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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, September, 1913 - Vol. LXXXVI, No. 5Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation have been retained, but punctuation and typographical errors have been corrected. Passages in English dialect and in languages other than English have not been altered. Footnotes have been moved...

With Poor Immigrants to AmericaI wish to express my thanks to Mrs. James Muirhead, Miss M. A. Best, and to Mr. J. Cotton Dana, who, with unsparing energy and hospitality, helped me to see America as she is. From Russia to America; from the...

The Lunarian Professor and His Remarkable Revelations Concerning the Earth, the Moon and Mars - Together with An Account of the Cruise of the Sally AnnThe reader will please remember that this visit and revelation of the Lunarian Professor took place in 1892, seventeen...

Giphantia - Or a View of What Has Passed, What Is Now Passing, and, During the Present Century, What Will Pass, in the World.No man ever had a stronger inclination for travelling than myself. I considerd the whole earth as my country, and all...

The Uses of Diversity: A book of essaysI do not like seriousness. I think it is irreligious. Or, if you prefer the phrase, it is the fashion of all false religions. The man who takes everything seriously is the man who makes an idol...

Scrap Book of Mormon Literature (Vol. 1 of 2) - Religious TractsIn presenting Volumes 1 and 2 of Scrap Book of Mormon Literature, the undersigned places within the reach of many of the saints a compilation of religious tracts that have been used and...

The Boy Fortune Hunters in AlaskaI can easily recall the little room in which I sat, poring over my next days lessons. It was in one end of the attic of our modest cottage, and the only room done off upstairs. The sloping side...

Romantic Love and Personal Beauty - Their development, causal relations, historic and national peculiaritiesOf all the rhetorical commonplaces in literature and conversation, none is more frequently repeated than the assertion that Love, as depicted in a thousand novels and poems every year, has existed...

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1013, May 27, 1899 THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH. A HAPPY HEALTHY GIRLHOOD. OUR HERO. FROCKS FOR TO-MORROW. IN THE TWILIGHT SIDE BY SIDE. SHEILA. OUR PUZZLE POEM REPORT: AN ACCIDENTAL CYCLE II. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. OUR...

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Glimpses of America - A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic MarvelsThe Engravings in this volume were made from original photographs, and are specially protected by Copyright, and notice is hereby given, that any person or persons guilty of reproducing or infringing...

The Book of HerbsWhat is a Herb? I have heard many definitions, but never one that satisfied the questioner, and shall, therefore, take warning by the failures of others and make no attempt to define the word here. It is, however, fairly safe to...

Lehtisiä mietekirjastaniThn toistakymment vuotta sitten alkoi Z. Topelius koota "Mietekirjansa" hajanaisia lehti, jonka ensi suunnitelman hn jo oli laatinut v. 1870. Hnen tarkoituksensa oli antaa jlkimaailmalle tilaisuutta tutustua hnen personalliseen ksitykseens ajan ja iankaikkisuuden suurista kysymyksist, ei sen vuoksi, ett hn olisi pannut mielipiteilleen...

The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) Formerly the 95thA wish had long been entertained and often expressed by Riflemen, both by those serving in the Regiment and by those who had formerly served in it, that a detailed record of...

Wandering in Northern ChinaThere is no particular plan to this book. I found my interest turning toward the Far East, and as I am not one of those fortunate persons who can scamper through a country in a few weeks and know all about...

TatlingsHEREIN THE FORTUNATE READERS WILL FIND THE HAPPY CONJUNCTION of two very brilliant young people, whose literary and artistic talents fit like the proverbial glove, or the musical and lyrical alliance of those immortals, Gilbert and Sullivan. Never were epigrams more worthily illustrated, or...

The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller - Being the most complete work on fortune-telling and interpreting dreams ever printed, containing an alphabetical list of dreams, with their interpretation, and the lucky numbers they signify. Also explaining how to tell fortunes by the mysterious golden...

Against This AgeHe knew that he was dead because his fingers had forgotten the art of touching and were trying to regain their ability. They were no longer able to separate different textures and surfaces, and everything held to them a preposterous smoothness that...

Tunneling: A Practical Treatise.A tunnel, defined as an engineering structure, is an artificial gallery, passage, or roadway beneath the ground, under the bed of a stream, or through a hill or mountain. The art of tunneling has been known to man since very ancient...

The Moon Princess: A Fairy TaleThe heavens were a stainless blue, and the Moon shone out of them arrayed in silvery garments. One by one the skys matchless jewels, the stars, peeped out, studding that great ceiling with flashing diamond-points, until the whole dome...