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Sylvia: A NovelThis is the story of Sylvia Castleman, of her love and her marriage. The story goes back to the days of her golden youth; but it has to be told by an old woman who had no youth at all, and who...

SoutheyI am indebted throughout to The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, edited by the Rev. C. C. Southey, six volumes, 1850, and to Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, edited by J. W. Warter, B.D., four volumes, 1856. Many other sources have...

The Profession of Journalism - A Collection of Articles on Newspaper Editing and Publishing, Taken From the Atlantic MonthlyThe food of opinion, as President Wilson has well said, is the news of the day. The daily newspaper, for the majority of Americans, is the...

British ButterfliesReferences in the book to its illustrations are by Plate with Roman numerals. The illustrations themselves are labelled Plate with Arabic numerals. A plates number in Roman numerals is equal to a plates number in Arabic numerals. In several instances the author has...

Les amours du chevalier de Faublas, tome 2/5Vous devez tre, mon cher Faublas, pntr de l'horreur de ma situation. Le feu, devenu plus violent, alloit se communiquer la chambre o nous tions enferms, et dj les flammes battoient au pied de la tour de...

Igy is történhetik: NovellákKisded histrik vletlen tallkahelye ez a knyv, melyet most mr kezdek nagyon az enymnek s fltenivalan Ady-knyvnek tartani. Csaknem hromszz ujsg-novellcskm csomjbl huzogattam ki s ssze, tallomra s mutatba. Nha nemcsak durva muszjbl vagy szksges pnzrt trtnt ugyanis meg, hogy a...

War-Gods of the VoidEarth Consul, Goodenow, tossed a packet of microfilms to Vanning, and said, "You're crazy. The man you're after isn't here. Only damn fools ever come to Venusand don't ask me why I'm here. You're crazy to think you'll find a fugitive...

The Domestic Slave Trade of the Southern StatesWhen I began the study of the Domestic Slave Trade of the Southern States I had no idea of the conclusions as herein found. Especially is this true of Chapters III. and IV. I have spared no...

"Shadrach"The man at the end of the bar was very drunk. That was not, in itself, unusual. Xuerl's Cosmobar, dangling like a leech on the drab outskirts of Mars Central, did not cater to a select clientele. It was not noted for its culture...

Frutti proibiti Ripresentando al pubblico una vecchia conoscenza dopo tanti anni, v' pericolo che nessuno pi la riconosca e si ricordi di averle fatto buon viso. In questo caso il pericolo cresciuto, perch il lavoro di oggi differisce in molti punti dal primo, segnatamente...

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 part 2 [Supplement]I have heard, O auspicious King, that the Caliph Harun al-Rashid was one night wakeful exceedingly and when he rose in the morning restlessness gat hold of him. Wherefore all...

The Giant Fish of FloridaThe sea has its big game as well as the land, and there are some of usthe name of Mr. W. H. Grenfell, M.P., at once occurs in this connectionwho have derived much sport from its pursuit. Whether, as Mr....

Kirjoja ja kirjailijoita IIAleksis Kiven jlelle jnyt kirjevaihto mahtuu vajaan sataan kirjansivuun, mutta sen psykolooginen todistusvoima vet vertoja monelle laajalle autobiografialle ja elmkerralliselle tutkimukselle. Niin paljaana vrht siin vastaamme se elmnhermo, jonka tunnemme Seitsemn Veljeksen, Nummisuutarien ja Kanervalan runoudesta, ett jokunen lukija voisi ehk...

A Popular History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Reign of Queen Victoria; Vol. III Scarcely had the soul of Queen Elizabeth taken farewell of her body when a distant cousin of the great sovereign, Sir Robert Carey, posted to Scotland, being...

Jean-Christophe Volume 3 - Antoinette, Dans la maison, Les AmiesLes Jeannin taient une de ces vieilles familles franaises, qui, depuis des sicles, restent fixes au mme coin de province, et pures de tout alliage tranger. Il y en a encore plus qu'on ne croit...

Prince Dusty: A Story of the Oil RegionsTwelve-year-old Arthur Dale Dustin did not look the least bit like a Prince, sitting perched on the topmost rail of the zig-zag fence that bright September afternoon. As he dangled his bare brown legs idly, he wistfully...

The Ballad of Blaster Bill The Ballad of Blaster Bill By Nelson S. Bond [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Planet Stories Summer 1941. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] Then each member...

The Star of SatanHype Garth was suddenly awake. He lay there on his cot in the dark, listening intently for the sound he knew would shortly come through the receptor. It almost frightened him, this subconscious awareness of his. He often wondered about it...

Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856 - A Souvenir of the Eleventh Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York, at the Waldorf, February 12, 1897THE lost speech of Abraham Lincoln was delivered at the first Republican State...

Lettres d'un innocentIl y a six mois peine, on naurait pas trouv cent personnes, en France, qui eussent os lever la voix en faveur du capitaine Dreyfus. Aujourdhui, cest par centaines de mille que se comptent les partisans de la revision du procs de...