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Mars and Its CanalsEleven years have elapsed since the writers first work on Mars was published in which were recorded the facts gleaned in his research up to that time and in which was set forth a theory of their explanation. Continued work in...

Harry F. Marks Catalogue No. 4, 1919 - Choice and Unusual BooksBook Love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will...

The Book-lover: A Guide to the Best ReadingIn Praise of Books. 23 On the Choice of Books. HE most important question for you to ask yourself, be you teacher or scholar, is this: What books shall I read? For him who has inclination to...

Dick Darling's Money; or, The Rise of an Office Boy; and Other Stories Issued WeeklySubscription price, $3.50 per year; Canada, $4.00; Foreign, $4.50. Harry E. Wolff, Publisher, 166 West 23d Street, New York, N. Y. Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 4, 1911, at the...

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 19In a little house in the Canongate of Edinburgh, there lived, not very long ago, Mr Gustavus MIver(for he never would allow himself to be called Ensign MIver, though that was his proper professional designation),as...

Dreamy Hollow: A Long Island RomanceDreamy Hollow may be reached three waysby automobile, aeroplane or boat through Great South Bay. But to go there without invitation would have spoiled the welcome, for, at the time of which we write, the master of this magnificent...

L'Illustration, No. 0068, 15 Juin 1844Courrier de Paris. Fte donne par S. M. Louis-Philippe aux Exposants, dans la Salle de spectacle de Versailles.--Embellissement de Paris. Nouveaux percements de voies publiques. Trois Gravures.--Histoire de la Semaine. Portrait du duc d'Angoulme d'aprs sir Thomas Lawrence.--Rpondez-moi. Romance....

With the Allies to Pekin: A Tale of the Relief of the LegationsThe campaign which ended with the relief of the Pekin Legations is unique in its way, carried on as it was by an army made up of almost all the nationalities of...

Rakkauden narrit 11. Mit eteln kukkasista tuli. 12. Katkeraa leip. 13. Kaikellaisia rosvojuttuja. 14. Nazareno. 15. Maapallon toisella puoliskolla. 16. Nuori mies kosioretkell. 17. Uusi ihminen. 18. Kilpailijat. 19. Sotamies, joka vangitsee rosvoja. 20. Salama kirkkaalta taivaalta. 21. Sopimus. 22. Elin, jolla on sielu....

In the Days of Queen ElizabethOf all the sovereigns that have worn the crown of England, Queen Elizabeth is the most puzzling, the most fascinating, the most blindly praised, and the most unjustly blamed. To make lists of her faults and virtues is easy....

SyvyydestäHe olivat kumpikin jo aivan harmaita nuo vanhukset, jotka laahustavin askelin kulkivat tomuista maantiet kaupunkia kohden. Puoliksi sulkeutunein silmin he tuijottivat tylssti eteens, ja niin tavaton voimattomuus ja nntymys kuvastui heidn liikkeistn, kuin he olisivat olleet maahan vaipumaisillaan. He muistuttivat lhinn vanhaa, loppuunajettua hevosparia....

The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and PharmacyIt has been my endeavour in the following pages to sketch, however imperfectly, some phases of the romance and mystery that have surrounded the arts of medicine, alchemy, and pharmacy from the earliest period of which we...

Dimbie and I—and Amelia The chestnut in the frog-pond field at the bottom of the garden is holding forth eager arms, crowned with little sticky, swelling buds, to the white, warm light. The snowdrops and crocuses have raised their pretty faces for a caress,...

The Usurper: An Episode in Japanese HistoryNight was nearly gone. All slept in the beautiful bright city of Osaka. The harsh cry of the sentinels, calling one to another on the ramparts, broke the silence, unruffled otherwise save for the distant murmur of the...

De OfficiisIn the de Officiis we have, save for the latter Philippics, the great orator's last contribution to literature. The last, sad, troubled years of his busy life could not be given to his profession; and he turned his never-resting thoughts to the second...

Marriage, As It Was, As It Is, and As It Should Be: A Plea for Reform The recognition of human rights may be said to be of modern growth, and even yet they are but very imperfectly understood. Liberty used to be regarded as...

Suor Giovanna della Croce: romanzo Questa che viene a Voi, come un puro e schietto invio di amicizia, un'anima semplice. Cos assolutamente semplice che, avendo portato due nomi, nella vita del secolo e nella vita della Chiesa, la poveretta non pu che ricordarne uno...

Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.An hundred and fifty years are scarce elapsed since the clouds of prejudice, which had long overspread the world, began to clear up, and men were convinced, by cultivating the Sciences, and attending to Nature,...

Storia d'Inghilterra, vol 2I. La potenza di Giacomo giunge alla sua maggiore altezza nellautunno del 1685.II. Sua politica estera.III. Suoi disegni di politica interna; lAtto dellHabeas Corpus.IV. Lesercito stanziale.V. Disegni in favore della Religione Cattolica Romana.VI. Violazione dellAtto di Prova; disgrazia di HalifaxVII. Malcontento...

Storia d'Inghilterra, vol 1La universale accoglienza che stata fatta in Italia a questopera ha mosso il traduttore a ristamparla. Egli ha raffrontata diligentemente la versione col testo, ne ha corretti gli errori corsi nella prima edizione, si studiato di migliorare lo stile in guisa...