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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...

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...

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 ...

Christmas-TideChristmas-Tide A little boy in Miss Harrison's kindergarten heard the story of the legend of the Christ Child, told just prior to his going to Europe for a three months trip with his father and mother. While there his mother took him one day with her to see a collection of art photo...

The Forsaken InnAnna Katharine Green The Forsaken Inn: A Novel CHAPTER I. THE OAK PARLOR I WAS riding between Albany and Poughkeepsie. It was raining furiously, and my horse, already weary with long travel, gave unmistakable signs of discouragement. I was, therefore, greatly relieved when, in the...

The Yellow ChiefReid Mayne The Yellow Chief Chapter One. The Punishment of the Pump “To the pump with him! And see that he has a double dose of it!”The words were spoken in a tone of command, earnest and angry. They were addressed to the overseer of a cotton-plantation not far from Vicksburg, in ...

The Young Yagers: A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern AfricaMayne Reid The Young Yagers: A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa Chapter One. The Camp of the Young Yägers Near the confluence of the two great rivers of Southern Africa – the Yellow and Orange– behold the camp...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 VILLAS IN THE REGENT'S PARK MARQUESS OF HERTFORD'S VILLA.DORIC VILLA.The definition of the word villa is a ...

Arroz y tartanaVicente Blasco Ibáñez Arroz y tartana I A las tres de la tarde entró doña Manuela en la plaza del Mercado, envuelto el airoso busto en un abrigo cuyos faldones casi llegaban al borde de la falda, cuidadosamente enguantada, con el limosnero al puño y velado el rostro por la tenue bl...

Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American WarF. S. Brereton Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American War CHAPTER I THE MARCHANT FOUNDRY The city of Birmingham was wrapped in a mantle of fog so dense that the inhabitants found it difficult to move about. ...