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Our Little Czecho-Slovak CousinThe gallant exploits of the Czecho-Slovak army in Siberia won the attention and sympathy of the world to and for their hopes and sacrifices in the cause of freedom. Fighting the Germanic Powers was not a new thing to them. Bohemia,...

Magyarország története. Az ifjuság használatáraHa a trtnet fldnk valamennyi lakosainak jeles cselekedeteit smerteti velnk, az egyetemes trtnetnek neveztetik; ha csak azokat beszli el, melyek egy fldrszen, orszgban vagy polgrzatban kvettettek el, akkor rszletes trtnet; a mennyiben pedig egy embernek viselt dolgait IV. adja elnkbe,...

Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (5 of 9) - The History of Edward the Fift and King Richard the Third UnfinishedWritten by Maister Thomas More then one of the vnder shiriffes of London, about the yeare of our Lord...

Don Winslow of the NavyOn the white sand of a jungle bordered cove, two men and a girl stood gazing seaward, their eyes shielded against the rising suns first beams. To judge by their torn, mudstained clothing, they had been meeting hardship in large,...

Sub la Meznokta Suno: Nordlandaj RakontojPreska iuj el la jenaj rakontoj estas elerpitaj el la antikvaj tradicioj de la nordlando kaj pro tio ili devus enhavi ne nur literaturan, sed anka historian, valoron. Plezure mi prezentas la kolekton al la esperantistoj, kun la espero...

Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (6 of 9) - Richard the Third, Third Sonne to Richard Duke of Yorke, and Uncle to Edward the Fift(*) The next daie the protector with a great traine went to Westminster hall, &...

Little Pilgrimages Among the Men Who Have Written Famous BooksThe aim of this book is to present to the reading public sketches of some of its American literary heroes. There are heroes young and old; but in literature, especially, age has little to do...

The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume 1 (of 2) - A Narrative and Critical HistoryDuring the years from 1861 to 1865, one of the greatest wars in all history was fought in this country. There were in all...

Mr. Dide, His Vacation in ColoradoFor him who seeks her solitudes in sympathy, Nature has always a welcome. What we call storms are but her periods of house-cleaning, and the sunshine of her smile lurks in every humor; with love it is easy to...

L'Illustration, No. 2507, 14 Mars 1891imanche dernier, en m'veillant je me suis mis la fentre. Un ciel gris en haut, une boue jaune en bas. En face, devant une boutique de fleuriste, des palmiers mouills tremblotant au vent de pluie. Des passants crotts, des...

The Little Glass Man, and Other StoriesFairy Queen sat in her office drinking afternoon tea. Fairy Queen, thinking how she could please children best, had turned publisher. She had come to London, she had taken an office up a steep flight of stairs, and...

Auguste Rodin ARCHAIC TORSO OF APOLLO We cannot fathom his mysterious head, Through the veiled eyes no flickering ray is sent; But from his torso gleaming light is shed As from a candelabrum; inward bent His glance there glows and lingers. Otherwise The round...

The Lives of the Saints, Volume 02 (of 16): FebruaryBy the robbery of the nest in the tree, the painter ingeniously points to the Massacre of the Innocents as to the cause of the Flight into Egypt. [S. Ignatius is commemorated variously, on June...

Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French - Mexican War; War between the States, a Diary; Reconstruction Period, His Experience; Incidents, Reminiscences, etc. Of all forms of history, a good autobiography is the most pleasing and attractive. If the writer has been...

Buffon's Natural History, Volume 02 (of 10) - Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Mineral, &c. &cThe ocean surrounds the earth on all sides, and penetrates into the interior parts of different...

The Four CornersThe town itself was one that stood at the foot of Virginia's blue mountains. The house where the Corners lived was on the edge of the town, facing a street which ended at the front gate. At the side of the garden...

Almansor: Eine TragödieDie im Original links stehenden Zeilennummern wurden nach rechts verschoben und in den Fllen, in denen eine Verszeile auf mehrere Druckzeilen verteilt ist, in die letzte zur Verszeile gehrende Druckzeile gesetzt. Die Zeilennummern 315 bis 350 sind im Original um eine Zeile...

A Woman's Hardy GardenCHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Love of flowers and all things green and growing is with many men and women a passion so strong that it often seems to be a sort of primal instinct, coming down through generation after generation, from the...

Love and the Ironmonger Fairbrothers' was an easy-going firm, that had the reputation of being good to its employees. If a man once got a seat on an office-stool there he was considered to have a berth for life, supposing of course that the...

Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 1919The pages of the journal are especially open to western entomologists and zoologists. Notes and papers relating to western and Californian forms and conditions are particularly desired, but short morphological, systematic or economic studies...