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A Peep Into the PastThis hitherto unpublished essay was written by Max Beerbohm for the first number of The Yellow Book, but it was held over to make way for his famous Defence of Cosmetics, which duly appeared in April, 1894. Whether this change...

The Man Who Liked LionsMr. Kemper leaned on the rail, watching the caged lions asleep in the August sun. At his side a woman lifted a whimpering little girl to her shoulder and said, "Stop that! Look at the lions!" Then she jiggled the...

The Big Fix!The meet in the cafeteria was set up by an old connection of mine who'd heard I was interested in this new stuff. My connection's name was Rollo, sometimes called Rollo the Roller because he rolled lushes in the subway. We sipped...

Cousin Lucy at Study - By the Author of the Rollo BooksTwo volumes of a series of little books, corresponding, in their general style and characteristics, with the Rollo Books for boys, but designed more particularly for the other sex, have already been published,...

How to Trace a PedigreeI have endeavoured in this little book to give the amateur pedigree-hunter the benefit of what I have personally found to be the most valuable documents to search, and full instructions as to where he can consult them, also the...

A Critical Analysis of Patriotism As an Ethical Concept - A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy May 1, 1918Patriotism is a live issue. It is almost impossible for...

The Trail of DeathOver Abbeville, the second in this remarkable series, includes one of the most unusual and exciting scenes ever describeda fight to the death waged in the narrow cabin of a London-to-Paris passenger plane. Durant stood at the rail, watching the gleam...

Bantu Folk Lore (Medical and General)Having been for some time located in the border districts of the Cape Colony, and there coming into frequent contact with the natives; I was struck with the fact that there was a large field for investigation, and record...

The Gold BrickTEN thousand dollars a year! Neil Kittrell left the office of the Morning Telegraph in a daze. He was insensible of the raw February air, heedless of sloppy pavements; the gray day had suddenly turned gold. He could not realize it all...

Attraverso il Cinquecento Il Petrarchismo una malattia cronica della letteratura italiana. A cominciare dai tempi stessi del poeta che gli diede il nome, e a venir gi sino a quelli dei nonni o bisnonni nostri, ogni secolo della nostra storia letteraria se ne mostra,...

A Intrusa Sempre o mesmo egoista! Como ests em tua casa!... mas... desalmado, lembra-te de ns! So quasi horas de me ir recolhendo aos meus penates. E alli o padre Assumpo, caso no fique pelo caminho, ter tambem que marchar um bom pedao a...

Alkibiades, a tale of the Great Athenian WarMy husband, although he completed the composition of this work in his lifetime, passed away before he had fully revised and prepared it for the press, and the privilege of finally revising and editing it has, consequently,...

The Residuary Legatee; Or, The Posthumous Jest of the Late John AustinOn the morning of August 14th, in this last summer, Mr. Austin May alighted at the little Cypress Street station of the Boston & Albany Railroad, and, accompanied only by a swarthy and...

Famous Colonial HousesAs I read in Mr. Hollisters chapter on Mount Vernon of Washingtons long absence from the home he loved and of the eagerness with which he returned to it after the tumultuous years of the Revolutionary War, I was caught by the...

A Son of the Ages: The Reincarnations and Adventures of Scar, the Link - A Story of Man From the BeginningA waste of waters heaved sullenly beneath a dismal canopy. Thin, slimy masses floated here and there about the shallows of a little cove...

A Message From Our Sponsor"And that was Smoky Donahue's Western Swingsters, playing Red Dust for all you Martian fans out there. Now let's take a look at the new recordings, hot off the presses this week from all over the system. Looks like we...

Thuvia, Marsin neito1. Carthoris ja Thuvia. II. Orjuuteen. III. Kavallus. IV. Vihren Miehen Vankina. V. Vaalea rotu. VI. Lotharin jeaddak. VII. Jousimies-aaveet. VIII. Tuomiosali. IX. Taistelu tasangolla. X. Kar Korak, jousimies. XI. Vihret Kansaa ja Valkeita Apinoita. XII. Dusarin pelastamiseksi. XIII. Turjun, urhea Panthan....

Stroke of GeniusMetal fingers, five on each hand; each hand attached to an arm, and each pair of arms connected to a silvery sphere that sat atop a four-foot pillar. Within the pillar, micro-relays ticked and chuckled, sending delicately measured surges of power here...

Martin ValliantBrother Geraint pulled his black cowl forward over his head, and stepped out into the porch. Some one thrust the door to behind him, and there was the sound of an oak bar being dropped into the slots. Somewhere down the valley a...

The Psychology of the EmotionsIn all affective manifestations there are two elements: the motor states or impulses, which are primary; the agreeable or painful states, which are secondaryUnconscious organic protoplasmic sensibility; microorganismsChemical interpretation; psychological interpretationAre there pure states of feeling?Affirmative factsThe period of needs,...