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The Discovery of Radium - Address by Madame M. Curie at Vassar CollegeIn her recent visit to America, Madame Curie conferred a special honor upon Vassar College by delivering in the chapel on the evening of May fourteenth the only extended address which she...

A Treatise on the Crime of Onan - Illustrated with a Variety of Cases, Together with the Method of CureMan is every instant losing something of himself, and if he was not continually repairing that loss, he would soon necessarily fall into a weakness...

The Mark of ZorroAgain the sheet of rain beat against the roof of red Spanish tile, and the wind shrieked like a soul in torment, and smoke puffed from the big fireplace as the sparks were showered over the hard dirt floor. "'Tis a...

Six giants and a griffin, and other storiesTranscriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be...

Kobiety (Women): A Novel of Polish LifeIt is a fine summer afternoon, and sultry. In the pines overhead there is a faint murmur, continuous, a little sad; the birches, with their slender waving boughs, utter a quiet whisper, but no breeze is to be...

Kuningas Suomessa: Historiallinen romaaniKorkeana kvi kare Taivassalon lnsirannan loivia kallioita vastaan. Aallokossa lastuna vaappuva pieni kalavenhe ponnisteli verkkaan ja tylsti salmen suusta saarten suojaamaan kylsatamaan. Yn kohissut lounaistuuli oli tosin nyt aamuksi asettunut, mutta sen jlkeinen maininki teki viel ten yksiniselle kalamiehelle, joka palasi...

LichensLichens are, with few exceptions, perennial aerial plants of somewhat lowly organization. In the form of spreading encrustations, horizontal leafy expansions, of upright strap-shaped fronds or of pendulous filaments, they take possession of the tree-trunks, palings, walls, rocks or even soil that afford them...

LegendenBjrnstjerne Bjrnson ist der Wahrheit nachgepilgert zeit seines langen glckhaften Lebens. Ein Wahrheitssucher, ein Wahrheitskmpfer ist er gewesen. Und er[2] muss wohl die Wahrheit gefunden haben: er fand das Glck. Und er muss wohl die Wahrheit geliebt haben: das Glck blieb ihm treu. Seltsam...

The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus - Translated into English with Introduction and NotesThe early Church Orders were systematic manuals of disciplinary and liturgical rules for which the collective authority of the whole apostolate was claimed. They made their appearance in the second century, grew...

A Christmas Tale: in One ActBouchor is a dramatic poet of rare inspiration and tragic depth. His best-known long plays, Tobie, Nol, and Les Mystres dEleusis, are, in the words of an eminent French critic, among the most beautiful works of our time. Conte...

The Temples and Ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and Athens - Two Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great BritainSome apology is perhaps needed from one who can neither claim to be a classical scholar nor a professional archologist in venturing upon the...

The Western Cowboy and Arabians in the RockiesCall him bronco buster, cowpuncher, cattleman, or just plain ranch hand ... the western cowboy to those who know him best, has always been just a plain, everyday upstandin man! He is courageous and fearless ... loyal...

Ralph Osborn, Midshipman at Annapolis: A Story of Life at the U.S. Naval AcademyThe purpose of this story is to bring before the American youth who read it a correct portrayal of midshipman life at Annapolis, to bring out in story form the routine...

The Centaurians: a novelTwelve long years of European travel had failed to stale the beauties of my own country. I compared the exquisite, restful view, to the garish expansiveness of foreign panorama. Though fagged and frayed with experience it was a tingling delight to...

Samantha on the Race ProblemBut I took it as a Decree, and done as well as I could, which is jest as well as anybody ought to be expected to do under any circumstances, either on my side or on hisen. It was one...

"The Flu": a brief history of influenza in U.S. America, Europe, HawaiiThis Booklet has been written and compiled for the use of any student or layman who seeks concise and clear information on the history of Influenza. Brief and salient facts are set forth...

A Mystery Play in Honour of the Nativity of our LordTHE following play was produced at Cambridge in December 1907 and January 1908. It was acted six times altogether, to full houses, upon a temporary stage in the schoolroom of St. Marys Convent, by...

The Money MarketThe present position of the Money Market in this country so enters into the life of the people as a thing that is, that few trouble themselves to inquire how our monetary system came to be what it is, how it was...

Lotin avioliittoBretagnen niemimaalla, meren rell syntyneen on Pierre Loti (oik. Ranskan laivaston upseeri Julien Viaud) jo aikaisin tuntenut rettmien ulapoiden, pitkien meriretkien ja kaukaisten, satumaisten maanosien oudon vetovoiman. Jo lapsena on hn nhnyt reippaiden ja rotevien merisankarien lhtevn Islannin retkille, tarkannut heidn iloisen paluunsa...

Canoe and camera: a two hundred mile tour through the Maine forestslove for the woods and out-door sports begins early in life. I can hardly remember when the sight of a gun or fish-rod did not awaken within my boyish fancy a feverish desire...