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The Puppet Show of MemoryTranscribers Note: A few obvious printers mistakes have been corrected (in particular in the Index, where entries often didnt match the spelling given in the main text, and have been changed to do so); any remaining errors are the authors...

Heroines of French Society - in the Court, the Revolution, the Empire and the RestorationIN the histories of the four women whose lives are here related, I have tried, as far as is possible in the limited space, to give an idea of the...

The Scarecrow; or The Glass of Truth: A Tragedy of the LudicrousBut for a fantasy of Nathaniel Hawthorne, this play, of course, would never have been written. In Mosses from an Old Manse, the Moralized Legend Feathertop relates, in some twenty pages of its...

Beethoven and His ForerunnersThe modern view of history is vivified by a principle scarcely dreamed of before the middle of the last century; the conception which permeates all our interpretations of the story of the world, which illuminates our study of all its phases,...

Girls of the Morning-Glory Camp FireThe author expresses her indebtedness to Dr. Frank G. Speck of the University of Pennsylvania and to Dr. Jacob D. Sapir for permission to reprint the nonsense-syllables and music of the Leaf Dance, from their records made among the...

Enchanted IndiaThe air is heavy with indefinable perfume. We are already coasting the Indian shore, but it remains invisible, and gives no sign but by these gusts of warmer air laden with that inscrutable aroma of musk and pepper. A lighthouse to port, which...

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. II. Being the Second of the First VoyageAt four oclock in the afternoon of Friday the 9th of February, we tacked, and stood S. W. till eight oclock the next morning; when, being not...

Salaperäinen vihollinen: Kertomus salapoliisi Asbjörn Kragin elämästäI. Ensiminen merkillinen piv. II. Shksanoma. III. Epluulo. IV. Lain nimess. V. Kuulustelu. VI. Hevosen selss. VII. Dagny. VIII. Jlki. IX. Ers tapaaminen. X. Huuto. XI. Syyllinen. XII. Tuleeko hn. XIII. Kuulustelu. XIV. Kumpi? XV. Asianajajan asunnossa. XVI....

Serpent-Worship, and Other Essays, with a Chapter on TotemismThe lines of development of the religious faiths of mankind have been aptly termed by Major-General Forlong Rivers of Life. The streams of faiths are marvellously depicted by this writer in a chart which shows the...

The Camp Fire Girls at Driftwood HeightsFor a brief instant following her spoken pledge, an eloquent silence reigned over the circle of picturesque figures seated about the brightly-blazing camp fire. Then a storm of acclamation rent the still night air, echoing and re-echoing among...

Cigar-Box Dioramas: A "How-to-do-it" HandbookThe box is painted on the outside, either with any of the rubber-base (latex) paints, or with paint from a spray can. The inside of the box is given one or two coats of the black latex paint. (Other flat...

Scott Burton and the Timber ThievesScott Burton sat on the porch of the little cabin on the edge of the forest and looked absently out across the wide beach at the restless waters of the Gulf of Mexico. No one ever would have guessed...

Puhe runoilija Archiaan puolustukseksi Die Muse wagte es, in der Toga auf der rmischen Rednerbhne zu erscheinen, und den Vorhang ihres Heiligthums zu lften; die Art, wie sie eingefhrt wurde, giebt Aufschluss ber Cicero und sein Volk. Koska Blomstedtin kirjasen jlkiminenkin painos nykyjn lienee...

GorgiasLopulla Lokakuuta 1897 pantiin Seuran Taloustoimikunnassa vireille kysymys, eik Seuran tulisi jollakin erityisell tehtvll ilmaista kiitollisuuttaan kansalaisten sille osottamasta suuresta suosiosta ja luottamuksesta, jota yh karttuneet lahjat ja testamentit, yh lisntyv Seuran jsenten lukumr nyttivt todistavan, tehtvll semmoisella, joka kuten sihteeri lausui "tyttisi tuntuvan...

Ypres to Verdun - A Collection of Photographs of the War areas in France & FlandersAn official visit to the Front during the great days of October, 1918, when our chief difficulty and our great object was to keep up with the retreating Germans,...

History of Greece, Volume 02 (of 12)Exile and low condition of the Herakleids. Their reappearance as a powerful force along with the Dorians. Mythical account of this alliance, as well as of the three tribes of Dorians. Tmenus, Kresphonts, and Aristodmus, invade Peloponnsus across...

How Does a Tree Grow? Or, Botany for Young AustraliansAt the request of several Teachers, I have commenced a Shilling Series of School Books, chiefly to be confined to subjects of Colonial History and Popular Sciences. The form of dialogue has been adopted with...

A Daughter of JapanScene.A room in a Japanese house. It is tastefully furnished in a half-English, half-native style. A round table for meals. A sideboard with a tantalus. A piano, and one or two long bamboo chairs. A well-filled book-case. A verandah can be...

Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 2 (of 4)Appearance of An Address to the Public on a late Dismission.Walpoles Answer to that Pamphlet.Dr. Lloyd, Dean of Norwich.Charles Townshends Defence of the Minority in the House of Commons on the Question...

The Sealed Valley I. Romance II. On Board the "Tewksbury" III. On the Little River IV. The Day of Days V. The Rice River VI. Blind Man's Buff VII. Bowl of the Mountains VIII. In the Valley IX. Nahnya's Story X. Moonlight XI. The...