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The Lady's Country Companion; Or, How to Enjoy a Country Life RationallyIn the present edition of the "Lady's Country Companion," a reduction has been made in the price, to render the work still more generally useful than it has hitherto been; but in all...

The life of Voltaire uvres Compltes de Voltaire. Beuchot. La Jeunesse de Voltaire. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire au Chteau de Cirey. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire la Cour. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire et Frdric. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire aux Dlices. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire et J. J. Rousseau. Gustave Desnoiresterres....

Sämmtliche Werke 8: Briefwechsel II, Hans Küchelgarten - Briefwechsel II / Die Beichte des Dichters / Betrachtungen über die Heilige Liturgie / Jugendschriften / Fragmente / Hans Küchelgarten Ich wei nicht, wie ich Ihnen fr Ihren Brief und die zahlreichen Mitteilungen danken soll, die...

Lettres à une inconnue, Tome Deuxième - Précédée d'une étude sur P. Mérimée par H. TainePendant que vous vous livrez l'enthousiasme, je tousse et je suis trs-malade d'un rhume affreux. J'espre que cela vous touchera. Je ne comprends pas que vous restiez trois jours...

Lettres à une inconnue, Tome Premier - Précédée d'une étude sur P. Mérimée par H. TaineJ'ai rencontr plusieurs fois Mrime dans le monde. C'tait un homme grand, droit, ple, et qui, sauf le sourire, avait l'apparence d'un Anglais; du moins, il avait cet air...

Nitrogen Bacteria and Legumes - With special reference to red clover, cowpeas, soy beans, alfalfa, and sweet clover, on Illinois soilsAmong the several different classes or groups of bacteria there are two which are of special importance to agriculture because of their relation to...

Corporal Tikitanu, V.C.The dog-fight was no concern of mine. I was just riding past when my attention was drawn to Henare. He was endeavouring to see fair play for both the combatants. He was very excited over the affair because another Maori, named Wiremu,...

The Great Pearl Secret I. In Juliet's Sitting Room II. The Explanation III. "To Meet the Duchess" IV. The Letter with the Tsarina's Seal V. The Third Ringer of the Bell VI. Behind the Bookshelf VII. What Juliet Told Jack VIII. Juliet Breaks the...

Five Years in a Persian TownI feel that this short sketch of a Persian town needs an apology. It will not improbably be mistaken for a book of travel. Stopping five years in one place is not travelling, and the experience of such a...

Nunnery life in the Church of England; or, Seventeen years with Father IgnatiusIn sending forth this book to the world, I would have it clearly understood that it is not my desire to injure any one. I only wish that the mistakes of my...

A Book of Distinctive InteriorsPleasing decorative effects may be obtained by bringing out the natural graining of the woodwork. Chestnut and cypress are particularly suitable for this as they may be stained and wax finished, or stained and rubbed down to produce this effect....

PoemsTHE Author of these poems is too well aware of their demerits to allow them to be republished thus without some apology. But it happens that the Printer, at whose request this selection is made, is willing to take so fair a share of...

An Act in a BackwaterIt was approaching half-past five on a June afternoon, and in consequence Colonel Raymond was approaching the Wroxton County Club. He was a man of method, and a retired Colonel of Volunteers, and thus he left his house (christened Lammermoor...

Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres, and Sacred TraditionsTHE national literature of Turkey is something with which the European and American mind is by no means familiar, and, indeed, it has only recently become a distinctive feature in the worlds intellectual activity. Turkey is really...

Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the AncientsIn the early part of the year 1597, Lord Bacons first publication appeared. It is a small 12mo. volume, entitled Essayes, Religious Meditations, Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. It is dedicated The Essays, which are ten in number,...

The Old Man; or, Ravings and Ramblings round Conistone It has long been a favourite notion with me that if, instead of general guides to, or descriptions of all the Lake country comprised in single volumes, of which we have a superabundance, we could...

La première canadienne du Nord-ouestLa premire Canadienne-Franaise qui partit du Canada pour aller la Rivire Rouge, dans le Nord-Ouest, fut Marie-Anne Gaboury, pouse de J.-Bte Lajimonire et mre de la nombreuse famille Lajimonire tablie au Manitoba. Elle arriva dans ce pays ds le commencement...

Dekameron (3. rész) - Száz novellagyesebb tallgatk e vlemnyt oda mdostk, hogy az asszony bizony nem rt, hanem iszony egygy liba; valami hajlam utni hzassg szerencstlen trgya, kibe a marquis a nszlsig belebolondult, s most mr nagyon bnja, hogy azt tev. Marquis Malmont egyszer...

Dekameron (2. rész) - Száz novellaTrtnt ez a klns eset az 1668-ik esztendben, Balyik Andrs uram fbirsga alatt; a mikoron is vala Dl Mihly uram derk becsletes keresztyn polgrember a Csap-utczban, kinek nemcsak szp gazdasga, tornczos hza s jrmos krei voltak, de a mi...

Dekameron (1. rész) - Száz novellaIrasztalomon ll egy koponya, a mirl azt lltjk, hogy Karadzim khn feje volt valaha, a ki Esztergom alatt esett el; elre ll fogai, nagy kil pofacsontja, htranyomott homloka, behajl halntkcsontjai s ers tarkja bizonyoss teszik mongol eredett; minden csontja...