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Highland Mary: The Romance of a Poet - A NovelI have made use of some of the most romantic episodes in the life of Robert Burns, such as his courtship of Mary Campbell and his love affair with Jean Armour, the Belle of Mauchline,...

Choyce Drollery: Songs and Sonnets - Being a Collection of Divers Excellent Pieces of Poetry, of Several Eminent Authors.Having found that sixty-five of our previous pages, in the second volume of the Drolleries Reprint, were filled with songs and poems that also appear in...

The Border Bandits - An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Noted Outlaws, Jesse and Frank JamesThe career of Jesse and Frank James has been as checkered as the sunlight that streams through a latticed window, and their crimes are a commentary upon the...

Off Sandy Hook, and other storiesOn board the Rampatina liner, eleven days and a half out from Liverpool, the usual terrific sensation created by the appearance of the pilot-yacht prevailed. Necks were craned and toes were trodden on as the steamer slackened speed, and...

The Mystery of Suicide PlaceWhen the beautiful Miss Maybelle Maury, of Mount Vernon, New York, was returning in October, 1894, from her tour of Europe with her chaperon, Mrs. Vere de Vere, a New York society leader, she was introduced by the latter to...

Les naufragés du JonathanCtait un gracieux animal, le cou long et dune courbure lgante, la croupe arrondie, les jambes nerveuses et effiles, les 2 flancs effacs, la robe dun roux fauve tachet de blanc, la queue courte, en panache, trs fournie de poils. Son...

Historical Record of the Seventy-first Regiment, Highland Light Infantry - Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1777, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1852TO THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. During the last century several corps,...

William Blake PREFACE PART I INTRODUCTION WILLIAM BLAKE PART II - RECORDS FROM CONTEMPORARY SOURCES (I.) EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY, LETTERS, AND REMINISCENCES OF HENRY CRABB ROBINSON, TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS. IN DR. WILLIAMS'S LIBRARY (1810-1852) (1) FROM CRABB ROBINSON'S DIARY (2) FROM...

The Twins of Emu PlainsTHE final struggle in the tennis match between Merriwa and Kooringal schools was raging, and the very air about the court at Merriwa was vibrant with excitement. The western side, which gave the best view, without the sun in ones...

Norah of BillabongMrs. Bruce writes with a freedom and grace which must win hosts of readers, and there is a lovableness about her Australian youths and maidens which makes one never tired of their healthy and sociable views of life. There can be no...

Jim and WallyTHE trench wound a sinuous way through the sodden Flanders mud. Underfoot were boards; and then sandbags; and then more boards, added as the mud rose up and swallowed all that was put down upon it. Some of the last-added boards had...

From Billabong to LondonIF you came to the homestead of Billabong by the front entrance, you approached a great double gate of wrought iron, which opened stiffly, with protesting creaks, and creaked almost as much at being closed. Then you found yourself in a...

EddiePhilip Duncan, the St. Louis attorney and former FBI agent, who wrote the definitive "History of Espionage", observes that in all the records dealing with spies and counterspies there is no more significant case than that of Dr. John O'Hara Smith, an electronics research...

Captain PeabodyThe gavel rapped sharply, and the murmur of conversation throughout the banquet room drifted into hushed silence. The occasion was the seventy-fifth meeting of RETSCAP, the organization of Retired Space Captains; the place, a banquet room in the Empire Club on the hundred...

Class Book for the School of Musketry, Hythe - Prepared for the Use of Officers[iii] Extended Table of Contents [iv] Page 6, para. 5, line 6, for have before stated read shall state. Page 20, last line but one, for altogether read all together...

London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 2In commencing a new volume I would devote a few pages to the consideration of the import of the facts already collected concerning the London Street-Folk, not only as regards the street-people themselves, but also in connection...

KotkatNuori tytt istui flyygelin luona ja soitti. Hn ei voinut nhd koskettimia, sill pimentyv hmr kietoi hnet huntuunsa. Svelkin oli hunnutettu, niinkuin kieli, joka syvll soi ja helhtelee, vaan on liian pyh kaikuaksensa vierasten korvain kuultavaksi. Mit hn soitti? Sellaista, jota ei yksikn voi...

Chile and Her People of To-day - An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Chileans, and the Development and Resources of Their CountryTo the jealousy of Francisco Pizarro was due the discovery and conquest of Chile. Reports having reached...

Umwege: ErzählungenDer junge Herr Alfred Ladidel wute von Kind auf das Leben leicht zu nehmen. Es war sein Wunsch gewesen, sich den hheren Studien zu widmen, doch als er mit einiger Versptung die zu den oberen Gymnasialklassen fhrende Prfung nur notdrftig bestanden hatte, entschlo...

Banks and Their Customers - A practical guide for all who keep banking accounts from the customers' point of viewBY A LONDON BANKER I confess that when a publisher asked me to write an introduction to Mr. Warrens little book I experienced some surprise;...