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William Wymark "W. W." Jacobs, an English author of short stories and novels. Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw".

The wonderful and brave story of ships and men here presented needs but the briefest introduction. The deeds will forever remain one of the most glorious chapters in the chronicles of the sea. No excuse is offered for adding another volume to the literature of the war, for the subject is deserving...

"The sea, the sea, the open sea; The blue, the fresh, the ever free," chanted the fresh and delicious voice of a young girl walking along the sands of the seashore in the summer sunshine at Cape May. "Cross my palm with silver, and I'll tell your fortune, bonnie maid," said a cracked, discordant voice....

The history, the features, and the most famous examples of European architecture, during a period extending from the rise of the Gothic, or pointed, style in the twelfth century to the general depression which overtook the Renaissance style at the close of the eighteenth, form the subject of this...

A Plea for Housewifery Butter and Cream Cheese Pickling Meat Fish Eggs Pickling Vegetables Condiments and Sauces Preserves The Storing of Fruit and Herbs The Bottling of Fruit and Vegetables The Drying of Fruit and Vegetables Home-brewed Beer Cider Wine-making The Distilling of Waters and Cordials...

Out Late at Night A New Friend The Trapper's Story The Trapping Grounds Conversations and Plans Still in the Dark—The Canoe Again Alone in the Wilderness Trapping Among the Indians The Buffalo Hunt and its Consequences An Awful Awakening The Brigade and an Old Friend Found at Last

NOVEMBER 14, 1918. With the signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918, the World War has been practically brought to an end. The events of the past four years have been of such magnitude that the various steps, the numberless battles, and the growth of Allied power which led up to the final victory...

FEEDING THE MULTITUDES. JESUS CALMS THE TEMPEST. RUTH AND NAOMI. MOSES JACOB AND ESAU. THE APOSTLE PAUL. DAVID. THE TOWER OF BABEL. THE BOYHOOD OF JESUS.

The "Bride of the Nile" needs no preface. For the professional student I may observe that I have relied on the authority of de Goeje in adhering to my own original opinion that the word Mukaukas is not to be regarded as a name but as a title, since the Arab writers to which I have made reference apply...

William Nathaniel Harben was one of the most popular American authors of the early 20th century. He specialized in stories about the people of the mountains of Northern Georgia. He was sometimes credited as Will N. Harben or Will Harben. Harben was born in 1858 in Dalton, Georgia to a rich family....

There was once a man who had three sons, the youngest of whom was called the Simpleton. He was laughed at and despised and neglected on all occasions. Now it happened one day that the eldest son wanted to go into the forest, to hew wood, and his Mother gave him a beautiful cake and a bottle of wine...

Charles Dickens was one of the greatest among the many story-writers of "the Victorian age;" that is, the middle and latter part of the Nineteenth Century, when Victoria was Queen of Great Britain. Perhaps he was the greatest of them all for now, a generation after he passed away, more people read...

In the following pages are reproduced the contents of some lectures delivered by me at Copenhagen in June last, in connection with the General Meeting of the Scandinavian Theosophical Society. What is here set forth was therefore spoken to an audience acquainted with occult science, or theosophy....

PRELIMINARY AND DISCURSIVE CHILDHOOD THE POSITION OF THE CLERGY HOME LIFE AT STEVENTON THE NOVELS LETTERS AND POST SOCIETY AND LOVE-MAKING VISITS AND TRAVELING CONTEMPORARY WRITERS A TRIO OF NOVELS THE NAVY BATH DRESS AND FASHIONS AT SOUTHAMPTON CHAWTON IN LONDON FANNY AND ANNA THE PRINCE REGENT AND EMMA LAST DAYS