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A Translation of some of Lessing's works has long been contemplated for 'Bonn's Standard Library,' and the publishers are glad to be able to bring it out at a time when an increased appreciation of this writer has become manifest in this country. The publication of Mr. Sime's work on Lessing, and...

This book does not contain a history of New Zealand, but something of the story of many full and stirring days. Almost like the ghost the Maori thought him, Tasman came swiftly out of the rosy West, struck a blow which harmed his country more than it hurt those upon whom it fell, and yet more swiftly...

It was through the Patterson-Pratt forgery case that I first made the acquaintance of Terry Patten, and at the time I should have been more than willing to forego the pleasure. Our firm rarely dealt with criminal cases, but the Patterson family were long standing clients, and they naturally turned...

These Handbooks are reprints of the dissertations prefixed to the large catalogues of the chief divisions of works of art in the Museum at South Kensington; arranged and so far abridged as to bring each into a portable shape. The Lords of the Committee of Council on Education having determined on...

Catherine Anne Hubback was an English novelist, and the eighth child and fourth daughter of Sir Francis Austen, and niece of English novelist Jane Austen. She began writing fiction to support herself and her three sons after her husband John Hubback was institutionalized. She had copies of some of...

The plot revolves around a magic ring that grants the power to rule the world, forged by the Nibelung dwarf Alberich from gold he stole from the Rhine maidens in the river Rhine. The Ring itself as described by Wagner is a Rune-magic taufr ("tine," or "talisman") intended to rule the feminine multiplicative...

William Shakespeare, English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist, is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays,...

None of us, whether children or adults, needs an introduction to Mother Goose. Those things which are earliest impressed upon our minds cling to them the most tenaciously. The snatches sung in the nursery are never forgotten, nor are they ever recalled without bringing back with them myriads of slumbering...

George Gordon Byron (Noel) or Lord Byron was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and the short lyric "She Walks in Beauty". Byron is regarded as one of the greatest British...

The experiences of EXPERIENCES of Walter Besant, Robert Michael Ballantyne, James Payn, Israel Zangwill, William Clark Russell, Morley Roberts, Grant Allen, David Christie Murray, Hall Caine, Marie Corelli, George R. Sims, Jerome K. Jerome, Rudyard Kipling, John Strange Winter, A. Conan Doyle, Bret...

The story of the Islands of Majorca and Minorca has never been told in our language in a condensed form, although the interest is great from an historical point of view, and the materials sufficient, though not perhaps abundant. It is so closely connected with the history of Aragon and the recovery...

The Three Bears of Porcupine Ridge Ring Neck, Leader of the Flying Wedge The Revolt of Timothy The Little Red Doe of Deer Pass Dame Woodchuck and the Red Monster Tracked by a Catamount The Call of the Moose The Last Wolf of the Pack How Unk-Wunk the Porcupine Met His Match The Ghost of the Wainscot...

OLDTOWN FIRESIDE STORIES THE GHOST IN THE MILL. THE SULLIVAN LOOKING-GLASS THE MINISTER'S HOUSEKEEPER THE WIDOW'S BANDBOX. CAPTAIN KIDD'S MONEY. "MIS' ELDERKIN'S PITCHER." THE GHOST IN THE CAP'N BROWN HOUSE. COLONEL EPH'S SHOE-BUCKLES. THE BULL-FIGHT. HOW TO FIGHT THE DEVIL LAUGHIN' IN MEETIN' TOM...

THE "WITNESS" BUILDING. UPPER CASE. LOWER CASE. SETTING TYPE. MAKING "PI." BACKWARD WRITING. TAKING A "PROOF." PLACING "MATTER" IN "TURTLE." HOISTING "TURTLE" ON THE PRESS. A FELLOW LABORER. The Press Room. THE NEWSBOY'S FESTIVAL. ADDRESSING MACHINE. ANSWERING AN ADVERTISEMENT. COUNTING ROOM. GRAVERS' TOOLS. WAITING FOR THE EDITOR. THE LIBRARY. JOHN DOUGALL. LOCKING UP "DOMINION" FORM.