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Musical Travels Through England

George Veal

I entered the world, singing, instead of crying; at least, my squall was truly melodious, and ravished the ears of the midwife; tho’, I must confess, the envious old hag of a nurse did pretend that my..

Judgments in Vacation

Edward Abbott Parry

It must be a pleasant thing to listen for many days to the learned arguments of the ablest minds at the bar, noting down here and there an added thought of your own which is to find a place in the ult..

The Fantasy Fan, Volume 1, Number 10, June 1934

Charles D. Hornig

The combined shock of the revelation and of the abrupt command gave me a kind of paralysis, and in my terror my mind again opened to the impressions coming from what Tillinghast called "beyond." I was..

The Men of the Merchant Service

Frank Thomas Bullen

The recollection of many kindly criticisms on the preface to the "Log of a Sea-Waif," scolding me good-naturedly for what it has pleased them to term my exaggerated modesty, prevents me from sinning n..

Toledo

Albert Frederick Calvert

The ambition of the author has not been to throw fresh light on a well-worn subject, nor to supplement the work of earlier and more erudite writers with new facts or theories, but simply, as in the ca..

Opening the West with Lewis and Clark

Edwin L. Sabin

Time proved the wisdom of President Jefferson’s preparations made even before the territory had been bought. Just at the right moment the trail across the continent was opened. Louisiana Territory was..

Some 'Frightful' War Pictures

W. Heath Robinson

Some 'Frightful' War Pictures by W. Heath Robinson is a humorous work...

The Child's Pictorial History of England

Julia Corner

The Publisher invites the attention of those engaged in tuition, to the following reviews, selected from a large number, recommendatory of Miss Corner, as an historian for the school-room:“Miss Corner..