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Prison Life in the Old Capitol and Reminiscences of the Civil WarIt is not my intention in my prison diary to discuss the constitutional or legal question of arbitrary arrests and imprisonment of non-combatants, but to present to my readers a picture of the...

The Book CollectorThe accompanying essay by Charles Nodier, 17801844, Librarian of the Arsenal in Paris, bibliographer, bibliophile, and a literary leader of the Romantic Movement, originally appeared in French under the title LAmateur des Livres, in Les Franais Peints par Eux-mmes, Paris, 1841, Vol....

The Vampire of the ContinentCount Ernst zu Reventlows book The Vampire of the Continent, of which I have much pleasure in presenting a considerably abridged English edition to American readers, cannot be too strongly recommended to all those who desire to obtain an insight...

Rev. T. Connellan, to his dearly beloved brethren, the Roman Catholics of the diocese of ElphinFor seven years and three months I laboured among you. Thousands of you knew me in the Confessional; almost all of you have heard my voice from the pulpit;...

The corsair; a romantic legend of Hell Gate - illustrating the beauty of innocence. Date of the action: Midsummer, 1627 ELL Gate, the scene of the tragedy described in the foregoing pages, is not now what it was in former times. Its turbulent character...

Anthony JohnAnthony John Strongntharmto distinguish him from his father, whose Christian names were John Anthonywas born in a mean street of Millsborough some forty-five years before the date when this story should of rights begin. For the first half-minute of his existence he lay...

The American National Red Cross Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 2, April, 1906The second Quarterly Bulletin of the American National Red Cross contains an account of the work of raising funds for the benefit of the Japanese famine sufferers. The Central Committee desires to call...

Don't Panic!Despite conflicting reports, the Air Force believed in the flying saucers. The scares began in 1947 and as a responsible agency the Air Force had to start investigations. At various times they'd cautiously release some information; then there would be some hysteria and...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 43, Vol. I, October 25, 1884Walking one wintery day along the promenade of a well-known Lancashire watering-place, a large notice-board at the entrance of the pier attracted our attention. A closer inspection showed...

Never Gut-Shoot a WampusI'm not exactly broke, but this Major Daphne owned more planets than I do golf balls. Whereas my mining interests were mostly on earth, the Major got in early on the Centaurus grab. A whole generation later, all I could stake...

The Book of Gallant VagabondsThere are times when everyone wants to be a vagabond, and go down the road to adventure, strange peoples, the mountains, and the sea. The bonds of convention, however, are many and strong, and only a few ever break them...

Historical Record of the Thirty-fourth, or the Cumberland Regiment of Foot - containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702 and of its subsequent services to 1844The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been celebrated for innate courage and unshaken...

The Dog's Medical Dictionary - An encyclopædia of the diseases, their diagnosis & treatment, and the physical development of the dogTreatment: Clean thoroughly with hot boracic lotion, made by dissolving a teaspoonful of boracic acid in half a pint of hot water; carefully dry,...

Hänen salaisuutensaI. "Varjo, joka on synkistyttnyt elmni." II. "Alussa lempi on leikki aina." III. Hnt pidetn loitolla. IV. Hpet ja pelkoa. V. Kuin murhasta unta nhden. VI. "Pelkk synkk hiljaisuutta." VII. "Rakkaus voittaa aikanaan." VIII. "Minun tytyy todistaa sinulle asian oikea laita." IX. "Min...

Stellar VengeanceHe had stumbled upon the whole business just two hours before, right in the middle of his part of the geoglogic survey that was going on in the rock strewn hills and gullies known on the maps as the Millsport Range. He had...

The Lords of High DecisionAnd whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed...

"The Liberry" I first met Mr. Baxter at the fourpenny box outside Mr. Timpenny's second-hand bookshop in High Street, and was attracted at once by the loving care with which he handled its contents. Dirty and dog's-eared as most of them were, he never...

Corporal Jacques of the Foreign Legion The longest route march ends ere long, The hottest sun to the west must go, The Legion marches a thousand strong, On the wind of the desert the bugles blow, The wild notes die as the stars out-shiver,...

Die Liebe: NovelleAber ihr letztes Ziel wirkt die Liebe, die da stark ist wie der Tod. Und das ist, da der Mensch auch auf sein ewiges Leben Verzicht leistet und auf alles, was er von Gott und seinen Gaben dereinst empfangen knnte. Worte gehen...

A Magician Among the SpiritsGladly would I embrace Spiritualism if it could prove its claims, but I am not willing to be deluded by the fraudulent impositions of so-called psychics, or accept as sacred reality any of the evidence that has been placed before...