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Harry Coverdale's Courtship, and All That Came of It If our readers, gentle or simple, will obligingly stretch their imaginations sufficiently to depict for themselves the happiness of Alice and Harry during the first month of their married life, popularly denominated the honeymoon, and...

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The fables and folk-lore of a strange peoplePhysical Characteristics of the Hawaiian IslandsHistoric OutlinesThe TabuAncient ReligionAncient GovernmentAncient Arts, Habits and CustomsThe Hawaii of To-day. The legends following are of a group of sunny islands lying almost midway between...

The Gilded Man (El Dorado) and other pictures of the Spanish occupancy of AmericaThe most interesting period in the history of the discoveries on the American continent was in that part of the sixteenth century when the efforts of the Spanish people were directed...

Vieras veri: RakkausnovellejaHn muisti yht'kki uuden sairaan olevan tulossa ja ryhtyi valmistamaan tuliaiskoria, samoin miehens tahdosta, jolla oli sairaalan ylin johto. Hn otti tammisesta, hopeahelaisesta kirstusta palttinaisia siteit ja levitti niit kerroksen korin pohjalle, sairaan haavoja varten; niitten plle kaksi valkeasta villasta tehty kdenmuotoista...

Head of the Lower SchoolThere is in England a large and interesting county, mostly green on maps. We call it Lincolnshire. There is a part of that same county where you see the gleaming silver of the Washso fatal to King John of unpleasing...

Contemporary ComposersLovers and critics of modern music who are at the same time interested students of the social changes which have preceded and accompanied its growth must often ask themselves whether there is any deep connection of cause and effect between the two sets...

Az arany ember (2. rész) - RegényNem voltak-e e vadonban nevelt gyermeknek fogalmai arrl, hogy mi a vilgi illem, mi a j erklcs, a titoktart szemrem? mik a trsadalmi szablyok? a n s frfi viszonya egymshoz, miket llam s egyhz ers trvnyekkel rendeztek? sszetvesztette-e...

Az arany ember (1. rész) - RegényA rnehezl vztmeg trte-e magnak e kaput, vagy a fldalatti tz repeszt ktfel a hegylnczot? Neptun alkotta-e ezt, vagy Volcn? vagy ketten egytt? A m Isten! Ahhoz hasonlt mg a mai istenutnz kor vaskez emberei sem birnak alkotni....

The Rush for the Spoil (La Curée): A Realistic NovelThe public and the press have agreed that "L'Assommoir" is M. Zola's chef d'uvre. Against this verdict I have no objection to offer. I believe it will meet with posterity's endorsement. But although "L'Assommoir" may...

Harper's Round Table, March 24, 1896Fred March had an idea. It was even a brilliant idea, and the longer he pondered over it, the more certain he was that it was a practical one. "And that, after all, is the important point," as Jack...

New Ideas for Work and Play: What a Girl Can Make and DoThis new century, bringing with it the strong, healthy, independent, athletic American girl, makes a demand for new opportunities for the exercise of both mind and body. Resourcefulness and a wish to...

The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 10, October, 1881relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the American Missionary, to Rev. G....

Oliver TwistUnter den groen Humoristen des vorigen Jahrhunderts, die zugleich Tendenzschriftsteller im besten Sinne waren, nimmt Charles Dickens einen hervorragenden Platz ein, den er trotz des schnellen Wandels des literarischen Geschmacks und der Kunstanschauung in der Weltliteratur behaupten wird. Dickens ist nicht nur der...

The Use of Ropes and TackleEach year, old industries keep expanding and new ones are created. In many of these, the use of hoists, tackle, rope transmissions, etc. is ever increasing in extent and importance. Information on the selection and use of ropes and...

Daily TrainingThe following pages contain certain rules and suggestions concerning health, and certain simple and sensible ways in which it may, we hope, be acquired and maintained at a very small expense of time and self-denial, by a large number of people who are...

Patty in the CityNow, my child, said Mr. Fairfield, as they sat on the veranda after dinner, I will unfold to you my plans for the coming winter, and you may accept, or reject, or amend them as you please. To readers who are...

The Gentle Persuasion: Sketches of Scottish LifeIdedicate these simple sketches of Scottish life to the beloved memory of the little lady, who for forty years was the inspiration of my life. When God called her to the rest of Paradise, those who knew and...

D'Orsay; or, The complete dandyDaily Telegraph.All small investors in a hurry to make much out of little should read this novel, for it puts plainly and precisely before them some of the methods by which a swindler may, with seemingly virtuous intentions, appropriate, with...

ÁrnyképekHa a szv mitsem rez, midn e szra gondol, ha a hazt csak akkor kell szeretni, midn ezt tenni lv s dicssg s akkor nem, midn a honszeretet neve keserv, ha a tvozni kszl nem hall lelkben semmi hangot, mely azt susogja: maradj, maradj!...

The Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other StoriesI have divided the stories that are here collected under one cover into various classes, so that such readers as want to compare their own experiments, let us say, in blackmailing or spiritualistic sances, with those of...