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Links With the Past in the Plant WorldMY object in writing this book is primarily to call attention to some of the many questions which are raised by an enquiry into the relative antiquity of existing plants, and to illustrate the nature of the...

Nivernain kaunotar: Kertomus eräästä vanhasta aluksesta ja sen väestöstäAlphonse Daudet (s. 1840, k. 1897) kuuluu nykyaikaisista ranskalaisista kirjailijoista kaikkein suosituimpiin. Hn on etelranskalainen; todella herkullisella huumorilla, mutta samalla sydmellisell lmmll on hn kuvannut rakkaita maakuntalaisiaan pienehkiss novelleissa, joista tss mainittakoon "Taraskonin Tartarin", ja samoin...

A Journey Round My Room THE author of the Voyage autour de ma Chambre was the younger brother of Count Joseph de Maistre, a well-known writer upon political and philosophical subjects. Chambry was the place of their birth, but their family was of French...

Great Christians of France: Saint Louis and Calvin 'Go ye and preach to all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.' This was the last injunction of Jesus Christ to His Apostles. Universality...

Tracts and Handbills of the Religious Tract Society, March 1st, 1843Subscriptions are received by the Treasurer, Samuel Hoare, Esq.; by the Secretaries, Rev. Robert Monro, M.A. and Rev. Dr. Henderson; by Mr. W. Jones, Corresponding Secretary and Superintendent, (to whom Communications are to be...

Agatha's AuntIt was too early in the season for lowered shades or closed shutters. The spring sunshine had taken possession of the big, many-windowed room, repaying the hospitality as other uninvited guests have been known to do, by its indiscreet revelations. In rooms much...

The True History of the Kentish Lawyer - with an account of the extraordinary marriage of his sonOld Mr. Studley was a lawyer in Kent, of about 400 a year. He was a great enemy to godliness. His son, in his youth, seemed to...

Jataka talesTranscriber'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. Long ago I...

Through British Guiana to the summit of RoraimaMen travel far to see a city, but few seem curious about a river. Every river has, nevertheless, its individuality, its great silent interest. Every river has, moreover, its influence over the people who pass their lives...

Asneha, the legend of the opalOnce upon a time, in the land of Kasi, there lived a poor musician, who was also a poet and a most imaginative storyteller. He had lost his flute in a village brawl, and being too poor to buy...

Ses noveloj el "Rakontoj de mistero kaj imago"La stranga genio de la amerika poeto kaj verkisto Edgar Allen Poe estas kvaza enigmo por kritikistoj. Lia kapablo, trovi por sia artismo esprimon a per profunda melankolio, a per skeptika rido, foje per gaja sprito, kaj...

Vanhan partiomiehen unelmaLumisen vainion poikki kveli Krankkalan isnt metsst pin verkkaisin askelin jokiahdetta ja siin olevaa kotitaloaan kohti. Hn katseli matalaa taloa p hiukan kallellaan: onpa todellakin rakennuksen toinen p vhn vinoon vaipumassa, nyt sen nkee selvsti lumista lakeutta vastaan. Ei ole tullut taloa...

Russian Folk-TalesAny editor of Slav folk-tales starts with great advantages. Russia is a country where artistic development began very late; where popular lore was conserved with little alteration owing to the immensities of the country, the primitiveness of the people, and the punctiliousness of...

Le jardinier d'amourIL A T TIR DE CET OUVRAGE, APRS IMPOSITIONS SPCIALES, 133 EXEMPLAIRES IN-4 TELLIRE SUR PAPIER VERG PUR FIL LAFUMA-NAVARRE, AU FILIGRANE DE LA NOUVELLE REVUE FRANAISE, DONT 8 EXEMPLAIRES HORS COMMERCE, MARQUS DE A A H, 100 EXEMPLAIRES RSERVS AUX BIBLIOPHILES...

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. VI. Being the Second of the Third VoyageAN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON OBSERVED.THE ISLAND TOOBOUAI DISCOVERED.ITS SITUATION, EXTENT, AND APPEARANCE.INTERCOURSE WITH ITS INHABITANTS.THEIR PERSONS, DRESSES, AND CANOES DESCRIBED.ARRIVAL IN OHEITEPEHA BAY AT OTAHEITE.OMAIS RECEPTION,...

Socialism ExposedMr. Owen professes to be seeking the happiness of his species: he imagines he has discovered the specific, which, if believed and applied, will produce it; and he is using all the means in his power to convince the world that such is...

Tamba, the Tame Tiger: His Many AdventuresTamba, the tame tiger, looked out between the iron bars of the big circus-wagon cage where he lived and glared at Nero, the lion who was next door to him. Their cages were close together in the circus...

Per luchtballon naar de ZuidpoolOnze correspondent deelt ons mede, dat de Poolsche ingenieur, de Heer Gromski, een nieuw soort van luchtballon heeft uitgevonden, diezooals de proeven, welke daarmee in de omstreken van Chicago genomen zijn, bewijzenden beroemden luchtballon met electrische beweegkracht [8]van de Heeren...

Summer of LoveCertain of the poems in this volume are reprinted by kind permission of the editors of the following magazines and newspapers: The Call, Harpers Weekly, The Independent, Moods, The Pathfinder, the New York Sun and the Sunday Magazine of the New York...

Records, Historical and Antiquarian, of Parishes Round HorncastleIn perusing the following pages, readers, who may be specially interested in some one particular parish with which they are connected, may in certain cases be disappointed on not finding such parish here described, as they have...