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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 23, Vol. I, June 7, 1884He is nothing if not omniscient; and, like Othello, his occupations gone if he be not the first to spread the news and carry the fiery cross of...

The AnnesTHE thin child on the floor was completely engrossed in her occupation, but she never gave fractional attention to anything. She rested on one elbow, her weight on her hip, one long, slender leg crooked under her, the other extended at length over...

The Twin Mystery; Or, A Dashing RescueMr. Nick Carter: I have come to town to do business. I give you notice before I begin, because I am quite certain you will be informed immediately after I commence operations. It really makes little difference; you...

Her Christmas at the Hermitage: A Tale About Rachel and Andrew JacksonHannah was fat and her knees were getting stiff. When she had a chance to rest on the well-polished stool before the fireplace, it was a groaning misery for her to get up...

Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and of the Court of Queen Anne Vol. 2 (of 2)Character of Lord PeterboroughOf Lord MontagueMarriage of the Lady Mary Churchill with Lord MonthermerCharacter and success of her husbandThe violence of party spirit at this eraConduct of the...

Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and of the Court of Queen Anne Vol. 1 (of 2)Had the subject of this Memoir lived in the present day, copious accounts of the part which she performed in public life would have instantly been given to...

Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural SelectionIn the following pages I have tried to express a sense of the greatness of my subject by simplicity and directness of statement. The limits of the work necessarily prevented any detailed treatment, the subject of the...

A Sagebrush CinderellaShe lay prone upon the floor, kicking her heels together, frowningly intent upon her book. Outside the sky was crimson with the sunset. Inside the room, every corner was filled with the gay fantoms of the age of chivalry. Jac would not...

TreveLad: A DogFurther Adventures of LadLad of SunnybankBruceBuff: A CollieThe CritterA Dog Named Chips The Faith of a CollieGray DawnHis DogLochinvar Luck My Friend the DogTreveThe Way of a DogWolf A Highland CollieCollie to the RescueBest Loved Dog Stories The rickety and rackety train...

Field Book: Pennsylvanian Plant Fossils of IllinoisThis field book is intended to guide beginners in their collection and general classification of plant fossils. It illustrates the plant fossils most commonly found in Illinois and relates them to the plants of which they were a...

The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest - The writings of philosophers, poets, novelists, social reformers, and others who have voiced the struggle against social injustice; selected from twenty-five languages; covering a period of five thousand yearsWhen the idea...

Facts for the People of the Free StatesThe Abbeville (S. C.) Banner states, that two of Gov. McDuffies slaves were killed on Friday, Feb. 13th, by two other slaves, acting in the capacity of drivers! They were killed by what the law terms moderate...

Playing with Fire: A Story of the Soudan War The Romance of War The Aide-de-Camp The Scottish Cavalier Bothwell Jane Seton; or, The Queen's Advocate Philip Rollo The Black Watch Mary of Lorraine Oliver Ellis; or, The Fusileers Lucy Arden; or, Hollywood Hall Frank...

Once Upon a Monbeast...That's not my real name up there, and in a little while you'll discover the reason why. If you read my real name attached to this, you'd think it was just another fantastic yarn I batted out and then you'd forget...

Yachting PartyThe girl, Marla, trembled, yet she was not afraid. Ronal had told her at the outset of the cruise that although Krist's friend Logan was young for a space pilot, he was a good one, and had trained in the old fuel-propelled ships...

The KillerThe sign on the door said Ernest H. Smith, Private Investigator. The door opened and a woman came in. She was a brunette, about five-feet-two, wearing a yellow dress with black buttons. She carried a brown alligator handbag. "I am Mrs. Wilma Rogers,"...

Return Engagement"The ingratitude of humans," McBream said broodingly, "is amazing. Loan a Martian a couple of I.U.'s when he's in a spot, and he'll send you greeting cards on the anniversary for the rest of his life. Fish a terrestrial out of the water...

Trouble on Sun-sideJansen began to sweat as soon as he left the spaceship. The bloated, swollen sun hovering near the horizon here in twilight zone was dazzling even through his protective goggles. Jansen knew he would have to get used to it: Mercury's twilight...

Ride the Crepe RingMimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached. You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its...

An Observer in the Near EastThe reason of the anonymity of this book is obvious. Revealing as it does the actual state of affairs in the Balkan Peninsula in this present year of grace 1907, it contains many plain truths and much outspoken criticism....