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The Leatherworker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg - Being an Account of the Nature of Leather, & of the Crafts Commonly Engaged in the Making & Using of It.Once upon a time there lived in France a poet-bureaucrat by the name of Charles Perrault, who wrote...

Connecticut Boys in the Western Reserve: A Tale of the Moravian MassacreA dismally wet and cold September day had come early to a close and thick darkness had settled down an hour since, when the horse attached to a heavy, canvas-covered, two-wheeled emigrant wagon...

Prinssi ja kaunis näyttelijätär: SalapoliisikertomusOli aamupiv. Molemmat etevt salapoliisit, jotka istuivat Kragin virkahuoneessa, olivat pttneet "raataa koko kesn." Oli hiljaista, ei mitn tekemist, tapahtui vain taskuvarkauksia ja tuollaista joutavaa. Ei yhtn arvoitusta, ei salaisuutta, ei rikosta ei edes nimetnt kirjett. Harald Brede sytytti sikarin...

Derniers souvenirs d'un musicienDans un joli petit village situ sur la frontire de l'Autriche, quinze lieues de Vienne, vivait, il y a plus de cent ans, un pauvre charron nomm Mathias Haydn. Ce brave homme n'tait pas riche; mais ses dsirs taient si borns,...

Roaming Through the West IndiesSome years ago I made a tramping trip around the world for my own pleasure. Friends coaxed me to set it down on paper and new friends were kind enough to read it. Since then they have demanded moreat least...

Bessy Rane: A NovelIt was an intensely dark night. What with the mist that hung around from below, and the unusual gloom above, Dr. Rane began to think he might have done well to bring a lantern with him, to guide his steps up...

The SlanderersThe Hun was ever a Hun, though he stormed through the Vale of Tempe or gazed upon Lombardic lakes, splendid under a cloudless sky. Worthy follower of some commercial Attila was Zeus Gildersedge, a being granite to all nobler truths, impervious, irresponsive, unimpressionable,...

A Short List of the Publications of E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd. June 1901 JUNE, 1901 A SHORT LIST OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF E. & F. N. SPON, Ltd., 125, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. ASSOC. MEM. INST. C.E., MEM. SOC. ENGINEERS, OF THE FRANKLIN...

Girls of '64Corinne twisted and turned before the mirror over the console table, flicked a speck of powder from her sacque and stood back to regard herself appreciatively. She felt her toilette to be extremely distinguished when war deprivations were taken into account. What...

The Architecture of Provence and the RivieraHAVING been called on, a few years ago, to make frequent journeys between this country and the Riviera, the author was greatly impressed with the extraordinary variety and abundance of the ancient architectural monuments of Provence. This country...

The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 10, June, 1835LITERARY NOTICES THE INFIDEL, or the Fall of Mexico: by the author of Calavar AN ADDRESS, delivered at his inauguration as President of Washington College, Lexington, Virginia, Feb. 21, 1835: by Henry Vethake A HISTORY...

To London TownI designed this story, and, indeed, began to write it, between the publication of Tales of Mean Streets and that of A Child of the Jago, to be read together with those books: not that I pretend to figure in all threemuch...

The Burton Holmes Lectures, Volume 1 (of 10) - In Ten Volumes Mr. Holmes has been asked to supply data for a biographical sketch. He replies that his biography will be found in his lectures, each lecture being a chapter from his life of...

Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and GamblersI am intensely interested in Mr. John Philip Quinns book on Gambling. I met Mr. Quinn several years ago in St. Louis. I became convinced that this book is the fruit of an earnest purpose to set before...

Modern French MastersThe source of art is the fountain of Love: the winged spirits, Painting, Sculpture, and Poetry, spring from it hand in hand. With affectionate leave-takings and cries of joy at their liberation, they soar into space, the angel of Music out-winging the...

ElämäniYlimpn armeijan johtoon astumisesta Venjn murskautumiseen. Kutsu ylimpn armeijanjohtoon. Elm suuressa pmajassa. Sotatapaukset vuoden 1916 loppuun. Suhteeni valtiollisiin kysymyksiin. Valmistuksia tulevan sotavuoden varalle. Vihollisten rynnistys 1917 vuoden alkupuoliskolla. Vihollishykkysten jatkuminen v:n 1917 jlkipuoliskolla. Katsaus kansojen ja valtioiden sisisiin oloihin lopulla vuotta 1917. Ern kevtiltana...

Afrodite: Kertomus vanhan Hellaan ajoiltaOli vuosi 551 ennen Kristuksen syntym. Latmon lahden ranta loisti illan hohteessa. Ylhll, kaidalla maantiell, joka Mylasasta johti Mileton rantakaupunkiin, seisoi kaunis, kukkea nuorukainen sauvaansa nojaten. Poimukas kitona oli vyll vytettyn ja tomussa. Vasemmalta olalta riippui pitkiss hihnoissa nahkainen laukku,...

The Florist and Horticultural Journal, Vol. II. No. 7, July, 1853 - A Monthly Magazine of Horticulture, Agriculture, Botany, Agricultural Chemistry, Entomology, &c.CHARAC. GENER.Flores monoici. Masc. Perigonii tetraphylli foliolis subrotundis, 4 exterioribus majoribus. Stamina plurima; filamentis brevissimis liberis v. basi-connatis, antheris extrorsis bilocularibus, loculis...

Granada, Poema Oriental, precedido de la Leyenda de al-Hamar, Tomo 2Nota 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...

The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland, and Other Great Sea DisastersTHOSE who go down to the sea in ships was once a synonym for those who gambled with death and put their lives upon the hazard. Today the mortality at sea is...