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The Evacuation of England: The Twist in the Gulf StreamAlexander Leacraft was regarding with as much interest as his constitutional lassitude permitted, the progress of a distinctly audible altercation on Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D.C. The disputants had not felt it necessary, under the relaxing...

Wild Nat, the Trooper; or, The Cedar Swamp BrigadeThere was a time in the history of our country when the stoutest hearts were filled with despair. The defeat of General Gates, followed by the overrunning of the Carolinas, the treachery of Benedict Arnold, and...

Santippe: Piccolo romanzo fra l'antico e il moderno Si intitola bens con il nome di Santippe, un nome di donna infamata nei secoli; e si potrebbe pensare che lautore avesse avuto in mente di servirsi di Santippe, moglie di Socrate, come di un laido...

A Brief History of Printing. Part II: The Economic History of PrintingIn this volume, as in the preceding, an effort has been made to give the reader some idea of the actual conditions of the printing industry in Europe from the time of the...

Dramas (2 de 2): Lucrecia Borgia; María Tudor; La Esmeralda; Ruy BlasCuando estaba escribiendo el prefacio de su ltimo drama, el autor volvi la ocupacin de toda su vida, al arte; y continu sus trabajos predilectos, aun antes de acabar del todo con los...

New BroomsDear Sir: Though I am not one of your subscribers I am, I believe, one of your most faithful readers. I do not take your magazine, it is true, but I am at present employed in a family some member of which is...

Causes and ConsequencesAs we unravel political knots, they resolve themselves into proverbs and familiar truth, and thus our explanation becomes a treatise upon human nature,a profession of faith. The idea that man is an unselfish animal has gradually been forced upon me, by the...

Jean Craig Finds RomanceJean Craig had always wanted to be an artist. But when her family had moved to Woodhow in Connecticut, she had given up her art lessons. Later, when she was able to resume them, she realized how important a career was...

Carl Svenske: Historisk berättelse från frihetstiden Nr de hndelser brja, hvilka i det fljande skola skildras, hade striden mellan de politiska partier, som i vr historia ftt namn af hattar och mssor, ntt sin fulla utveckling och rnkerna om den afgrande makten spunnos som...

Gray Hairs Made Happy: An interesting story for childrenOpposite to the house in which Marys parents lived, was a little opening, ornamented with a grass plot, and overshaded by a venerable tree, commanding an extensive view before it. On this delightful spot, Mary used...

AdolescenceJai t un adolescent prcoce et timide. A lheure o je gotais les Gorgiques et o Virgile, avant Lucrce, donnait une forme antique aux motions confuses quveillait en moi le spectacle de la nature, je sentis les premires fivres dun sang tumultueux. Je ne...

Adventures in JournalismThe adventure of journalism which has been mineas editor, reporter, and war correspondentis never a life of easy toil and seldom one of rich rewards. I would not recommend it to youth as a primrose path, nor to anyone who wishes to...

The Goslings: A Study of the American SchoolsLife has given you one of its precious treasures, a child; a body to nurture, a character to train, a mind with endless possibilities of growth, a soul with hidden stores of tenderness and beautyall these are...

Söder om landsvägen: I prästkaret genom Vemmenhögs härad Inramat av stersjns och Sundets bla vgor ligger ett land, dr solen lyser ver ondliga vidder av bljande sdesflt, dr prktiga hjordar beta p saftiga ngar och gamla vderbitna pilar kanta de lnga, raka vgarna. ttehgar...

The Freeman, and Other Poems A vagabond between the East and West, Careless I greet the scourging and the rod; I fear no terror any man may bring, Nor any god. The clankless chains that bound me I have rent No more a slave...

The Smithport Landing Site: An Alto Focus Component in De Soto Parish, LouisianaThis is a belated description of the Smithport Landing Site, one of several known Alto Focus components in northwestern Louisiana. This large village site, on the western margin of the Red River...

The New York Cake Book: Fifty Recipes by a Famous New York ChefIt is absolutely essential to the making of good cake that the materials should be good; the flour must be white and dry, and carefully sifted before using; the sugar white and...

Near Nature's Heart; A Volume of Verse[Pg 84] (Inscribed to C. L. Anderson, H. C. Bagley, S. R. Belk, J. N. McEachern and A. R. Holderby.) (Written the last of 1922, a dark day with continuous rain, and published in the Atlanta Constitution, January...

General Wauchope On the 11th day of December 1899, amid the rattle of rifles, the fierce booming of cannon, and the sharp bang of exploding shells, a British force of Scottish Highlanders found themselves suddenly confronted in the darkness of an early African morning...

Histology of medicinal plantsThe object of the book is to provide a practical scientific course in vegetable histology for the use of teachers and students in schools and colleges. The medicinal plants are studied in great detail because they constitute one of the most...