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Church History, Volume 1 (of 3) The English reader is here presented with a translation of the ninth edition of a work which first appeared in1849, and has obtained a most distinguished place, it might be said almost a monopoly, as a text-book of...

The Year's at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent PoetryThe best poetry is always about the earth itself and all the strange and lovely things that compose and inhabit it. When a 'great poet' sets himself the task of some 'big theme' he needs...

OthmarUnder the forest-trees of a stately place there was held a Court of Love, in imitation and revival of those pretty pageantries and tournaments of tongues which were the chief social and royal diversion of the Italy of Lucrezia Borgia and the France of...

Molemmat kuurot: Ilveily yhdessä näytöksessä(Nyttm esitt pient salia, josta nkala on puistoon, kummassakin huoneen nurkassa pienet pydt, vasemmalla pydll lamppu, oikealla kukkavihko maljassa. Ovi perll. Ovi oikealle ja kaksi ovea vasemmalle. Oikealla ikkuna. Oikealla, pydn ylpuolella, asekokoelma, muun muassa pyssy. Vasemmalla, etunyttmll pyt, jolle...

Päiväkirja matkaltani Venäjällä, ja käynti Leo Tolstoin luona keväällä 1899I. 8. IV. (junavaunussa) II. Pietarissa, 9. IV. III. Pietarissa, 11. IV. IV. " " V. Moskovassa, 16. IV. VI. Moskovassa, 17. IV. VII. Krimin niemell, 22.-25. IV. En tied onko se saamattomuutta, hermollisuutta, vai...

Film Truth; September, 1920FILM TRUTH accepts no advertising, prints no press-agent bunk, has no boss other than its thousands of readersand is prepared to travel willingly to the eternal bowwows the day it discovers that any other guidance is necessary. Butto be sure of...

The Reluctant HeroesThe very young man sat on the edge of the sofa and looked nervous. He carefully studied his fingernails and ran his hands through his hair and picked imaginary lint off the upholstery. The older man studied the very young man thoughtfully...

Perfect AnswerBill Farnum raised a space-gloved hand in negligent acknowledgment to a hastily kneeling native, and shook his head at Bates. "Let's try Denebit's almost in line on the way backand then we can call it quits." "But I want to get back and...

Flying Machines TodaySpeaking with some experience, the writer has found that instruction in the principles underlying the science and sport of aviation must be vitalized by some contemporaneous study of what is being accomplished in the air. No one of the revolutionizing inventions of...

PirttipohjalaisetVahvajrven autiolla selll vyryivt syksyiset aallot. Kalatiirat ja -lokit olivat jo pois muuttaneet, eik nkynyt koko jrvell muuta elollista kuin aallokon irti kiskomaa viheri lev, jota likhteli siell tll aallon selll. Sumuinen piv alkoi pimitty ja sumu tihkua vihmasateena. Rnsistyneess venepahasessansa pyrki silloin keskikokoinen...

Friaren från landet: LustspelOnkeln. N gld dig nu, min goda Emelie; Nr helst du nskar kan du vara fri Och slippa dessa band af flrden bra. Som jag vet visst att dig besvra. Lgg bort ditt kpta hr och bruka ditt, Ditt snrlif, kasta...

DumbwaiterThe man ahead of me had a dragon in his baggage. So the Lamavic boys confiscated it. LamavicLivestock, Animal, Mineral and Vegetable, International Customsdoes not like to find dragons curled up in a thermos. And since this antipathy was a two-way exchange, the Lamavic...

A Garden Diary, September 1899—September 1900A WANDERER is man from his birth, and some of us who have done comparatively little wandering in our own persons, have done our full share of those less palpable divagations which may be performed within a very small...

Der Golem Wenn der Vollmond in seiner Gestalt zu schrumpfen beginnt und seine linke Seite fngt an zu verfallen, wie ein Gesicht, das dem Alter entgegengeht, zuerst an einer Wange Falten zeigt und abmagert, dann bemchtigt sich meiner um solche Zeit des Nachts eine...

East in the MorningThe first thirty years of Henry Talbot's life were the most promising. He was a bright student through high school, and in college his fellow students often used the word "brilliant" in discussing his mentality; occasionally even his instructors echoed them....

Der Tabak: Studien über seine Kultur und BiologieBei den chemischen Prozessen der Bildung und Zersetzung von Stoffen, die in der Natur tglich stattfinden, spielt die Lebensthtigkeit kleinster Organismen eine mchtige, einflussreiche Rolle. Nicht bloss fr den Biologen, auch fr die Entwicklung des Chemikers ist...

The Donkey, the Elephant, and the Goat at a Public MeetingThis playlet, by virtue of its simple rime, may perhaps claim a small share of that license granted to poets, in assuming that the Goat may at this early stage of the game be...

The East India Vade-Mecum, Volume 2 (of 2) - or, complete guide to gentlemen intended for the civil, military, or naval service of the East India Company.For some months, generally during the latter part of the rains, the weather is so close and sultry,...

Eversti Stålhammar: Kuvauksia Ruotsin suuruuden ajoiltaNm pikku kuvat, jotka ovat otetut suurenmoisten yksityisten ja julkisten tapausten runsaasta varastosta Kustaa II Adolfin, kuningatar Kristinan ja kahden Kaarlen ajan kehyksist, muodostavat yhteens ppiirteet ern miehen elmnvaiheista, miehen, joka mkin tuvasta kohosi huomattavaan yhteiskunnalliseen asemaan. Ne ovat...

Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 5 (of 8) - The English and French in North America 1689-1763THE story of the French occupation in America is not that of a people slowly moulding itself into a nation. In France there was no state...