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Masks, with Jim's beast, Tides, Among the lions, The reason, The house - one act plays of contemporary lifeThe characters, scenes and situations are thoroughly up-to-date in this altogether delightful American comedy. The heroine is a woman of tremendous energy, who manages a businessas...

The Fir-Tree Fairy Book: Favorite Fairy TalesIN the volumes that make up this series of fairy books are to be found the favorite wonder tales of many nations in a version especially suited for the home fireside. The interest, the charm and all the...

Address of President Roosevelt at Canton, Ohio, September 30, 1907We have gathered together to-day to pay our meed of respect and affection to the memory of William McKinley, who as President won a place in the hearts of the American people such as but...

The principal girlThe Ne Plus Ultra had just achieved the feat of crossing from the Green Park in the charge of a quadruped of whom we are at a loss to furnish a description more explicit. How and why it had been allowed to...

Female affectionThere are certain properties of the female mind upon which doubt has existed, and may, possibly, long exist. 1. Women are said to be fond of ornamentan evil against which they were thus warned by St. PaulI will that women adorn themselves in...

Frank Reade, Jr., with his new steam horse in the great American desert - or, The sandy trail of deathFor those of my readers who may never have read any of the accounts of his wonderful adventures, I will state that Frank Reade, Jr.,...

On poetic interpretation of nature[v] This small book is the result of some lectures which I had occasion to give to a large popular audience more than a year ago. I have since re-written and re-cast them into their present shape. Yet the book...

Salassa maailmalta: RomaaniI. Mieluummin kuolla kuin puhua! II. Kapteeni Charles Wolrat Hanefeltin kirje anopilleen. III. Hn ratkaisee. IV. roamisen syy. V. Sopimus. VI. Hagestadissa. VII. Mit kapteeni sai odotellessaan. VIII. Leonore. IX. Hagestad saa vastaanottaa uuden valtiattarensa. X. Viimeinen keskustelu. XI. Antonia tekee uskomattomia...

Roman politicsRoman political history has an unusual meaning and value for us, because the Romans had to face so many of the problems which confront us today, and their experience ran through such a wide range. Few peoples can boast of an unbroken history...

The Red VineyardAnother priest, whose work was oftener among old tomes than among men, said slowly and, as was his wont, somewhat seriously, that it surprised him very much to note my eagerness to go to war. He did not consider it in keeping...

The play that wonWhen the knock came Ted was slumped on his spine in the Morris chair, the green-shaded lamp beside him and a magazine propped on his chest. It was Saturday night and study was not imperative, for which he was grateful. The...

Lud-in-the-MistThe Free State of Dorimare was a very small country, but, seeing that it was bounded on the south by the sea and on the north and east by mountains, while its centre consisted of a rich plain, watered by two rivers, a considerable...

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The man among the monkeys; or, Ninety days in apeland - To which are added: The philosopher and his monkeys, The professor and the crocodile, and other strange stories of men and animalsOrigin of my family name of Marasquin.Mistake in this respect on the...

Dixie: A monthly magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, January 1899Among the mountain fastnesses the snow lay fifteen inches deep in the open, a thing without precedent in the memory of the oldest hunter in the Humpback region. The cowled peaks uplifted themselves, wanly, and...

Durch Massailand zur Nilquelle mit 27 Vollbildern und 140 Text-Illustrationen in Heliogravre, Lichtdruck und Autotypie nach Photographien und Skizzen des Verfassers von Rud. Bacher und Ludwig Hans Fischer in Wien und einer Originalkarte in 1:1,500,000 reducirt von Dr. Bruno Hassenstein. Meine Aufgabe lag in...

Thoughts upon the African slave tradeTHE profits, if any, arising from the sale of this pamphlet, are appropriated to the use of the Society, established in London, for the support and encouragement of Sunday Schools, in the different counties of England. THE nature and...

The Gary SchoolsDuring the past fifteen years I have tried approximately fifty different programs for work-study-and-play schools. The several factors in such a school program can be combined in countless ways. I have not tried to design a system or type of school program...

Columbus and Other Heroes of American Discovery This book has illustrated drop-caps at the start of each chapter. These illustrations may adversely affect the pronunciation of the word with screen-readers or not display properly in some handheld devices. This book was written in a...

The Frugal Life: A ParadoxTHE friendship of Nicholas Ferrar, the head of the remarkable household at Little Gidding, and of the saintly George Herbert, is a pleasant episode of seventeenth century history. One of its results was the appearance at Cambridge in 1634 of...