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Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion - A Study in Survivals
by John Cuthbert LawsonThis book is the outcome of work undertaken in Greece during my two years’ tenure of the Craven Studentship from 1898 to 1900. It is therefore my first duty gratefully to commemorate John, Lord Craven, to whose benefactions of two and a half centuries ago I owed my opportunity for research.The scheme of work originally proposed was the investigatio..
Little Miss Dorothy
by Bryce WaltonDorothy May was a dear little girl, whose soft eyes met yours with a twinkle in their brown depths. She was very fond of Cousin Ray, a bright-haired boy all curves and dimples, who lived quite near and often came to play with her. These two little people wondered about the great world around them; about the trees and flowers, the birds and the blue..
The Scottish Cavalier - An Historical Romance, Volume 1 (of 3)
by James GrantFrom the historical and descriptive nature of the following tale, the Author intended that certain passages should be illustrated with notes, containing the local traditions and authorities from which it has been derived; but on second thoughts he has preferred confining these explanations to the preface.History will have rendered familiar to the r..
The Scottish Cavalier - An Historical Romance, Volume 2 (of 3)
by James GrantLouis, surnamed the Saint, King of France, having taken the cross, sailed with a splendid retinue of knights, nobles, and soldiers bent on the delivery of Jerusalem from the profanation of the Moslem; and, landing in the East, laid siege to Damietta (in Lower Egypt), which he triumphantly won by storm. But, after enduring innumerable hardships and ..
The Scottish Cavalier - An Historical Romance, Volume 3 (of 3)
by James GrantThe image of Clermistonlee and his threats came painfully upon Lilian's memory. She shrieked for aid, but her cries were lost in the vacuity of the old-fashioned coach in which she was being carried off. She strove to open the windows, but they were immoveable as those of a castle, and she resigned herself to tears and despair. The vehicle was rumb..
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 34, Vol. I, August 23, 1884
by Chambers' JournalExact statistics cannot be obtained of the number of grouse annually killed upon the Moors; but estimates of a reliable kind have occasionally been published, from which we learn, that as many as five hundred thousand annually reach the markets, in addition to the numbers given away as presents or ‘consumed on the premises.’ That this figure, large..
History of the Water Supply of the World
by Bryce WaltonThe original intention of this work was to arrange a treatise, in the form of a compilation, of general and local information on water supply, in all its bearings, with special reference to Cincinnati, in view of the fact that the question of a new supply would become an important one when the “Markley Farm Project” presented a more tangible form. ..
Impromptu - How to Think on Your Feet
by Grenville KleiserThe game of "Impromptu" is the outgrowth of an exercise devised by the author and used by him in The Public Speaking Club of America.A number of cards, each bearing a separate subject, are placed in a hat. Then a member of the club stands up, selects one of the cards, announces the subject named on the card, and proceeds to speak on that particular..