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Die Schlüssel des Himmelreichs; oder, Sankt Peters Wanderung auf Erden (Kammer hinter der Schmiede, von der letzteren durch eine Bretterwand, in deren Mitte sich eine groe ffnung befindet, getrennt. Hierdurch sieht man die Schmiede, die zugleich Verkaufsladen ist und nach der Strae zu ein...

Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 107, December 8th, 1894The collector of statistics was fairly posed by the attitude assumed by his visitor. The elderly lad (or, rather, very young man) had claimed admittance on the score that he was an "old boy" of...

William Oughtred: A Great Seventeenth-Century Teacher of MathematicsIn the year 1660 the Royal Society was founded by royal favor in London, although in reality its inception took place in 1645 when the Philosophical Society (or, as Boyle called it, the Invisible College) came into...

Gypsy Flight - A Mystery Story for GirlsOh yes, that was Rosemarys plane. Rosemary was still young, and she looked even younger than her years. A slender slip of a girl was Rosemary, rather pretty, too, with a touch of natural color and a...

The Romance of the Woods I once had a strange dream. I dreamed that I was dead, and that dying I suddenly discovered all my preconceived ideas as to the future state to have been entirely erroneous, at any rate in so far as...

A History of Police in EnglandA title of convenient length, but one which shall exactly fit the subject-matter in hand, is a desideratum that seldom lies within an author's reach. The title selected for this book is open to the objection that, though consisting...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 683 - January 27, 1877Our old friend, Samuel Smiles, now a veteran in literature, who has been indefatigable in writing of the power of Self-help, has, as one of his late exploits, narrated in a...

Punch, Or the London Charivari Volume 107, November 24, 1894Sporting Farmer (to young Pupil from provincial town, who has just made his first effort to ride over a Fence). "Now then, jump on again! Better luck next time! You'll like it after a bit!"...

Six Major ProphetsA few years ago it occurred to me that there were living on the same planet and at the same time as myself some interesting people whom I had never seen and did not know so much about as I should. Since...

Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 - Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin countiesNo history of Walla Walla and of this section of the northwest would be complete without extended reference to Dr. N. G. Blalock, who not only figured...

Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 1 - Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin countiesA land of scenic charm, of physical interest, of fertile soil and ample resources, of climate in which living is a delight, of two great rivers and...

Punch, Or the London Charivari Volume 107, November 17, 1894Dearest Gladys,You have made immense progress since you first came out. Still, you will be all the better for an occasional hint from your more sophisticated friend. Your brief engagement to the serious young stamp-collector...

Die Gedichte von Sommer und Tod Was dir genommen auch ward, o suche nicht ber die Erde! Nimmer findet so deine Sehnsucht das Gut. Wehre dem Troste nicht, ihn schickt der mchtige Herrscher Aus dem Himmel herab, beuge dich Seinem Befehl! Aber wandte sich...

Bentley's Miscellany, Volume IIIn the opening of the new year, and the commencement of our new volume, we hope to make many changes for the better, and none for the worse; and, to show that, while we have one grateful eye to past patronage,...

Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume 1 - Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622, with CorrespondenceThe history of the English trading settlement in Japan in the first quarter of the seventeenth century is the history of a failure; and the causes of the...

The Biotic Associations of CockroachesRecently we brought together much of the literature linking cockroaches with the transmission of certain organisms that cause disease in man and other vertebrates. In that paper (1957a) we concluded that cockroaches, being potential vectors of pathogenic agents, should not...

The Hardy Country: Literary landmarks of the Wessex NovelsDorsetshire, the centre of the Hardy Country, the home of the Wessex Novels, is a land literally flowing with milk and honey: a land of great dairies, of flowers and bees, of rural industries, where rustic...

The Legendary History of the Cross - A Series of Sixty-four Woodcuts from a Dutch Book Published by Veldener, A.D. 1483THE origin of the medival romance of the Cross is hard to discover. It was very popular. It occurs in a good number of...

The Pioneer Boys of the Columbia; or, In the Wilderness of the Great NorthwestDear Boys: The time has at last arrived when we must say good-bye to our pioneer friends, the Armstrongs. You will remember how we have followed their adventurous careers down the...

The Pioneer Boys of the Yellowstone; or, Lost in the Land of WondersDear Boys: In my last story, the title of which was The Pioneer Boys of Missouri, I half-promised that later on I might continue the recital of Dick and Roger Armstrongs fortunes,...