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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 111, Vol. III, February 13, 1886
by Chambers' JournalAll the world has shrunk since the Golden Age of our childhood. Time was longer, and people were taller then. A wet day was the depth of despair and the end of all things; the hours also were longer, and a year from January to December lapsed slowly by, like the prehistoric ages. The future seemed to be bringing a measureless succession of such yea..
Day Dreams
by Rudolph ValentinoA collection of poems by Rudolph Valentino includingThe Gift BookNatureThe Love ChildHeart FlowerYouDay DreamsSuspicionThe SageMorphiaDominoThe SphinxStradivariusExtravaganzaMirageGlorificationRemembrance..
First notions of logic
by Augustus De MorganWhat we here mean by Logic is the examination of that part of reasoning which depends upon the manner in which inferences are formed, and the investigation of general maxims and rules for constructing arguments, so that the conclusion may contain no inaccuracy which was not previously asserted in the premises. It has nothing to do with the truth of..
In the Rockies with Kit Carson
by John T. McIntyreFrom the soldiers’ quarters straggled the guard, as unkempt a lot as one would wish to see; each grasped a musket, and each was much excited by the shot and the sudden alarm. A horde of Indians, men, women and children, also made their appearance and pressed toward the scene of action. There was an excited hubbub of voices; the musket barrels shone..
Lyrics & Legends of Christmas-Tide
by Clinton ScollardLyrics & Legends of Christmas-Tide is a collection of Christmas poems written by Clinton Scollard including the belowA BellChristmas ElvesThe Christmas AngelNazareth TownA Christmas MasqueA Song for Christmas MorningThe Christmas MinstrelsTwelfth Night SongYule at ThengelforA Yule-Tide Carol..
The Sabbath - A Sermon
by John WartonThe Sermon here presented to the Public is below all criticism. It makes no pretensions to novelty, or to merit of any kind; it is only one of the thousands which are preached every week by men, who, in the midst of evil report, labour, nevertheless, with an anxious zeal for the salvation of souls. It was composed in haste, with no inte..
Turquois mosaic art in ancient Mexico
by Marshall H. SavilleThe writer has undertaken the present study of Mexican Turquois Mosaics in honor of the approaching opening to the public of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, the only institution devoted exclusively to the study of the aboriginal American peoples ever established; and the proximate International Congress of Americanists to be hel..
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 112, Vol. III, February 20, 1886
by Chambers' JournalThe old maxim regarding the power of habit is usually and rightly regarded as exhibiting a thorough application to the regulation of animal life. Not merely in human affairs is habit allowed to be ‘a second nature;’ but in lower life as well, the influence of use and wont is plainly perceptible. A dog or cat equally with a human being is under the ..