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A Japanese Blossom

by Onoto Watanna

The children sat in a little semi-circle about their grandmother, listening intently as she read to them the last letter from their father in America. Ever since they could remember, his business as a tea merchant had taken him away from Japan on long visits to the foreign countries. His latest absence had continued for three years now, and little ..

A monograph on sleep and dream - their physiology and psychology

by Edward W. Cox

Some papers on the Phenomena of Sleep and Dream, read before The Psychological Society of Great Britain, having excited much interest and caused considerable discussion, I was requested to put them into the more formal shape of a treatise. For this purpose I found it necessary to recast and rewrite the whole.The modern endeavour to pursue Psycholog..

A Twentieth Century Idealist

by Henry Pettit

There certainly is a subtle charm from personal intercourse with those who seek a comprehensive view of life, and strive to live according to their own ideals. People who live upon broader lines than their neighbors are apt to be interesting from that fact alone, and the charm becomes quite fascinating when these ideals take form and they practice ..

Cadet Life at West Point

by Hugh T. Reed

I believe it to be well established that the mental habits are fully as strong as the physical habits of man. That is, thought moves in grooves day after day and day after day as walks in life do. The habit of retrospectant thought fastened itself upon me several years ago, and the habit confined itself largely and almost irresistibly to my life at..

Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 3 (of 3)

by A. B. Frost

This is the least complicated case that can occur; the medical inquirer has not only the advantage of the patient’s testimony, but that also of his own observations upon the symptoms and circumstances of the case. We have already stated that the declaration of a person, made under an apprehended pending dissolution, is by the law of this realm cons..

Tactics, Volume 1 (of 2). Introduction and Formal Tactics of Infantry

by William Balck

The first volume of “Tactics,” which appeared in its first edition in 1896, and for which the preparatory work reached back more than a decade, now appears in its fourth edition in a completely changed form. The lessons gained in war and improvements in weapons have corrected many earlier views. While the Boer war confused the views on infantry com..

The Tournament—Its Periods and Phases

by R. Coltman Clephan

Those students of arms and armour who have Mr. Clephan’s work on Defensive Armour, Weapons and Engines of War in their libraries will expect to find valuable material for study when they find his name as author of a work on the Tournament. And in this they will surely not be disappointed. It is perhaps a novel experience for one who has for some ye..

A China cup, and other stories for children

by Felix Vilkhovsky

A China cup and other stories for children is a collection of short stories written by Felix Vilkhovsky.THE BROWN OWL.A CHINA CUP, and other Stories.STORIES FROM FAIRYLAND.THE STORY OF A PUPPET.THE LITTLE PRINCESS.TALES FROM THE MABINOGION...