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The Master; a NovelDespite its long stretch of winter, in which May might wed December in no incompatible union, twas a happy soil, this Acadia, a country of good air and great spaces; two-thirds of the size of Scotland, with a population that could...

Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 3 (of 3)To experience the approbation of the public in general must ever be gratifying to the author of any literary work, however humble may be its subject: such has been my fortunate lot as to the...

Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 2 (of 3)The general approbation of a literary work must be highly gratifying to any Author. But the cordial approval of an eminent individual, whose grave, sound judgment, and profound erudition, give authenticity to his opinions, affords...

Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 1 (of 3)This trifle, the pastime of a winters evening, is presentedto a person of whom I have long held the highest opinion among the circle of my friends and the crowd of my contemporaries, and for...

Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 1 - Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this ageThe Second Edition; To which is added, A Discourse of the Influence of the Sun and Moon on Humane Bodies,...

Scottish Poetry of the Sixteenth CenturyMany of the best editions of the Scottish poets, even of recent date, increase the difficulties of archaic language by such unnecessary stumbling-blocks as the use of the old straight s, and of Anglo-Saxon symbols for certain letters. Some...

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 12 (of 20)At an impromptu meeting for congratulation, on the evening of the Presidential election, as the votes were announced, there were speeches by Mr. Hooper, Mr. Sumner, Dr. Loring, Mr. Rice, and Mr. Everett. Mr. Sumner spoke...

Suomen herännäisyyden historia XIX:llä vuosisadalla III. 1845-1852 Ilm. k. 2: 4. I. Sanomalehtikiistojen ja oppiriitojen jlkikaikuja v. 1845-1846. II. Jul. Imm. Berghin vaikutus Kuopiossa 1840-luvun keskivlill. III. Pohjanmaan hernnisyyden vaiheita 1840-luvun loppuaikoina. IV. Hernnisyyden oppi. V. Hernneitten sielunhoito. VI. Karjalan hernnisyyden huomattavimmat vaiheet 1840-luvun...

Love's Golden ThreadMark how there still has run, enwoven from above, Through thy life's darkest woof, the golden thread of love. ARCHBISHOP TRENCH. "You know, Doris, to-morrow I shall be of age and shall come into my inheritance, the inheritance which my dear father...

A Princess of ThuleBY W I L L I A M B L A C K, AUTHOR OF A DAUGHTER OF HETH, MADCAP VIOLET, STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A PHAETON, Etc. NEW YORK: JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY, 14 & 16 Vesey Street. ON a small...

Scouting Dave: The Trail HunterThe scene opens in the Far West. In the forest the evenings gloom already was settling, though here and there, through some narrow vista, a rich ray of sunlight poured its golden flood far into the shadowy depths. The place...

The Last Vendée; or, the She-Wolves of MachecoulIf you ever chanced, dear reader, to go from Nantes to Bourgneuf you must, before reaching Saint-Philbert, have skirted the southern corner of the lake of Grand-Lieu, and then, continuing your way, you arrived, at the end...

La Marquise de SadeLa petite fille se faisait tirer par le bras, car la chaleur de ce mois de juillet tait vraiment suffocante. Elle voyait, de loin en loin, des places trs dsirables dans les fosss de la route, des places o une petite...

The Czar: A tale of the Time of the First Napoleon The nineteenth century was still very young; its eventful daythat day whose sunset we have yet to seehad but lately dawned upon the world. There were regions, even in Europe, where, for any...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 717, September 22, 1877Mr Wilkinson, one of the founders of the iron manufacture in Great Britain, loved iron so well that he resolved to carry it to the grave with him. He had himself buried...

Tales of the birds WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRYAN HOOK MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTINS STREET, LONDON 1909 Richard Clay and Sons, Limited. BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK. First Edition., 1888. Second Edition, 1889. Reprinted, 1891, 1899, 1909. School Edition, 1901. Reprinted,...

Publicity StuntRita Morgan didn't turn a hair at the challenge but I thought Captain Wilkerson, who was officially in charge of us, was going to faint. "No, no, NO!" Wilkerson screamed. "Molock, you're getting us all into trouble. You're" "Sheddap!" Molock said to Wilkerson....

The Profligate: A Play in Four ActsIt is now more than four years since The Profligate was written, and in the interval we have seen many conflicting influences at work upon the theatre, many signs of progress; but in June 1887, although the dramatic...

Harper's Young People, 1881 Index - An Illustrated Weekly Abdullah and his Friends, 296. Accident, Carriage, on an Indian Mountain Road, 324. Adjutant Bird Trick, The, 48. Afternoon Call, Going to make an, 600. "Alice" and the Wolves"Alice" sprang from his Concealment, 36. Alligator...

Harper's Round Table, December 10, 1895The tide ran so swiftly that at first it appeared to George that he did not gain an inch on the drifting boat, and the short choppy waves dashing against his face almost drove his breath away at times....