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The Book of History (Vol. 1 of 18)
Various AuthorsIt is a book of history by writers and makers of history; it is a book of action by men of action; it is a book, that is, by men who know intimately the real life of the world. When Professor Ratzel w..
The Conscript Mother
Robert HerrickThe politician came to Rome and delivered his prudent advice, and the quiescent people began to growl. The ministers resigned: the public growled more loudly.... During the turbulent week that followe..
An Art Shop in Greenwich Village
Ray CummingsWhen he had left the room I stood again before the canvas, partly enveloped in the great folds of the heavy window portieres. On the stairs outside I could hear the dragging footsteps of the old man a..
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 2
Hugo MünsterbergThe Harvard Psychological Laboratory was founded in 1891 by Professor William James, who had introduced some experimental features into his psychological lecture courses for some time before the forma..
Pueblo pottery making
Carl E. GutheThe choice of Pecos for investigation by Phillips Academy was due to the above considerations. The ruin was a large one, was occupied at the time of the Discovery and was not abandoned until 1838. A s..
The Devil
Graf Leo TolstoyThe ancient conception of a bitter strife between the flesh and the spirit and of woman as the devil's chief agent in achieving man's spiritual destruction, is alien to the modern outlook, and to-day ..
The King's Own Borderers: A Military Romance, Volume 1 (of 3)
James GrantNo history of the 25th Foot is in existence; hence, as the brief outline of its early career in the first volume is substantially correct, it may prove of interest to some readers. I may add that the ..
The King's Own Borderers: A Military Romance, Volume 2 (of 3)
James GrantBreakfast was hurried over in silence and constraint, then Cosmo, kissing the brow of his mother, who was already in tears,—for the only real emotion that lingered in the Master's heart was a regard f..