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The first man to discover the shores of the United States, according to Icelandic records, was an Icelander, Leif Erickson, who sailed in the year 1000, and spent the winter somewhere on the New England coast. Christopher Columbus, a Genoese in the Spanish service, discovered San Salvador, one of the...

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subject of the domestic cat. The titles in this range include "The Cattery" "A Guide to Feeding...

A selection of immortal love poems beyond time and space that will give your heart the wings it needs. The ideal gift for Valentine's Day, or any other day: after all, it's never too late or too early to say "I love you". Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Ovid, William Shakespeare,...

The stories and poems that comprise Sunday Afternoon were written over several Sunday afternoons in a small park situated in the bylanes of Juhu, Mumbai. From the perspective and imagination of children who are English-language learners, these stories will surprise you, move you, make you think, and...

For permission to reprint the stories in this volume, acknowledgement is made to the owners of the copyrights, as follows: For "The Right Promethean Fire," to Mrs. Atwood, R. Martin and Doubleday, Page & Company. For "The Land of Heart's Desire," to Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Company. For "The Tenor," to Alice I. Bunner and to Charles Scribners' Sons

This vintage book contains a popular guide to fishing, with information on angling in salt water, angling for course fish, and angling for trout and grayling. Written in clear, simple language and full of interesting information and invaluable hints and tips, this text will be of considerable utility...

This text contains a comprehensive treatise on keeping cows with the intention of using them for milk production, including information on diet and feeding methods most conducive to high yields and superior quality. The perfect text for anyone intent on maintaining milk-producing cows, this antique...

In all the scriptural descriptions of the Lord's care for us, there is none more tender than the feeling expressed by Father Lehi, 'I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love' (2 Nephi 1:15). The personal, intimate caring implied in this passage happens also to be a key characteristic of...

This book is a collection of classic articles on motor boating and yachting, covering many aspects of the sport but focusing on the use and recognition of flags. Carefully selected for a modern readership, this timeless volume will be of considerable utility to anyone with a practical interest in...

As an entrepreneur, the farmer combines labour and capital in the hope of profits, but always with the risk of losses. This book contains a comprehensive guide on making profits and avoiding losses in a farming enterprise, with information on the business, marketing, and economics required for the...

While the more northern nations of modern Europe began to cultivate a national and peculiar literature in their vernacular tongues, instead of using Latin as the only vehicle of written thought, it was some time before the popular language of Italy received that attention which might have been expected...

"A link to bind when circumstances part; A nerve of feeling stretched from heart to heart." The Riverside Press Ltd., Edinburgh Foreword FRIENDSHIP is one of the most important things in the world. As a factor in educating the mind, forming the character, guiding the will, and shaping the destiny, the...

Flodden Field, that long slope looking north-ward by the “deep and dark and sullen Till,” where on a September afternoon in 1513 the flower of Scotland fell round James the Fourth, stands darkly marked on the page of history both of the Scottish nation and of Scottish poetry. It was for the North...