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L'Illustration, No. 2498, 10 Janvier 1891N n'a pas, mon avis, assez parl de l'invention nouvelle du citoyen Maxime Lisbonne. Aprs la Taverne du Bagne, o des garons vtus en galriens servaient des chopes de bire aux consommateurs; aprs les Frites Rvolutionnaires, o des gamins...

Eighteen Months' ImprisonmentOn a dreary afternoon in November, cheerless and foggy as befitted the occasion, and accompanied by that gentle rain which we are told falleth on the just and on the unjust, I suddenly, though hardly unexpectedly, found myself in the hands of...

A Manual for Teaching Biblical HistoryPurpose of Manual. In recent years some attention has been given to the improvement of Jewish educational method so far as instruction in the Hebrew language is concerned, but the teaching of Biblical history, although it holds an important...

Harper's Young People, February 1, 1881 - An Illustrated Weekly Baked in a patty-pan, Flaky and light, Done to a turn, And seasoned just right, By a recipe taken From mother's big book, And some words of advice Thrown in by the cook, Is...

The Smuggler's Cave Meant to make easy the task of those who review novels without reading them and to awaken the interest of others who read novels without reviewing them. This is the story of the Hailey Compton Village Pageant. Pageants, good and bad,...

The Search PartyDr. OGrady, Dr. Lucius OGrady, was the medical officer of the Poor Law Union of Clonmore, which is in Western Connacht. The office is not like that of resident magistrate or bank manager. It does not necessarily confer on its holder the...

The Library of Work and Play: Home DecorationSome pure lovers of art discard the formula, Art for Progress, the Beautiful Useful, fearing lest the useful should deform the beautiful. They tremble to see the drudge's hand attached to the muse's arm. They are solicitous...

Mémoires de l'Impératrice Catherine II. - Écrits par elle-mêmeQUELQUES heures aprs la mort de lImpratrice Catherine, son fils, lEmpereur Paul, ordonna au comte Rostoptchine de mettre les scells sur les papiers de lImpratrice. Il tait lui-mme prsent la mise en ordre de ces papiers....

The Witch Hypnotizer Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven. Matthew v, 16. She lived quite alone in a little cottage on the outskirts of a large city in...

The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830Some slight sketch of the life and character of Stendhal is particularly necessary to an understanding of Le Rouge et Le Noir (The Red and the Black) not so much as being the formal stuffing of...

Household stories from the Land of Hofer; or, Popular Myths of TirolBlessed are the people of whom history is silent; for history occupies itself more with the doings of fools than of the wise; with storms than with tranquil days: it immortalizes the butcher...

The World on Wheels, and Other Sketches The perpetual lever called a wheel is the masterpiece of mechanical skill. At home on sea and land, like the feet of the Proclaiming Angel, it finds a fulcrum wherever it happens to be. It is the...

Superstition in MedicineThe history of medicine is closely interlinked with the development of theology. The errors of one are for the most part reflected in the mistakes of the other. No matter how obscure and dark the origin of either, whether derived from ignorance...

My Sketch Book Transcriber's Note: There was no printed text in this book. Some of the plates have imbedded handwritten notes. The images viewed in this file are too small to demonstrate the detail of the drawings so a medium size and and original...

The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs, Vol. 2. (of 2)In 1835 the late Mr. Tilt, publisher, of Fleet Street, started the Comic Almanac, and engaged George Cruikshank to illustrate it. It was a happy idea, exactly suited to the more popular side...

The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs, Vol. 1. (of 2)In the following pages I have endeavoured to present George Cruikshank to the readernot only as he lived and moved and worked, but also in the light in which he was held by...

New Readings of Old Authors. Shakspeare. King Henry 5th Transcriber's Note: This set of engravings is not complete, but seemed worthwhile to publish all the same. Many thanks to the Google Books project for salvaging part of this work. The plates are listed as...

The Odd Volume; Or, Book of VarietyEmboldened by the popularity of the late entertainment, entitled Cruikshank at Home, an Odd Candidate for fame now enters the lists. The greatest care having been taken to render the subjects which have been selected as interesting as...

DevonshireIN preparing this book much use has been made of the Proceedings of the Devonshire Association and of the first volume of the Victoria History of Devon. The authors also desire to take this opportunity of recording their grateful thanks to Her Gracious Majesty...

Im Sattel durch Zentralasien: 6000 Kilometer in 176 TagenHiermit bergebe ich mein kleines Buch der ffentlichkeit. Es soll kein Forschungswerk sein, sondern nur das erzhlen, was ich im fernen Osten und auf dem Wege ins Innere Asiens gesehen und erlebt habe. Es soll weitere...