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My Experiences at Nan Shan and Port Arthur with the Fifth East Siberian RiflesIn 1909 there appeared in the Russian military journal, Voenny Sbornik, twelve articles from the pen of a distinguished Russian officer. The writerLieutenant-General (then Colonel) Tretyakovas commander of the Western Section...

Lost Mine Trail, Big Bend National Park, TexasOf the many romantic legends which abound throughout the West, few match the Lost Mine story from which the peak takes its name. Is it true? Did the mine exist? Or was it a campfire fabrication handed...

It Takes Practice Not To Die Thanks are also due to the Beloit Poetry Journal, Chelsea Review, Commentary, The Critic, Dalhousie Review, ETC., Fiddlehead, Harper's, Harper's Bazaar, Literary Review, New Mexico Quarterly, New York Times, Odyssey, Poetry Dial, Queen's Quarterly, Quixote, San Francisco Review,...

Windmills and Wooden ShoesToday a number of the Dutch spellings for place names, peoples names and specific words have changed but the colloquial spellings of the era have been retained, however where the name has been spelt two or more different ways, the spellings...

The Common Rocks and Minerals of MissouriMissourians are interested in the rocks and minerals which they find on their farms, in excavations, and while on their vacation trips. Some of the specimens are unusual in shape or appearance, some are crystalline and beautiful, some...

Shoshone National Forest, WyomingThe Shoshone National Forest was set aside by proclamation of President Benjamin Harrison as the Yellowstone Park Timberland Reserve on March 30, 1891. It was the first unit of its kind created after the passage of the Act of March 3,...

Mother's Little Rhyme Book Young Lambs to sell! Young Lambs to sell! Young Lambs to sell! Young Lambs to sell! If Id as much money as I could tell I would not come here with young Lambs to sell. Two for a penny, eight...

Daddy's Little Rhyme Book Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie! Dance to your Daddy, my little lamb! You shall have a fishy on a little dishy, You shall have a fishy when the boat comes in! Dance to your Daddy, my little Babby!...

Prince Eugene, the Noble KnightThe story of the brilliant career of Eugene, generally known as Prince Eugene of Savoy, has its special lesson for youth. He was intended for the Church, but was ambitious for a military career. Louis the Fourteenth had marked out...

Hernando CortesCortes was now the authorized commander at the head of six hundred greedy wolves, before whom the countless hordes of naked Mexicans were as so many defenceless sheep. The High Court appointed by Cortes gave to the settlement, which was established before his...

Kleine Lebensgemälde in ErzählungenZwanzig Jahre sind eben so viele Umlufe des Erdballs um die Sonne; regelmig ist die Wandlung, auf eine Minute voraus zu berechnen, in welchem Abstand er sich an diesem oder jenem Tage von der Sonne, auch von allen bisher entdeckten Planeten...

Behind the ScreenWHICH HAS BROUGHT ME SOME SUCCESS, A WORLD OF GOOD FRIENDS AND PLEASANT ASSOCIATES, AND, ABOVE ALL, THE SUPREME SATISFACTION OF DOING THAT WHICH I LOVE BEST TO DO, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED. IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION, I LIKEWISE DEDICATE TO THAT INDUSTRY...

An Account of the Destruction of the Jesuits in FrancePERMIT, Sir, an unknown, but zealous, citizen, an impartial historian of the Jesuits, to pay public homage to that truely philosophical patriotism which you have displayed in this affair. In exciting against the society the...

Abbr.Walther Von Koenigsburg woke up a few moments after the earth shuttle had passed Venus. As he gazed back at the lonely, shrouded planet, abandoned long ago when Man won freedom to colonize more habitable worlds in deep space, Walther realized that in just...

An Old City Company: A Sketch of the History and Conditions of the Skinners' Company of LondonTHIS historical sketch of the Skinners Company of London, to which I was apprenticed some forty years ago, and which I have since had the exceptional honour of...

The Fairy Green First Published ... October 23rd 1919 Second Edition ... December 1919 Third Edition ... November 1920 Fourth Edition ... May 1921 Fifth (School) Edition ... October 1921 Sixth Edition ... December 1921 Seventh Edition ... October 1922 Vision Please The Daphne...

Pictures from English History: A Fireside Amusement While there are so many pleasant ways of instructing the youth of the present day, it may perhaps appear presumption to add this work to the number. But those who have watched the expansion of a child's...

The Baritone's Parish; or, "All Things to All Men" The pulpit and the choir gallery are closely related in our city churches. It is, however, a sad fact that the "sons of the prophets" and the "sons of Korah" usually know but little of...

History of the Jesuits: Their origin, progress, doctrines, and designsWhen I first intimated to some of my friends my intention of writing the History of the Jesuits, most of them dissuaded me from the enterprise, as from a task too difficult. I am fully...

Janeza Trdine zbrani spisi 1: Bahovi huzarji in Iliri - Spomini iz moje profesorske sluzbe na Hrvaskem (1853-1867)e precej po prihodu svojem na Hrvatsko sem se bil namenil, da popiem vse vaneje pripetljaje, katere bom videl ali slial, ter jih priobim v kakem slovenskem...