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Bee-KeepingMY apology for writing a Bee-Book is as follows:I sent The Times an account of a very successful honey harvest about the end of July, containing some observations on the treatment of bees, and the profits that might accrue to the cottager were he...

Pensées d'un mercantiLe petit livre que nous prsentons parut Bruxelles, il y a une dizaine dannes, sans nom dauteur; aucune mention dditeur, aucune dimprimerie ne pouvaient renseigner les curieux; coup sr, ces Penses dun Mercanti manaient dun homme de mtier. Elles eurent un assez...

The Principles of Biology, Volume 2 (of 2)The proof sheets of this volume, like those of the last volume, have been looked through by Dr. Hooker and Prof. Huxley; and I have, as before, to thank them for their valuable criticisms, and for the...

Les derniers Hommes Rouges: Roman d'aventuresLa plaine immense stendait, borde au nord, au sud et louest par un rideau de verdure. Nulle route ny pouvait guider les pas des voyageurs, car on ne pouvait donner le nom de route lespce de sentier trac travers...

The History of the Lady Betty StairIN the year 1798 the palace of Holyrood was inhabited by a swarm of French people,his Royal Highness the Comte dArtois, who in his youth had danced so deliciously on the tightrope as to be the admiration of...

Twinkle Toes and His Magic MittensBy and by the three chairs, in which the Three Little Curly-Tails sat, rolled back into place, and they were given some sharp nuts to crack with their sharp little teeth, for by this time the food in the...

A Secret Service: Being Strange Tales of a NihilistWhile writing for The Times a series of articles dealing with the Russian Revolutionary movement and the condition of political exiles in Siberia, I became acquainted with the original of Anton Prhznev. Strange as his stories...

Life of Her Majesty Queen VictoriaIt would have been impossible, within the limits of this little book, to narrate, even in barest outline, all the events of the Queens long life and reign. In attempting to deal with so large a subject in so...

Faust: Dramatisch dichtstuk van Goethe [deel 1]Faust wordt als het uitstekendste werk van Goethe beschouwd. De naam er van is in aller mond; ook bij Nederlanders, die maar eenigzins op beschaving aanspraak maken, is dit het geval. Maar kennen wij Goethes Faust welzelfs in...

Le Baiser en GrèceLES PRCEPTES DU BAISER CONJUGAL LE BAISER ET LA PHILOSOPHIE DICTRIADES, COURTISANES ET AULTRIDES TARIFS DU BAISER TABLEAUX VIVANTS CONCOURS DE BEAUT LA SCIENCE DU BAISER LE BAISER DE SAPHO ET DALCIBIADE Le Baiser et la philosophie Le Baiser conjugal Les...

Jännittävä talvi: Kertomus Toivon, ett Minna nytt heille naisellista osanottoa, ja min ai'on kohdella heit ystvllisesti ja hienotunteisesti. He tulevat ensi viikolla, jolloin koulut alkavat. Minna on hyv ja ostaa pari snky ja jrjest heille oman huoneen jonnekin tnne. Hn ajatteli tulevaa suurta hirit...

Le Feu sous la CendreSon regard, encore une fois, travers les vitres de la riante salle manger dhtel, senfuyait vers lhorizon qui tait dor empourpr. La brise du crpuscule y entranait quelques nues errantes, cernes de lumire, et agitait les branches qui se dcoupaient...

Bernát Gáspár adomái, élczei, apró freskóképei és gazsiádáiKzeledik a generalissimus adszed, a hall! Tisztelgek neki, s sszegngylitve lelkemet tadom neki ebben a s katulyban. Elg sok hitelezett s n becslettel, st bussan megfizetek. Voltakpen kt lelket adok neki. Egy gyermekt, melyet mindig szivemben hordoztam,...

Chit-chat, or Short Tales in Short WordsExtract from Contents: Ancient Coal Mine.Gold Mines.Anglesea Mines.Black Damp.Black LeadBlast Furnace.Blasting Mines.Boring for Coal.Brazil Diamonds.Bristol Stones.Cannel Coal.Captain of a Mine.Carron Founderies.Choke Damp.Cinnabar.Coining Tin.Copper; its various MinesSir H. Davy's Safety Lamp.Descending into Mines of Copper, Coal, Iron, Salt, and...

The American NavyThe navy in all countries has ever been, and, as far as we can now judge, ever will be, a preminent instrument of government. It was through her navy that Greece destroyed the power of Persia; Rome that of Carthage; the allies...

Against the Tide Although noon was close at hand, the morning was deeply gloomy and ominous. Thunder clouds of late summer brooded over the Ohio, and rain, already sweeping across the wide crescent-bend of the river, was threatening to burst upon Evansville. Yet it...

The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 4 - And His Life Depicted in a Gallery of Eighty PaintingsThen led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,...

Thomas Heywood If I were to be consulted as to a reprint of our old English dramatists, says Charles Lamb, I should advise to begin with the collected plays of Heywood. He was a fellow actor and fellow dramatist with Shakespeare. He possessed not...

Dogs Always KnowIndeed, Miss Selby was not very fond, just then, of any one who did not come from Boston. Sometimes she even went so far as to declare to herself that she did not like any one at all except the members of...

Researches on the Visual Organs of the TrilobitesIt is well known amongst palontologists that the hypostoma of the trilobites has been the particular object for research and description by a few authors, as Barrande, Novk and Brgger and some passing notes concerning it are...