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Dans le cloaque - Notes d'un membre de la Commission d'enquête sur l'affaire RochetteLe Figaro menait une violente campagne contre M. Caillaux, ministre des finances, et sa politique fiscale. Il l'accusait, notamment, d'avoir entrav le cours rgulier de la justice pour servir l'escroc Rochette....

P'tit-bonhommeL'Irlande, dont la surface comprend vingt millions d'acres, soit environ dix millions d'hectares, est gouverne par un vice-roi ou 2 lord-lieutenant, assist d'un Conseil priv, en vertu d'une dlgation du souverain de la Grande-Bretagne. Elle est divise en quatre provinces: le Leinster l'est, le...

The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, April 1884, No. 7About twenty years of age, amiable, irresolute, of simple tastes and earnest piety, Louis XVI. succeeded to the throne at a time when these qualities of gentleness could avail but little against the crowning evils of the...

The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, March 1884, No. 61. Gallia was the name under which France was designated by the Romans, who knew little of the country till the time of Csar, when it was occupied by the Aquitani, Celt, and Belg. 4. In 486...

The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, February 1884, No. 5.The present and last of this series of readings in German history includes an outline of the historical changes and great events of the period of nearly four hundred years since the Reformation. Though condensed to a...

The Camp-fires of Napoleon - Comprising The Most Brilliant Achievemnents of the Emperor and His Marshals The vivid pictures of war, however ensanguined, have a wonderful attraction for the mass of men. They stir the heart like a trumpet. No narratives are so generally...

Carlos und Nicolás Der breite Paran mit seinen Inseln, eine Schafherde, ber der ein hungriger Geier, nach Lmmern auslugend, kreist, kleine Trupps von Khen und Pferden, das groe, weie Herrschaftsgebude mit den Parkanlagen unterbrechen die Monotonie der Pampa. Carlos Pferd war wertvoller. Wenn die...

Working my Way Around the WorldAfter spending some sixteen years in schools and colleges, I decided, one spring, to take a year off and make a trip around the world. I had no money for such a journey; but that didnt matter for I...

Extempore Speech: How to Acquire and Practice ItThe following pages are the result of considerable observation and experience. Fifteen years ago the writer published a small volume entitled Oratory; Sacred and Secular, in which the same general views were set forth, though more slightly...

A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868In the summer of 1865, and in the following winter, I made two visits to the South, spending four months in eight of the principal States which had lately been in rebellion. I...

Cloud StudiesTo the meteorologist I hope the following pages may prove not only of some interest, but of practical value as a small step towards that greater exactness of language which is essential before we can attempt to explain all the details of cloud...

Madam: A Novel Chapter: I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., XXVII., XXVIII., XXIX., XXX., XXXI., XXXII., XXXIII., XXXIV., XXXV., XXXVI., XXXVII., XXXVIII., XXXIX., XL.,...

The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England. Volume 6 (of 6) - Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 6Journal from Carlsbad to ParisCynthiaEgerWallensteinWeissenstadt BerneckMemoriesBayreuthVoltaireHollfeldThe churchThe little girl with the basketThe inn-keeper and his maid-servantBambergThe female hunchbackWrzburg: its canonsA drunkardThe swallowThe inn at...

Perkins, the Fakeer: A Travesty on Reincarnation - His wonderful workings in the cases of "When Reginald was Caroline", "How Chopin came to Remsen", and "Clarissa's troublesome baby"In offering to the public in book form the following tales, from the pages of THE SMART...

The Athelings; or, the Three Gifts. Complete Book I.Chapter I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., XXVII., XXVIII., XXIX., XXX., XXXI., XXXII., XXXIII., XXXIV. One...

The Athelings; or, the Three Gifts. Vol. 3/3 Book III.Chapter I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., XXVII., XXVIII., XXIX., XXX., XXXI., XXXII., XXXIII., XXXIV....

The Paper Currency of England Dispassionately Considered - With Suggestions Towards a Practical Solution of the DifficultyThe following pamphlet was designed for insertion in a periodical devoted to industrial and commercial purposes, which was to have appeared on the 1st of January. As owing...

The Review; Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1911This years conference (Boston, June 7-14) bids fair to be the best yet. The topics in general are timely and fundamental. The Committee on Lawbreakers will have for its general session the opening evening, Wednesday, the seventh....

PorcelainIN spite of the considerable literature that has sprung up upon the subject, we know little of the early history of English soft-paste porcelain. We have already spoken of the experiments made by Dr. Dwight in the seventeenth century. Dr. Lister, writing in 1699...

Naisen haamu: Mysterio neljässä kertomuksessaToinen huutoni kaikuu tyhjss paikassa, eik kukaan her huutoni ei vaikuta mitn. Minun voimani ovat loppuneet, en tied, mihin on ryhtyminen. Tll seison min nyt vieraan kaupungin ravintolan tyhjss pihassa kahden hevosen kanssa, joita minun tytyy pidell ja naisen kanssa,...