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The Maid of SkerI am but an ancient fisherman upon the coast of Glamorganshire, with work enough of my own to do, and trouble enough of my own to heed, in getting my poor living. Yet no peace there is for me among my...

The Fantastic Clan: The Cactus FamilyIn this book we are going to introduce something new and interesting to many, the weird cactus plant life of the Southwestern desertstrange and marvelous growths which we call the Fantastic Clan; and to increase the reality and charm...

Reise in Südamerika. Zweiter Band. Man trgt sich in Chile mit vielfachen Gerchten ber die Gefahren, welche mit Reisen in der Cordillera verknpft sind, und in der That ist ein solches Unternehmen auch nicht ohne alle Gefahr. Abgesehen von den halsbrechenden Wegen, und von...

The Notting Hill Mystery[It is unnecessary for us to state by what means the following papers came into our hands, and it would be no compliment to the penetration of our readers if we indicated beforehand the nature of the mystery they are supposed...

The Last DitchRomney saw the rug before he saw the woman. It was the yellow of India, the yellow you see on the breast of the purple martin and on the inner petals of an Emperor rose. The weave of the rug was like...

India Under British Rule from the Foundation of the East India CompanyA hundred years ago, when the lively Miss Frances Burney was weeping over the wrongs of Warren Hastings, and the learned and portly Gibbon was still lamenting that he had not entered on...

Famous Days in the Century of InventionIn 1891 when Harriet Lewis wrote just before her grandmother's annual visit: "We have something in Portland this year that really will surprise you, Grandma," all the family laughed over her grandmother's answer. "If you mean the electric...

Mediæval Heresy & the InquisitionThe aim of this book is to provide, within a short space, and primarily for the general reader, an account of the heresies of the Middle Ages and of the attitude of the Church towards them. The book is, therefore,...

The Child in the Midst - A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and Non-Christian LandsThe Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions sends out the fourteenth text-book with hearty appreciation of the favor with which the thirteen already issued have...

Pörssiylimys: Erään amerikalaisen miljoonamiehen elämäntarinaJokaista sananlaskua, jokaista lennokasta sutkausta voitaisiin kutsua innostuskivettymksi. Ne ovat aikoinaan olleet elvi sanoja, mielentilan ilmaisuja, ihmissielusta toiseen singahtelevia kipinit, joita nyt puheessa kytmme ollenkaan ajattelematta niitten oikeata alkuper. Kun minun kertomukseni pohjana oleva tapaus ensin tuli tunnetuksi, huomauttivat sanomalehdet...

The Riverpark RebellionThis admirable line of books for young people contains some of the choicest stories for children ever written. The volumes are well printed, illustrated with frontispieces, and attractively bound in new styles, with separate designs by the best artists for each cover....

The Book of Princes and PrincessesAll the stories about Princes and Princesses in this book are true stories, and were written by Mrs. Lang, out of old books of history. There are some children who make life difficult by saying, first that stories about...

Six Cups of Coffee - Prepared for the Public Palate by the Best Authorities on Coffee MakingIt is not much to say that nine-tenths of that decoction which passes under the name of coffee, is unworthy to be so called, and that many persons...

Experiments and Observations on the Following Subjects - 1. On the preparation, calcination, and medicinal uses of Magnesia Alba. 2. On the solvent qualities of calcined Magnesia. 3. On the variety in the solvent powers of quick-lime, when used in different quantities. 4. On...

La femme au dix-huitième siècleNote 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. Un sicle est tout prs de nous....

Reise in Südamerika. Erster Band. Im April 1849 verlie ich Nrnberg. Schwer und hart war der Abschied von den Meinen. Hatte doch mein ltester Junge lange Zeit vor meiner Abreise halbe Nchte durchweint im Gedanken an meine Fahrt, und bei Tage sich heiter geberdet...

Myths of the Iroquois. (1883 N 02 / 1880-1881 (pages 47-116))All corrections are underlined with a dotted line. The original text appears when hovering the cursor over the marked text. A list of these corrections can be found at the end of the document....

The Autobiography of a ClownWhen the article on which this little book is based appeared in the Saturday Evening Post we were amazed at the response it evoked. It simply proved that all the world loves a clown. In most of the comment and...

A Rough Diamond: A Comic Drama in One ActTHE two little Dramas of A ROUGH DIAMOND and GOOD FOR NOTHING, would not have been published but for the loss to the English Stage of one of its greatest ornaments,the original representative of Margery and...

L'Illustration, No. 0060, 20 Avril 1844Histoire de la Semaine. Monument lev la mmoire du marchal Drouet d'Erlon.--Le Ssame.--Chronique musicale.--Revue pittoresque du Salon de 1844, par Bertall. Vingt-Sept Gravures.--Le Dernier des Commis Voyageurs, roman par M. XXX. Chapitre IV. Le Chapitre des Complications.--Courrier de Paris....