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Common DenominatorWhen Scout Group Forty flickered back across half the Galaxy with a complete culture study of a Class Seven civilization on three planets of Argus Ten, the Bureau of Stellar Defense had, of course, a priority claim on all data. Class Sevens were...

Unser Familien-Arzt - Allöopathische, Homöopathische, Hydropathische, Eclectische und Kräuter-HeilmethodeIn der originalen Frakturschrift wird zwischen den Grobuchstaben I und J nicht unterschieden, daher wurden den Namensinitialen willkrlich der wahrscheilichere Buchstabe J zugeordnet. Bei Iodide wurde, passend zur entsprechenden englischen Bezeichnung, ein I verwendet; bei den...

Suomalaisen teatterin historia 2 - Puhenäyttämön alkuvuodet ja suomalainen ooppera. 1872-79Sen olemassaolo luettiin siit hetkest, jolloin, niinkuin ennen on kerrottu, sen perustaminen ptettiin 22 p. toukok. 1872. Sill joskin monesti aika ptksen ja toimeenpanon vlill voi veny pitkksi, ei tll kertaa viivytys tullut kysymykseen....

Asmodeus; or, The Devil on Two SticksWhen I first determined on the publication of a new edition of "The Devil on Two Sticks," I had certainly no idea of engaging in a new translation. I had not read an English version since my boyhood,...

Le MontonéroBien que la ville de San Miguel de Tucumn ne soit pas trs ancienne et que sa construction remonte peine deux cents ans, cependant, grce peut-tre la population calme et studieuse qui l'habite, elle a un certain parfum moyen ge qui s'exhale profusion...

The Waterloo Roll Call - With Biographical Notes and AnecdotesNever since the days of Oliver Cromwell had any name caused so much fear in England as did that of Napoleon Bonaparte. From 1802 until his first downfall, in 1814, a spirit of alarm and...

The Times Red Cross Story Book - by Famous Novelists Serving in His Majesty's ForcesIn the maps of Morocco you will see, stretching southwards of the city of Mequinez, a great tract of uncharted country. It is lawless and forbidden land. Even the Sultan...

Charlie Bell, The Waif of Elm IslandThere is a period in the life of all boys, when, in the homely phrase of Uncle Isaac, they stand up edgeways. At this critical period, as streams are tinged by the soils through which they filter, so...

The Bible and Polygamy: Does the Bible Sanction Polygamy?Sir:In acceptance of the challenge given in your journal, "The Salt Lake Daily Telegraph," of the 3rd of May last, to discuss the question, "Does the Bible sanction polygamy?" I have hereby to inform you that...

Platonis Apologia SocratisSocrates' death took place in the month of May, 399 B.C., when he was more than 70 years of age (Apol. 17 D. Crito 52 E). The interval between the trial and his death was very long,thirty days altogether. The indictment against...

De Koopman van VenetiëGratiano praat oneindig veel, dat niets is, meer dan eenig mensch in geheel Veneti. Zijn verstandige gedachten zijn als twee tarwekorrels in twee schepels kaf; gij kunt er den geheelen dag naar zoeken, eer gij ze vindt; en als gij ze...

Cause of DeathThey might think I've got myself all mixed up with things I've read. Things like surgeons pumping life into a heart to bring the patient back after he's died on the operating table. Doctors reviving dead soldiers, if they haven't been gone...

Nothing But the BestCharles Mead stood on top of Hobson's Hill and stared at the town below, as though trying to imprint a permanent impression of the view on his memory. He paid particular attention to a wood-and-corrugated-iron construction at the bottom of the...

The Most Extraordinary Trial of William Palmer, for the Rugeley Poisonings, which lasted Twelve DaysThe prisoner, William Palmer, Surgeon, of Rugeley, aged 31, was indicted for having at Rugeley, county of Stafford, on November 21st, 1855, feloniously, wilfully, and with malice aforethought, committed murder...

A Book of Dartmoor - Second EditionAt the request of my publishers I have written A Book of Dartmoor. I had already dealt with this upland district in two chapters in my Book of the West, vol. i., "Devon." But in their opinion this...

How to Use the Popular Science Library; History of Science; General IndexWhen the eighteenth century opened science had begun to make men think, and the works of the great scientists had changed the trend of thought on all sides. Liberty of conscience, of worship,...

WhiskaboomMrs. Burroughs and I are sending your son Jack to you because we do not know what else to do with him. As you can see, we can't keep him with us in his present condition. Also, Jack owes us two weeks rent and,...

A voyage to Spitzbergen - containing an account of that country, of the zoology of the North; of the Shetland Islands; and of the whale fisheryThe Journal I kept when on board the Resolution in 1806, is taken as the basis of the subsequent...

Tragicomedia de Lisandro y Roselia - llamada Elicia, y por otro nombre cuarta obra y tercera Celestina.A mediados del siglo XVI vi la pblica luz en Espaa una obra titulada La Tragi-comedia de Lisandro y Roselia, escrita en excelente prosa, con algunos muy escandidos...

A Gift from EarthAt the head of the long, shining table sat old Kalrab Masur, in his dotage, but still giving what he could of aid and comfort to the Pottery of Masur, even though nobody listened to him any more and he knew...