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The Power of Conscience, exemplified in the genuine and extraordinary confession of Thomas Bedworth - delivered to one of the principal officers of Newgate, the night before his execution on September 18, 1815, for the murder of Elizabeth Beesmore in Drury lane. Relating his...

Dress and Look SlenderThe desire to be attractive, to feel the assurance that one is correctly if not beautifully dressed is inherent in every woman. With the advent of the slim silhouette the full proportioned woman or girl has had a problem. It is...

Masterpieces of Adventure—Adventures within Walls COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. In these volumes the word...

Masterpieces of Adventure—Oriental Stories COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. In these volumes the word adventure...

Masterpieces of Adventure—Stories of Desert Places COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. In these volumes the...

War Gardens: A Pocket Guide for Home Vegetable GrowersThe purpose of this book is to state simply and clearly the ways and means necessary to obtain the largest returns from small plots of land. The conditions are anything but ideal in the case of...

South AmericaTwo years ago I selected for my annual address Africa, or the Dark Continent; last year Asia, the Land of Mountains and Deserts; this year I have chosen South America, the Land of Rivers and Pampas. The recent meeting of the Pan-American Congress...

Dante Alighieri, Apostle of Freedom: War-time and Peace-time EssaysDante, like Shakespere, speaks to every age, and has a word for every crisis in the life of men and nations. Perhaps at no time since he passed into the other world has his spirit been...

VerseAdelaide Crapsey, daughter of Algernon Sidney and Adelaide Trowbridge Crapsey, was born on the ninth of September, 1878. She died in her thirty-sixth year on October the eighth, 1914. Her young girlhood was spent in Rochester, New York, where her eminent father was rector...

Araminta and the Automobile Copyright, 1903, By Henry Holt & Co. Copyright, 1907, By Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. The stories in this volume were copyrighted separately, as follows: Araminta and the Automobile, Copyright, 1903, By The Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia The Deception of...

Unelmia takkavalkean ääressäEsipuhe Ihmeelliset urut Sydnkpynen Nkymtn kuningaskunta Kuningattaresta joka ei osannut mesileipi leipoa ja kuninkaasta, joka ei taitanut huuliharppua soittaa Ihmesormus Heino suossa Vanhain akkain mylly Pieni kyttyrselkinen tytt Lasten kasku Kolme sisarta, joilla oli lasiset sydmet Taivas ja helvetti Pikku neekeri ja...

Spices, Their Nature and Growth; The Vanilla Bean; A Talk on TeaIn response to hundreds of requests from schools, colleges and individuals for information regarding the different varieties of Spices we have prepared this booklet, and have endeavored to give as concisely as possible...

By-ways on Service: Notes from an Australian JournalThese sketches were not originally written for publication in the form of a book; and there has been little opportunity of revising them with that object. The idea of collection and publication came late, after they (most...

Motorland, September-October, 1955Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at San Francisco, California, under the act of March 3, 1879. Trade Mark registered October 25, 1911. Subscription, $2.00 per year; single copy, 50 cents. Office of Publication and Editorial Office: 150 Van...

10 Cakes Husbands Like Best: From Spry's Recipe Round-upWhen I recently asked women to send me recipes for the cakes their husbands like best, I expected to get a lot of good ideas. But I never dreamed theyd arrive by the truckload! Ive been...

Gróf Károlyi Gábor följegyzései (2. kötet)(Genuai uzsorsomhoz utazom. Ltogatsom a Kormnyznl. Szerzdse az Athenaeum embereivel. Kossuth Ferencz alirsa hasonlit apjhoz. Mirt kell Kossuth alirshoz kzjegyz? Kossuth szegnyl hagyta el hazjt. Az g alatt hl. Uti mlhja? Mit r a magyar korona? Mibl lt Jzus...

Gróf Károlyi Gábor följegyzései (1. kötet)(A kegyelet. A Krolyi nemzetsg. Hogy szerezte a grfsgot? Mi van a kt ktet munkban s mi lesz a harmadikban? Ki e munka irja? Grf Krolyi Gbor letnek htralev rsze. Halla s temetse.) Grf Krolyi Gbor igaz, bens s...

The Passing of the Idle RichThe habits of our whole species fall into three great classesuseful labour, useless labour, and idleness. Of these, the first only is meritorious, and to it all the products of labour rightfully belong; but the two latter, while they...

The Boy in the BushI. Jack Arrives in Australia II. The Twin Lambs III. Driving to Wandoo IV. Wandoo V. The Lambs Come Home VI. In the Yard VII. Out Back and Some Letters VIII. Home for Christmas IX. New Year's Eve X. Shadows...

Wit, Character, Folklore & Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire - With a Glossary of over 4,000 Words and Idioms Now in UseAt one time it was thought possible for the present work to be undertaken conjointly by the Rev. M. C. F....