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Diversions of a NaturalistAT this time of stress and anxiety we all, however steadfast in giving our service to the great task in which our country is engaged, must, from time to time, seek intervals of release from the torrent of thoughts which is...

Maid Marian, and Other StoriesA novel presenting a strong study of contrasting characters, by an author intimately acquainted with her scene and backgroundthe Virginia of the years immediately following the war. Paper, 50 cents; specially bound in cloth, $1.00. "The incidents are of great...

Mr. Pickwick's Christmas - Being an Account of the Pickwickians' Christmas at the Manor Farm, of the Adventures There; the Tale of the Goblin Who Stole a Sexton, and of the Famous Sports on the IceTo begin with nothing and end with something as...

A janicsárok végnapjai; A fehér rózsaMinden a mi a bskomolysgot neveli, a legsttebb vallsos rgeszmk, a fekete babona rmkpei, a vilgkerl embergyllet tka ltszanak nehz rkl kdknt e tjon fekdni, melyen Isten balkeze mkdtt, megszaggatva az ris sziklkat, termketlensggel verve meg a fldet, s...

AnaskiHnen varsinaiset elinkeinonsa olivat onkiminen, kortista ennustaminen ja viulun soitto. Tm viimeksi mainittu enemmn huvin kuin hydyn vuoksi. Omissa puheissaan hn antoi ymmrt edullisimmaksi elinkeinokseen huolettomien tavaran tallentamisen, ja joskus huomasivat muutkin olevan siin puheessa per, vaikka ei niin suuressa mrss kuin hn itse...

La Puto kaj la Pendolo: Rakonto el la Hispana InkvizicioJam de longe la amerikaj verkistoj estas konataj pro ilia lerta verkado de mallongaj rakontoj. Malmultaj el ili, tamen, sukcesis en tiu fako de la literaturo tiel bone kiel Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Pro la...

El amor, el dandysmo y la intrigaNota del Transcriptor: Se ha respetado la ortografa y la acentuacin del original. Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Pginas en blanco han sido eliminadas. La portada fue diseada por el transcriptor y se considera dominio pblico....

The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 2, October 1892This paper contains a summary of the work done during the last school year by my class in Modern Geometry. Since many of the results were suggested or entirely wrought out by class-room discussion, it...

All That Earthly RemainsBreathing a little heavily in the Andean air, and still dazed at the urgency with which he had been whisked southward (via jet bomber), Dr. Luis Craig walked across packed earth toward a powerful-looking helicopter which, he had just been told,...

GrampGramp didn't say anything until we walked all the way to the main road and past Mr. Watchorn's corn field. I walked behind him, counting the little round holes his wooden leg made in the gravel. Finally Gramp said, "Abracadabra." That was our secret...

Common-Sense Papers on CookeryThe present work has no pretensions to be a complete book on Cooking, but is simply a series of papers (which originally appeared in Cassells Magazine) in which the endeavour has been, to impart a certain amount of useful knowledge of...

Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867The Academy, desirous of increasing its numbers, and thus adding to its means of scientific research and diffusion of knowledge, has this year altered its title to that of California Academy of Sciences, and invites...

WeedsThe room was a low-ceiled garret, with a large window that overlooked a patio. The centre of the room was occupied by two clay statues with an inner framework of wire,two figures of more than natural size, huge and fantastic, both merely sketched, as...

The History of the Seven Wise Masters of RomeThe history of the Seven Wise Masters forms an important epoch in the history of European popular stories, because it affords the most remarkable evidence of the literary descent and origin of stories, as distinct from...

Vers le pôleNos anctres, les anciens Normands, ont t les premiers navigateurs qui aient affront les glaces polaires. Ds le VIIIe sicle, tandis que les marins des autres pays n'osaient quitter le voisinage des ctes, eux se lanaient dj bravement en pleine mer et...

The Yellow Flag: A Novel. Volume 3 (of 3)It was probably not without a certain amount of consideration and circumspection that John Calverley had fixed upon Hendon as the place in which to establish his second home, to which to take the pretty trusting...

Viaggi di Gulliver nelle lontane regioni La vita di Gionatan Swift un soggetto inesausto di vezzo e d'istruzione per tutti coloro cui piace meditare le vicissitudini degli uomini celebri pei loro talenti e per la loro rinomanza. Privo d'ogni sussidio al suo nascere, debitore...

History of Indian and Eastern ArchitectureIt may create a feeling of disappointment in some minds when they are told that there is no stone architecture in India older than two and a half centuries before the Christian Era; but, on the other hand, it...

The Red Glutton: With the German Army at the FrontWe passed through it late in the afternoonthis little Belgian town called Montignies St. Christophejust twenty-four hours behind a dust-colored German column. I am going to try now to tell how it looked to us....

An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian ChurchThe following work was written several years since, simply as an historical study, and with little expectation of its publication. Recent movements in several portions of the great Christian Church seem to indicate, however, that...