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Biographical Catalogue of the Portraits at Panshanger, the Seat of Earl Cowper, K.G.In the Biographical Sketches contained in this volume, I have pursued the same system as in my two former Catalogues, of the Galleries of Hinchingbrook and Longleat,devoting especial attention to the immediate...

Space-Lane of No-ReturnYou were boredkeeping the endless, dull space-lanes clear. You wanted excitement, danger, to see the weird planets of the System. You wantedAnd then it happened, all the swift, blazing danger of the voidand you found yourself being blasted out of existence. Your...

The VanisherHe was expendable, this Web Hilton, this young officer with the strange heritage. And so it was that he was ordered out into space where he saw the uncovered stars, and met the naked alien, and became the first man in history to...

Prodigal WeaponThey were the pitiful remnants of a proud world, huddled into slave quarters on Karrar, dying before the cold brutality of the Kraks, seeking the Achilles' heel in the armor of their masters. One man alone still fought themeven he knowing he battled...

Passage to Planet XThey trailed a legend through the void, seeking a world of freedom, adventure and wealth. They reached their goal, a planet beyond all planets, a weird land of the Lostwhere silent death prepared to strike. "It was easy," Mark shrugged. "Your...

Mental RadioIch habe das Buch von Upton Sinclair mit grossem Interesse gelesen und bin berzeugt, dass dasselbe die ernsteste Beachtung, nicht nur der Laien, sondern auch der Psychologen von Fach verdient. Die Ergebnisse der in diesem Buch sorgfltig und deutlich beschriebenen telepathischen Experimente stehen...

Familiar AnimalsI do not work like the horse. So the least I can do is to supply my master with plenty of milk; indeed it is for my milk that he keeps me. Perhaps you do not know how useful milk is. Cream, butter,...

SibyllaKaunis elokuun piv oli loppumaisillaan. Iloisesti helisev ni kajahteli molemmista kelloista Frias'in pieness, jykktekoisessa kirkossa, joka kaunisti erst meren rannikon ymprim jyrkk mke Normandian niemimaan itpuolella. Pyhvaatteisin puettu vkijoukko oli sken lhtenyt kirkosta ja hyri kirkkopihassa; se alkoi tyytyvisesti hymist nhdessn ern komeasti puetun...

Was Helmut in Deutschland erlebte: Eine JugendgeschichteMajesttisch rauschte der berseedampfer in den Hafen von Hamburg. Er kam von Brasilien und war whrend der letzten Tage mit schnellster Fahrt gelaufen. Auf Deck spielte die Musikkapelle. Hunderte von Passagieren drngten sich durcheinander, es gab ein aufgeregtes...

On the Eve of RedemptionTranscriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain....

"He was buried." A Sermon for Easter EvenWho has not witnessed a funeral! Who is unacquainted with the emotions that possess the heart whilst carrying the remains of a beloved friend to the grave! And even when we have no interest in the deceased...

The Geisha MemoryPeter Duncan lay strapped, drugged and supine on one of the eighty narrow bucket-couches on the passenger deck and was miserably, continuously sick. It was not a nice steady nausea that a man could adjust to. Nor even a rhythmic vertigo like...

Last Call From Sector 9GDurham grunted. What he wanted to say was go away and let me alone. But he could only grunt, and Artie kept repeating the stupid question. Artie was a cheap off-brand make, and bought used, and he lacked some cogs....

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, March 1841It was a splendid landscape. Far away before the eye stretched a wide, undulating country, checkered with lordly mansions, extensive woodlands, and here and there a quiet little village peeping out from amidst the verdant hills; while...

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1028, September 9, 1899At the commencement of these papers we attempted to describe the growth of English villages and their origin as the surrounding adjuncts of the villa, or residence of the proprietor of the district, or...

Color BlindHer name was Sukey Kireina Jones, and the blood of South Asia was in her veins. Mix that with the Celtic, brother, and you've got something special. Her eyes were dark, and mostly a little sad; her hair was black as the Rim,...

A Yellow Aster, Volume 1 (of 3)The stable-yard of Waring Park seemed to be slightly off its head on a certain fine afternoon in June. Such an afternoon as it was, so sweet and so soft, so full of fragrant sleepy haze, that any...

TamaFukui was in an unwonted state of excitement. For days the people had talked of but one event. Even the small boys, perilously astraddle the bamboo poles, the scullery wenches of the kitchen, the very mendicants of the street, the highest and lowest of...

Las figuras de cera: novelaNota del Transcriptor: Se ha respetado la ortografa y la acentuacin del original. Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Pginas en blanco han sido eliminadas. La portada fue diseada por el transcriptor y se considera dominio pblico. Nocontest Legua....

Les amours du chevalier de Faublas, tome 5/5Cependant le souvenir de Sophie me poursuivoit sans cesse, et mille regrets, ds que j'tois seul, venoient m'assaillir: j'avouerai nanmoins que le doux espoir d'embrasser bientt mon lonore, et peut-tre aussi, car le moyen de cacher mes...