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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 29, Vol. I, July 19, 1884When eminent men die, we are accustomed to say that the world has lost something; that their country or party is poorer; that none are left to fill...

The Battle of DorkingThe warnings and prophecies addressed to one generation must prove very ineffective if they are equally applicable to the next. But in the eloquent appeal published forty-three years ago, by General Chesney, with its vivid description and harrowing pathos, few readers...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 28, Vol. I, July 12, 1884About eight oclock of a June morning the train draws up at a small station within a short run south of the Scottish metropolis. It is not a...

Las cien mejores poesías (lí­ricas) de la lengua castellanaMadrid: Victoriano Surez, 48 Preciados Lisboa: Ferreira Limitada, 132 Rua Aurea Paris: A. Perche, 45 Rue Jacob Lausanne: Edwin Frankfurter, 12 Grand-Chne Berlin: Wilhelm Weicher, Haberlandstr. 4 London & Glasgow: Gowans & Gray, Ltd. 1910 Comprende...

Hilligenlei (Pyhä maa)Monta on ihmist, joilla lapsesta asti palaa silmiss ihmetys, jotka raikkaan nuoruutensa pivt hmrsti tuntevat, iknkuin tahtoisivat he el ja tehd jotain erinomaista, kunnollista, ja jotka sitte astuvatkin elmns taipaleelle mielessn kirkas uljas rohkeus. Sellaisten elm ehk olisi kertomisen arvoinen. Toki, ei...

La Poupée SanglanteChapitre I. Derrire les rideaux II. O Bndict Masson n'est pas au bout de ses tonnements III. N'aurait-elle qu'un mtronome sous son corsage? IV. La rouge goutte de sang pse plus que la mer en colre V. Tu viens t'asseoir et tu...

Destiny Uncertain"I'm never going to take my last breath," Lin said with a gloating tone that implied some deep secret. He waited until his remark had had its full dramatic moment, then added, "I'm simply going to take my next to last breath and...

TheftThompson poured himself a shot of rye and downed it in one quick movement. He then pulled out his tobacco pouch, filled his pipe and applied a flaming match to the bowl. He puffed clouds of fragrant smoke. He frowned deeply. It was a...

Point Park, Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga Battlefields - Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and TennesseeThe National Park System, of which this area is a unit, is dedicated to conserving the scenic, scientific, and historic heritage of the United States for the benefit...

This World is Ours!Max Field was listening at the door. He moved back so he could breathe again. Those dozens of little wounds in his chest and on his arms and neck stung like fire. His amiable young features were tense but resigned. This...

Art and Pleasure: "Painting with Needles" - New Uses of Dexter Cotton WarpToday, centuries later, we find millions of American women, those of wealth and those of more modest means alike, also painting with needles. They are expressing the beautiful in colorful yarns, and...

Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 1 (of 2)Pharmacy, or the art of selecting, extracting, preparing, and compounding medicines from vegetable, animal, and mineral substances, is an acquirement which must have been almost as ancient as man himself on the earth. In experimenting with fruits, seeds,...

The Rejuvenation of Miss Semaphore: A Farcical NovelThe gong at 37, Beaconsfield Gardens, South Kensington, thundered under the vigorous strokes of the bow-legged German waiter. By one, by two, by three, the boarders trooped down to dinner, the more sensitive to noise stopping their...

Home Life in TokyoThe object of the present work is to give a concise account of the life we lead at home in Tokyo. I am aware that there are already many excellent works on Japan which may be read with great profit; but...

Hollyhock House: A Story for GirlsMary, Jane, and Florimelthese were the three Garden girls. Mary, Jane said, looked it. She was seventeen, broad and low of brow, with brown hair softly shading it, brown eyes, as warm and trusty as a dogs, looking straight...

The Story of the Sun: New York, 1833-1918It is truer, perhaps, of a newspaper than of most other complex things in the world that the whole may be greater than the sum of all its parts. In any daily paper worth a moments consideration...

Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757. - Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Minor punctuation inconsistencies have been silently repaired....

Job and Solomon: Or, The Wisdom of the Old TestamentThe point of view represented in this volume is still so little recognised and represented in England and America that the author ventures to prefix a short paper delivered as an address at the Church...

The Art of Music, Vol. 02 (of 14), A Narrative History of Music. Book 2, Classicism and Romanticism - A Comprehensive Library of Information for Music Lovers and MusiciansIn the first volume of The Art of Music the history of the art has been...

Kardinaalin laulu: Kertomus lintumaailmasta 1. "Hyv miel'! Hyv miel'!" ilakoi kardinaali. 2. "Vesi vie! Vesi vie!" ennusti kardinaali. 3. "Tuu liki! Tuu liki!" aneli kardinaali. 4. "Rakas niin! Rakas niin!" nteli kardinaali. 5. "Kas siin'! Kas siin'!" luikkasi kardinaali. Aikalaisissamme ei ole monta henkisen...