that period to well-meaning...

SekhetDepositing her box at the Glasgow station left-luggage office, she set out to discover Sauchiehall Street. In this, of course, no difficulty arose, but when it came to finding the actual housewell, that appeared a total impossibility. Evarne was almost inclined to believe that...

Les origines de la Renaissance en ItalieVII La Renaissance italienne commence, en ralit, antrieurement Ptrarque, car dj, dans les ouvrages des sculpteurs pisans et de Giotto, de mme que dans l'architecture du XIIe et du XIIIe sicle, les arts sont renouvels. Dante lui-mme, qui...

Suutarin oppi-poika: Kertoelma lapsillePieness kaupungissa noin pivn-matkan pss erst pkaupungista Saksanmaalla asui kultasepn leski ainuane poikalapseneen. Hn eltti itsins ksityll, sill mies-vainajansa oli kuollut lopen kyhss tilassa. Tmn kuoltua mytiin suurin osa jlkeenjneest omaisuudesta, ja myskin tarpeellisimmat huonekalut. Leski oli aivan ahkera; kehrsi ja...

Der Begriff der Religion im System der PhilosophieDie Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung des Originals wurde weitgehend bernommen, lediglich offensichtliche Druckfehler sowie innerhalb des Werkes voneinander abweichende Schreibweisen wurden korrigiert. Am Ende des Textes befindet sich eine Liste korrigierter Druckfehler. Textbereiche, die im Originaltext durch Sperrung...

L'Illustration, No. 1603, 15 novembre 1873Histoire de la semaine. Courrier de Paris, par M. Philibert Audebrand. La Sur perdue, une histoire du Gran Chaco (suite), par M. Mayne Reid. Nos gravures: Le gnral Changarnier: Le duc de Broglie lisant le Message du Prsident; Incendie...

The Wyndham Girls"NO pink for me, please; I want that beautiful shimmering green, made up over shining white silk. It will make my glossy brown eyes and hair look like a ripe chestnut among its green leaves." "Oh, Bab, such a glistening sentence! 'Shimmering...

Captain Ravenshaw; Or, The Maid of Cheapside. A Romance of Elizabethan LondonHere is offered mere story, the sort of thing Mr. Howells cannot tolerate. He will have none of us and our works, poor "neo-romanticists" that we are. Curiously enough, we neo-romanticists, or most...

From the Australian FrontAt Christmas, two years ago, as a result of the hard work of its Editors and other members of the A.I.F., we were presented with an excellent production in the form of the "Anzac Book." That was our second Christmas at...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 2, August 1852The word widowhood, from whatever angle of observation it maybe viewed, has about it a dull, bleak, uncomfortable aspect. Clouds encompass it. Wo englooms it. Loneliness isolates it from social comfort, and befogs it amidst lowering disquiet....