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Die Mumie von Rotterdam. Erster TheilDie Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung des Originals wurde weitgehend bernommen. Lediglich offensichtliche Druckfehler wurden korrigiert; Wrter, die in voneinander abweichenden Schreibweisen auftraten, wurden an die in berwiegender Mehrheit verwendete Schreibweise angeglichen. Eine Liste vorgenommener Korrekturen befindet sich am Ende des...

The Ghost of Mystery AirportNo. I cut the gun too much and the engine died. We have to glide in, dead-stick, to the best landing we can. There was no regret in the pilots voice. He proposed to carry through his purposes. But Chick...

Rakas isänmaani: Kosketuksia raskaitten vuosien varreltaVuodet vierivt kunkin yksiln kohdalla. Yksi tapa viitata siihen perusilmin, jota sanotaan elmksi, on viitata vuosiin. Vaikka ajan-ksite ja elmn-ksite syvemmlt ottaen ovatkin toisilleen vieraat, niin voi osuva kosketus kuluneisiin ja edess oleviin vuosiin hetkellisesti hiukan auttaa itse elmn...

On an Irish Jaunting-Car Through Donegal and ConnemaraIn the compiling of this little book, I am deeply indebted for historical data, etc., to John Cooke, M.A., the Messrs. Black, Lord Macaulay, the Four Masters, and many others, from whose writings I have made extracts;...

The Slave of the Mine; or, Jack Harkaway in 'Frisco CHAPTER I. THE GAMBLING-HOUSE. CHAPTER II. A SURPRISE. CHAPTER III. MALTRAVERS'S PLOT. CHAPTER IV. THE BOX AT THE CALIFORNIA THEATRE. CHAPTER V. VASQUEZ, THE BANDIT. CHAPTER VI. THE SLAVE OF THE DIAMOND MINES. CHAPTER...

The Wonders of Life: A Popular Study of Biological PhilosophyThe publication of the present work on The Wonders of Life has been occasioned by the success of The Riddle of the Universe, which I wrote five years ago. Within a few months of the...

A Soldier of the Legion When Sergeant Morlae turned up at the Atlantic office and, with his head cocked on one side, remarked ingratiatingly, "I'm told this is the highest-toned office in the United States," there was nothing to do but to assure him...

Bayou Folk A NO-ACCOUNT CREOLE IN AND OUT OF OLD NATCHITOCHES IN SABINE A VERY FINE FIDDLE BEYOND THE BAYOU OLD AUNT PEGGY THE RETURN OF ALCIBIADE A RUDE AWAKENING THE BNITOUS' SLAVE DSIRE'S BABY A TURKEY HUNT MADAME CLESTIN'S DIVORCE LOVE ON THE...

The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 1/2WHEN I undertook the work of which these two volumes are the result, I scarcely realized the extent of the task before me. Now at the termination of my labours, which have extended over a period of nearly five...

An Old English Home and Its DependenciesFifteen years ago the house was in habitable condition, that is to say to such as are not particular. It was true that the thatched roof had given way in places; but the proprietress obtained shelter for her...

True Tales of the Weird: a record of personal experiences of the supernaturalThese stories are not "founded upon fact"; they are fact. If I may claim any merit for them it is thisthey are absolutely and literally true. They seem to me to be...

L'Illustration, No. 1589, 9 Août 1873d'aprs le tableau de M. Torrents.--Les tremblements de terre en Italie: Bellune, aspect des ruines du chur de l'glise;--Le chteau Buzatti et le Bureau tlgraphique;--L'glise de Notre-Dame des Grces;--La place Campitelli;--L'glise de Conegliano;--Vue gnrale de Bellune;--L'htel de ville.--Le gnral...

An English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History and Literature (4 of 8)The marvel is, that at this date, these Englishmen were allowed to go to New Spain at all; it was probably one of the results of the marriage of Philip with Mary Tudor....

Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic SketchesThe history of the potato affords a strong illustration of the influence of authority. For more than two centuries, the use of this invaluable plant was vehemently opposed: at last, Louis XV. wore a bunch of its...

Pedagogical AnthropologyThe Old Anthropology.Anthropology was defined by Broca as "the natural history of man," and was intended to be the application of the "zoological method" to the study of the human species. As a matter of fact, as with all positive sciences, the essential...

Sporting Dogs: Their Points and Management in Health and DiseaseThis workSporting Dogs: Their Points and Management in Health and Diseasehas been prepared as a companion volume to those already published, viz., Non-Sporting Dogs: Their Points, etc., and Toy Dogs, in response to numerous inquiries...

Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and AdventureTHE Survey of Palestine was actually commenced at the end of the year 1871. Preliminary reconnaissances of parts of Palestine had been previously made by Captain Anderson, R.E., and Captain Warren, R.E., and the Ordnance...

Les femmes et les livresNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Aprs quelques pages consacres aux femmes ennemies...

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Näkymätön mies1. Vieraan miehen saapuminen. II. Teddy Henfreyn ensi vaikutelmat. III. Tuhat yksi pulloa. IV. Cuss haastattelee vierasta. V. Murtovarkaus pappilassa. VI. Huonekalut hulluina. VII. Vieraan paljastuminen. VIII. Menomatkalla. IX. Thomas Marvel. X. Marvelin kynti Ipingiss. XI. "Vaunuissa ja Hevosissa" XII. Nkymtn Mies menett...