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Little Folks' Christmas Stories and PlaysI have always thought of Christmas time ... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time ... when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely ...; and I...

Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4Transcribers Note: The book is preserved as printed, apart from repair to some minor punctuation errors and date misprints (e.g. a year of 603 would be improbable in this historical context,...

Adventures of Sonny BearThanks are extended the following publishers for permission to reprint the following stories in book form: The Youth's Companion, for "Grandfather Grizzly," "Baby Bear's Party," "Sonny Bear's Adventure in Goldilocks' Camp," "When the Storm Came"; The Churchman, for "How Mother Bear...

Search the SkyAbout all of Halseys Planet there was the imperceptible reek of decay. The clean, big, bustling, efficient spaceport only made the sensation stronger. From where he stood on the height of the Ramp, he could see the Yards, the spires of Halsey...

Piece Goods Manual - Fabrics described; textile, knit goods, weaving terms, etc., explained; with notes on the classification of samples.The following pages represent an attempt to compile, primarily for the benefit of members of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, descriptions of cotton, woollen, and...

A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Years Captivity at OmdurmanWithin seventy-two hours of my arrival in Cairo from the Soudan, I commenced to dictate my experiences for the present volume, and had dictated them from the time I left Egypt, in 1887, until I...

The Temptation of St. AnthonyIt was at some period between 1875 and 1876 that Lafcadio Hearnstill a "cub" reporter on a daily paper in Cincinnatibegan his translation of Flaubert's "Temptation of St. Anthony." The definitive edition of the work, over which the author had...

Amerikasta palatessa: Pilanäytelmä 1:ssä näytöksessäSakari, kievarin isnt. Martta, hnen vaimonsa. Arvid, heidn poikansa. Liisa, palvelija. Joni. Takamen Taava, | Laitolan emnt, | Taavetti, | Kyllisi. Haaralan isnt, | Eero, | Poliisi. Takamen Taava: No, sen nyt tietkin! Eiphn se siit mihin pse. Sellainen visu...

The Campaigns of the 124th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with Roster and Roll of HonorThe campaigns of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, if written at all, should have been written nearer the close of the war, while the stirring scenes...

Weltuntergang: Geschichtliche Erzählung aus dem Jahre 1000 nach ChristusDie Gedichte, welche Gedanken und Namen beides nachfolgender Erzhlung tragen, sind bereits 1868 entstanden, 1873 in der ersten Auflage der zweiten Sammlung meiner Gedichte (Stuttgart, J. G. Cotta) zuerst, zuletzt in der dritten Auflage dieser Sammlung...

Versöhnung, Gesänge und Psalmen So steig ich wieder auf, heimlich erhobene Schale! Schon schttet ewiger Sinn sich in mich schwer. Wird mich nicht berreicher Drang zermahlen? Gesang qult wieder auf und bettelt sehr. Doch immer spr ich Scheu, hinaufzublicken: Geahnter! Du wirst Wert und...

Gedichte der Gefangenen: Ein Sonettenkreis (Nr. 44) Es kann nichts entsetzlicher sein, als da die Handlungen eines Menschen unter dem Willen eines andern stehen sollen. Kant, Fragmente VIII. Trotzdem sie nur von Gesetzen reden: auch das Gesetz ist nicht frei von Menschlichkeit. Das Gesetz...

Gedichte Als sich dein Haar den Berg entlang ergo, Wogte das Weizenfeld in seinem gereiften Gold. Kornblumen dunkelten, wo noch eben dein Blick geweilt. Im silbernen Bltenstaub dmmert dein Odem hinab. Der Beter vorm Bildstock erfleht noch den Saaten Bestand: Es trnke sie Tau...

Vor Sonnenaufgang: Soziales Drama Die Auffhrung dieses Dramas fand am 20. Oktober statt in den Rumen des Lessing-Theaters, veranstaltet vom Verein Freie Bhne. Ich benutze den Anla der Herausgabe einer neuen Auflage, um aus vollem Herzen den Leitern dieses Vereins insgesammt, in Sonderheit aber...

Young Hunters in Porto Rico; or, The Search for a Lost Treasure"The Young Hunters in Porto Rico" has been written at the earnest solicitation of a number of my young readers, who wished to follow the further adventures of the Gun and Sled Club....

Glacières; or, Freezing CavernsMany kind friends have given me information about glacires or assistance in my work. I am especially indebted to Mr. Robert Butler, of San Jos, Cal.; Mr. F. H. Cushing, of Washington, D. C.; Professor Charles E. Fay, of Tufts College,...

Memoirs of the Marchioness of Pompadour (vol. 2 of 2)The Cabals and Intrigues of Courtiers; the Characters of Generals, and Ministers of State, with the Causes of their Rise and Fall; and, in general, the most remarkable Occurrences at the Court of France, during...

Bessie on Her TravelsWhat a twitter and flutter and chirping there was in the pretty nest which Maggie and Bessie Bradford called their own room; for there were four little girls, who were to start together the next day on their travels, and there...

In the Levant - Twenty Fifth Impression IN the winter and spring of 1875 the writer made the tour of Egypt and the Levant. The first portion of the journey is described in a volume published last summer, entitled My Winter on the Nile,...

My Winter on the Nile - Eighteenth Edition O Commander of the Faithful. Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants, between a pulverized mountain and a red sand. Along the valley descends a river, on which the blessing of the Most...