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The Workers - An Experiment in Reality. The West
by Walter A. WyckoffA new phase of my experiment is begun. Hitherto I have been in the open country, and have found work with surprising readiness. Now I am in the heart of a congested labor market, and I am learning, by experience, what it is to look for work and fail to find it; to renew the search under the spur of hunger and cold, and of the animal instinct of sel..
Knole and the Sackvilles
by V. Sackville-WestThere are two sides from which you may first profitably look at the house. One is from the park, the north side. From here the pile shows best the vastness of its size; it looks like a mediaeval village. It is heaped with no attempt at symmetry; it is sombre and frowning; the grey towers rise; the battlements cut out their square regularity against..
The Great White North
by Helen S. WrightThe material for this book has been gathered from the rich storehouse of Arctic Literature. The chief labour of its composition lay in elimination rather than construction. The great field I have endeavoured to present can hardly be brought with justice to the narrow bounds of a single cover, but I have conscientiously endeavoured to bring to the r..
The Wonders of Optics
by Bryce WaltonThe present work needs but little introduction to the English public. The author, M. F. Marion, who holds a high official scientific position in Paris, is well known, especially in Europe, as a popular writer on the “Wonders of Optics,” and kindred subjects. As a rule, the original text has been strictly adhered to by the Translator, but in a few i..
Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage, 1684-7
by Henri JoutelThis volume is the concluding one of a series projected by the late John Gilmary Shea, LL. D., on the “Discovery and Explorations of the Mississippi Valley.” The initial volume, issued in 1852, comprises the Narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin and Anastase Douay. The second, issued in 1861, contains those of Cavelier, St. Cosme, Le S..
Harper's Household Handbook
by AnonymousHarper's Household Handbook: A guide to easy ways of doing woman's work.Wash-day wisdom, nursing, and sickroom -- Inside a room -- Equipment and renovators -- China, glass, and furniture -- Making whole -- Making and making over -- Remedying spots, stains, and tarnish -- Food: choosing and keeping -- House plants, window boxes, cut flowers -- Disin..
Hindu Magic
by Hereward CarringtonIn this pamphlet I propose to consider the phenomena which are presented by the fakirs and yogis of India, and to inquire into their nature and the method of their production. The feats performed by Indian fakirs are numerous, but I shall describe those most commonly witnessed: the mango-tree trick, the basket trick, the bowl of water trick, the dr..
Gold Hunting in Alaska
by Joseph GrinnellThe following story was originally written in pencil on any sort of paper at hand, and intended merely for "the folks at home." It is only by a prior claim to the manuscript that the young gold-hunter's mother has obtained his consent to publish it. The diary has been changed but little, nor has much been added to make it as it stands. The narrativ..