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Modern Street Ballads
by John AshtonOver Street Ballads may be raised the wail of “Ichabod, Ichabod, their glory is departed.” They held their own for many centuries, bravely and well, but have succumbed to a changed order of things, and a new generation has arisen, who will not stop in the streets to listen to these ballads being sung, but prefer to have their music served up to the..
The Sunny Side of the Street
by Marshall P. WilderIn this little volume are offered recollections of the sunny side of many people. I have plucked blossoms from the gardens of humor and pathos, which lie side by side, and in weaving them into a garland, claim only as my own the string that binds them together.Nature has put up many effective brands of concentrated sunshine in small packages; but t..
An Epic of Women, and Other Poems
by Arthur William EdgarAn Epic of Women, and Other Poems by Arthur William EdgarEXILEA NEGLECTED HARPI. IANOULAII. THE FAIR MAID AND THE SUNIII. THE CYPRESSA PRECIOUS URNSERAPHITUSTHE LOVERA WHISPER FROM THE GRAVEBISCLAVARETTHOUGHTTHE STORY OF THE KING..
Billy Whiskers, Jr.
by Frances Trego MontgomeryIGHT had not been home more than three weeks when he commenced to get restless and tired of the quiet life on the farm. It was such a change from the adventurous, exciting life he had been leading that he did not know what to do with himself. This going to bed with the chickens and getting up with the sun, with nothing to do all day long but graze ..
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 32, Vol. I, August 9, 1884
by Chambers' JournalWater bears a very important part in relation to the human system and preservation of health. It combines with the tissues of the body, and forms a necessary part of its structure. In the case of a man weighing one hundred and fifty-four pounds, one hundred and eleven would consist of water. It enters very largely into the composition of our food. ..
Children of the Chronotron
by Bryce WaltonWhen their sun began to wane, the Xlarnans at first retreated underground to hoard the heat and life-supporting energies which their nuclear generators could supply. But as their world grew colder, century after century, they devised a means of creating a substitute for the ionosphere—a protective layer of radioactive gases in the upper reaches of ..
Dead Shot - A Romance of the Yellowstone
by Albert W. AikenIt was at the close of a bright May afternoon; the last rays of the sinking sun shone down gayly upon the broad prairie, through which, like a great yellow serpent, rolled the turbid waters of the Yellowstone river—a river that took its rise at the base of the Rocky Mountains and then flowed eastward, until it poured its current into the great Miss..
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..