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Why Crime Does Not PayThe publishers believe that a picture of life sketched by a master handsomebody who stands in the world of crime as Edison does in his field or as Morgan and Rockefeller do in theirscould not fail to be impressive and...

Quéda que as Mulheres Têm para os TolosContento-me em repetir o que se disse antes de mim: minhas paginas conscienciosas so um resumo de muitos e valiosos escriptos. Propriamente fallando, uma comparao scientifica, e eu obteria a mais doce recompensa de meus esforos, como...

Beyond the Black Waters This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcribers Note....

The History of Court FoolsIn the days of old, it happened that all Olympus was dull, and Zeus complained, yawning the while, that there was not a fool amongst the gods, with wit enough to keep the divine assembly alive, or to kill the...

When Wilderness was King: A Tale of the Illinois Country SURELY it was no longer ago than yesterday. I had left the scythe lying at the edge of the long grass, and gone up through the rows of nodding Indian corn to the house,...

A Little KnowledgeEven with modern conveniences, Caesar could never have staged such a triumph, and in the face of world history-making, he wouldn't have reason to. Olbu's visit to the earth was certainly a bigger deal for the archives than anything Caesar ever did....

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George Jacob Holyoake 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...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Christopher Morley 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...

Der Silbergarten. Der Stein des Pietro. Zwei ErzählungenEinband-Decken in Ganzleinen zur Universal-Bibliothek (dieselben wie zu Reclams Miniaturausgaben) ohne Titeldruck in 9 Gren, fr Bnde im Umfang von 5, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30, 35 u. 42 Bogen, sind fr je 30Pf. durch alle...

Hehkuvan kevään maaTll pohjolassa kevt on vieno ja kaino, puiden lehdet hennon vaaleat, kukkaset ujoja ja uneksivaisia. Pohjolan kevt on hiukan kyh ja niukka, hillityn hiljainen, mutta suloinen ja valoisa, tynn kesn toiveita, uskollista odotusta, rukousta, rauhaa. He nauroivat kumpikin. Taiteilija nykksi ptns, hyppsi...

The Journal of Geology, January-February 1893 - A Semi-Quarterly Magazine of Geology and Related SciencesDuring the last twenty years much has been written about the "pre-Cambrian" rocks of the British Isles. Unfortunately when attention began to be sedulously given to the study of these...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George William Foote 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...

But the Patient LivedThe receptionist ushered the patient into Dr. Walter Needzak's office. She punched her glasses higher onto the bridge of her nose, patted the bun of hair at the back of her head, and said: Dr. Needzak motioned the patient to a...

A Florida Sketch-BookIn approaching Jacksonville by rail, the traveler rides hour after hour through seemingly endless pine barrens, otherwise known as low pine-woods and flat-woods, till he wearies of the sight. It would be hard, he thinks, to imagine a region more unwholesome looking...

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 01 of 12)The kind reception accorded by critics and the public to the first edition of The Golden Bough has encouraged me to spare no pains to render the new one more...

Types of News WritingThis book has been prepared with the purpose of furnishing students of journalism and young reporters with a large collection of typical news stories. For college classes it may be used as a textbook. For newspaper workers it is offered as...

A Topsy-Turvy ChristmasThese songs can be used in all manner of entertainments. The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy. Children like them. Everybody likes them. Sheet music. Price 25 cents each. Five copies, $1.00. WE HOPE YOUVE BROUGHT YOUR...

A Selection of Cartoons from PuckSo careless has been the popular use of the words cartoonist and caricaturist, that to many minds they no doubt seem practically interchangeable. Yet, as a matter of fact, not only do the two titles imply two different functions...

Three Stories & Ten Poems Jim Gilmore came to Hortons Bay from Canada. He bought the blacksmith shop from old man Horton. Jim was short and dark with big mustaches and big hands. He was a good horseshoer and did not look much like...

The ChasmThe old man's face was turning gray with fatigue under the wrinkled brown. He was beginning to get that deadly catching pain in his left chest. But he forced himself to move again, his ragged dusty uniform of the old Home Guard blending...