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Sport in the Crimea and CaucasusScarcely a weeks journey from London, with delicious climates and any quantity of game, it always seemed a marvel to me how few English sportsmen ever found their way to the Crimea or Caucasus. It is now something more...

The Great Diamond Hoax - and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury HarpendingOn my return to California, after an absence of many years, my attention was called, for the first time, to the fact that my name had been associated unpleasantly with...

The Women's Victory—and After: Personal Reminiscences, 1911-1918I wish to dedicate this little book to the thousands of faithful friends and gallant comrades whose brave unwearied work, steadfastly maintained through many years, made Women's Suffrage in Great Britain no longer a dream but a reality....

The Merry Christmas of the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe Child at 1. Mother, I want a drum. Child at 2. I want a doll! Child at 3. Gimme a sword! Three Children at 4. Got presents for us all? Enter cautiously,...

Rannikon ratsastaja: Pohjoisfriisiläinen tarinaHans Theodor Woldsen Storm syntyi syyskuun 14 p:n 1817 Husumin pieness kauppakaupungissa Slesvig-Holsteinin lnsirannalla. Isns, Kasimir nimeltn, oli lhtisin rahvaasta, myllrin poika, kynyt lyseon sek opiskellut yliopistossa ja oli sittemmin mennyt naimisiin ern husumilaisen patriisitytn Lucie Woldsenin kanssa. Ammatiltaan hn oli...

Le Démon de l'AbsurdeJe ne voudrais pas dfinir autrement l'absurde. Entre l'avis d'un homme seul et l'opinion de la multitude, on ne saurait hsiter. On lit dans l'vangile de saint Luc[1] que les dmons qui s'appelaient Lgion prirent Jsus de leur permettre d'entrer dans...

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 6, November 1893Nature provides no lovelier mise-en-scne for a story, a poem or, a conversation than is to be found in the sylvan and pastoral world that looks out upon the gradual crescendo of the Blue Ridge mountains in...

Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk TalesThe collection of folk-lore tales, from which the stories contained in the present volume have been selected, was made by Miss Cronise while a teacher in the mission school at Rotifunk, Protectorate of...

Ratsmädelgeschichten Schlesische Zeitung: Wie ein ergreifendes Gedicht liest sich denn auch Herzenswahn; keuscher und schner ist kaum die undeutliche Sehnsucht eines jungen Mdchens nach hingebender, alles umfassender Liebe gemalt worden, wie in diesem Buche Illustrierte Frauen-Zeitung: Seit langem hat uns keine Erzhlung so angesprochen,...

The Art of Home Candy Making, with IllustrationsIn presenting to you, our third edition of The Art of Home Candy Making, we can safely say, that a more complete or practical book, on Home Candy Making, cannot be found. We strive not only to...

Punaiset ja valkoiset: Kuvaus Suomen luokkasodasta kalkkien muiden Suomen valkoisen hirmuvallan uhrien muistolle omistetaan tm runsain lainauksin suoritettu vaatimaton esitys, jonka tarkoituksena on osaltaan olla vastapainona sille valtaisalle lokarypylle, joka siivottoman valkoisen katukirjallisuuden muodossa tulvii ei ainoastaan jo koirahautain koskemattomuudessa silvottuina tai nlll, kuoliaaksi...

Countess Vera; or, The Oath of VengeanceIs better than any soap; handier, finer, more effective, more of it, more for the money, and in the form of a powder, for your convenience. Takes, as it were, the fabric in one hand, the dirt in...

Spies and Secret Service - The story of espionage, its main systems and chief exponentsThe worldly philosophy of the current age bears the name of Pragmatism, the principles of which, so far as they are susceptible of being weighed, constitute a more or less...

Three Years in the Service - A Record of the Doings of the 11th Reg. Missouri Vols.Being anxious to serve my country, I walked to Springfield, Illinois, a distance of twenty-five miles. I arrived there early in the evening, and took up lodging with...

From Headquarters: Odd Tales Picked up in the Volunteer ServiceIn the odd though truthful tales here brought togetherof which, by the way, some already have been in printthere is not the slightest attempt at pen portraiture, nor is there any pretence to the accuracy...

La trilogia di Dorina: Commedia in 3 atti Un cameriere precede un servitore che porta il vassoio del caff. Il servitore dietro le indicazioni del cameriere depone il vassoio sopra un tavolino in mezzo alla sala, vicino al sof. Quando tutto pronto il servitore...

Copy of Letters Sent to Great-Britain by His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, the Hon. Andrew Oliver, and Several Other PersonsIn which (notwithstanding his Excellencys Declaration to the House, that the Tendency and Design of them was not to subvert the Constitution, but rather to preserve...

MarianelaThose who have read "Gloria" will, it is hoped, hail with pleasure another work by the same writer, Perez Galdsdifferent it is true, but in its way not less delightful. The strongly-marked humor and darkly-painted tragedy of "Gloria" are not to be found in...

Runoja Maa, tm Suomenmaa oli sorrantaa ylen kauvan krsinyt vainoojain, sodan, hallan ja puuttehen inhan, vaipunut vaivoihinsa ja sortua uhkasi kohta, kun oli uupunehet sen lapset, poiss' oli piv, nouseva aamunkoi, joka toivoa antanut oisi, poiss' oli urhokkuus, taka-aikain intosa mieli, poiss' oli uskokin...

Big Game Shooting, volume 2 (of 2)Arctic hunting embraces an enormous field, the extent of which is not yet realised, and I should begin by remarking that my experience, as here set forth, is limited to the seas around Spitzbergen, and that I propose...