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The Last LaughThere was a little snow on the ground, and the church clock had just struck midnight. Hampstead in the night of winter for once was looking pretty, with clean, white earth and lamps for moon, and dark sky above the lamps. A...

Apollo and Marsyas, and Other PoemsMARSYAS. APOLLO. MARSYAS. APOLLO. MARSYAS. APOLLO. MARSYAS. APOLLO. MARSYAS. APOLLO. DIOCLEA. PORPHYRION. DIOCLEA. PORPHYRION. DIOCLEA. PORPHYRION. DIOCLEA. PORPHYRION. DIOCLEA. PORPHYRION. DIOCLEA. PORPHYRION. DIOCLEA. PORPHYRION. DIOCLEA. (Suggested by a line in the magnificent opening description of Miss A. Mary F....

Die Medizin Es war in einem kleinen Indianerdorfe. In seinem Bezirke hatte ich eine kleine Farm gepachtet, auf der ich Baumwolle pflanzte. Das Haus auf jener Farm war bei der letzten Revolution eingeschert worden. Ich wohnte deshalb in einer schlichten Htte im Dorfe. Da...

Nachttänze der Indianer Pltzlich kommt ein Indianer, mein Nachbar, angeritten, steigt ab, setzt sich zu mir, und nach einer kurzen Einleitung kam mein rothutiger Nachbar zum Kernpunkt seines Besuches. Wir machen heute abend Tanzen bei mir. Wir haben Musica, auch ich werde schn spielen,...

Mein Roman »Das Totenschiff« Mein Wunsch war, eine gute und unterhaltsame Geschichte zu schreiben. Ich denke, da die Geschichte darum gut und unterhaltsam ist, weil ich sie mir nicht aus den Hosennhten gezupft habe, weil sie nicht erdichtet ist. Wenn man eine wahre Geschichte...

An Anatomical Disquisition on the Motion of the Heart & Blood in AnimalsAs we are about to discuss the motion, action, and use of the heart and arteries, it is imperative on us first to state what has been thought of these things by...

The Character and Happiness of Them That Die in the Lord - A sermon, preached Oct. 13, 1822, in Park Chapel, Chelsea, on occasion of the death of the late Rev. John OwenAnd I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed...

Cottage scenes during the cholera - being extracts from a diary written in July and August, 1832The Parish of Plympton St. Mary, at a distance of about four miles from Plymouth, is bounded on the west by the river Plym. From Long-Bridge, which crosses...

Life Among the ButterfliesMany ancient and mediaeval writers dealt with butterflies, but the first descriptions of American species are found in the works of Linnaeus, the great Swedish naturalist who wrote about 1750, and invented the system upon which all modern classification is based....

Lives of Two CatsI HAVE often seen, with a questioning restlessness infinitely sad, the soul of animals meet mine from the depths of their eyes: the soul of a cat, the soul of a dog, the soul of a monkey, as pathetically, for an...

Making Good for MuleyIf theres a word of truth in that old saying about beauty being only skin deep, Susie Abernathy was the thinnest-skinned person I ever saw. I may not be a judge of womanly beauty, and the poetry of my soul may...

Hey Rub-a-dub-dub: A Book of the Mystery and Wonder and Terror of Life A BOOK OF THE MYSTERY AND WONDER AND TERROR OF LIFE By T H E O D O R E D R E I S E R AUTHOR OF SISTER CARRIE,...

Mildred's Married Life, and a Winter with Elsie Dinsmore - A sequel to Mildred and ElsieWhat a happy winter that was!the first of Mildreds married life. Her cup of bliss seemed full to overflowing. She was very proud of her husband, and not without...

Polly in the SouthwestMr. Dalkens southern cruise had come to an end, much to Pollys and Eleanors regret. Though there had been discomforts and many unlooked for incidents throughout the voyage to the West Indies, and to both coasts of South America, the entire...

The Japanese New Year’s Festival, Games and Pastimes The Japanese prints with which we are most familiar in this country are those known as nishikiye, literally brocade picture. Generally speaking, they are portraits of actors and famous beauties or landscapes and nature studies. There...

The Young Continentals at MonmouthFour sturdy young members of the Continental Army are the chief characters in this story. Ben Cooper and Nat Brewster were from Pennsylvania. Ezra Prentiss and his twin brother George were from Massachusetts. The Young Continentals at Lexington, the first...

Borneo van Zuid naar Noord: Ethnografische RomanDEN HOOGGELEERDEN HEERE Dr. P.J. Veth Ridder van den Nederlandschen Leeuw en Kommandeur van de Leopolds-Orde, Hoogleeraar in de Indische taal-, land- en volkenkunde aan de Rijks Universiteit te Leiden, Voorzitter van het Aardrijkskundig Genootschap te Amsterdam, Officier...

Janet: A Stock-Farm ScoutThe local train from Grand Central station, bound for Four Corners, a flag station on the Harlem Division of the New York Central, carried a very busy young passenger one Saturday morning in June. The passenger was Janet Wardell and her...

Celle qui pleure (Notre Dame de la Salette)Il faut bien que ce livre vous soit ddi, mon cher ami, puisquil nexisterait pas sans vous. Jen avais abandonn le projet, il y a vingt-sept ans, et javais fini par ny plus penser, le croyant impraticable....

Carson of Red RiverThe evening was calm, and the window at Blakes flat by the river mouth was open. Kit Carson, standing with his back against the curtains, felt the rather shabby room was homelike, and for long he had not known a home....