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Beyond Rope and FenceTo you, dear old Dora, who inspired this book, I dedicate it. I regret most poignantly that life has ordained that you may never know, despite my caresses and my quart measures filled to overflowing with oats, how deeply I have...

Hier Zensur - wer dort? Antworten von gestern auf Fragen von heute1. Friedenshoffnungen und -enttuschungen. 2. Metternich karlsbadert. 3. Friedrich von Gentz als Zensor. Eine Komdie in 1 Vorspiel und 5 Akten. 4. Es soll der Snger mit dem Knig gehn. 5. Der Musterstaat...

Idole des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. VIII. Moral ohne Religion - Religiös-wissenschaftliche VorträgeDie religisen Werte hat die Moderne zum Teil verworfen, der moralischen kann sie nicht entraten, denn der tugendhafte Mensch bleibt ja ihr Ideal; da die Gtter fr sie tot sind, soll der bermensch leben....

Sixty-Year ExtensionThey told only half the story to Daniel Carter Griffin when he volunteered to die. They told him of the glories of life re-born; youth re-captured; love re-won; of Free Agenting around the cosmos. Of many things, they spoke about ... but never...

The Galactic GhostIt settled gracefully, quietly, onto an empty field in northern New Jersey. And so unexpected was the event, so unbelievable the fact that man was being visited by aliens from space, that it was a full half hour before the first extra...

A Letter on the Late Post Office AgitationWe have been lately invited to sign a parochial remonstrance against some projected changes in the business of the London Post Office. I, for one, declined the invitation. I never thought of obtruding upon others my reasons...

English Cathedrals Illustrated - Second and Revised EditionSOUTHWELL CHOIR SCREEN. The following pages are an attempt to make the study of the English cathedrals more interesting. Every ancient building has a life-history of its own, and should be studied biographically. But open a guide-book,...

Subscription the disgrace of the English Church [1st edition]In human affairs, when attention is powerfully attracted to some question of absorbing interest, the effect frequently is as though one half only of the subject were visible to the eyes of the understanding. The mind...

Egypt and Its MonumentsWHY do you come to Egypt? Do you come to gain a dream, or to regain lost dreams of old; to gild your life with the drowsy gold of romance, to lose a creeping sorrow, to forget that too many of...

A Letter to the Rev. C. N. Wodehouse, Canon of Norwich; occasioned by - his late pamphlet, entitled "Subscription the Disgrace of the EnglishIn addressing to you the following remarks upon a pamphlet recently put forth by you, under the title of Subscription the...

Subscription the disgrace of the English Church [2nd edition]In human affairs, when attention is powerfully attracted to some question of absorbing interest, the effect frequently is as though one half only of the subject were visible to the eyes of the understanding. The mind...

Le mariage de Chiffon car ton pre n'a laiss que des dettes et tu n'as pas le sou Ah! je la connais, cette phrase-l! tu me l'as rpte assez souvent pour que je ne l'oublie pas, va! Parce que je ne veux pas pouser...

China and the ChineseThis brightly written little book by the well-known French author, Edmund Plauchut, who has spent many years in China, is the first of the new series known as the "Livres d'or de la Science" recently commenced by MM. Schleicher Frres of...

Elina: Murroskauden kertomusSilloin kun muut hnen ymprilln eivt viel mitn aavistaneet, kun muut puhuivat isnmaasta ja ihmisyydest tysin porvarillisen maailmanksityksen puitteissa, toiset nhden niiss osittaisia parannuksia kaipaavia puutteellisuuksia, toiset katsoen, ett kaikki oli hyvin eik mikn tulisi ainakaan lhimpien sukupolvien ijss muuksi muuttumaan, silloin...

Syria, the Desert & the SownThose who venture to add a new volume to the vast literature of travel, unless they be men of learning or politicians, must be prepared with an excuse. My excuse is ready, as specious and I hope as plausible...

Books and Printing; a Treasury for TypophilesLabeling these observations "introductory" isn't to confuse the purist. He knows that the terms preface, foreword and introduction become mixed frequently, he doesn't like it and he much prefers retaining the proper distinctions. "An introduction," he will insist,...

In the Garden of DelightThere is one thing, at least, in this puzzling world which, though everything changes it, nothing can spoil: and that is out-of-doors. Long ago, when this place was stately old Cedarhurst instead of home-y Bird Corners, and I a wilful...

De spoorzoeker: Schetsen en Tooneelen uit de Amerikaansche wildernisVerplaatsen wij ons, tegen het einde van Mei 1855, in eene der minst bezochte streken der onmetelijke prairin van het Verre-Westen, op korten afstand van de Rio-Colorado-del-Norte, aan welke rivier de Indiaansche stammen, in hunne beeldrijke...

A letter to the Rev. Charles N. Wodehouse, Canon of Norwich, occasioned by his recent publication, entitled, "What is the meaning of Subscription?" - with a few observations on the speech &c. of the Lord Bishop of Norwich, on Subscriptionp. iiiThe Liturgy of the...

Pelléastres. Le poison de la littérature. Crimes de Montmartre et d'ailleurs. Une aventure.A mesure que les annes s'ajoutent aux annes, les belles illusions s'parpillent au vent du sicle, comme les ptales d'une fleur fltrie s'envolant dans la brise d'automne. Et la jeunesse est bien...