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ModernitiesThe ten studies which constitute this volume are devoted to individuals who are held out as being reasonably characteristic of that modern movement of the last and present century which started with the French Revolution. At any rate, they were all modern once. For...

Margaret Brown's French Cookery BookThis book contains a variety of receipts, from the finest French dishes to the most ordinary cooking. They are reliable, as nearly every one has been used by me at different times. My experience in the work has prompted me...

Bow-Wow and Mew-MewAnd if Bow-Wow did not take to his heels with all his might, which he very often did, Mew-Mew would use her paws in such a way as to make him wish he had left her to have her sleep out. The...

The Life of the Moselle - From its source in the Vosges Mountains to its junction with the Rhine at CoblenceThe beautiful scenery of the Moselle has too long been left without notice. It is true, some of our Artists have presented to us...

Private Papers of William WilberforceWilliam Wilberforce is remembered on account of his long and successful efforts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. In a House of Commons that counted Pitt, Fox, Burke, and Sheridan amongst its members, he held a front rank both...

Cruelle ÉnigmePermettez-moi, mon cher Henry James, de placer votre nom la premire page de ce livre, en souvenir du temps o je commenai de l'crire, qui fut le temps aussi o nous nous sommes connus. Dans nos conversations de l't dernier, en Angleterre, prolonges...

Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works - For the Use of Teachers, Players, and Music ClubsA unique position in pianoforte literature is occupied by these Preludes, Op. 28. They derive their name rather from their form than from their musical import. Like the usual preludes...

The New ForestIn these modern days, when towns are increasing on every side, and the new idea of garden cities threatens to swallow up what little is left us of the true country, it is good to remember that in one quiet corner of...

The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay on History In offering to the public a second edition of The Law of Civilization and Decay I take the opportunity to say emphatically that such value as the essay may have lies in its freedom...

An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions - And of the Late Discovery of Ancient American RecordsThis edition was based off scans of the above-noted edition, available at Archive.org. The original uses some slightly odd English orthography--for example, unusual comma placement and an instance...

L'Histoire de France racontée par les Contemporains (Tome 3/4)) - Extraits des Chroniques, des Mémoires et des Documents originaux, avec des sommaires et des résumés chronologiquesNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve...

Outlines of Educational Doctrine1. The plasticity, or educability, of the pupil is the fundamental postulate of pedagogics. The concept plasticity, or capacity for being moulded, extends far beyond the confines of pedagogics. It takes in even the primary components of matter. It has been...

Mrs. Caudle's Curtain LecturesYOU ought to be very rich, Mr. Caudle. I wonder who'd lend you five pounds? But so it is: a wife may work and may slave! Ha, dear! the many things that might have been done with five pounds! As if...

Colin Clink, Volume 3 (of 3)DAY had pretty well broken as Colin trudged back homewards alone. It was one of those dull, leaden, misty, and chilly mornings, which in a town newly stirring from sleep seems to put the stamp and seal of melancholy...

Colin Clink, Volume 2 (of 3)HAVING entered the room, Miss Sowersoft first peeped out to see that no listeners were in the neighbourhood, and then cautiously closed the door,all the blood in her veins mustering up in red rebellion against poor Fanny, as she...

Colin Clink, Volume 1 (of 3) Affords a capital illustration of the way of the world. For, whereas knaves and fools not unusually take precedence of better men, so this chapter, though placed at the head of a long regiment, is yet inferior to...

The Life of Sir John FalstaffTHE nature and objects of the present work require little, if any, explanation. The whole range of imaginative literature affords no instance of a fictitious personage, ranking, almost inseparably, in the public faith with the characters of actual history,...

KotisirkkaEhtymtn huumori ja syv myttunto ja rakkaus kanssaihmisi kohtaan ovat Dickensin kirjailijaluonteen kuvaavammat ominaisuudet. Huumori, hilpe, hyvntahtoinen leikinlasku oli hnelle synnynninen, se luonnonlahja, joka ei ainoastaan tehnyt hnen nimen kuuluisaksi koko sivistyneess maailmassa, vaan auttoi hnt mys kestmn nuoruuden kovaa kohtaloa ja esti hnt...

Blottentots, and How to Make Them Title: Blottentots, and How to Make Them Author: John Prosper Carmel Release Date: February 14, 2014 [EBook #44898] Language: English Credits: Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from...

Grammar of the New Zealand language (2nd edition)Independently of minute and numerous subdivisions, it may, perhaps, be correct to state that there are spoken in this the northern island seven leading dialects, each more or less distinguished from the otherviz., 1st, the Rarawa, or...