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AnthropophagyIn giving himself to general reading relating to the origin and history of the human family, the writer of the following pages was impressed with the frequent allusion to man-eating among many of the peoples of the world; and although in itself it is...

Shinto: The ancient religion of JapanOrigins.The Japanese are in the main a continental race. Their language and physical characteristics show conclusively that they come from Northern Asia, and geographical considerations indicate that Korea must have been their point of embarkation. Indeed a desultory emigration...

Pyhä hymy: Historiallinen kertomus Hemming piispan päiviltäOlivat jo kumaraisillaan ukon hartiat, ei suoraan kuulakkaa syystaivasta kohden, vaan eteenpin viittasi lakin pyre kupu hnen pssn. Mutta kettersti hn kyd tuiversi, niin ett heiskahtelivat vain tummahkon porvariskauhtanan liepeet ihonmukaisia housuja vasten, siin polvilumpion paikkeilla. Tiuhaan pistttivt...

Photo-LithographyThe theoretical principle of lithography is purely chemical, and is based principally on the repulsion of water and other substances by fatty bodies, and the alteration of these greasy bodies by acids. As the support for this chemical opposition a stone or zinc plate...

The Panama CanalThe building of a canal across the American Isthmus has occupied the attention of the world for four hundred years. While yet the sailors who crossed the sea with Columbus were living in all the vigor of mature manhood, a Spanish engineer...

The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society (Vol. I, No. 2)Ascending the Columbia River to the junction of its two main branches, and each of these branches in turn to its source, a point is reached to the north well toward the fifty-fifth degree...

A History of the British Army, Vol. 1 - First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' WarThe civilian who attempts to write a military history is of necessity guilty of an act of presumption; and I am not blind to my own temerity...

Felfordult világ; Észak honából; A debreczeni lunátikusNhny vvel ezeltt, vizkeresztnapjn reggel, ngy szatmrmegyei fiatal ember sszeszlalkozott bizonyos nemes versenyzsre. A verseny feladata ebbl llott: farsang els napjn elkezdeni Szinyr-Vraljn a tnczot; abban kivilgos kivirradtig helytllani; akkor fellni a csngs sznra, thajtani Szamostelekre, ott is...

In Taunton town : a story of the rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth in 1685 IN TAUNTON TOWN. A Story of the Days of the Rebellion of James, Duke of Monmouth, in 1685. SHUT IN. A Tale of the Wonderful Siege of Antwerp...

Air Monster I. On Secret Duty II. The Air Monster III. Mystery Plane IV. Danger in the Air V. No Clues VI. The Night Alarm VII. Suspicions VIII. Mysterious Moves IX. On the East Side X. The Neptune Sails XI. In the Hangar XII....

The Sapphire SignetIt was five o'clock and a very dull, dark afternoon in Charlton Street. One by one lights had twinkled out in all the little two-story-and-dormer-windowed houses on the block,in all but one. The parlor windows of this house were still unlit, but...

Shepherd Singing Ragtime, and Other Poems Numbers Ploughman at the Plough Creed The Starry Lady When the Great Arm of a Tree Bends Stooping The Moon-Clock Unnamed Fruit Portrait of an Artist Shepherd Singing Ragtime Skylark Noon The Singer of High State Bird, Bird,...

Kate Meredith, Financier I. A West Coast Welcome II. Introduces Miss Laura Slade III. The King who Stopped the Roads IV. The Beach by Moonlight V. Events at Malla-Nulla VI. The Coming of the Okky-Men VII. The Invisible Fire VIII. Presents the Head of...

The Millionaire MysterySteering his course by a tapering spire notched in the eye of the sunset, a tramp slouched along the Heathton Road. From the western sky a flood of crimson light poured over the dusty white highway, which led straightly across the moor....

The Lady from Nowhere: A Detective StoryOn the night of July 24th, in the year 1896, between the hours of eleven and twelve, Grangebury, a little-known suburb of London, was wrapped in slumber, as became a respectable neighbourhood whose inhabitants retired regularly shortly after...

The Coming of the White Men: Stories of How Our Country Was DiscoveredThe true American is happy in the thought that his country is a great and glorious one. He can say with his heart as well as his lips, "This is the land...

The Holy LandThe secrets of satisfactory travel are mainly twoto have certain questions ready to ask; and to detach oneself from preconceptions, so as to find not what one expects, or desires to find, but what is there. These rules I endeavoured to follow...

A Study of Army Camp Life during American RevolutionThe object of this study is to produce a picture of the private soldier of the American Revolution as he lived, ate, was punished, played, and worshiped in the army camp. Drawing that picture not only...

The Lost Parchment: A Detective Story"So this is your kingdom, Hendle?" said the visitor, looking round the garden which glowed with rainbow tints in the hot July sunshine; "and a very jolly kingdom it is. When did you enter into it?" "When I was...

Ports of Entry: Missionary HeraldScarcely any other three words form a phrase freighted with meaning so vital to our national life. Here is the convergence of streams of humanity flowing from the ends of the world. Through these gateways more than 33,000,000 aliens have...