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The Polite People of Pudibundia"Well, you will soon see for yourself, Marlow. Yes, I know there are peculiar stories about the place. There are about all places. The young pilots who have been there tell some amusing tales about it." "That is the honorable...

Die Kammerjungfer: Eine Stadtgeschichte Es bleibt dabei, ich vermiethe mich! sagte Klrchen zu ihrer Mutter. Eine Schneiderin fhrt ein trauriges Leben, ein Tag geht so grau und einfrmig hin wie der andere, keinen vernnftigen Menschen kriegt man zu sehen, sitzen mu man vom Morgen...

Munkki-kammio: RunojaTynn' Rackautta on Mieli mun Quin Suo, joka kytee tulta, Se ihmek, caick' Elon liekit kun Nyt tukahdutettu on multa! Oi neitzet ja Frouwat! riemuin ly Juur' thtenne Rinta, waick' ympr on Y, Nin weisaten Valee-wirren. Taas hetken olen onnellinen ollut. Se oli...

Von morgens bis mitternachtsAlle Rechte, insbesondere das der bersetzung, vorbehalten. Den Bhnen und Vereinen gegenber als Manuskript gedruckt. Verkauf und Verleihung dieses Exemplars, sowie das Ausschreiben der Rollen verboten. Das Auffhrungsrecht fr alle Lnder ist ausschlielich vom Bhnenvertrieb Felix Bloch Erben, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Nikolsburger Platz...

The Service The brave man is the elder son of creation, who has stept buoyantly into his inheritance, while the coward, who is the younger, waiteth patiently till he decease. He rides as wide of this earths gravity as a star, and by yielding...

FootlightsArched like the dome of heaven, illumined with a glow not brilliant but warm and intimate, carpeted with velvet that gives gently to the tread of many feet, the air vaguely scented with a perfume that has no name, row upon row of wide,...

Notes on Veterinary AnatomyThe text of this e-book has been preserved as in the original, including inconsistent capitalisation and hyphenation. Archaic and inconsistent spellings have also been preserved except where obviously misspelled in the original. A list of corrections and inconsistencies is appended at...

The Last Secrets: The Final Mysteries of Exploration TO THE MEMORY OF BRIG.-GEN. CECIL RAWLING, C.M.G., C.I.E. WHO FELL AT THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES AN INTREPID EXPLORER A GALLANT SOLDIER AND THE BEST OF FRIENDS The first two decades of the twentieth century...

A Tourist Named DeathAs Dan opened the door, his trained glance caught the brief reflection of a strange, strong-featured face, and a lithe, powerful, and unfamiliar physique. Dan accepted this unfamiliar reflection of himself as an actor accepts makeup. What puzzled him was the...

Mindsnake"Witch! Witch!" The cry was among the walkers, but he didn't bother to track it down. It was no longer a fighting word to Hammen. He wore it like a badge of honor. It tasted of brass, but it gleamed on him. A puzzled...

Novelle brianzuole un lavoro n lieve, n facile, rifare la mia Storia universale; ma tant'; sono contento di essermivi accinto: mi spiaceva di lasciare al mondo un libro mio, che fosse rimasto indietro del tempo. Queste oneste parole ci rivolgeva Cesare Cant pochi giorni...

Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660All rights in this book are reserved. It may not be used for dramatic or motion- or talking-picture purposes without written authorization from the holder of these rights. Nor may the book or part thereof be...

Primitive Manners and CustomsFrom the myths characteristic of savage tribes, from their beliefs, their proverbs, their political and social regulations, it is here sought to gain some general estimate of their powers of intelligence and imagination, their moral ideas, and their religion; subjects naturally...

Sagen van den RijnToen de intusschen overleden boekhandelaar Friedrich Heijn te Keulen mij ongeveer tien jaren geleden verzocht, de meest bekende Rijn-sagen te schrijven, moest ik mij zelf en den uitgever eerlijk bekennen, dat daarmede nauwelijks een leemte aangevuld zou zijn. Toch gaf ik...

Jack Straw in Mexico: How the Engineers Defended the Great Hydro-Electric PlantFive members of the D club had gathered in Jack Straws room on the top floor of Phillips Hall the last Saturday afternoon before the end of the Spring term. They had not...

McGonigal's WormWhen it happened, it happened unnoticed. Though it affected all chordata on Earth (with a possible exception to be noted in a moment), nobody knew of it, not even the Prince of all chordata, Man himself. How could he have known of it...

SuperjoemulloyJoe Mulloy lounged in the plushest chair in his luxurious office. All around him, on the walls, on the ceiling, even in strategic spots all over the floor, there were mirrors. Joe sneered at the place where the mirrors were most profuse; twenty or...

The Empresses of ConstantinopleIn concluding an earlier volume on the mistresses of the western Roman Empire I observed that, as the gallery of fair and frail ladies closed, we stood at the door of the long, quaint gallery of the Byzantine Empresses. It seemed...

The Philosophy of Health; Volume 2 (of 2) - or, an exposition of the physical and mental constitution of man Respiration in the plant; in the animalAquatic and arial respirationApparatus of each traced through the lower to the higher classes of animalsApparatus in manTrachea,...

The Church Year and KalendarThe Churchs Year, as it has been known for many centuries throughout Christendom, is characterised, first, by the weekly festival of the Lords Day (a feature which dates from the dawn of the Churchs life and the age of the...