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La DoraIn Palestina, alle pendici dell'Antilibano (18 maggio 1850) riposai da lungo cammino presso una sorgente del Giordano, le cui limpide e copiose acque mormoravano fra l'erbe e gli oleandri di Panias. Nella Maina, sceso dal selvoso Taigeto (6 settembre 1852) in Cefalofrissi, mi...

The Great North Road, the Old Mail Road to Scotland: London to York When the original edition of the Great North Road was publishedin 1901the motorcar was yet a new thing. It had, in November, 1896, been given by Act of Parliament the freedom...

Het beleg en de verdediging van Haarlem, in 1572-1573 (deel 2 van 3)Maar twee dagen geleden had er in het uitzetten van posten gedurende den nacht eene verandering plaats gehad. Don Frederik had in het begin des jaars een aanvang laten maken met het...

Synthesis of 2-methyl-4-selenoquinazolone, 2-phenylbenzoselenazole, and its derivatives - Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Pure Science of Columbia UniversityThe general conception of selenium is that it is a comparatively rare element....

Die BagdadbahnDie erste Auflage dieses Schriftchens erschien im Jahre 1902 als Frucht zweier in den Jahren 1898 und 1900/01 unternommener Reisen nach dem Orient, die zusammen mehr als ein volles Jahr beansprucht hatten. Lngere Studien ber die politisch-geographischen Verhltnisse, ber die gegenwrtige Wirtschaftslage und...

The Believing YearsA number of the incidents described in this book have been used in a series of stories published in The Outlook. To The Outlook Company my thanks are due for their courteous permission to retell these stories in an altered form. We...

Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great PhysiciansIt is surprising how many large enterprises and fortunes depend upon some few simple trade secrets the knowledge of which has baffled competition and crushed all rivalry. The jealous care with which special information in trade and...

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, October 1899 - Vol. LV, May to October, 1899The analogies between the life of an individual and that other organism which we call civilized society are as interesting as for any other reason because of their inexhaustible and ever-fresh variety....

Memoirs of Joseph GrimaldiIt is some years now, since we first conceived a strong veneration for Clowns, and an intense anxiety to know what they did with themselves out of pantomime time, and off the stage. As a child, we were accustomed to pester...

The Dead Letter: An American RomanceI paused suddenly in my work. Over a years experience in the Dead Letter office had given a mechanical rapidity to my movements in opening, noting and classifying the contents of the bundles before me; and, so far from...

The NurserymatographThe object of this book is to show the educational possibilities of the Kinematograph, as applied to almost any subject. It does not pretend to exhaustiveness, though it will be found somewhat exhausting. Several examples are given of the way in which pedagogic...

Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884The Berlin Academy of Industry and the Academy of Building were united in 1876 to form the Technical High School. It was found that the buildings were not sufficiently large for the great number of scholars, and...

In the Land of Mosques & Minarets BY FRANCIS MILTOUN Officier du Nicham Iftikhar Author of Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine, Rambles in Normandy, Rambles in Brittany, Rambles on the Riviera, Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces, etc. With...

No: RomanzoCi vuole proprio il coraggio di un dottore; gi, sono come i beccai, che ammazzano i vivi e sparano i morti. Anche sabato lo incontrai, che ritornava dal camposanto; aveva aperto Tonio. Erano dietro il vicolo dei Cappuccini: la ho riconosciuta, deve essere...

Australia in Arms - A Narrative of the Australasian Imperial Force and Their Achievement at AnzacOne hot, bright morning early in the Dardanelles campaign, so the story goes, Lieut.-General Sir William Birdwood was walking up one of the worn tracks of Anzac that led...

Rhymes for the Young Folk[15] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22][23] [24] [26] [27] [28][29] [30] [32] [33] [34] [36] [37] (A JUVENILE CHORUS.) [AD INFINITUM.] [41] [42] [44] [45] [46][47] (Tyrol.) [48] [49] [51] [52][53] [54] [56] [57] [58] [60] [62] [63] [64][65] [66]...

Discourses of KeidanskyThe majority of these papers have appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript, and thanks are extended to the editors not only for their permission to reprint the same, but also for the many kindnesses they have shown my friend Keidansky and myself....

A Parody AnthologyTHE fact that parody has been ably defended by many of the world's best minds proves that it is an offensive measure, at least from some viewpoints. But an analysis of the arguments for and against seems to show that parody is...

Judge ElbridgeWhen John Elbridge retired from the bench, the newspapers said that he had been an honorable judge. He was not a pioneer, but had come to Chicago at a time which we now call an early day, when churches rang their bells where...

Some Noble Sisters The object of the present slight work is to gather together, from various available sources, records of the lives of some of the world's notable Sisters. It does not pretend to be by any means exhaustive, but rather suggestive. The Editor...