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TetherstonesTwelve deep notes sounded from the clock-tower of the Cathedral, and the Bishops secretary dropped her hands from her typewriter and turned her face to the open window with a quick sigh. The Bishops garden lay sleeping in the sunshinethe pure white of lilies...

Rubble and Roseleaves, and Things of That KindEvery man has a genius for something or other. I have a genius for a comfortable armchair and a blazing fire. Add to these two ingredients what Bob Cratchit would call a circle of congenial companions (meaning,...

The Parowan BonanzaTo those who do not know the desert, the word usually conjures a picture of hot, waterless wastes of sand made desolate by sparse, withered gray sage more depressing than no growth at all; blighted by rattlesnakes and scorpions and the bleached...

Midwinter: Certain Travellers in Old England THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS GREENMANTLE MR. STANDFAST THE PATH OF THE KING HUNTINGTOWER MIDWINTER THE THREE HOSTAGES JOHN MACNAB THE DANCING FLOOR We two confess twin loyalties Wychwood beneath the April skies Is yours, and many a scented road...

The Lone Wolf ReturnsNoteThis is the fifth, and in the intention of the author the last, of the Lone Wolf stories. Although in strict sense a sequel it is, like "The Lone Wolf," "The False Faces," "Red Masquerade," and "Alias the Lone Wolf," entirely...

Selling ThingsSoon after Henry Ward Beecher went to Plymouth Church he received a letter from a Western parish, asking him to send them a new pastor. After describing the sort of man they wanted, the letter closed with the following injunction: Be sure to...

Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Vol. CX. March, 1916. No. 3Renal tuberculosis occupies a pre-eminent place in the list of those diseases whose initial symptoms are apparently so insignificant and whose onset is so insidious that the true state of affairs is either...

Task MissionCaptain Nicholas Joel stood waiting in his fore-waist bridge; he looked again through its heavy, slotted quartz windows and now he could see them coming. He could make out the toy-like silhouette of their jeep, emerging in reckless, bounding leaps from the edge...

Jean-Christophe X - Uusi työpäivä Pttessni tmn teoksen omistan sen kaikille vapaille hengille, olkoot he mit kansallisuutta hyvns, jotka krsivt, taistelevat ja kerran voittavat. Olen kirjoittanut katoamaisillaan olevan sukupolven tragedian. Olen koettanut olla salaamatta sen paheita ja hyveit, sen ahdistavaa raskasmielisyytt, sen kaaosmaista ylpeytt,...

Willie's Planet"By golly, Willie, this is luck," he said to the little man standing at the cabin's instruments, "our hundredth and last star, and it's an Earth type sun. How much difference is there from our sun?" Willie held the color chart up beside...

Degeneration: A Chapter in DarwinismIt is the misfortune of those who study that branch of science which our President has done so much to advanceI mean the science of living thingsthat they are not able, in the midst of a vast assembly,[1] to render...

Tea, Its Mystery and HistoryBefore Tea found its way to England, it had been brought to Holland, thanks to the treaty made by the Dutch with the Japanese. If the Dutchman, as a rule, did not forego his favourite lager and schnapps to take...

Baseball Joe Saving the League; or, Breaking Up a Great ConspiracyBASEBALL JOE OF THE SILVER STARS BASEBALL JOE ON THE SCHOOL NINE BASEBALL JOE AT YALE BASEBALL JOE IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE BASEBALL JOE IN THE BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL JOE ON THE GIANTS BASEBALL...

The Pavement Masters of Siena (1369-1562)The first impression that this book may give, is that I have put the cart before the horse, and that, instead of dwelling on the Pavement Masters, I have laid too much stress on the Pavement itself, and too...

Poems The Passionate Elopement, 7s. 6d. Carnival, 7s. 6d. Sinister Street, Vol. I, 7s. 6d. Sinister Street, Vol. II, 7s. 6d. Guy and Pauline, 7s. 6d. Sylvia Scarlett, 8s. Sylvia and Michael, 8s. Poor Relations, 7s. 6d. Rich Relatives, 9s. The Seven Ages of...

Common Sense for HousemaidsArrived yesterday in Cavendish Square at half-past five oclock, for a visit of a few days. Much fatigued, but wonderfully sustained in spirits during the journey, by the prospect of seeing a dear friend, the ten thousand comforts of her well-regulated...

Uncanny Stories Where Their Fire is Not Quenched; The Token; The Flaw in the Crystal; The Nature of the Evidence; If the Dead Knew; The Victim; The Finding of the Absolute Years afterwards, when she thought of George Waring she smelt the sweet, hot,...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George Gibbs 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...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Francis Bacon Introductory Notice of the Life and Writings of Bacon, by A. Spiers, Ph. D. Cassandra, or Divination. Explained of too free and unseasonable Advice viiiThe Cyclops, or the Ministers of Terror. Explained of base Court...

The French Revolution of 1789, as Viewed in the Light of Republican Institutions Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District...