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Life of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
by Millicent Garrett FawcettIt would have been impossible, within the limits of this little book, to narrate, even in barest outline, all the events of the Queen’s long life and reign. In attempting to deal with so large a subject in so short a space, I have therefore thought it best to dwell on what may be considered the formative influences on the Queen’s character in her e..
The American Navy
by French E. ChadwickThe navy in all countries has ever been, and, as far as we can now judge, ever will be, a preëminent instrument of government. It was through her navy that Greece destroyed the power of Persia; Rome that of Carthage; the allies at Lepanto that of the Turks; England that of Holland and later that of France in America; the navy of France, in turn, ca..
The History of the Lady Betty Stair
by Molly Elliot SeawellThe story reached the ears of the broken-hearted young sister, but in such form that she only knew it was thought that De Ronceray knew something concerning Angus Macdonald’s murderer. Alone, except for the elderly infant known as Madame Mirabel, and preparing to return to Scotland through the storm of the Revolution, Lady Betty had no means, and i..
Twinkle Toes and His Magic Mittens
by Laura Rountree SmithThe three little chairs in which they sat turned round and remained with their backs to the table. Twinkle Toes and the Three Little Kittens began to eat the food put on their plates, saying “Thank you” and “If you please,” politely.By and by the three chairs, in which the Three Little Curly-Tails sat, rolled back into place, and they were given so..
Bee-Keeping
by John CummingWe live in a practical age. Proposals of all sorts are too often, right or wrong, weighed against gold:—"How much will it bring? Can I turn a penny by this business?" I do not pretend to say bee-masters are rich men, or that the way to a fortune is through a bee-hive; but I do assert that a poor parish minister, vicar, or curate with a little glebe..
The Principles of Biology, Volume 2 (of 2)
by Herbert SpencerTurning from the additions to the revisions, I have to say that the aid needed for bringing up to date the contents of this volume, has been given me by the gentlemen who gave me like aid in revising the first volume: omitting Prof. Perkin, within whose province none of the contents of this volume fall. Plant-Morphology and Plant-Physiology have be..
Relics of Primeval Life
by Sir J. William DawsonThe author was associated with the original discovery and description of these supposed earliest traces of life; and has since, in the intervals of other work, devoted much time to further exploration and research, the results of which have been published from time to time in the form of scientific papers. He has also given attention to the later d..
The Man Higher Up
by Edwin BalmerThe first real blizzard of the winter had burst upon New York from the Atlantic. For seventy-two hours—as Rentland, chief clerk in the Broadway offices of the American Commodities Company, saw from the record he was making for President Welter—no ship of any of the dozen expected from foreign ports had been able to make the company’s docks in Brook..