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The Hunting WaspsHenri Fabres essays on Wasps will fill three volumes in all, of which this is the first. The others will be entitled The Mason-Wasps and More Hunting Wasps. The former will include the chapters on the Common or Social Wasp. The first...

Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter - including sign painting, and valuable hints and recipesTake a piece of firm, close-grained charcoal, and near one end of it scoop out a cavity about half an inch in diameter and a quarter of an inch in...

Hints on the History and Management of the Honey Bee - Being the Substance of Two Lectures Read Before the Members of the Hereford Literary, Philosophical, and Antiquarian Institution, in the Winter of 1850-51The learned gentleman began by saying,Mr. President. Ladies, and GentlemenYou have...

The Honey-Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and ManagementAlthough the great addition which has of late been made to our knowledge of the honey-bee, may seem to render a reference to ancient writers comparatively unimportant; yet a few prefatory observations, upon the rise and progress...

Youth, Vol. I, No. 7, September 1902: An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys & GirlsAn Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys and Girls SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTSANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Sent postpaid to any addressSubscriptions can begin at any time and must be paid in advance...

The Animals' Christmas TreeOriginally published in the columns of The Churchman, this little fable has been so often asked for, and since the outbreak of the War has proved to embody such an obvious and important truth, that it has been thought best to...

The A B C of RelativityEverybody knows that Einstein has done something astonishing, but very few people know exactly what it is that he has done. It is generally recognized that he has revolutionized our conception of the physical world, but his new conceptions...

From the Trenches: Louvain to the Aisne, the First Record of an Eye-WitnessOn Tuesday, 28th of July, I returned from the Alps; the weather conditions had been arctic and the climbing more than usually exciting. During a bathe in the Lake of Geneva, which...

Ariane, jeune fille russeUn ciel dune limpidit presque orientale, un beau ciel clair, lumineux, bleu comme une turquoise de Nichapour, stendait au-dessus des maisons et des jardins de la ville encore endormie. Dans laube et le silence on entendait seulement les cris des moineaux...

The North Americans of Antiquity - Their origin, migrations, and type of civilization consideredTHIS, the third edition of The North Americans of Antiquity, has been carefully revised and new facts incorporated. In this connection I take the opportunity of thankfully acknowledging the kindly reception...

Bumps and His BuddiesOnce there was a little boy named Bumps, a name he was given because of the many times he fell down, bumping his little legs and head. He was a roly-poly little chap, a bit too heavy for his height, and...

Arlette des Mayons: Roman de la terre et de l'écoleLe Pav dAmour, 1 vol. Roi de Camargue, 1 vol. Lt lOmbre, 1 vol. LAme dun Enfant, 1 vol. Notre-Dame dAmour, 1 vol. Diamant noir, 1 vol. Fleur dAbme, 1 vol. Melita, 1 vol. LIbis...

Winnie-the-PoohIf you happen to have read another book about Christopher Robin, you may remember that he once had a swan (or the swan had Christopher Robin, I don't know which) and that he used to call this swan Pooh. That was a long time...

Early Greek philosophyI. It was not till the primitive view of the world and the customary rules of life had broken down, that the Greeks, began to feel the needs which philosophies of nature and of conduct seek to satisfy. Nor were those needs...

Essais et portraitsCes portraits nauraient jamais t runis en volume sans laimable insistance de quelques bibliophiles; crits pour des revues, au moment que lon jugea propice pour les faire paratrele plus souvent la mort de lartiste dont jessayai de retracer la figureon me les...

The Early Christians in RomeOf the five Books which make up this work, the First Book relates generally the history of the fortunes of the Church in Rome in the first days. The foundation stories of the Roman congregations were laid largely by the...

Le scarabée d'or Il y a quelques annes, je me liai intimement avec un M. William Legrand. Il tait d'une ancienne famille protestante, et jadis il avait t riche; mais une srie de malheurs l'avait rduit la misre. Pour viter l'humiliation de ses dsastres,...

Sidelights on Negro SoldiersIt gives me great pleasure to write a word of introduction to this interesting and important book that Mr. Williams has written. The story of the Negro soldier is one of the romances of American history. Even in the days of...

El paraíso perdidoEn los principios del reinado de Isabel viva en Holton, pueblo de Oxfordshire, o cerca de l, uno de los mejores hacendados que se llamaba Milton. Parece que un antecesor suyo fue hombre de cierta posicin entre las personas visibles de aquella...

Norma: A Flower ScoutHere I am at Green Hill, just as much at home after a few hours time, as if I had been here for years. But, oh, Mother! Such an arrival as we three girls experienced! I wish you could have seen...