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The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 01 (1820)It is not without feelings of anxiety that the editors of the Rural Magazine issue forth their first number to the public; for they are aware of the lasting effect of a first...

The Pears of New YorkThe Pears of New York is sixth in the series of books on hardy fruits being published by the New York Agricultural Experiment Station. The object and scope of these treatises have been given in prefaces of the preceding books,...

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849St Chrysostom, in his work on The Priesthood, defends deceit, if for a good purpose, by many Scriptural examples; ends his first book by asserting that it is often necessary, and that much benefit may arise from it;...

Three Plays by Brieux - With a Preface by Bernard ShawAfter the death of Ibsen, Brieux confronted Europe as the most important dramatist west of Russia. In that kind of comedy which is so true to life that we have to call it tragi-comedy,...

La Puce de Mme DesrochesNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Le seizime sicle a t par excellence...

The Guinea Voyage: A Poem in Three Books - To Which Are Added Observations on a Voyage to the Coast of Africa It may not be improper to observe, that this Poem was originally offered, as an humble mite from the author, towards the...

A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks - Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of...

Mother West Wind "When" Stories To all little children and to all those crowned with the glory of many years who still retain that priceless possession, the heart of a child, this little volume is affectionately dedicated. OF all the joyous sounds of all...

Die Armen: Ein Roman Die Kinder schrien tosend vor dem groen Arbeiterhaus von Gausenfeld; hunderte von Kindern, hervorgequollen aus dem berfllten Haus, worin sie alle geboren waren, rannten, zappelten, prgelten sich auf der grauen Wiese. Alte Mnner, die nicht mehr arbeiteten, standen, wenn sie...

The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His ExistenceWe must get rid of that Christ, we must get rid of that Christ! So spake one of the wisest, one of the most lovable of men, Ralph Waldo Emerson. If I...

Willem Tell: De Zwitsersche vrijheidsheldUit onze vaderlandsche geschiedenis weten we reeds, dat Duitschland in de dertiende eeuw geen toonbeeld van orde, welvaart en eendracht was. Wie leerde niet de gebeurtenissen kennen waaraan onze Hollandsche Graaf Willem II, als Roomsch-Koning deelnam? Toen Willem II in...

The Gâtakamâlâ; Or, Garland of Birth-StoriesThe 'Garland of Birth-stories' belongs to the Canon of the Northern Buddhists. For the discovery of this work we are indebted to Mr. Brian H. Hodgson, who as early as 1828 mentioned it among the interesting specimens of Bauddha...

The Memoirs of a White ElephantWe are told by writers of antiquity that elephants have written sentences in Greek, and that one of them was even known to speak. There is, therefore, nothing unreasonable in the supposition that the White Elephant of this history,...

Richard Wagner and His Poetical Work, from "Rienzi" to "Parsifal"Richard Wagner was born May 22, 1813, in Leipsic, Germany. He died in Venice on February 13, 1883. His father was a Leipsic city official, who gave his son the benefit of the illustrious Thomas...

Psicologia criminaleIl lettore che, per avventura, abbia conoscenza delle precedenti mie pubblicazioni, vedr subito, scorrendo questo libro, che in esso io ho voluto sistematizzare le sparse nozioni di Psicologia criminale, dando loro una forma organica. Convinto, dopo lunga ed assidua meditazione, che qualunque branca...

Muinaisten suomalaisten pakanalliset epäjumalatKaikki ihmiset tunnustavat olevan voimia ihmist suurempia, jotka hallitsevat kaikki maassa sek taivaassa. Niin oli meidnki pakanallisilla esi-isillmme heidn jumalansa, joiden vihaa he pelksivt, joiden suosiota he etsivt ja joiden voimaa he palvelivat. Mutta he, niinkuin ainakin pakanat, koperoitsivat viel pimeyden...

Gerichtliche Leichen-Oeffnungen. Zweites Hundert.Die zweite Centurie gerichtlicher Leichenffnungen, deren Schilderung ich hier verffentliche, steht an Mannigfaltigkeit des thatschlichen Inhaltes dem ersten Hundert nicht nach, und ich darf hoffen, dass auch die wissenschaftlichen Beurtheilungen der beleuchteten Flle, die vergleichenden und kritischen Bemerkungen zu den betreffenden...

Dig Here!But this aunt of yours, Sandy, whats she like? Eve asked. She was parked on the couch in my room. Hattie May Lewis, my roommate, stood before the mirror, trying to arrange her straight, straw-colored hair into a windblown bob. It was the...

A Rational Wages System - Some Notes on the Method of Paying the Worker a Reward for Efficiency in Addition to WagesThe question of scientific management, or the replacement of guesswork by a common-sense study of the principles in economical and efficient production, has...

The Anabasis of Alexander - or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the GreatI have admitted into my narrative as strictly authentic all the statements relating to Alexander and Philip which Ptolemy, son of Lagus,11 and Aristobulus, son of Aristobulus,12 agree...