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The Essentials of Good Skirmishing - To which are added a brief system of common light infantry drillSome high continental military authorities have of late years proclaimed that British soldiers are incapable, or next to incapable, of acting as light infantry. Than this announcement...

The World's Illusion, Volume 2 (of 2): RuthHe found the house changedsilent and dull. From a brief conversation with his father he learned that Christian was causing anxiety and excitement. He listened avidly, but did not succeed in gathering any details. Strangers had told...

Byways in British ArchaeologyThe following chapters, though superficially presenting the appearance of disconnected essays, really possess a strong bond of continuity. Running through the whole, implied, where not actually expressed, will be found an insistence on the principle which, in a former work, I...

Fishing from the Earliest TimesAnd first for the Antiquity of Angling, I shall not say much; but onely this: Some say, it is as ancient as Deucalions Floud: and others (which I like better) say that Belus (who was the inventer of godly and...

The Adventures of Jimmy BrownWhat if he is a great deal older than I am! that doesn't give him any right to rumple my hair, does it? I'm willing to respect old age, of course, but I want my hair respected too. But rumpling...

Harper's Round Table, May 19, 1896It was the critical moment in the famous sham battle of Easter Monday. The bicycle corps was a mile and a half away, and the signal post had been captured by the enemy. Unless the corps could be brought...

Harper's Young People, May 16, 1882 - An Illustrated Weekly"I wish I could take you both with me," said Mr. Hanway, as he kissed his children good-by, and stepped into the carriage that was to bear him up among the mountains on a visit...

Tiikerikissa: Seikkailuja kaukaisessa LännessäI. Mieltymyst. II. Aarniomets. III. Don Torribio Quiroga. IV. Illanvietto. V. Vijytys. VI. San Lucar. VII. Hykkys presidiota vastaan. VIII. Konnamaisuutta. IX. Vankina. X. Punanahkojen leiri. XI. Luopio. XII. Naisen tahto. XIII. Valkoiset punaisia vastaan. XIV. Knne. XV. Kuukautta myhemmin. XVI....

The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche)The Second Edition of the Prophecies has long been out of print, stray copies of it selling at more than double the published price. We now place another edition, considerably extended, and much improved in every...

Les Romanesques: comédie en trois actes en versLa scne est coupe en deux par un vieux mur moussu et tout enguirland de folles plantes grimpantes. A droite, un coin du parc de Bergamin; gauche, un coin du parc de Pasquinot. De chaque ct, contre...

The Wild IrishmanThe people of America may or may not indulge kindly views of the Irish community; but there cannot be the slightest question that the Irish of Ireland have kindlier feelings for America than ever they have had for England. To the Irish...

The gift of friendshipWE have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. Maugre all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human family is bathed with an element of love like a fine ether. How many persons we...

Jinny the CarrierYou and Audrey have so often proclaimed the needin our world of sorrow and careof a bland novel, defining it as one to be read when in bed with a sore throat, that as an adventurer in letters I have frequently felt...

George Washington Birthplace National Monument, VirginiaThis publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the historical and archeological areas in the National Park System administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior. It is printed by the...

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 63, No. 388, February 1848It has for Europe another interest,the interest of alarm, the evidence of an ambition which has existed for a hundred and fifty years, and has never paused; an increase of territory which has never suffered the...

The Hill of AdventureIt was with feelings of doubt that were not very far from dismay that Beatrice Deems watched her new acquaintance, Dan OLeary, saddle her recently acquired horse. She had ridden before, of course, in the tan-bark ring of the riding-school or...

VathekLa traduction, comme on sait, a paru avant l'original; il est fort ais de croire que ce n'tait pas mon intention; des circonstances, peu intressantes pour le public, en ont t la cause. Vathek, neuvime Calife1 de la race des Abbassides, tait fils de...

Kivisydän: Seikkailuja kaukaisessa LännessäI. Kohtaus kaukaisessa Lnness. II. Metsss. III. Maja. IV. Yleisi selityksi. V. Tuttavallinen keskustelu. VI. Matka. VII. Kahakka. VIII. Kyl. IX. Doa Hermosa. X. Hertta ss. XI. Rancho. XII. Punanahat. XIII. Yllinen kohtaus. XIV. Don Estevan Diaz. XV. Don Gusman de...

The Common Lot From time to time the door opened to admit some tardy person. Then the May sunlight without flooded the dim, long hall with a sudden radiance, even to the arched recess in the rear, where the coffin was placed. The late-comers...

ΝΕΚΡΟΚΗΔΕΙΑ; Or, the Art of Embalming; - Wherein Is Shewn the Right of Burial, and Funeral Ceremonies, Especially That of Preserving Bodies After the Egyptian Method. Together With an Account of the Egyptian Mummies, Pyramids, Subterranean Vaults and Lamps, and Their Opinion of the...