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The Lusitania's Last Voyage - Being a narrative of the torpedoing and sinking of the R. M. S. Lusitania by a German submarine off the Irish coast, May 7, 1915Being a Narrative of the Torpedoing and Sinking of the R. M. S. Lusitania by...

The Golden AgeLOOKING back to those days of old, ere the gate shut to behind me, I can see now that to children with a proper equipment of parents these things would have worn a different aspect. But to those whose nearest were aunts...

The Laughing GirlThere was a red-headed slattern sweeping the verandanobody else visible about the house. All the shutters of the stone and timber chalet were closed; cow-barn, stable, springhouse and bottling house appeared to be deserted. Weeds smothered the garden where a fountain played...

Gallant Little Wales: Sketches of its people, places and customsAs a guide-book this volume will be found to contain too few unpronounceable Welsh place-names to be adequate, but as an introduction to the North Welsh land, its customs, its village life, its little churches,...

Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 09NON, dit Pierre Jouvenet, je ne connais pas lItalie, et pourtant jai tent deux fois dy pntrer, mais je me suis trouv arrt la frontire de telle sorte quil ma toujours t impossible de mavancer plus...

Wanhain Suomalaisten Tawaliset ja Suloiset SananlascutNIjncuin Jumala Caickiwaldias / jolda caicki hyw lahja tule / on sanomattomast wijsaudestans / armollisesti lahjoittanut monda Ihmist / erinomaisel ymmrryxell ksittmn caickein luotuin moninaisia meno ia luondo / ia nijt aiwan sorkeilla sanoilla toimellisesti selittmn / caikille opixi...

Little Dramas for Primary GradesThe use of dramatic readers has passed beyond the experimental stage. Their value in arousing interest, in stirring the imagination, in quickening literary appreciation and power of interpretation, has been so clearly demonstrated as to make them permanent textbooks in...

The King Country; or, Explorations in New Zealand - A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland.That portion of the North Island of New Zealand known as the King Country extends (as near as the boundary can be defined) from lat. 38 to...

Historical Sketches of Colonial FloridaThe inducement to write this book was to supply, in a slight measure, the want of any particular history of British rule in West Florida. With that inducement, however, the effort would not have been made but for the sources...

The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 07, July 1878may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the branch offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. Drafts or...

The Scouring of the White Horse; Or, The Long Vacation Ramble of a London ClerkThe great success of the festival (or pastime, as it is called in the neighbourhood) which was held on White Horse Hill on the 17th and 18th of September, 1857,...

Mother Goose's Teddy BearsI have been writing to my brothers and sisters at home telling them all about you, and they are very anxious to become acquainted also; so I sent for our family photograph album, which contains most of their pictures. Now Old...

Gesichte: Essays und andere Geschichten Soll Ihr Leib noch lnger mit seinen Sternen in der Hand Ihres Arztes liegen, und wie lange berlassen Sie ihm noch Ihren Verstand? Fragen Sie einmal so im Vorbergehen den Doktor, ob er von Ihrem Sternensystem eine Ahnung hat....

Runoudesta Dieses problematische Werk wird dem Einen nders vorkommen als dem Andern und Jedem alle zehn Jahre auch wieder anders. Vaikka Horatiuksen kuulu kirje Runoudesta (De arte poetica) yh edelleen maamme opiskelevien keskuudessa on kyllkin suosittu teos, se ei kuitenkaan, omituista kyll, thn asti...

Luja kuin kuolemaMutta tuskin pstyn tuohon vakavasti sisustettuun ja verhoilla varustettuun korkeaan huoneeseen, taivaan iloinen valo heikkeni, lieventyi, vaimeni kankailla, hlveni vhitellen oviverhoissa, valaisi tuskin pimeit nurkkia, joissa yksin kultakehykset vain leimahtivat liekkeihin kuin tulet. Rauha ja onni nyttivt tnne kahlehdituilta, noiden taiteilijain asuntojen...

A Thanksgiving Dream: A One Act Play for Primary ChildrenTeachers are discovering that no matter how much novelty there is in their entertainment, how well it is arranged, how thoroughly drilled, if they want to hold the active interest of the audience they must...

The Practical Magician and Ventriloquist's Guide - A practical manual of fireside magic and conjuring illusions, containing also complete instructions for acquiring and practising the art of ventriloquism.This work is certainly the most exhaustive one on Magic that has ever been issued. It exposes...

Säkeitä II Tule lintu, lenn lintu, pois sitehet, poikki paula, kahlehetta kaunis kaula, ilman aavimman ilossa sielusi svelet laula! Mies pitkn pimen mielen, metsn aution asuja, istuja tupasen tumman, autiompana ajatus, tunto monta tummempana, sydn synkkin nkyin, kuolon kanssa kasvotuksin, kuulevi svelen vienon, kuuntelevi...

Säkeitä I Niin kauas, taivaan rannan taa ain' edemms se ent: miel' lemmen vain on leimahtaa ja thden lent, lent. miss kerran viimeisen knty voi viel nuori karkelon kansa, miss viel talvell' on viikon ty, miss auki on Ahdin ansa; Vain antaa ja antaa...

Spitzweg, Reime und BilderMit dem Aufruf des Namens Carl Spitzweg tritt die menschlich empfindsamste, knstlerisch bedeutendste Erscheinung aus der nicht allzu groen Schar deutscher Maler vor uns, die als Nachzgler der mondumglnzten Romantiker schon den schlichten Vortrab des Realismus gebildet haben. Erst in einer...