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The Southern States, March, 1894 - An illustrated monthly magazine devoted to the SouthThe late Judge William D. Kelley was an intensely practical man, and so not given to rhapsody, but he has left on record that Western North Carolina was the most beautiful...

Ancient Streets and Homesteads of England IT cannot with truth be said that monumental history is treated in our day with scanty regard. Never, perhaps, were such permanent and forcible memorials of the past as the Arch of Titus in Rome, the Pont du...

Aenigmata Fennica: Suomalaiset Arwotuxet Wastauksien kansa In solo meo Patrio Ostrobotnia, usitatissima ac tritissima, quae inter confabulationes vespertinas, Fenni nostri, ad acuendum ingenium Juvenile, more Veterum Gothorum, solvenda proponunt. Sphingis erat aenigma: Quodnam esset animal mane Quadrupes, medirie bipes, vesperi tripes. Hoc qui solvere...

Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, February 1885A little somnolence seems to have overtaken religious controversy of late. We are either weary of it or have grown so tolerant of our differences that we find it scarcely worth while to discuss them....

The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 06, June, 1878may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the branch offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. Drafts or...

Oscar Wilde, a study[The little poem on the opposite page first saw the light in the pages of the Dublin University Magazine for September, 1876. It has not been reprinted since. The Greek quotation is taken from the Agamemnon of schylos, l. 120. ]...

A Society Clown: ReminiscencesIt was one dark, dank, dreary, dismal night in February, 1888 (I believe that is the way to commence a book, no matter what the subject be), when the present writer might have been seen standing, with other gentlemen, in a...

Basil and Annette: A Novel CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER...

Leopardi Il presente libriccino fu composto prima della ricorrenza del Centenario leopardiano e vide la luce durante quella memorabile celebrazione, cio mentre l'immensa miniera dello Zibaldone, per mezzo secolo rimasta ignorata o inaccessibile, si veniva appena schiudendo. Dopo che fu tutta aperta ed in...

Royal Railways with Uniform Rates - A proposal for amalgamation of Railways with the General Post Office and adoption of uniform fares and rates for any distanceThe Royal Mail! What scenes and memories are conjured up by these words! In the olden days, the...

LemmentarinaErn kevn Boris Andrejitsh Vjasovnin, noin kahdenkymmenen kuuden vuoden ikinen nuorimies saapui perinttilalleen, joka sijaitsi erss Keski-Venjn kuvernementiss. Hn oli vastikn saanut virkaloman "kotiasioita jrjestkseen" ja aikoi ryhty kotitalossaan isnnimn. Onnellinen ajatus tietysti! Mutta Boris Andrejitshist se tuntui vastenmieliselt. Hnen tulonsa vhenivt vuosi vuodelta,...

The House of Cariboo, and Other Tales from ArcadiaAs the eagle stirs up her nest upon the crags and forces her young over the confines of the inadequate abode, it is then that they spread their wings and soar away to freedom and independence....

The History of Bread: From Pre-historic to Modern TimesIt seems extraordinary, but it is, nevertheless, a fact, that, up to this present time, there has not been written, in the English language, a History of Bread, although it is called the Staff of Life,...

Cölestine, oder der eheliche Verdacht; Zweiter Theil (von 2)Ungewhnliche sowie inkonsistente Schreibweisen wurden beibehalten, insbesondere wenn diese in der damaligen Zeit blich waren oder im Text mehrfach auftreten. Fremdsprachliche Begriffe und Zitate sowie eingedeutschte Fremdwrter wurden nicht korrigiert; einzelne unleserliche Buchstaben wurden aber sinngem...

Cölestine, oder der eheliche Verdacht; Erster Theil (von 2)Ungewhnliche sowie inkonsistente Schreibweisen wurden beibehalten, insbesondere wenn diese in der damaligen Zeit blich waren oder im Text mehrfach auftreten. Fremdsprachliche Begriffe und Zitate sowie eingedeutschte Fremdwrter wurden nicht korrigiert; einzelne unleserliche Buchstaben wurden aber sinngem...

An Essay on the Incubus, or Night-mareYOUR extensive knowlege in every branch of useful and polite literature will sufficiently justify the propriety of this address, though it offers to your acceptance and protection an Essay merely medical. Besides, the subject I have chosen is...

Kiusanhenki: SatuKuinka ruhtinas Barsanuf nautti aamiaisekseen Leipzigin leivosia ja Danzigin viinaa, sai voitahran kashmirihousuihinsa ja korotti sihteeri Sinnoberin salaneuvokseksi. Tohtori Prosper Alpanuksen kuvakirjat. Kuinka ovenvartija puri ylioppilas Heikki sormeen ja tm kulki laahustinpuvussa sek joutui sen vuoksi pilkan esineeksi, Baltasarin pako. Kuinka Heikki pidettiin...

The Mystery of the Fifteen SoundsYou can be a Modern Pioneer. I will show you a House of Mystery, and once you step into its door you are in a land where there are more exciting activities packed into one day than you could...

Marjorie Dean, Marvelous ManagerTo go, or not to go?that is the question, paraphrased Marjorie Dean glancing up from the open letter in her hand. She fixed her eyes on Jerry Macy, her room-mate as though trying to read what was in her chums mind....

Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, April 1885 A WORD MORE ABOUT AMERICA. REVIEW OF THE YEAR. THE POETRY OF TENNYSON. ON AN OLD SONG. THE AMERICAN AUDIENCE. STIMULANTS AND NARCOTICS. FOLK-LORE FOR SWEETHEARTS. A ROMANCE OF A GREEK STATUE. THE LIFE...