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Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary PeopleIN the long summer evenings, when the shadows crept slowly over the lawn, and the distant towers of the cathedral turned purple in the setting sun, little Odette dAntrevernes would steal out from the old grey chateau to...

How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People BeganTHE National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is five years oldold enough, it is believed, to have a history; and I, who am perhaps its first member, have been chosen as the...

Bobby Blake in the Frozen North; Or, The Old Eskimo's Last MessageGee whiz, but that was a hot one! exclaimed Fred Martin, as he wrung his hands after throwing back the ball with which he and his chum, Bobby Blake, were having a little...

The Early History of the Post in Grant and FarmThere has not hitherto been published any detailed account of the first establishment, in this country, of the Post Office as a public institution; nor does it appear that anything has been made known of...

The Day of Doom; Or, A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment - With Other PoemsMat. 24:30. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in Heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the Earth mourn, and they...

Drawings of Old London The Drawings of Old London, which form the subject of this Catalogue, were made by Mr. Philip Norman, LL.D., F.S.A., in almost every case from the actual buildings, many of which have since been demolished or essentially altered in appearance....

New History of the Life and Adventures of Tom ThumbWhen I was a little boy, childrens books were not quite as plenty, or as cheap, or as good as they are now. In those days, children did not often have a present of a...

México tal cual esEs propiedad exclusiva del autor, quien se reserva cuantos derechos le corresponden con arreglo la ley de Propiedad literaria de los Estados Unidos y los convenios sobre la materia celebrados por este pas con otras naciones. [p. 7]Cuando abro un libro...

Campfire Girls' Lake Camp; or, Searching for New Adventures "Girls, I have some great news for you. I'm sure you'll be interested, and I hope you'll be as delighted as I am. Come on, all of you. Gather around in a circle just as...

Traced and Tracked; Or, Memoirs of a City DetectiveThe gratifying success of my former experiences25,000 copies having already been sold, and the demand steadily continuinghas induced me to put forth another volume. In doing so, I have again to thank numerous correspondents, as well...

The Land of Darkness - Along with Some Further Chapters in the Experiences of the Little PilgrimI found myself standing on my feet, with the tingling sensation of having come down rapidly upon the ground from a height. There was a similar feeling in...

When Scout Meets Scout; or, The Aeroplane SpyWhen Arthur Trevor caught the flying machine fever and organized the Young Aviators, neither he nor the other boys who joined the club meant to do anything but make toy aeroplanes. There was certainly no reason for...

The British Journal of Photography, No. 613, Vol. XIX, February 2, 1872Herr Schultz-Sellack has recently called attention to a remarkable agreement in certain properties between chemically-clean glass surfaces and photographic films coated with tannin or albumen. The particular property in which they appear to...

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years AgoDeed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day. Youre getting into real ill habits with her to do everything...

Essais de Montaigne (self-édition) - Volume IV1588.Dernier voyage de Montaigne Paris; de l Rouen o le roi sest transport; Compigne, chez la mre de Mlle de Gournay dont il vient de faire la connaissance; Blois o le roi sest retir; entre temps (10 juillet)...

Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 3 (of 3)When reading this book on the web, the two Indexes have active links back to pages in all three volumes. When reading on a handheld device only the internal links within this...

The Sunny South Oölogist. Vol. 1, No. 2We have been having a bountiful share of rain in this neighborhood of late; and while we have been having warm drenching rains in the low lands, there has been a steady fall of snow in the...

Key and Guide to Native Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Dallas CountyThis simple key and guide to the woody plantstrees, shrubs and woody vineswhich grow naturally in Dallas County, Texas, has been prepared to help beginners of any age in getting better acquainted...

The Cricket of Abel, Hirst, and ShrewsburyThere appear to be hardly any beginners or habitual players who know how to profit by seeing experts at play and at work. The reason cannot well be that we do not look on at games sufficiently often!...

Edina: A NovelThe village, in which the first scenes of this history are laid, was called Trennach; and the land about it was bleak and bare and dreary enough, though situated in the grand old county of Cornwall. For mines lay around, with all...