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Marie Corelli - The Writer and the Woman
by T. F. G. CoatesMiss Marie Corelli’s unique personality has aroused interest and curiosity among all classes of society, and we are aware that the present work will be diligently searched for intimate information regarding the subject of these pages. It behooves us, therefore, to remind those who peruse this volume that the writing of contemporary biography is a m..
Devils Tower National Monument - A History
by Ray H. MattisonThis booklet is published by the DEVILS TOWER NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION, a nonprofit organization dedicated to help preserve the features of outstanding national interest in the Devils Tower area. The association is pledged to aid in the interpretation of the human history and natural history of this area, that the visitor might better enjoy and ..
History of the Forty-Eighth Regiment M. V. M. During the Civil War
by Albert PlummerI have undertaken to write a history of the Forty-eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, in the Civil War in diary form from the commencement to the close of the service. Undoubtedly much more might have been written giving many interesting particulars concerning the different companies and incidents relating to individual members of those comp..
The Astral World—Higher Occult Powers
by Joel TiffanyThe relations of man to his God have occupied the first minds of every age, but without rendering those relations so understandable to the mass of mankind as to be admitted as true. It has been evident to many, although not to all, that some minds so engaged have been inspired to write beyond the current knowledge of their day, indeed to foretell t..
Søren Hjorth - Inventor of the Dynamo-electric Principle
by Sigurd SmithSøren Hjorth was born on the 13th of October, 1801. He spent his childhood at Vesterbygaard, an estate rented by his father, Jens Hjorth, in Jordløse Parish, north of Tissø. His mother’s maiden name was Margrethe Lassen. Of their numerous children only two, besides Søren, survived childhood.The parents became early aware that their son possessed gr..
Florida trails
by Winthrop PackardThe principal street of the town runs east and west from the boat landing to the railroad station. It is laid out so wide that the wagon tracks rather get lost in it and wander uncertainly from side to side, so wide that it takes three rows of stately, moss-bearded oaks to shade it, two between the broad sidewalks and the street, a third down the m..
Choice Recipes and Menus Using Canned Foods
by AnonymousThe Home Economics Section of the American Can Company has prepared this new recipe book to help you use canned foods in a greater variety of ways.These recipes have been created in the Canco Testing Kitchen to give you new food dishes that are colorful, easy to prepare and high in nutritive value. Simple enough for successful preparation by beginn..
Nat, The Trapper and Indian-Fighter
by Paul J. PrescottToward noon of a pleasant June day, 18—, a man, mounted on a powerful animal of the mustang breed, was riding slowly over the plain, some distance south-east of the great South Pass. His appearance was striking. In hight he was rather more than six feet, his legs and arms being long and lank in the extreme. His eyes were small, gray and piercing, a..