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The Art of the Bone-Setter: A Testimony and a VindicationI have been requested, from time to time, by my numerous patients and friends to publish some record of the Bone-setters art, to which they can refer their relatives and acquaintances, when asked for some...

The Truth About the Congo: The Chicago Tribune ArticlesWHEN I returned to America, I had decided to express no opinion upon the public and political questions of the Congo Free State. Having found conditions there quite different from what I had expected, it was...

Falcons of NarabedlaI turned to Andy, knee-deep in the icy stream beside me. "There's your eagle. Probably smells that cougar I shot yesterday." I started to reel in my line, knowing what my brother's next move would be. "Get the camera, and we'll try...

The History of Chemistry, Volume 1 (of 2)Chemistry, unlike the other sciences, sprang originally from delusion and superstition, and was at its commencement exactly on a level with magic and astrology. Even after it began to be useful to man, by furnishing him with...

The History of Ink, Including Its Etymology, Chemistry, and BibliographyAn attempt has been made to transcribe the handwritten text in plates used to show the different kinds of ink. Where the original text was unclear, dots have been used to mark illegible letters, []...

Harmaan karhun elämäntarina Palette Ranshissa, Graybullin rannalla, vietetyille piville omistan tmn kirjan. Sain siell metsmiehilt, vuorimiehilt, sain omista ja isnnnkin kokemuksista aineksia Vahbin elmntarinan kertomiseen. Hauskoja aikoja elivt nyt prhiset pienokaiset, vuoriston ihanata kesaikaa, kaikenlaisen hyvyyden runsaudessa hekumoiden. Emo vnsi nurin joka plkyn ja...

Kalevipoeg jumalaistarulliselta ja historialliselta kannaltaTammikuun 18 p:n v. 1838, kolme vuotta Kalevalan ensimisest ilmautumisesta Suomessa, perusti 19 miest Wiron kirjallisuuden seuran, "Die gelehrte Estniscbe Gesellschaft", Tartossa. Sen tarkoituksena oli, asetusten sanain mukaan, "Wiron kansan muinais- ja nyky-ajan, kielen ja kirjallisuuden tuntemisen edistminen". Niss perustajissa...

The Dark Other"That isn't what I mean," said Nicholas Devine, turning his eyes on his companion. "I mean pure horror in the sense of horror detached from experience, apart from reality. Not just a formless fear, which implies either fear of something that might...

A Century of Dishonor - A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian TribesThe present number of Indians in the United States does not exceed three hundred thousand, but is possibly as large now as when the Europeans began...

The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]The four plays printed in this volume appeared for the first time in the Folio of 1623, and in the same order in which they are here given. Of The Taming of the Shrew...

A Tramp's ScrapsLater A returns and he and B sit down to talk it over. A says that he is an Estanciero, with thirty thousand head of live stock and would have treated B well if he had come to his place; why had...

Silver CrossThe town of Middle Forest had long since pushed the forest from all sides. Its streets, forked as lightning, ran up to the castle and down to the river. The river here was near its mouth, and wide. The bridge that crossed it...

The JewsThe object of this book is more modest, I fear, than that of much which has appeared upon that vital political matter, the relation between the Jews and the nations around them. It does not propose any detailed, still less, any positive legal...

Bibliographic Notes on One Hundred Books Famous in English LiteratureAFTER the publication of the volume entitled One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature with Facsimiles of the Title-pages and an Introduction by George E. Woodberry, the books themselves were gathered from the collections of...

The Campaign of Königgrätz - A Study of the Austro-Prussian Conflict in the Light of the American Civil WarThe greater part of the subject-matter of this volume was originally given as a lecture to the officers at the U. S. Infantry and Cavalry School....

Buddy JimOut in the Park one day, children, I met a little boy not bigger than you are, who told me that he liked stories about a boy and a dog and the things they did together. He said that it must be a...

Acids, Alkalis and SaltsAcids. A vague hint from Nature gave mankind the first indication of the existence of acids. The juice pressed from ripe grapes is a sweetish liquid. If it is kept for some time, the sweetness goes, and the liquid acquires a...

History of Brighthelmston; or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It - With a Chronological Table of Local EventsThe publication of the History of Brighton had proceeded, with the most gratifying success, through ten monthly numbers, when it was suddenly interrupted by...

Captain William Kidd and Others of the BuccaneersThere can scarcely anything be found in the literature of our language, more wild and wonderful, than the narrative contained in this volume. The extraordinary career of Captain Kidd, a New-York merchant, the demoniac feats of those...

Three Wisconsin Cushings - A sketch of the lives of Howard B., Alonzo H. and William B. Cushing, children of a pioneer family of Waukesha CountySee facsimile of A. H. Cushing's letter, facing p. 40. From left to right; Capt A. H. Cushing, Capt....