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A Son of Ishmael: A NovelNot many years ago in the neighbourhood of Andover stood a lonely house, which went by the name of the Grange. It was enclosed in walled-in gardens, and people who passed by on the high road saw nothing of...

Young Engineer's GuideSome two years ago the author commenced collecting memoranda of mechanical and practical information pertaining to the care and operation of steam engines and boilers, with a view of forming a systematic digest. Being an employee of the J. I. Case Threshing...

A Gloucestershire Lad at Home and AbroadMost of these poems were written at the Front, and appeared in the Fifth Gloucester Gazettethe first paper ever published from the trenches. The author was then a Lance-Corporal in the 5th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, and...

Kuoleman riemuvoitto: Romaani On olemassa kirjoja, joilla on sieluun ja terveyteen nhden pinvastainen arvo, riippuen siit, turvautuuko niihin alhaisempi sielu, alhaisempi elinvoima, vai korkeampi, voimakkaampi sielu; edellisess tapauksessa ne ovat vaarallisia, paloittelevia, hajoittavia kirjoja, jlkimisess tapauksessa airuenhuutoja, jotka kehoittavat urhoollisimpia urhoollisuuteensa. Se on jo...

Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful [1867]Pause one moment, gentle Readeronly one little moment will I detain you, while I reply to the question which I have supposed you to ask in the title-page. Blame not me, I beseech you, if you are...

Kamillan avioliitto 1. Selv Tukholmaan! 2. Kamillan uhkavaatimus. 3. "Tee hyvin, uusi piv!" 4. Asunto. 5. Uudenvuodenpiv. 6. Kamillan tunnustukset. 7. "Mit sin ajattelet?" 8. Matildan tulo. 9. Kuorma ja ies. 10. Kieltymys-sstlaatikko. 11. Kamilla viskaa kirjallisuuden seinn. 12. Kannattaa olla rehellinen. 13. Maijan...

Punakettu: Kertomus sen seikkailurikkaasta elämästä 1. Hengen hinta. 2. Ermaan opetuksia. 3. Mustelmia ja raippoja. 4. Yksin maailmassa. 5. Puolison valinta ja voitto. 6. Polttava kannus ja sokaiseva kynsi. 7. Satimien sotkijat. 8. Muutamia lumen pikku asukkaita. 9. Sekarotuisten petkuttaminen. 10. Mustan vesikon julkeus....

Lambkin's RemainsThe preparation of the ensuing pages has been a labour of love, and has cost me many an anxious hour. Of the writing of books, says the learned Psalmist (or more probably a Syro-Chaldic scribe of the third century) there is no end;...

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 1018, July 1, 1899 THE SECRET OF THE SEA. THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH. THREE GIRL-CHUMS, AND THEIR LIFE IN LONDON ROOMS. FRUIT PUDDINGS. LAST YEARS ROSES. AN ALBUM OF BIBLE PLANTS. NOCTURNE. SHEILAS COUSIN EFFIE. ANSWERS...

Ploughshare and Pruning-Hook: Ten Lectures on Social SubjectsThese papers, originally given as lectures, make no pretence to the solution of the social or political problems with which they are concerned. They indicate rather a certain standpoint or attitude of mind from which these and...

Oedipus királyLaos, Theba kirlya sok ven t lt Jokaste nejvel gyermektelen hzassgban. A delphii Apollhoz fordultak vgre s tle azon vlaszt nyertk, hogy gyermekk fog ugyan szletni, de ez apjnak gyilkosa s anyjnak frje lesz. Megszletett a gyermek; szlei a szrny jslattl val flelmkben...

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 993, January 7, 1899There is, perhaps, no word in the present day which has been more frequently used and abused than culture. It has come so readily to the lips of modern prophets, that it has acquired...

Hampshire Water-Colours You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of receipt of the work....

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 33, Vol. I, August 16, 1884In the biographies of the saints of the early Celtic Church it is frequently recorded that towards the close of their lives they left their monasteries and sought...

Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 [Vol. 1 of 2]AT a period when war was spreading desolation over the fairest parts of Europe, when anarchy seemed to be...

Queen of the Dawn: A Love Tale of Old Egypt There was war in Egypt and Egypt was rent in two. At Memphis in the north, at Tanis, and in all the rich lands of the Delta where by many mouths the Nile flows...

Dreams and Images: An Anthology of Catholic PoetsThis is not a collection of devotional poems. It is not an attempt to rival Orby Shipleys admirable Carmina Mariana or any other similar anthology. What I have tried to do is to bring together the poems...

Cotswolds Water-Colours You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of receipt of the work....

A Gallery of ChildrenONCE upon a time there was a beautiful Princess, who loved all lovely things, and most she loved the flowers and the blossoming trees in her fathers garden. Now there was a humble man called Silvio, whose business it was to...

Eunice and CricketHold the camera steady and push the lever, read the brown-eyed girl with the long, dark braid, from the little pamphlet she held in her hand. Look down in the little round hole, Cricket; you can see the picture perfectly. Isnt it...