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Buffalo Bill's Bold Play; Or, The Tiger of the HillsIt is now some generations since Josh Billings, Ned Buntline, and Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, intimate friends of Colonel William F. Cody, used to forgather in the office of Francis S. Smith, then proprietor of the...

Some Impressions of My EldersThe matter which appears in the following pages was originally contributed, in the shape of a series of articles under the general title of "Some Impressions of My Elders," to the North American Review at intervals during the years 1920...

Down Went McGintyI guess you could say I hated Kolomar. Not with the same hatred I had for the Comrades, but I hated him. There were the obvious reasonshe'd beat me out of my general's star, and got the top job with Security that...

Mary AnonymousThere wasn't one person on all of Earth to even suspect. No worry about security, saboteurs or spies in this interspatial war with Mars. Earth was firmly united this time ... that is, of course, if you just happened to overlook Marythe sweetest,...

A Key Into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England - Together with Briefe Observations of the Customes, Manners, and Worships, &c. of the Aforesaid Natives, etc.In presenting to the public...

Historia del famoso predicador Fray Gerundio de Campazas, alias Zotes (2 de 2)1. Pues, como bamos diciendo de nuestro cuento, yendo dias y viniendo dias, el bendito entre todos los benditos, el bueno de nuestro Fray Gerundio qued tan satisfecho de su trabajo, con...

Madame Roland: A Biographical StudySome eight years ago I undertook a study of the women of the French Revolution, my object being merely to satisfy myself as to the value of their public services in that period. In the course of my studies I...

Biographical Catalogue of the Portraits at Panshanger, the Seat of Earl Cowper, K.G.In the Biographical Sketches contained in this volume, I have pursued the same system as in my two former Catalogues, of the Galleries of Hinchingbrook and Longleat,devoting especial attention to the immediate...

Space-Lane of No-ReturnYou were boredkeeping the endless, dull space-lanes clear. You wanted excitement, danger, to see the weird planets of the System. You wantedAnd then it happened, all the swift, blazing danger of the voidand you found yourself being blasted out of existence. Your...

The VanisherHe was expendable, this Web Hilton, this young officer with the strange heritage. And so it was that he was ordered out into space where he saw the uncovered stars, and met the naked alien, and became the first man in history to...

Prodigal WeaponThey were the pitiful remnants of a proud world, huddled into slave quarters on Karrar, dying before the cold brutality of the Kraks, seeking the Achilles' heel in the armor of their masters. One man alone still fought themeven he knowing he battled...

Passage to Planet XThey trailed a legend through the void, seeking a world of freedom, adventure and wealth. They reached their goal, a planet beyond all planets, a weird land of the Lostwhere silent death prepared to strike. "It was easy," Mark shrugged. "Your...

Mental RadioIch habe das Buch von Upton Sinclair mit grossem Interesse gelesen und bin berzeugt, dass dasselbe die ernsteste Beachtung, nicht nur der Laien, sondern auch der Psychologen von Fach verdient. Die Ergebnisse der in diesem Buch sorgfltig und deutlich beschriebenen telepathischen Experimente stehen...

Familiar AnimalsI do not work like the horse. So the least I can do is to supply my master with plenty of milk; indeed it is for my milk that he keeps me. Perhaps you do not know how useful milk is. Cream, butter,...

SibyllaKaunis elokuun piv oli loppumaisillaan. Iloisesti helisev ni kajahteli molemmista kelloista Frias'in pieness, jykktekoisessa kirkossa, joka kaunisti erst meren rannikon ymprim jyrkk mke Normandian niemimaan itpuolella. Pyhvaatteisin puettu vkijoukko oli sken lhtenyt kirkosta ja hyri kirkkopihassa; se alkoi tyytyvisesti hymist nhdessn ern komeasti puetun...

Was Helmut in Deutschland erlebte: Eine JugendgeschichteMajesttisch rauschte der berseedampfer in den Hafen von Hamburg. Er kam von Brasilien und war whrend der letzten Tage mit schnellster Fahrt gelaufen. Auf Deck spielte die Musikkapelle. Hunderte von Passagieren drngten sich durcheinander, es gab ein aufgeregtes...

On the Eve of RedemptionTranscriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain....

"He was buried." A Sermon for Easter EvenWho has not witnessed a funeral! Who is unacquainted with the emotions that possess the heart whilst carrying the remains of a beloved friend to the grave! And even when we have no interest in the deceased...

The Geisha MemoryPeter Duncan lay strapped, drugged and supine on one of the eighty narrow bucket-couches on the passenger deck and was miserably, continuously sick. It was not a nice steady nausea that a man could adjust to. Nor even a rhythmic vertigo like...

Last Call From Sector 9GDurham grunted. What he wanted to say was go away and let me alone. But he could only grunt, and Artie kept repeating the stupid question. Artie was a cheap off-brand make, and bought used, and he lacked some cogs....