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Rock-climbing in the English Lake District - Third EditionSome eight years ago chance led me to the Lake District for the first time, and a kindly acquaintance whom I then met at Wastdale taught me something of the joys of rock-climbing. Since that occasion...

Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian War of 1851, Which Led to That EventThe book here presented is the result of an attempt to correct existing errors relative to the Yosemite Valley. It was originally designed to compress the matter in this volume...

The Inevitable Crimes of Celibacy - The Vices of Convents and Monasteries, Priests and NunsThere are immense Arabian plains where nomad robbers have practised their profession, from a time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary; yet those plains and the...

Memoirs of MistralIt was one lovely day in early spring two years ago that, on the occasion of a visit to the great poet of Provence, I first heard of these Memories of his youth. Mistral had been for many years collecting and editing...

Lincoln's Plan of ReconstructionSo closely blended with the essential principles of our federal system of government were the causes of the Civil War that a clear understanding of its results appears to require some account of the origin, the independence and the permanent union...

Port Arthur: A Monster HeroismThe sea attack on Port Arthur began on February 9th, 1904, at noon. The land isolation occurred on May 26th, when the Second Army, under General Oku, took Nanshan Hill. Four grand series of Russian defenses from Nanshan down the...

Sorrow of War: Poems Lilac, Laburnum Streets of Gold "In the Gallery where the Fat Men go" Dead in Gallipoli A Journey South The New Trade The Woman who Shrieked against Peace The Women at the Corners Stand Joining-up During the Battle Jack German...

Inside the Lines I Jane Gerson, Buyer II From the Wilhelmstrasse III Billy Capper at Play IV 32 Queen's Terrace V A Ferret VI A Fugitive VII The Hotel Splendide VIII Chaff of War IX Room Ds X A Visit to a Lady XI...

The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 7 (of 9) - Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private (final form sigma) in the middle of a word has been normalized to . Greek diacritics were normalized to be all...

Folklore of Scottish Lochs and SpringsNo work giving a comprehensive account of Well-worship in Scotland has yet appeared. Mr. R. C. Hopes recent volume, Holy Wells: Their Legends and Traditions, discusses the subject in its relation to England. In the following pages an attempt...

Old Virginia and Her Neighbours, Vol. 2 (of 2)These things that follow in this ensuing relation are certified by divers letters from Virginia, by men of worth and credit there, written to a friend in England, that for his own and others satisfaction was...

Paras vihollinen - "Setä Pitkäsäären" jatkoa Joulukuun 27 p. Kirjeesi on tss. Olen lukenut sen kahdesti, ja ihmetellyt. Onko minun ymmrrettv, ett Jervis on antanut sinulle sellaisen joululahjan, ett saat muuttaa John Grier Homen mallilaitokseksi, ja ett olet valinnut minut rahojen kyttjksi? Minut, min...

Kiljusen PlättäKun Kiljusen pojat, lihava ja mulkosilminen Mk sek laiha ja tervneninen Luru, saapuivat joululomalle kotiin, oli is heit asemalla vastassa. Hn rykisi pojilleen pari kertaa ja sanoi sitten niin juhlallisesti, kuin ainoastaan sellainen monissa merkillisiss vaiheissa ollut mies kuin is Kiljunen saattaa: Pojat...

Koneiden ääressä: RomaaniNiemeln torpan navetassa syd rouskutteli Perjakka heinvihkoa, jonka sen emnt oli juuri sille antanut. Hyvlt se maistui nhtvsti, sill ei se joutanut sivuillensa vilkuilemaan, ei edes vasikkaansa, joka oli siin vieress ovensuuparressa; tmn eteen oli mkin mies naulannut muutamia riukuja poikittain, joten...

"Erb"But I am reminded, shouted the scarlet-faced man on the chair, still keeping his voice to the high note on which he had started, I am reminded that my time is exhausted. Another talented speaker is ere to address you. I refer to our...

The Romance of the Harem"Truth is often stranger than fiction," but so strange will some of the occurrences related in the following pages appear to Western readers, that I deem it necessary to state that they are also true. Most of the stories, incidents,...

The Achievement of the British Navy in the World-WarWhen King George returned from the visit he paid to the Grand Fleet in June, 1917, he sent a message to Admiral Sir David Beatty, who had succeeded Sir John Jellicoe in the command, in which...

Enyim, tied, övé (2. rész) - RegényIncze ktszer utazta krl a fldet: az utazs minden nemhez hozz volt mr trdve s most azt rz, hogy kifradt s trelmetlen. A szlcsend a tengeren, a vesztegls a pusztban, a tbori nyomorsg soha sem kedvetlent el; hajh!...

Enyim, tied, övé (1. rész) - RegényTavasz van. A fkon mg nincs levl, csak virg. Azok az aranyba, rzsaszinbe jtsz, hmporterhes barkk, mik a lombot megelzik, tndri zomnczot adnak az erdnek; a mez is srga a fvel egytt bred virgtl. A berekben mr itthon...

Kiljusen herrasväki satumaassaOli kerran kyh kalastaja, joka asui yksinisess mkissn jrven rannalla. Mik hnen nimens oli, sit ei kukaan tiennyt, tai ehk ei en muistanut, vaan kaikki kutsuivat hnt ukkeliksi. Hn oli jo hyvin vanha, hnen valkoinen partansa ulottui pitklle alas rinnalle ja hnen...