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The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and ShoesThe work embraced in the following pages, which has been received with great favor in England, in the fashionable circles, as well as by the trade, the publisher has great confidence will prove attractive...

Oudewater en omtrek, Geologisch, Mythologisch en Geschiedkundig GeschetstDe mythen worden bij ieder menschenras, in zijne vroegste tijdperken gevonden, en bevatten al wat de ouden wisten en geloofden. Zij bevatten dus niet alleen geschiedkundigen berigten, maar alles wat hun in een zoo vroeg tijdperk gewigtig...

The Bondman: A Story of the Times of Wat TylerThe idea of the following tale was suggested on reading the first volume of Robertson's Charles the Fifth, on the Feudal Policy of Germany; and the picture of moral and political debasement presented in those...

Thoth: A Romance Philetos lay dreamingdreaming that he was still hunting the lion. And it seemed to him that after slaying numbers of inferior animals, he lighted on one of an immense size, which, as soon as he came into view, fled to the...

A London Plane-Tree, and Other Verse Title: A London Plane-Tree, and Other Verse Author: Amy Levy Release Date: April 13, 2018 [EBook #56974] Language: English Credits: Produced by Chuck Greif, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from...

Adrift in the City; or, Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight The speaker, a boy of sixteen, stood on the lawn before a handsome country mansion. He had a bat in his hand, and had sent the ball far down the street. He was fashionably dressed,...

Light Ahead for the NegroThe author dedicates this work to the thousands of sympathetic and well wishing friends of the Negro race. He is trying to show how the Negro problem can be solved in peace and good will rather than by brutality. His...

Patroon van Volkenberg - A tale of old Manhattan in the year sixteen hundred & ninety-nineThe long-boat of Captain Tew had set me ashore on the southwest end of Long Island in a cove near the village of Gravesoon, which is just across the...

Mrs. FarrellThis story of my fathers was first printed under the title of Private Theatricals in the Atlantic Monthly of 1875, while he was still editor of the magazine. It appeared a few years after Henry Jamess Gabrielle de Bergerac, and neither of the...

Nincsen ördög; A Magláy család; A ki holta után áll boszutA nyolczvanas vekben a Szent-Gotthard vasutvonalon utaztam Prisnak. Az Olaszorszg fell jv utasok mr mind elfoglaltk a hlkocsiosztlyokat. Egy kis borraval seglyvel hozzjutottam egy flkuphoz, a hol jszakra (addig, a meddig) elhelyezkedhetm. Igaz, hogy...

Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol 1, No. 11, August, 1920 - America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and FilosophyWith the October issue, Captain Billys Whiz Bang will start on its second year. In celebration of the event, the editor will dish out to the readers...

Erik Sparres bästa: En handfull skärgårdshistorierSvenska folket kan enligt mitt frmenande indelas i tv klasser ja, inte de dr tv evigt omkbblade jag menar: i trevliga och otrevliga individer. Till de frra hra jgare och fiskare, ty sdana ro enligt en regel som s...

Motion Pictures, 1894-1912 - Identified from the Records of the United States Copyright OfficeThe first public showing of motion pictures for a fee took place at the Holland Brothers Kinetoscope Parlor, 1155 Broadway, New York City, April 14, 1894. The making of motion pictures...

The Wheels of TimeStanding in the doorway the doctor could hear the agitated clang of the street-door bell, Stoddart crossing the hall; the opening and closing of the door, and Stoddart's subdued and sympathetic voice saying: "Step this way, please." A heavy, depressed foot...

The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society (Vol. I, No. 1)At the present time, when interest is becoming more generally centered upon the Pacific Coast and the future which seems to be lying before it during the next century of our national life, any...

Fun o' the Forge: StoriesIn addition to many other blessings, God has given to us, Gaels of the Irish land, the priceless gift of humour, the saving grace of laughter. May we never lose them! They have been good friends to us in the...

Indian Sketches, Taken During an Expedition to the Pawnee and Other Tribes of American Indians (Vol. 1 of 2) Having accompanied you throughout the whole of your bold and perilous expedition to the Pawnee Towns, permit me to congratulate you upon its success, and...

The Red House on Rowan StreetWhen Hugh Burton stepped from the train at High Ridge, he wondered (in his ignorance of the events that were about to engage him) whether he would be able to catch a return train that evening. He had no...

The Midnight Guest: A Detective StoryA hansom pulled up in front of 799, Park Lane, and a slim figure of a woman, dressed in deep mourning, ran up the broad flight of marble steps leading to the house. Her features were closely concealed by...

The Fern Bulletin, October 1903 - A Quarterly Devoted to FernsTo insure subscribers against loss of one or more numbers between the expiration and renewal of their subscriptions the journal will be sent until ordered stopped. All arrearages must be paid. Personal Checks Must...