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Venus EnslavedBlack velvet infinity all around, punctured and patterned with the many-hued jewels of spacecomforting, somehow, because they made the same constellation patterns you used to see on Earth. There was the Dipper, there Scorpio, there Orion. But the twinkle was shut off, as...

A leányvári boszorkány: RegényJudex Mtys de genere Melius Selmecbnya szab. kir. vros rdemes zlogosa, egy szi nap dlutnjn klns vendget kapott. A derk frfiu ppen raktra don irodjban dolgozott, amikor az ajt eltt patkcsattogs s lnyerts hallatszott. Judex uram r se rt, hogy zld...

Chunky, the Happy Hippo: His Many AdventuresOnce upon a time, some years ago, but not so long that you could not easily remember if you tried, there lived in a muddy river of a far-off country called Africa, a great, big, animal-baby named Chunky....

London in the Time of the TudorsIt is a mine in which the student, alike of topography and of manners and customs, may dig and dig again with the certainty of finding something new and interesting.The Times. The pen of the ready writer here...

Useful Phrases in the Shanghai Dialect The compilation of these phrases was suggested by the frequent requests on the part of busy residents or transient visitors for a handbook containing easily-learned every-day words and phrases. The compiler is well aware that there is no...

Stein unter Steinen: Schauspiel in vier AktenWohnstube bei Zarncke. In der Mitte des Hintergrundes Tr nach dem Hausflur. Auf der linken Seite Tr nach Wirtschaftsrumen. Auf der rechten Seite ein breites Fenster nach dem Werkplatz fhrend. Davor, um eine Stufe erhht, ein Podium mit...

Geschichte der Mathematik im Altertum in Verbindung mit antiker KulturgeschichteDiese Schrift ist im wesentlichen eine Drucklegung der Vorlesung, welche ich 1903 in Strassburg gehalten habe, nur der Abschnitt ber Babylon musste infolge der raschen Arbeit des Spatens in Mesopotamien stark erweitert werden. Die Vorlesung...

Lessons in the Shanghai DialectAt a time when there is much discussion in China as to the desirability and possibility of the adoption of a uniform language all over the Empire, it may seem strange to put forth a book on the Shanghai Dialect....

A History of Story-telling: Studies in the development of narrativeThis is a spring day, and I am writing in a flood of sunlight in front of a brown French inn. Above my head there is the dusty branch of a tree stuck out of...

A Grammar of Colloquial Chinese, as Exhibited in the Shanghai Dialectto first edition 1853. Among works on Chinese Grammar, that of Prmare, written a century and a half ago, still stands preeminent. Besides a more extended knowledge, he possessed a better appreciation of the...

On the Processes for the Production of Ex Libris (Book-Plates)In acceding to the authors request that I would add a few words of introduction to these reprinted articles, I do so with pleasure, although entering a mild protest thereon, inasmuch as the writer has...

Captivating Bible Stories for Young People, Written in Simple LanguageBEGINNING AT THE CREATION OF THE WORLD IT TAKES THE READER THROUGH THE BIBLE IN FIFTY-TWO LESSONS, EACH LESSON COMPRISING THREE READINGS FOR EACH SABBATH OF THE YEAR, WHILE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS WITH EACH...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 738, February 16, 1878The pleasures of social intercourse are amongst the best and truest enjoyments in which we can participatethe desire for the friendship of others is more or less inherent in human nature. There...

Sanitation of Mofussil BazaarsThe First Edition of this work was favourably received and, being entirely disposed of within five months of its issue, indicates that a want was met. The Manual has been patronised by the Government of India, the Secretary of State for...

The Sworn Brothers: A Tale of the Early Days of IcelandIn the red light of the fire in the midst of the hall, the age-browned pillars of the high-seat stood forth strongly lit in the middle of the main wall, against the background of...

Magyar tükör (1921)Ne hajtsd bbnatnak fejed, j magyarom; amit elvettek tled a hegyszorosban, ahov bekergettek a viszontagsgok, balsorsok: amit elvett a rossz szomszd, nem veszett el, mert nem rejtheti el sehov, mint a lopott subt, nem shatja a fld al, mint az orgazda a...

John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 03 (of 10) - Japan I, Japan II, ChinaIT is now nearly four hundred years since the brave discoverer, Magellan, first sailed around the world. Yet, till comparatively recent times, three years were necessary to complete the circuit. To-day,...

Les amours du chevalier de Faublas, tome 4/5J'y passai presque tout l'hiver, quatre mois, quatre mois entiers. On l'a mille fois crit, cependant je me vois forc de l'crire encore[1]: tous les chagrins sont rassembls dans ce sjour funeste, et de tous les chagrins...

Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of All AgesIn my rovings and ramblings as a boy I had often skirted the old stone house in the hollow. But my first clear remembrance of it is of a hot summer's...

LegendojNiemojewski publikigis unue serion da lirikaj poezioj: Poezioj, Subteraoj, Promesita lando, Brulruoj, Polonia irridenta, efurbo, Petegoj, Urtikoj. ie en ili brilas bela arta formo kaj nobla tendenco, sed speciale grandan talenton elmontris Niemojewski en la poemoj, en kiuj li kantas pri la ojoj kaj...