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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, August, 1913 - Vol. LXXXVI. New Series: Vol. LXIV. May to October, 1913Inconsistent 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...

Princess White FlameOF all the fairy countries in the world none is more wonderful or beautiful than the country where the Fire Fairies live. Into that land no fairies of the earth, or air, or water dare venture. They would be seared, or changed...

The Good EnglishwomanMy uncle Joseph, a solitary man, once broke the silence of a country walk by asserting with explosive emphasis: I dont see how any man can understand women. I assented vaguely, and he went on: How can we ever grasp their point...

Southern Derringers of the Mississippi ValleyThis booklet is not intended to be the last word on Southern Derringers. I suspect that it is merely intended to be a guide for someone who has more patience than I to do the research work that is...

The Foundling; or, The Child of ProvidenceFriendly.Why, sir, much as usual; God has blessed me with tolerable health and spirits, which I consider great mercies, amidst so many exercises of body and mind: I am, at times, weak in my nerves, but most wonderfully...

The American Missionary — Volume 36, No. 7, July, 1882relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the American Missionary, to Rev. G.D....

The Pastime of Pleasure: An Allegorical PoemStephen Hawes, the author of the following poem, was, according to the information gathered by Warton, a native of Suffolk, and studied in the University of Oxford, after which he travelled much in France, and became a complete...

The Miller in Eighteenth-Century Virginia - An Account of Mills & the Craft of Milling, as Well as a Description of the Windmill near the Palace in WilliamsburgThe reader of this account, being of open mind and charitable disposition, as good men and women...

Andrew Jackson's HermitageIt was not difficult to choose a name for this little volume. Andrew Jacksons Hermitage is neither new nor original, but it has had common usage for such a long period of years that it seems by far the most natural title...

Hawaiian FlowersIf you are already in Hawaii, this question will seem purely rhetorical, since the answer is so obviously, Anywhere. There are few places indeed, in the islands, where flowers of some sort are not in sight. Mostly, of course, these are the Hibiscus,...

The Story of American AviationIt is difficult to believe that, just a little over thirty years ago, I was a high-school student watching the pilots at the Wright Brothers exhibition of the worlds first flying machine. That machine weighed about eight hundred pounds. Its...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Gilbert K. Chesterton 1. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Othodoxy 2. On the Negative Spirit 3. On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small 4. Mr. Bernard Shaw 5. Mr. H. G. Wells and the...

Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. KennedyFootnote notation: In the original book, the footnote numbering sequence began at 1 in the Foreword and in each Chapter and Appendix. To make these numbers unique in this eBook, they have...

Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)The testimony of the following witnesses is contained in volume XV; Hyman Rubenstein, a brother of Jack L. Ruby; Glen D. King, administrative assistant to the chief of the Dallas police; C. Ray Hall, an...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Oliver Goldsmith CHAPTER 1 -- The description of the family of Wakefield; in which a kindred likeness prevails as well of minds as of persons CHAPTER 2 -- Family misfortunes. The loss of fortune only serves to...

She Blows! And Sparm at That!I am nearing the evening of life. Many people think of me, I know, as a man who has attained to as much as one can reasonably hope for in this lifeif they think of me at all. It...

The Sentence and Affidavit of John Church, the Obelisk Preacher - For an Attempt to Commit an Unnatural Crime on Adam Foreman, at Vauxhall. Together With Judge Bayley's Impressive Address to the Prisoner, at Full Length. At the Court of King's Bench, Nov. 24,...

The Trial and Conviction of That Infamous Hypocrite John Church - The Surrey Tabernacle Preacher, Borough-road, St. George's Fields, for an Abominable Offence; Including the Whole of the Evidence; Tried Before Lord Ellenborough, at the Surrey Assizes, Croydon, Saturday, August 16, 1817. To Which...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Friedrich Nietzsche INTRODUCTION BY MRS FORSTER-NIETZSCHE. THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA. FIRST PART, ZARATHUSTRAS DISCOURSES. ZARATHUSTRAS PROLOGUE. ZARATHUSTRAS DISCOURSES. I. THE THREE METAMORPHOSES. II. THE ACADEMIC CHAIRS OF VIRTUE. III. BACKWORLDSMEN. IV. THE DESPISERS OF THE BODY. V. JOYS...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Alexandre Dumas, [père] How Jean Oullier, coming to see the Marquis for an Hour, would be there still if they had not both been in their Grave these ten years. In which Things do not Happen precisely...