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The Fleets at WarThe declaration of war against Germany, followed as it was by similar action against Austria-Hungary, was preceded by a sequence of events so remarkable in their character that if any British writer had made any such forecast in times of peace...

Shakespeare's Christmas, and other stories "Unbar the door!" she commanded. Frontispiece Whirled down the length of the room Landlord Oke gave a flourish with his chalk and wrote The little officer had turned white as a sheet "'Tis too late, my master!" Trecarrel called...

Locked DoorsI want you to take another case, following a nurse who has gone to pieces, he said, selecting his words carefully. I dont want to tell you a lotI want you to go in with a fresh mind. It promises to be an...

The Triumph of DeathThey stopped close to the crowd. All the spectators had their gaze intently fixed upon the pavement below. Most of them were workmen without occupation. Their faces, each different, expressed neither compassion nor sorrow, and the immobility of the gaze imparted...

Carols of Canada, Etc., Etc.In sending forth these gleanings from the later compositions of my few leisure hours, I take the opportunity of thanking most sincerely those many friends who have so generously subscribed for the work. Not only has their kind appreciation caused...

The Human BoyI remember the very evening he came to Merivale. Nubby Tomkins had a cold on his chest, so Mathers and I stopped in from the half-hour kick-about in the playground before tea, being chums of Nubbys. Whenever he gets a cold on...

A Letter to the Rev. William Maskell, A.M. - How far the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council commits the Church of England by its decision, even allowing it to have jurisdiction in points of doctrineIn these last days, in which perilous times have...

The Ocean of TheosophySome twenty-two years ago, the first edition of The Ocean of Theosophy was published by its author, Wm. Q. Judge. Since that time thousands of books dealing with Theosophy have been published by more or less prominent students of Theosophy, but...

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 17, October 24, 1840It is a curious circumstance, that while among the most humble and illiterate, as well as among the high and educated classes of society in Ireland, a certain degree of interest and respect is...

History of the Indians, of North and South AmericaWhen America was first discovered, it was found to be inhabited by a race of men different from any already known. They were called Indians, from the West Indies, where they were first seen, and which...

Luck and Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance"Luck and Pluck" appeared as a serial story in the juvenile department of Ballou's Magazine for the year 1869, and is therefore already familiar to a very large constituency of young readers. It is now presented in book...

Ange PitouI. Mit kuningatar haaveksi heinkuun 14 ja 15 pivn vlisen yn II. Kuninkaan lkri III. Neuvo. IV. Pts V. Asepaita VI. Lht VII. Matka VIII. Mit Versaillesissa tapahtui kuninkaan kuunnellessa valtuuston puheita IX. Paluu X. Foulon XI. Appi XII. Vvy XIII. Kaikki ei...

Sämmtliche Werke 2: Die Abenteuer Tschitschikows oder Die toten Seelen II Warum blo wollen wir die Armut, nichts als die Armut und die beklagenswerte Unvollkommenheit unseres Lebens ffentlich zur Schau stellen, indem wir die Menschen aus der Wildnis, aus den entlegensten Winkeln unseres Vaterlandes...

Sämmtliche Werke 1: Die Abenteuer Tschitschikows oder Die toten Seelen I Von diesem Buche wurden 100 Exemplare auf van Geldern abgezogen, in der Presse nummeriert und in Ganzleder gebunden. Der Preis eines solchen Exemplares betrgt 16 Mark. Den Druck besorgten Mnicke und Jahn in...

The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: Leisure Thoughts for Busy LivesThese papers, written in the intervals of parish work, have appeared in the pages of the Leisure Hour and the Sunday at Home. Their publication in a collected form having been decided upon by...

The Spiritual Guidance of Man and of MankindIn the following pages are reproduced the contents of some lectures delivered by me at Copenhagen in June last, in connection with the General Meeting of the Scandinavian Theosophical Society. What is here set forth was therefore...

Chapters on Spanish LiteratureLast summer the Trustees of the Hispanic Society of America did me the honour to invite me to give a course of lectures on Spanish literature in the United States, and almost at the same time an invitation to lecture on...

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 16, October 17, 1840Connemara itself, now so celebrated for its lakes and mountains, was not less unknown a few years since than the greater portion of the county of Clare. Without roads, or houses of entertainment for...

A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entituled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 05 (of 17)Limited to one thousand numbered sets, of which this is This is not a strictly medical work, although in places...

Frank Reade Jr.'s Air Wonder, The "Kite"; Or, A Six Weeks' Flight Over the AndesIt was near the close of a beautiful day in June, and the declining sun shed its radiance softly over the crags and heights of the Andes Mountains in the...