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The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 374, February 26, 1887

Various Authors

The only difficulty I know of in making this delicious dish is to avoid breaking the tomatoes, which are more liable to give way when they are hot than when they were first taken out of the tin. Shake..

The Kingmakers

Burton Egbert Stevenson

Tributes to beauty, one might suppose—but not at all. The treasures of the Rue de la Paix, the choicest creations of Cartier, had been showered upon beauty and ugliness alike—if there was any differen..

The Velocipede - Its History, Varieties, and Practice

J. T. Goddard

It is the design of this little work, not only to give a few simple directions to guide the beginner, but to give the history of the machine from its first origin, to treat accurately and impartially ..

Drinks of the World

John Ashton

We have generally avoided the profane use of trade or professional jargon, too often the outcome of ignorance, pretence, and affectation, such as “full,” “fruity,” “smooth on palate,” “round in the mo..

Mystery at Mesa Flat

Ivar Jorgensen

The body of Mack Styles was found at two o'clock that afternoon. By Tom Brazier and Frank Brooks, in a secluded spot on the Arizona desert. After he hadn't reported in they had gone out in a jeep to c..

Planet of Doom

C. H. Thames

It was very hot and sultry on the tarry streets of Northport. It had been an exotic city, really exotic, Jane thought. You could tell by the out-of-this world architecture, but oddly—with nothing but ..

The Butterflies and Moths of Teneriffe

A. E. Holt White

All the species and varieties of Teneriffe butterflies, with the exception perhaps of three, are found between the months of November and May; so that anyone staying there for the winter and spring mo..

The Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Vol 10)

William Hazlitt

Fictitious incidents would generally be at first introduced by a much easier method than invention into the narratives of the bards. The gentlemen of this ancient, itinerant corporation would naturall..