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Illustrated by van Dongen On the day that the Polish freighter _Ludmilla_ laid an egg in New York harbor, Abner Longmans ("One-Shot") Braun was in the city going about his normal business, which ...

The Einstein Theory of Relativity A Concise Statement by Prof.

The Bubbles of Sáki.

Copyright, 1916, By Charles Scribner's Sons I Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet alone.

Illustrated by van Dongen _It's hard to ferret out a gang of fanatics; it would, obviously, be even harder to spot a genetic line of dedicated men.

_A world had collapsed around this man--a world that would never shout his praises again.

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ECLOGUE I MELIBOEUS TITYRUS MELIBOEUS You, Tityrus, 'neath a broad beech-canopy Reclining, on the slender oat rehearse Your silvan ditties: I from my sweet fields, And home's familiar bounds, ev...

_The fame of Thomas A. Edison rests most securely on his genius for making practical application of the ideas of others.

Crane didn't get the nice man's name--until it was far too late to do anything at all about it.

and The Internet Archive Children's Library [Transcriber's Note: The Table of Contents was added by the transcriber.] THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND OTHER POPULAR STORIES FOR CHILDREN ...

CHICAGO CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY CO-OPERATIVE Copyright 1918 By CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY CONTENTS PAGE WHY WOMEN ARE CONSERVATIVE 9 YO...

by I. Lilias Trotter To A.C. & B.A.B. in memory of lessons learnt together Marshall Brothers, Ltd.

Brightside Crossing by Alan E. Nourse JAMES BARON was not pleased to hear that he had had a visitor when he reached the Red Lion that e...

[Illustration: Cover and Title Page: Lava fountains and flows, Mauna Loa, Hawaii, July 6, 1975.] Volcanoes destroy and volcanoes create.

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[Illustration: POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON] [Music: Polly, put the kettle on, Polly, put the kettle on, Polly, put the kettle on, We'll all have tea.

=The Book= "_Les Simulachres & Historiées Faces de la Mort avtant elegamtment pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées._" This may be Englished as follows: _The Images and Storied Aspects of ...

Mercury had no atmosphere--everyone knew that.

Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) This translation of La novela en el tranvía, which I have entitled The Novel on the Tram, is granted to the public domain by its translator, Michael Wooff.

PUBLISHED By J. S. COOPER, FOREIGN AND BRITISH DEPÔT OF BERLIN PATTERNS, AND MATERIALS FOR LADIES' FANCY WORKS, ROYAL MARINE LIBRARY, MARINE PARADE, HASTINGS: AND PARRY, BLENKARN &...

Women Musical Culture Oratory Self Help Some Advice to Young Men ...

by L. Frank Baum Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.

1855 [Illustration: Frontispiece] CINDERELLA; Or, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER.

As a Watchman in a man-made kind of observational meteor floating millions of miles from nowhere out among the planets, Barton had two main duties.

In the summer of 1880 I set out from Fort Wrangel in a canoe to continue the exploration of the icy region of southeastern Alaska, begun in the fall of 1879.

(This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) =A= APPLE PIE AND OTHER NURSERY TALES.

by H. Rider Haggard Sir Henry Curtis, as everybody acquainted with him knows, is one of the most hospitable men on earth.

[Read to the citizens of Concord, Mass., Sunday Evening, October 30, 1859.] I trust that you will pardon me for being here.

New York was a bad town for robots this year.

_Science said it could not be, but there it was.

NEW YORK R. WORTHINGTON 770 BROADWAY Copyright by R. Worthington, 1880.

ILLUSTRATOR LLEWELLYN _Aunt Matilda needed him desperately, but when he arrived she did not want him and neither did anyone else in his home town._ I was in the midst of the fourth draft o...

By Fitz-James O'brien I FROM a very early period of my life the entire bent of my inclinations had been toward microscopic investigations.

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[Illustration: "IT IS THE SIGN" HE SAID] CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE SIGN IN THE SKY BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON FOR THE SAKE OF A LITTLE CHILD IN THE HIDDEN WAY OF SORROW A PEARL OF GREAT PR...

ODD CRAFT BY W. W. JACOBS 1909 THE MONEY-BOX Sailormen are not good 'ands at saving money as a rule, said the night-watchman, as he wistfully toyed with a bad shilling on his watch-chain, ...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the Apple-tree is connected with that of man.

[Illustration] * * * * * Mr. Jonathon Chambers left his house on Maple Street at exactly seven o'clock in the evening and set out on the daily walk he had taken,...

CHAPTER I. Commission of Cabot....

October, 1997 [Etext #1064]* THE RAVEN Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-- While I nodded, nearly n...

by H. G. WELLS [Illustration] New York B. W. Huebsch 1913 Copyright, 1913, By B. W. Huebsch Printed in U. S. A. THE DISCOVERY OF THE FUTURE[1] BY H. G. WELLS [1] A discourse deli...

produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Love Letters of Henry Eighth to Anne Boleyn The Love Letters of Henry Viii to Anne Boleyn ...

Chapter IV. -- ALBERT THE BEAR.

1985 Paul Cameron Brown ThirdEye would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council for the financial Contribution to this publication.

[Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from Amazing Stories October 1948.

A CHILDS GARDEN of VERSES [Illustration] [Illustration: _A Child's Garden_] A CHILD'S GARDEN of VERSES By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ILLUSTRATED by E. MARS AND M. H. SQU...

1918 NOTICE IT was our original intention to print and distribute a small number of these booklets gratuitously among our Mends with the hope that this story might aid in the sale of War Saving...

THE TREASURE 16 THE SOUTH SEAS TIARE TAHITI 19 RETROSPECT 22 THE GREAT LOVER ...