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The Barton ExperimentThis book is not offered to the public as a finished romance, or even as an attempt at one; the persons who appear on its pages are not only not those who inspire pretty stories, but they are so literally the representatives...

Lilliput LyricsThe following verses have been selected from Lilliput Levee, 1868, and from W. B. Rands numerous contributions to magazines.[A] He wrote{8} under many signatures, never enumerated; butwith the generous assistance of his son, Mr. Paul W. Rands, and his publisher, Mr. Alexander StrahanI...

Avioliittoja: Kokoelma aviotarinoitaSuuret sadepisarat rapisivat hmriin ikkunoihin. Oli tuollainen huvila-asukkaan inhoama sades, joka kerran alettuaan jatkuu tavallisesti kauan, viikkomri, kunnes viluinen kesvieras on siihen tottunut ja joutunut tydellisen haluttomuuden valtaan. Ilma oli kolea, kosteus lpitunkevaa, vastenmielist. Asianajaja Kvashinin anoppi sek vaimo, Nadeshda Filippovna, ylln...

The Hampdenshire WonderSince we had left London I had been engrossed in Henri Bergsons Time and Free Will, as it is called in the English translation. I had been conscious of various stoppages and changes of passengers, but my attention had been held by...

A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and ChocolateI. The Advantages and Disadvantages attending the Use of these Commodities, are not only impartially considered, upon the Principles of Medicine and Chymistry, but also ascertained by Observation and Experience. II. Full and distinct Directions laid down...

Smithson's Theory of Special CreationA critical reader of the works of Darwin, Huxley, Spencer, Haeckel, Romanes, Weismann, Mivart, Cope and other writers, on organic evolution, will find that there is much diversity in the views of these writers. Darwin believes that the first one,...

Die menschliche Familie nach ihrer Entstehung und natürlichen EntwickelungDem Buche, welches ich hiermit der ffentlichkeit bergebe, habe ich nur wenige Worte voranzusenden. Die Entstehungs- und Entwicklungsgeschichte der menschlichen Familie ist in den jngsten Jahren mehrfach errtert und selbst in populrer Weise dargestellt worden. Ernste...

A Gallant of Lorraine; vol. 2 of 2 - François, Seigneur de Bassompierre, Marquis d'Haronel, Maréchal de France, 1579-1646 BY H. NOEL WILLIAMS AUTHOR OF FIVE FAIR SISTERS, A PRINCESS OF INTRIGUE, THE BROOD OF FALSE LORRAINE, ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES With 16 Illustrations...

The History of the Assassins, Derived from Oriental SourcesThe Translator has been induced to present The History of the Assassins to the British Public as much on account of the interest of the subject itself, as by a desire to introduce to them a...

First Steps to Bell Ringing - Being an Introduction to the Healthful and Pleasant Exercise of Bell Ringing in Rounds and Changes upon Church BellsWhen such works as those written by the Rev. Mr. Ellacombe, and when every local bell history, or encyclopdia of...

Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition: A HistoryThe history of Frey Tmas de Torquemada is the history of the establishment of the Modern Inquisition. It is not so much the history of a man as of an abstract genius presiding over a gigantic and cruel...

The Poems of LeopardiGiacomo Leopardi, the greatest Italian poet of the Nineteenth Century, was, born at Recanati, a town of the March of Ancona, on the twenty-ninth of June, 1798; the eldest son of Count Monaldo Leopardi, and Adelaide, his wife, daughter of the...

History of the United StatesTHERE are several Periods in the history of the United States. It is important for the student to understand these at the beginning. Without such an understanding his notion of our country's history will be confused and his study rendered...

Men and ThingsA friend said to me this last week, There are two things that I instinctively distrust, one is prophecy, the other is statistics. Now that the war has lengthened into the fourth year and America has taken her place by the side...

Pietari Suuri: Venäjän ensimmäinen keisariEsipuhe I. Silmys Venjn vanhimpiin valtiollisiin oloihin II. Itmaalaiset olot ja tavat III. Venjn hallitsijat harrastavat lnsimaiden sivistyst IV. Pietarin lapsuuden aika V. Sofia riist hallituksen VI. Sofian hallitus ja taistelu Pietarin kanssa VII. Pietari oppii lnsimaiden oloja tuntemaan VIII....

Cakewalk to GloryannaCaptain Hannah climbed painfully down from the Delta Crucis, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye. Beulahthat's his elephant, but I have to take care of her for him...

A Guest of GanymedeHis employer had paid enormously to have the small ship camouflaged as a chunk of asteroid-belt rock, and Gil Murdoch had successfully maneuvered it past the quarantine. Now it lay snugly melted into the ice; and if above them enough water...

Twice-born Men in America - or, The Psychology of Conversion as Seen by a Christian Psychologist in Rescue Mission WorkI taught psychology for fifteen years at the Atchison Institute, the predecessor of Midland College, located at Atchison, Kan. I was there greatly impressed by...

Anweisung zum Weinbau an Gebäuden, Mauern, Lauben und Bäumen - Herausgegeben zu Ermunterung der Kinder zu edler ThätigkeitWir leben jetzt in einer Zeit, wo alles, was die Landwirthschaft betrifft, beachtet und verbessert wird. Ich glaube aber, mit Recht behaupten zu knnen, da man besonders...

The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 2 (of 8)When we speak of poetry, as an art, we mean such a way or method of treating a subject, as is found most pleasing and delightful to us. In all other kinds of literary composition, pleasure...