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Philip Rollo, Vol. II (of 2)
by James GrantPhilip Rollo or THE SCOTTISH MUSKETEERS is the second of two volume novel written by James Grant, who is also the author of "ROMANCE OF WAR," "JANE SETON,", etc..Every day the old queen rode forth on a fat Danish horse, accompanied by Ernestine and other ladies; every day, at the same hour as yesterday, the guard presented arms at the gate—the offi..
Secret Diplomacy
by Paul S. ReinschSecret Diplomacy is a political work written by Paul S. Reinsch, whose other writings include The Common Law in the Early American Colonies, 1899, World Politics at the End of the Nineteenth Century as Influenced by the Oriental Situation, 1900, Colonial Government, 1902, Colonial Administration, 1905. American Legislatures and Legislative Me..
Tubemonkey
by Jerome BixbyTubemonkey is a space opera written by Jerome Bixby. Steve Podalski swung his legs into view and slid carelessly down the dull metal roundness of tube fourteen, like a boy on a barrel. His magnetic boots thunked onto tube thirteen and took hold. He gave Rhiannon a look compounded of acid and pity. "Go to hell with your noise."Off at the other end o..
In Brightest Africa
by Carl Ethan AkeleySculptor and Biographer of the vanishing wild life of Africa—I do not feel that I can adequately and truthfully characterize Carl E. Akeley better than in these words. I have always maintained that he was a sculptor, that sculpture was his real vocation, in which taxidermy was an incidental element. The sculptor is a biographer and an historian. Wi..
Pillar of Fire
by Ray BradburyHe couldn't breathe. He flung his arms over his face and tried to breathe. It was impossible. He walked on the earth, he came out of the earth. But he was dead. He couldn't breathe. He could take air into his mouth and force it half down his throat, with withered moves of long-dormant muscles, wildly, wildly! And with this little air he could shout..
The First Man On the Moon
by Alfred CoppelThe ship lay at a crazy angle on the stark whiteness of the pumice plain. The rocket nozzles were a fused lump of slag; the fire-darkened hull crumpled and warped by the impact of landing. And there was silence ... complete and utter silence.There could be no return. Thurmon realized this. At first the thought had brought panic, but, as the scope o..
Who Goes There?
by Charles H. DavisThrough the outer limits of our solar system, two great ships flashed through the void. Light from distant Sol gleamed feebly on their dark hulls, paled to insignificance by the flare of pure energy that blasted each ship through space at inconceivable velocity. Sol's illumination was just enough to pick out the jagged gash near the base of the lea..
Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
by Palmer CoxFrontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture written by Palmer Cox who is the author of “QUEER PEOPLE,” “THE BROWNIES,” ETC., ETC. Not only is truth stranger than fiction, but it is funnier also. Just as some men have no eye for colors, but are color blind; so some men have no eye for fun, but are fun blind. Happy is the man who can see the hum..