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The Sky Detectives; Or, How Jack Ralston Got His ManIt was a day in the late Fall when Jack Ralston, accompanied by his best pal, Gabe Perkiser, known simply as Perk by all his friends, found themselves climbing out of a hired taxi that...

Toy-Making in School and HomeBy R. Bassett, B.A. Headmistress, County Secondary School, Streatham Women are often limited in their amusements and in their hobbies for lack of power or of knowledge to use the requisite implements. We may wield the needle, the brush, kitchen...

Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma: A Tale of the Burmese JungleMrs. Denham sat in her parlour, a two years old baby boy asleep upon her lap, and an anxious, mournful expression upon her face. She wore the dress of a widow,a dress so new...

A Proclamation Declaring His Maiesties Pleasure Concerning the Dissoluing of the Present Conuention of ParliamentAlbeit the Assembling, Continuing, and Dissoluing of Parliaments, be a Prerogatiue so peculiarly belonging to Our Imperiall Crowne, and the times and seasons thereof so absolutelie in[Pg 4] our owne...

Chats on Old ClocksA preface should be personal. An author who writes on such subjects as Old Furniture and Old China, with a view to educating public taste and attempting to show why certain objects should be regarded more lovingly than others, meets with...

The International Magazine, Volume 4, No. 5, December 1851Among the many extraordinary chapters in the history of the Nineteenth Century none will seem in the next age more incredible and curious than that in which is related the Rise and Progress of Mormonism. The...

Cocina modernaTRATADO COMPLETO DE C O C I N A, PASTELERA, REPOSTERA Y BOTILLERA, CONTIENE GRAN NMERO DE RECETAS DE EJECUCION FACIL Y SEGURA SEGUN LA PRCTICA DE LOS MS AFAMADOS COCINEROS ESPAOLES Y EXTRANJEROS, COMPRENDIENDO el servicio completo de la mesa y arte...

The Tatler, Volume 2 To Edward Wortley Montagu, The Tatler No. 50. [Steele. No. 51. [Steele. No. 52. [Steele. No. 53. [Steele. No. 54. [Steele. No. 55. [Steele. No. 56. [Steele. No. 57. [Steele. No. 58. [Steele. No. 59. [Steele. No. 60. [Steele. No....

Mr. Sweet Potatoes, and Other StoriesHe is accused of putting water into the milk. He himself says, that he only does it when he has not enough milk to supply all his customers; then he does not know what else he can do. When...

Abraham Lincoln geschetst in zijn leven en dadenOverduidelijke druk- en spelfouten in het origineel zijn gecorrigeerd; deze zijn voorzien van een dunne oranje stippellijn, waarbij de Brontekst via een zwevende pop-up beschikbaar is. Variaties in spelling (met/zonder accent, met/zonder koppelteken, met/zonder extra spatie) zijn...

In Byways of Scottish History When the author of the following papers came to Scotland, many years ago, he knew nothing of the country that was to become his home, and was hardly less ignorant of its history. To acquire some acquaintance with both...

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXIX., October, 1852 MEMOIRS OF THE HOLY LAND. THE PALACES OF FRANCE. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. "WHO MURDERED DOWNIE?" FRAGMENTS FROM A YOUNG WIFE'S DIARY. A SOLDIER'S FIRST BATTLE. MEMORY AND ITS CAPRICES. BLEAK HOUSE. MONSTERS OF FAITH. LIFE...

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXV, June, 1852Harper's New Monthly Magazine closes its Fifth Semi-annual Volume with a circulation of more than One Hundred Thousand copies. The Publishers have spared neither labor nor expense to render it the most attractive Magazine of...

The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 1847Samuel Sewall, son of Henry and Jane Sewall, was born at Bishop Stoke, in Hampshire, England, March 28, 1652. The family to which he belonged was ancient and respectable. His great-grandfather was...

Games and Songs of American ChildrenThe existence of any children's tradition in America, maintained independently of print, has hitherto been scarcely noticed. Yet it appears that, in this minor but curious branch of folk-lore, the vein in the United States is both richer and...

Society, Manners and Politics in the United States - Being a Series of Letters on North America1. That form of civilization which has prevailed among the European nations, has moved, in its march over the globe, from east to west. From its cradles in...

Plays and LyricsThis volume contains "Yolanda of Cyprus," a hitherto unpublished play; many new lyrics; some others that appeared in "Song-Surf," a volume whose publishers failed before it reached the public; and "David," which came out in America in 1904. The author's desire has...

London and the Kingdom - Volume 3 - A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London. London: Printed by Blades, East & Blades, 23, Abchurch Lane, E.C. Accession of George I.The Old...

The I. W. W.: A Study of American SyndicalismThis is a descriptive and historical sketch of the present drift from parliamentary to industrial socialismas epitomized in the career of the Industrial Workers of the World in the United States. The I. W. W. is...

A Source Book in American History to 1787Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. Early American history is especially suited for "source work" in secondary schools and undergraduate college classes. After the year 1800, there are too many documents...