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"A Most Unholy Trade," Being Letters on the Drama by Henry JamesThe four letters here printed for the first time are part of Henry Jamess informal correspondence with William Heinemann, the publisher. They are selected for their unity of subject, in that they concern...

Lord Lister No. 0001: De Groote OnbekendeDe vensters van het gebouw, dat zich aan het Strand in Londen bevond, zagen uit op dezen breeden verkeersweg en Mr. Brown kon door de neergelaten jaloezien het drukke gewoel der reuzenstad zien. Zoo, zoo, sprak Mr. Brown,...

Nog eens: de millioenen uit DeliLevendig kan ik mij voorstellen, dat na het lezen mijner brochure De Millioenen uit Deli deze vraag rees op de lippen van ieder, die, nooit in Deli geweest zijnde, dit gewest waarschijnlijk alleen kende uit de koloniale verslagen of...

Il castello di Trezzo: Novella storica Nellet di mezzo, et darmi e di fanatismo, in cui rade volte i principi savevano di mira il pubblico bene, lItalia non offriva quellaspetto florido e ridente che attualmente presenta. Non vedevansi allora comode ed ampie strade, non...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 21, Vol. I, May 24, 1884Coasting along the arid Syrian shore, there is little to attract the attention of the traveller from Port Said to Jaffa, till the last-named town is in sight....

Paul Verlaine: Hänen elämänsä ja runoutensaMuutamia viikkoja Sinun kuolemasi jlkeen kysyi sisaresi minulta, haluaisinko jonkun Sinun kirjasi muistoksi Sinusta: pyysin silloin, ett saisin pit omanani Verlaine'in runot, "Choix de posies", jonka elesssi olit minulle lainannut ja jota Sin paljon rakastit. Joka kerta, kun nen...

Fables of Flowers for the Female Sex. With Zephyrus and Flora, a VisionWhen I survey the divine simplicity and blooming attractions, that are displayed amongst the variegated tribes of the vegetable creation, I cease to wonder, that Queens forego, for a while, the compliments...

The Thing in the TruckJoe Loftus and I were driving the big semi-trailer back from Montauk that night after delivering a load of fishing gear to one of the big resorts out there and wondering if we'd be able to pick up a truckload...

Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881To write a true and complete history of the Texas Rangers as a state organization would require much time and an able historian. I am not a historian and could not undertake such an exhaustive treatise,...

The Adventures of a Marmotte - Sold for the Distressed IrishIn presenting this little Work to the Public, I can solicit for it no better protection than the generosity of an English heart; and I must beg my little readers will make allowances for...

Putnam's Automobile Handbook: The Care and Management of the Modern Motor-CarMuch of the material, here assembled for the first time, has been printed in the automobile section of New York City newspapers. It has stood the scrutiny of the wisest men in the automobile...

Förgeteg János mint közerő és más elbeszélésekHalbr Frgeteg Jnos reggel aludt a domaszki kapitnysg terletn. Mert tudnival, hogy Jnosnak ott van a tanyja. A tanyban van egy gy, letertve szpen subval, a fejtl van egy fanyereg, amelyet bebortott szrrel. Ez gy egszen j prnafle...

The Time SnatcherTime Patrolman Brek Halliday nodded in agreement. It was a tense situation. Time travel, he knew, was possible only so long as the traveller into the past did nothing that would change history significantly; the time-stream itself would straighten out little changes...

Speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt, in the House of Commons, Thursday, January 31, 1799 - On offering to the House the resolutions which he proposed as the basis of an union between Great Britain and Ireland: Fifth Edition.His Majesty is persuaded that...

Compete or Die!I inserted the key in the ignition with desperate precision, gunning the engines so hard that the ship spun halfway around. The policeman leaped out of the way as my Cad Super roared past him and lurched into the air. Illegal, of...

Revolt of the Brains"Come in, Taylor. Come in," the Chief said. He was a three-star general in the United States Air Force and he stood in front of a map of the Western hemisphere. The map covered the entire rear wall of the room...

The Wolf Queen; or, The Giant Hermit of the SciotoThe sun was sinking, a great fiery ball, in the leaden west, at the close of an autumn day, in the year 1804, when a solitary canoe descended the Scioto, then vastly swollen by recent...

Bleekman's PlanetLooking around cautiously, Mac Thornwald eased himself down from the window ledge where he had been crouching. It was less than a ten-foot drop, but because of the pain in his left ankle he didn't dare to drop too heavily. His right leg...

My household of petsCaricatures are in existence which represent us clothed in Turkish fashion, sitting cross-legged on cushions, and surrounded by cats, who are fearlessly climbing over our shoulders and even upon our head. Caricature is nothing more than the exaggeration of truth; and...

Het Leven der Dieren: Deel 3.9, De OerdierenHet overzicht van het voorafgaande gedeelte van het dierenrijk wordt van het begin af gemakkelijk gemaakt door de omstandigheid, dat men bij die dieren van eene bepaalde richting van het maaksel kan spreken, van een bepaalden bouwstijl,...