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The Secret of the EarthFor nearly a week the Dutchman had idled along with a cargo of cocoa, jaggaree, trepang, some Manado coffee, a few bags of nutmegs and other products of the Archipelago, but without an incident worth logging; when suddenly, an odd...

A Trip to MarsIn the case of my former bookmy first written for young readersI inserted a preface stating at some length my reasons for taking up the writing of stories of the kind. In it I pointed out that I had endeavoured to...

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848Mr M'Culloch's book introduces us to a question much debated in this age of class jealousy. As soon as we open it, we are straightway environed with "a barbarous noise of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes,...

Soittajan tarina: Maaseutu-elegia Oli kirkko, mahtava muinoisin, sen ympri korpi sankka, toki nyt on se vanha ja rappeutunut, mut urkujen ni on vankka. Kaukaisen sydmellisi sveleit: aivan kuin merta ruumiittomassa kaihossa, merta, jonka levottomalla rinnalla nuori, raitis auringonsde on vlhtnyt, ja joka ei koskaan...

The Boyhood of JesusThe streets were full of people, walking, or traveling on mules, donkeys, or camelsall going to be taxed. It was winter, but in a[10] warm country, and they went through valleys of figs, olives, dates, oranges and other good things. They...

Hugh Miller In the absence of material dealing especially with his last years in Edinburgh a complete Life of Hugh Miller will probably never be attempted. I am informed by his daughter, Mrs. Miller Mackay, F.C. Manse, Lochinver, that the letters and materials sent...

Dulce Nombre (Novela)Nota del Transcriptor: Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Pginas en blanco han sido eliminadas. Una mujer, sosegada y madura, teje su calceta a un extremo del saln, sentada en un celemn puesto del revs. A pocos pasos de ella, una...

Der Selbstarzt bei äußeren Verletzungen und Entzündungen aller Art - Oder, das Geheimniß, durch Franzbranntwein und Salz alle Verwundungen, Lähmungen, offene Wunden, Brand, Krebsschäden, Zahnweh, Kolik, Rose, sowie überhaupt alle äußern und innern Entzündungen ohne Hülfe des Arztes zu heilen. Whrend in einem entlegenen...

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Plates - Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII(Fig. 8 of this Plate has no number, by mistake; it is at the...

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index - Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIIIDefinition.Radiolaria with simple membrane of the central capsule, which is...

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) - Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIIIThe Report on the Radiolaria by Professor Ernst Haeckel...

Christmas in Poetry: Carols and Poems Title: Christmas in Poetry Subtitle: Carols and Poems Release Date: December 26, 2013 [EBook #44524] Language: English Credits: Produced by Charlene Taylor, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images...

Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 3 (of 3)About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a...

Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 2 (of 3)The household of the worthy carpenter, it may be conceived, was thrown into the utmost confusion and distress by the unaccountable disappearance of the two boys. As time wore on, and they did not return, Mr. Wood's...

Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 1 (of 3)On the night of Friday, the 26th of November, 1703, and at the hour of eleven, the door of a miserable habitation, situated in an obscure quarter of the Borough of Southwark, known as the Old Mint,...

Pamphlets and Parodies on Political Subjects To condemn nonsense, especially in high places, is proper: there are ancient precedents for it. A thousand years before Christ, Nathan, a priest in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, knew that David the Lord's anointed, had...

L'Illustration, No. 2501, 31 Janvier 1891a mort du prince hritier de Belgique a t un deuil pour Paris. A la premire reprsentation de Thermidor, le Prsident de la Rpublique n'a pas occup son avant-scne et la baignoire du duc d'Aumale est reste vide. Elle...

Points of Humour, Part 2 (of 2)The best preface to this set of the Points of Humour is the former set, which, we are credibly informed, has favorably disposed the muscles of our readers for repeating a certain cackling sound, which is heart-food to...

Points of Humour, Part 1 (of 2)It will be readily perceived that the literary part of this work is of humble pretensions. One object alone has been aimed at and it is hoped with successto select or to invent those incidents which' might be...

Report on the Plans of the Various Railways before the Examiners of the House of Commons, 1864, so far as relates to the Parish of KensingtonTranscribed from the 1864 John Smith and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to the Royal...