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Wednesday the Tenth, A Tale of the South PacificGrant Allen Wednesday the Tenth, A Tale of the South Pacific CHAPTER I. WE SIGHT A BOAT On the eighteenth day out from Sydney, we were cruising under the lee of Erromanga – of course you know Erromanga, an isolated island between the New Hebrides an...

Christine: A Fife Fisher GirlBarr Amelia E. Christine: A Fife Fisher Girl CHAPTER I FISHERS OF CULRAINE The hollow oak our palace isOur heritage the sea. Howe’er it be it seems to me’Tis only noble to be good.Kind hearts are more than coronetsAnd simple faith than Norman blood. Friends, who have ...

The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya MountainsMayne Reid The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Chapter One. The Plant-Hunter “A Plant-Hunter! what is that?“We have heard of fox-hunters, of deer-hunters, of bear and buffalo-hunters, of lion-hunters, and of ‘boy-hun...

First Book in Physiology and HygieneJohn Harvey Kellogg First Book in Physiology and Hygiene PLATE 1. THE CIRCULATION.TO THE TEACHER This book is intended for children. The special objects which the author has aimed to accomplish in the preparation of the work have been:1. To present as fully as ...

A Reputed ChangelingCharlotte M. Yonge A Reputed Changeling / Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago PREFACE I do not think I have here forced the hand of history except by giving Portchester to two imaginary Rectors, and by a little injustice to her whom Princess Anne termed ‘the brick-bat wom...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 489, May 14, 1831Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 17, No. 489, May 14, 1831 ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL All who enjoy the luxury of doing good (and who does not, in some way or other?) will be happ...

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420Various Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 / Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 HOW IS THE WORLD USING YOU? This is a very common question, usually put and answered with more or less levity. We seldom hear of any one answering very favourably as to the...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829 YORK TERRACE, REGENT'S PARK.YORK TERRACE, REGENT'S PARK If the reader is anxious to illustrate any politi...

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875Various Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 UP THE PARANA AND IN PARAGUAY CONCLUDING PAPER One day—to return to our traveler and his personal experiences—M. For...

La Fontana de OroBenito Pérez Galdós La Fontana de Oro MADRID 1921 Los hechos históricos ó novelescos contados en este libro, se refieren á uno de los periodos de turbación política y social más graves é interesantes en la gran época de reorganización, que principió en 1812 y no parece próxima á ...