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Clara van Merenstein: Haagsch-Indische RomanIn ootmoed buig ik mij voor U, Liefde, als heiligste Openbaring Gods. Gij, die den kunstenaar bezielt, vervul ook mijn gemoed. Niets mag daarin achterblijven dat strijdig is met Uwe wet. De kunstenaar moet liefhebben en niets dan dat! Bestraald...

Boesman-Stories, Deel 3. Die boesman self, sy sedes, gewoontes en bekwaamhedeHierdie slag het ons die eer om Deel III van Boesman-Stories in die hande van die Publiek te l. Deel I het ons n insig gegee hoe flou die godsdienstige begrippe van die Boesman...

Martian NightmareThree tough, cynical fighting-men of EarthDanton, Keith, Van Nessrose from their tomb of forgetfulness ... to find themselves space-wrecked on Mars, the last hope of mankind against the evil and immortal Oligarchs. It was weird, incredible, it was a horrible dream ... but...

Woodside, the North End of Newark, N.J. - Its History, Legends and Ghost Stories Gathered from the Records and the Older Inhabitants Now LivingI believe that those of long ago who wrote books frequently began with an apology to the gentle reader, and I...

The Art of Conversation: Twelve Golden RulesShe.I remember that, when visiting some friends whom I had not seen for several years, my hostess said to me, "Ever since your arrival, I have been trying to discover why you[Pg 6] are so interesting in conversation,...

Hier beghint die hystorie Vanden grooten Coninck AlexanderTot deser tijt dat Othus Artaxarses zone regneerde in. Persen e in Meden: e hi in sijn tiende iaer was van sijnen rijcke, E int laetste iaer dat Philippus regneerde in, Macedonien E int laetste iaer dat...

Lord of a Thousand Suns"Yes, you'll find almost anything man has ever imagined, somewhere out in the Galaxy," I said. "There are so damned many millions of planets, and such a fantastic variety of surface conditions and of life evolving to meet them, and...

The Real Fairy FolkHer very own tree, as Ruth always called it, for, since she could climb at all, she had loved to sit among its drooping branches and 4hear the leaves whispering together the wonderful things, which she knew they were telling each...

Der Fall des Generalstabschefs Redl Im Jahre vor Beginn des Weltkrieges hat der erzwungene Selbstmord des Prager Korps-Generalstabschefs Oberst Alfred Redl und die bald darauf bekannt gewordene Tatsache seiner Spionagettigkeit beispielloses Aufsehen hervorgerufen, was durch die gespannte europische Lage politisch und durch den Rang...

PalimpsestThe first Venusian ship to reach Earth found a single isolated tribe of human beings roving the bushlands of a large island in the southern hemisphere. The Earthmen were without exception dark of skin and eye, and their hair, which was jet-black, was as...

HalftripperThis section of New Sante Fe was off my beaten track. I've been on Mars a long time and am more than usually familiar with the various centers where we Terrans do our congregating. However, it'd been years since I'd come through here. I...

Last Night OutThe unfriendly street stretched ahead of them, pouring bitter waves of hostility through their nervous systems. They had ridden the bus from the space-port into town, and now they stood on the pavement soaking up the profusion of sensations which permeated the...

Wreck Off TritonHis plans were thorough. Every risk had been closely considered. Now Ron Carnavon, ruthless convict, was ready to loot the wrecked spaceship of its sapphire treasure, and thrust his warped power around the entire, antagonistic EMV triangle. Ron Carnavon had been the...

The Last LaughThe visitor from Mars was a first-rate howl. Earthmen reckoned he was endowed with all the qualities of all the greatest clowns in the history of Buffoonery. Often though, the distance between humor and terror can be too short to be funny....

Katharine von Bora: Dr. Martin Luther's Wife The undertaking has not been altogether an easy one; for, while history flows in a copious stream, regarding the Reformer himself, it gives but meager information as to the great man's wife,the humble, modest woman, who never...

Aus Prager Gassen und Nächten ber dem Gittertor steht die Aufschrift Klamovka mit so groen Goldbuchstaben, da jeder erkennen mte, die hohe, von bltenschweren Bumen berdachte Mauer umschliee keine ffentlichen Anlagen, keinen Privatpark. Es ist offenbar ein Wirtshausschild, das dringlich zum Eingange ldt. Aber...

A Few Remarks Concerning Makers of Singing Bird Boxes of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesWhen they first appeared they were so highly praised that they were immediately bought by the principal Courts of Europe, and it is only later, at the beginning of the...

The Conquistadors ComeThe Conquistadors were tall men, tall and bronzed by many suns, and splendid as they strode down the gangplank in a seemingly endless procession. They were fair-haired, with flashing black eyes like polished onyx, and their straight profiles might have been copied...

Grim Green WorldI lit the last cigarette I would ever smoke and took my airsuit out of the compartment under the control-board. The two-man cubicle was coffin-cold even under the blast of sunlight pouring through the forward port, and the air smelled of stale...

L'infâmeL'htel des Gautripon, qui recevait tous les mercredis, tait cit comme un des plus vastes et des plus somptueux de l'avenue des Champs-lyses. Le suisse et le premier palefrenier se partageaient vingt louis par semaine, rien qu' montrer les curies et les mangeoires de...