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A Love Crime

A Love Crime

by Paul Bourget

The little drawing-room was illuminated by the soft light of three lamps—tall lamps standing on Japanese vases and bearing globes upon which rested flexible shades of a pale blue tint. The door was hidden by a piece of tapestry; two walls were hung with another piece, which was covered with large figures. Both windows were draped with curtains—draw..

Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1880

Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1880

by John Cordeaux

The following Report contains a Summary of the investigations of a Committee appointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Swansea in 1880, an Abstract of which will be presented to the Association at its next Meeting. The Returns relating to Scotland have been arranged by Mr. Harvie-Brown; those for the East Coast of Engla..

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 364, December 18, 1886

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 364, December 18, 1886

by Various Authors

Tinned meats and provisions may be regarded from two distinct points of view. The majority of persons, especially in this country, look upon them simply as a convenience to housekeepers, but the subject should be regarded from a far higher point than one of mere convenience, for by means of tinned provisions the whole food supply of the world is in..

The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3)

The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3)

by James Augustus St. John

The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3) written by James Augustus St. John contains biographies of the below explorers. Joseph Pitton de TournefortDr. Thomas ShawFrederic HasselquistLady Wortley MontagueRichard PocockeJohn BellJohn LedyardGeorge ForsterJames BruceJonas HanwayAntonio de Ulloa..

The Yellow Frigate

The Yellow Frigate

by James Grant

In that broad and magnificent valley which separates chain of the Grampians from the Ochil Mountains, close by the margin of the Allan, and sequestered among venerable trees, lies the pleasant and peaceful little village of Dunblane, in Scotland's elder days an old cathedral city. Northward of the limpid Allan lie purple heaths, black swamps, and d..

Travels into Turkey

Travels into Turkey

by Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

Travels into Turkey: Containing the most accurate account of the Turks, and neighbouring nations, their manners, customs, religion, superstition, policy, riches, coins, &c. The whole being a series of remarkable observations and events, interspers’d with great variety of entertaining incidents, never before printed.That he was born in Flan..

Clubfoot the Avenger

Clubfoot the Avenger

by Valentine Williams

Clubfoot the Avenger: Being some further adventures of Desmond Oakwood, of the Secret Service. At the risk of straining an old and valued friendship, I have persuaded Major Desmond Okewood and his brother to allow me to set down in narrative form some account of a remarkable series of events that, for reasons sufficiently obvious, have never b..

Cry Chaos!

Cry Chaos!

by Dwight V. Swain

They got the great silver ship's hatches pried open, finally, and dragged Shane out by his heels. They dumped him on his face in the gravel and cinders of the ramp like a pole-axed huecco. He wasn't a particularly big man, as men came out here in the spaceways. But there was a spare, hard quality to his close-knit body, and the old scars that marke..