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The Flowering Plants of South Africa (Vol. 3)

The Flowering Plants of South Africa (Vol. 3)

by I.B. Pole Capart

In the Botanical Magazine, an excellent figure of this species was given with some critical notes by Sir Joseph Hooker on the taxonomic affinities of the species, and recently (Kew Bulletin, 1920) Mr. J. Hutchinson dealt more fully with the group represented by our plant. He has established Bojer’s MS. name Clematopsis, under which he describes 15 ..

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 374, February 26, 1887

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 374, February 26, 1887

by Various Authors

There is no doubt that in this country the present generation is far more luxurious than the one that preceded it. Living is to a great extent a question of habit. At the present moment a Russian soldier is paid at the rate of a shilling a month, and his only ration is rye-bread baked into biscuit, washed down with a draught of water. The British w..

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art  -  Fifth Series, No. 52, Vol. I

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art - Fifth Series, No. 52, Vol. I

by Chambers' Journal

Those who profess to know all about slavery will tell you that the negro was a thousand times happier as a slave than he is as a freeman. This may be true of some of the race; we do not enter into the question. The field-hand was in general an entirely irresponsible creature. He belonged to his master as thoroughly as the dogs and horses did, and h..

Nick Carter Stories No. 136

Nick Carter Stories No. 136

by Nicholas Carter

Information had reached Nick that some of the guests at the mask ball at the big hotel might be the men he was after. The hint had come to him anonymously, and he did not like it. Ordinarily he would have hesitated about giving such a message serious attention. He had the contempt of all decent people for unsigned communications of this kind.But he..

Nick Carter Stories No. 139

Nick Carter Stories No. 139

by Nicholas Carter

He was English to the bone. English in aspect, attitude, attire, and accent. English of the most pronounced and impressive type—but impressive upon as keen and thoroughbred an American observer as the famous New York detective chiefly because of the insipid and mildly obtrusive aristocracy that stuck out all over him.He was tall and slender. He wor..

Nick Carter Stories No. 141

Nick Carter Stories No. 141

by Nicholas Carter

Nick was not inclined to believe anything of that kind, as a matter of fact. He had a very high opinion of the titled young Englishman, who had been loyal enough to his love for a beautiful chorus girl to make her his wife, in spite of the opposition of his choleric old father, the Earl of Eggleston, and the consequent estrangement from home and fa..

Chambers's Journal - Fifth Series, No. 9

Chambers's Journal - Fifth Series, No. 9

by Chambers' Journal

The birds of spring come as imperceptibly as the leaves. One by one the buds open on hawthorn and willow, till all at once the hedges appear green, and so the birds steal quietly into the bushes and trees, till by-and-by a chorus fills the wood, and each warm shower is welcomed with varied song. To many, the majority of spring-birds are really unkn..

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 375, March 5, 1887

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 375, March 5, 1887

by Various Authors

ELSEWHERE in the pages of The Girl’s Own Paper a writer has explained the laws of form governing and underlying what we call “classical” music. To those who love art, in whatever guise it comes to us—as symphony, picture, or poem—a very slight amount of careful study of its accepted laws will repay a thousandfold the trouble taken. Having grasped e..