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Historia de las Indias (vol. 3 de 5)El Argumento del libro II de esta Historia, que nos dej hecho su Autor, y que, adicionado con el nmero del captulo en que cada uno de los sucesos en l extractados se refiere, imprimimos continuacion, facilitar...

Betrayed ArmeniaGod shall enlarge Japhet and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant. For the interpretation of this blessing of Noahs to his eldest son, and of how it may or may not have met with its...

Ignorant EssaysMy most ingenious friend met me one day, and asked me whether I considered I should be richer if I had the ghost of sixpence or if I had not the ghost of sixpence. And do you think when you add one more...

In the Royal Naval Air Service - Being the war letters of the late Harold Rosher to his family{3} Harold Rosher was born at Beckenham on the 18th November, 1893, and was educated at The Dene, Caterham, and subsequently at Woodbridge. Although as a...

Patruunan palveluksessa: Näytelmä 3:ssa näytöksessäKantola (Pudistellen vaatteitaan). Huh, huh sit vedentuloa! Ei tuommoisessa jumalan ilmassa ty sujusta. Kah, johan ruoka on valmiina, sep on hyv onkin niin nlk, ett oikein nk haittaa. (Heitt nutun pltn, istahtaa pytn.) Ky pois, Eetu symn! Eetu. Ole huoleti!...

Dick and DollyThis transfer of their dwelling-place didnt bother Dick and Dolly much, for they were philosophical little people and took things just as they happened, and, moreover, they were so fond of each other, that so long as they were together, it didnt...

A Day with Robert Louis Stevenson Supposing that in the month of April, 1886, you had arrived, a guest foreseen, at the pleasant ivy-muffled dwelling in Bournemouth, which had recently adopted the name of Skerryvore, and that you had been permitted to enter its...

The Standard BearerIn this fresh and charming story, which in some respects recalls The Lilac Sunbonnet, Mr. Crockett returns to Galloway and pictures the humor and pathos of the life which he knows so well. In no one of his books does Mr. Crockett...

Essays in Librarianship and BibliographyThe precept "Love your Enemies" was never intended for the enemies of books, because the enemy of books is not an individual foe, but hostis humani generis. The value of books, as of other things, may be superstitiously overrated. We...

Some Poems of Roger CasementIn giving these few poems of Roger Casement to the Irish people I do not claim for them any special value as Irish literature. Roger Casement was not a poet, he would have been the last to lay claim to...

A View of Sir Isaac Newton's PhilosophyTHE manner, in which Sir Isaac Newton has published his philosophical discoveries, occasions them to lie very much concealed from all, who have not made the mathematics particularly their study. He once, indeed, intended to deliver, in a...

Suomalaiset Amerikassa Maine. Kivimurtimot Rocklandin ymprill. Monson. Selitys kivityst. New Hampshire. Vermont Massachusetts. Kiipin niemi. Kongressimies kertoo suomalaisista. Onko suomalaisella tunteita. Fitchburg. Nolo englanninkielen opetus. Worcester. Quincy. Rhode Island. Connecticut. Tmn kirjan tarkoitus on toki edes vhn valaista tuon jotenkin lukuisan suomalaiskansan elm ja...

The Old Irish WorldSome Irish friends have asked me to print certain lectures concerning Ireland to which they had listened with indulgence; and to reprint also former papers in a manner more convenient for country readers. This volume is the answer to their request....

The New Eldorado: A Summer Journey to AlaskaThe Spaniards of old had a proverb signifying that he who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him. If we would benefit by travel we must take...

Wood and Stone: A RomanceThe following narrative gathers itself round what is, perhaps, one of the most absorbing and difficult problems of our age; the problem namely of getting to the bottom of that world-old struggle between the well-constituted and the ill-constituted, which the...

Rhymes of Northern Bards - Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and DurhamGive me the writing of all the Ballads, for the people of England, and let who will be...

Out and About LondonIt was a lucid, rain-washed morningone of those rare mornings when London seems to laugh before you, disclosing her random beauties. In every park the trees were hung with adolescent tresses, green and white and yellow, and the sky was busy...

Cameron of Lochiel In Canada there is settling into shape a nation of two races; there is springing into existence, at the same time, a literature in two languages. In the matter of strength and stamina there is no overwhelming disparity between the two...

Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent LifeTO the many friends who have repeatedly asked me, What could induce you to take up such a horrid subject as snakes? a few words of explanation must be offered. Some words of apology are also due that...

Motor Tours in Wales & the Border CountiesHe was quite serious about it. He was a nice tramp, with a fine sense of romance and a large trust in the future, and on this first day of the tour his words ring in my...