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The Last MonsterIrgi was the last of his monster race, guardian of a dead planet, master of the secret of immortality. It was he whom the four men from Earth had to conquer to gain that secreta tentacled monstrosity whom Earthly weapons could not...

Schools of Hellas - An Essay on the Practice and Theory of Ancient Greek Education from 600 to 300 B. C.The Dissertation here published was written by the late Mr. K. J. Freeman, in the course of the year following his graduation at Cambridge...

Die Krankheit: Eine Erzählung Er sprach flieend Deutsch und flieend Portugiesisch und gab sich zuweilen, wenn es ntig schien, als Portugiese aus. Er unterhielt geheime Beziehungen zu dem Dienstmdchen des portugiesischen Konsuls. Das war eine dicke Schwyzerin aus Bern, die wie geknetet aussah. An...

PhœbeThe train was already moving. Phbe, with all the solemnity of her fourteen years, puckered her brows over the slip of yellow paper, winked her long lashes at it reflectively, and pursed a troubled mouth. How strange that dear Mother should leave the New...

The New York Tombs Inside and Out! - Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present. A Story Stranger Than Fiction, with an Historic Account of America's Most Famous Prison.I have known the author of this book for many years. He was once associated...

Jupiter's JokeThose methane and ammonia planets, take it from me, they're the dead-end of creation, and why the Old Man ever thought them up I'll never know. I never thought I'd mess around any of them, but things can sure happen. A man can...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, January 1841Maurice stay and go with me to the ball at Mrs. Wilsons this evening, said a fairy formed creature with eyes that sparkled with anticipated delight, as she rested her hand upon a young naval officers arm...

Electron Eat Electron(Editor's note: When we had read through this in-a-class-by-itself story, we exclaimed, "Here's PLANET'S scoop on the world!" What do you think? Does Mr. Loomis answer the questions: "How will future wars be fought? Will civilization be destroyed?") Supreme General Hoshawk, chief...

A Village in PicardyThe history and the work of the Smith College Relief Unit in the Somme is known wherever reconstruction work in France is spoken of. This brief account does not purport to give anything but a small cross-section, the picture of but...

The Glad TidingsThe Epistle to the Galatians, together with its companion, the Epistle to the Romans, was the source, through the Spirit, of the Reformation of the sixteenth century, the key-note of which was, The just shall live by faith. The reformation then begun...

Translation of the Life of Omar ibn Said: Manuscript No. 1In the name of God, the merciful the gracious.God grant his blessing upon our lord (seidna) Mohammed. Blessed be He in whose hand is the kingdom & who is Almighty; who created death &...

L'Amour impossible; La bague d'AnnibalJe mets ce petit livre vos pieds, et, fort heureusement, cest une bonne place, car probablement il y restera. Les exigences dramatiques de notre temps prparent mal le succs dun livre aussi simple que celui-ci. Il na pas lombre dune...

Out of the Iron Womb!Behind a pale Venusian mask lay hidden the arch-humanist, the anti-tech killer ... one of those who needlessly had strewn Malone blood across the heavens from Saturn to the sun. Nowon distant Trojan asteroidsthe rendezvous for death was plainly marked....

Formula for Conquest"Shh. Not so loud, guy," I whispered from the corner of my mouth. "This bunch would slit your throat in a minute, if they knew you had something on you that would bring a credit or two. I don't know what your...

"Phone Me in Central Park"Charles turned over on his side to look at her. She lay quietly in the other bed, the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She was blonde to perfection, exquisitely shaped, and the rich promise of her body was...

Der Einzige auf der weiten Welt: Ein MenschenlebenDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1922 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und heute nicht mehr gebruchliche Schreibweisen sowie Schreibvarianten bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert, sofern der Sinn...

Walda: A NovelFor obvious reasons, the real name of the community described herein is withheld; but the scenes are pictured with almost photographic fidelity, and the life portrayed is the life actually led to-day by a religious co-operative community in a Western State. So...

The Children's Story of Westminster AbbeyReaders of this little volume must not expect to find in it a full description of the Abbey buildings, or a complete list of all the tombs, monuments, and other beautiful and interesting things in the Abbey Church. That...

ElbukottakA mikor abbl a terzvrosi kzvetit-intzetbl, a melyben markos cseldlenyokat, dagad emlj dajkkat s svjczi bonne-okat rulnak, felkerlt a Liptvrosba, a mikor csak egy kilincsnyoms vlasztotta el a szalon parquette-jtl, visszahklt, a nlkl, hogy akarta volna, egszen ntudatlanul. Nhny forintjbl keservesen lefizette a kzvetitsi...

Saaren seikkailija: RomaaniTalo on mantereella, ern sokkeloisen merenlahden pohjukassa. Lahden edess on laaja saaristo. Lahti itse muistuttaa enemmn jrve kaislistoineen, pilliheinikkineen, kiiskeineen ja salakoineen, sill varsinaisesta saaristomerest eroittaa sen kapea ja matala salmi, jonka yli helposti voi kivell heitt. Salmi on matala ja kivinen....