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The Open Polar Sea
by I. I. HayesThe design of this book may be briefly explained. I have attempted little more than a personal narrative, endeavoring to select from my abundant notes such scenes and incidents of adventure as seemed to me best calculated to bring before the mind of the reader, not merely the history of our voyage, but a general view of the Arctic regions,—its scen..
Mere Literature, and Other Essays
by Bryce WaltonA singular phrase this, “mere literature,”—the irreverent invention of a scientific age. Literature we know, but “mere” literature? We are not to read it as if it meant sheer literature, literature in the essence, stripped of all accidental or ephemeral elements, and left with nothing but its immortal charm and power. “Mere literature” is a serious..
Woodland Paths
by Winthrop PackardThe night was dark and bitter cold, though it was early March. Over in the dismal depths of Pigeon Swamp, where no pigeons have nested for nearly a half century though it is as wild and lone to-day as it was when they flocked there by thousands, a deep-toned, lonely cry resounded. It was like the fitful baying of a dog in the distance, only that it..
A Life's Story, In Poetry. Other Poems
by Dennison WoodcockA Life's Story, In Poetry, by Dennison WoodcockA LIFE'S STORYDIADAMATO LEONAJESSIE BY THE FOUNTAINDEHEWAMISTHE RUMSELLER'S SOLILOQUYWRIGHTSCAUTION TO BOYS, or THE SILLY FLYTHE RUINED HOME.IN FAVOR of WOMAN'S SUFFRAGECHRISTMAS..
A Treatise on Mechanics
by Henry KaterThis Treatise on Mechanics, which was originally published in 1830, is the work of Dr. Lardner, with the exception of the twenty-first chapter, which was written by the late Captain Kater. The present edition has been revised and corrected by Dr. Lardner.Placed in the material world, Man is continually exposed to the action of an infinite variety o..
Free Opinions
by Marie CorelliSome of these social papers which are now collected together for the first time, have appeared before in various periodicals enjoying a simultaneous circulation in this country and the United States. Eleven of them were written for an American syndicate, which (for the purpose of copyright in Great Britain) sold them to a London weekly journal, whe..
Good Health and How We Won It
by Upton SinclairTen years ago, when I was a student at college, I fell a victim to a new and fashionable ailment called “la grippe.” I recollect the date very well, because it was the first time I had been sick in fourteen years—the last difficulty having been the whooping-cough.I have many times had occasion to recall the interview with the last physician I went ..
The Mysterious Box - Nuclear Science and Art
by Bryce WaltonNuclear energy is playing a vital role in the life of every man, woman, and child in the United States today. In the years ahead it will affect increasingly all the peoples of the earth. It is essential that all Americans gain an understanding of this vital force if they are to discharge thoughtfully their responsibilities as citizens and if they a..