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The Silver Caves: A Mining StoryThese two young men had not been at all fortunate, so far, and, like the rest of the community, were sorely discouraged. They had wavered for some days between deserting the place and another alternative, the nature of which...

Captain Cook in New South Wales; Or, The Mystery of Naming Botany BayThis being the age of criticism, and not the time of taking for granted as a fact whatever one had heard from book or speech, an investigation of the story of Cook's...

The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot On Sunday, July 27, 1919, there was a clash of white people and Negroes at a bathing-beach in Chicago, which resulted in the drowning of a Negro boy. This led to...

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent PhilosophersDiogenes, the author of the following work, was a native (as is generally believed) of Larte, in Cilicia, from which circumstance he derived the cognomen of Lartius. Little is known of him personally, nor is even the age...

My Year in a Log CabinIn the fall of the year 1850 my father removed with his family from the city of D, where we had been living, to a property on the Little Miami River, to take charge of a saw-mill and grist-mill,...

The Fox That Wanted Nine Golden TailsHE WAS a Japanese fox, and although he looked just like any other fox, he knew a few things that his American brothers have never heard about even to this day. One of these things was that if...

VillipetoSam Stubener luki huolettomasti ja nopeasti pivn postin. Ammattinyrkkeilijiden impressariona hn oli tottunut kaikenkarvaisiin kirjeisiin. Jokaisella vedonlyjll ja vedonlyjn ystvll oli uudistuksia ja parannuksia ehdotettavanaan. Hn tiesi, ett hnen postinsa aina sislsi ylltyksi, uhkauksia hnen henken vastaan sek lievempi vahingoittamisyrityksi m.m. kaniininjalkafetishien tai onnea...

Bowling Catalog E THE recent revival of this interesting game has resulted in the application of modern principles of system and exactness to Alleys, Pins, and Balls. What would have been very good ten years ago will not answer at all now. The alley...

Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius CaesarThis book is in one sense a companion of my Caesars Conquest of Gaul; and much that was written in the preface of that volume is equally applicable here. The last three chapters of Part I, and...

Light and Colour Theories, and their relation to light and colour standardizationIt may at first appear strange that colour, one of the most important indices of value in the Arts, Manufactures, and Natural Products, should have no common nomenclature or reliable standard for reference,...

Si Klegg, Complete, Books 1-6 "Si Klegg, of the 200th Ind., and Shorty, his Partner," were born years ago in the brain of John McElroy, Editor of The National Tribune. These sketches are the original ones published in The National Tribune, revised and enlarged...

Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov Conceive the joy of a lover of nature who, leaving the art galleries, wanders out among the trees and wild flowers and birds that the pictures of the galleries have sentimentalised. It is some such joy...

Ants Raudjalg: Virolainen kertomusKerran ne kai ovat kaikki olleet yhteydess keskenn, iloinen, kirkas reitti on vesin it kohti vieritellyt. Mutta aikojen kuluessa ovat yhdistvt joet kuivuneet, jrvet eristyneet toisistaan ja samalla pinta-alaltaan pienenneet. Niitten vlille on muodostunut vesihyllyvi kannaksia, joissa viel kauan eroittaa yhdistvn...

Sexual NeurosesIn presenting this little monograph to the profession, I have no apologies to offer. My only hope is, that the subject may be as seriously considered as it deserves. Believing that a superabundance of modesty has prevented facts from being duly presented to...

The Opening Heavens - or a Connected View of the Testimony of the Prophets and Apostles, Concerning the Opening Heavens, Compared With Astronomical Observations, and of the Present and Future Location of the New Jerusalem, the Paradise of GodIn presenting the following subject to...

Knuckles and GlovesSports and games may be classified as natural and artificial. Running, jumping, and swimming, for example, are natural sports, though, to be sure, much artifice is required to assure in them especial excellence. In these simple instances it is merely directed to...

Way-Marks; or, Directions to Persons Commencing a Religious LifeThe great variety of useful little books lately published, under such titles as Daily Food, Daily Crumbs, Devout Exercises, &c. and the favour with which these have been met, suggested to the compiler, the utility of...

The Military Sketch-Book, Vol. 2 (of 2) - Reminiscences of seventeen years in the service abroad and at homeCome, you Jack Andrews, lave off your caperin about there, and give us that song the Captain made on the bowld Guerilla, said private Mulligan to...

The History of Duelling. Vol. 1 (of 2)While calmly perusing the annals of duelling, we cannot but be amazed when we behold, in the present day of pretended intellectual perfection, this practice adopted in a society which prides itself upon its boasted high state...

Artful Anticks Title: Artful Anticks Author: Oliver Herford Release Date: June 14, 2018 [EBook #57325] Language: English Credits: Produced by David Edwards, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet...