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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

by Various Authors

The lone swallows

The lone swallows

by Henry Williamson

Pieces People Ask For Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic Selections in Prose and Poetry for Reading and Recitations

Pieces People Ask For Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic Selections in Prose and Poetry for Reading and Recitations

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 493, June 11, 1831

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 493, June 11, 1831

by Various Authors

Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia, Volume 48, March, 1854

Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia, Volume 48, March, 1854

by Various Authors

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

by Various Authors

State of the Union Addresses

State of the Union Addresses

by Andrew Jackson

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 391, September 26, 1829

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 391, September 26, 1829

by Various Authors

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

by Various Authors

The letters of Richard Ford, 1797-1858

The letters of Richard Ford, 1797-1858

by Richard Ford

Conditions in Utah Speech of Hon. Thomas Kearns of Utah, in the Senate of the United States

Conditions in Utah Speech of Hon. Thomas Kearns of Utah, in the Senate of the United States

by Thomas Kearns

Our Common Land (and Other Short Essays)

Our Common Land (and Other Short Essays)

by Octavia Hill

How to Write a Play Letters from Augier, Banville, Dennery, Dumas, Gondinet, Labiche, Legouvé, Pailleron, Sardou and Zola

How to Write a Play Letters from Augier, Banville, Dennery, Dumas, Gondinet, Labiche, Legouvé, Pailleron, Sardou and Zola

The Physiology of Marriage, Part 3

The Physiology of Marriage, Part 3

by Honoré de Balzac

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885

by Various Authors

The works of Richard Hurd, volume 7 (of 8)

The works of Richard Hurd, volume 7 (of 8)

by Richard Hurd

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 394, October 17, 1829

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 394, October 17, 1829

by Various Authors

韓詩外傳, Vol. 9-10

韓詩外傳, Vol. 9-10

by active 150 B.C. Ying Han

In Partnership: Studies in story-telling

In Partnership: Studies in story-telling

by Brander Matthews, H. C. (Henry Cuyler) Bunner

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 336, October 18, 1828

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 336, October 18, 1828

by Various Authors

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 496, June 27, 1831

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 496, June 27, 1831

by Various Authors

Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 129, April 17, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 129, April 17, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

by Various Authors

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852

by Various Authors

Variétés Historiques et Littéraires (08/10) Recueil de pièces volantes rares et curieuses en prose et en vers

Variétés Historiques et Littéraires (08/10) Recueil de pièces volantes rares et curieuses en prose et en vers

Los valores literarios

Los valores literarios

by Azorín

Lettres à une inconnue, Tome Premier Précédée d'une étude sur P. Mérimée par H. Taine

Lettres à une inconnue, Tome Premier Précédée d'une étude sur P. Mérimée par H. Taine

by Prosper Mérimée

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829

by Various Authors

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 387, January, 1848

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 387, January, 1848

by Various Authors

The southern literary messenger, Vol. I., No. 9, May, 1835

The southern literary messenger, Vol. I., No. 9, May, 1835

by Various Authors

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852

by Various Authors

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832

by Various Authors

Cours familier de Littérature - Volume 23

Cours familier de Littérature - Volume 23

by Alphonse de Lamartine

Sermons at Rugby

Sermons at Rugby

by John Percival

Nature's invitation: Notes of a bird-gazer, North and South

Nature's invitation: Notes of a bird-gazer, North and South

by Bradford Torrey

A Jolly by Josh

A Jolly by Josh

Sermons Preached at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York, During the Year 1861.

Sermons Preached at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York, During the Year 1861.

by Paulist Fathers

Memoranda Sacra

Memoranda Sacra

by J. Rendel (James Rendel) Harris

Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 24

Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 24

by Guy de Maupassant

Letter from Monsieur de Cros (who was an embassador at the Treaty of Nimeguen and a resident at England in K. Charles the Second's reign) to the Lord ----; being an answer to Sir Wm. Temple's memoirs concerning what passed from the year 1672 until the year 1679

Letter from Monsieur de Cros (who was an embassador at the Treaty of Nimeguen and a resident at England in K. Charles the Second's reign) to the Lord ----; being an answer to Sir Wm. Temple's memoirs concerning what passed from the year 1672 until the year 1679

by active 17th century Simon Du Cros

Birds of Song and Story

Birds of Song and Story

by Elizabeth Grinnell, Joseph Grinnell

The Wyandotte Convention: an address

The Wyandotte Convention: an address

by John Alexander Martin

Aristophanes

Aristophanes

by W. Lucas (William Lucas) Collins

"Semmering 1912"

"Semmering 1912"

by Peter Altenberg

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 701 June 2, 1877

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 701 June 2, 1877

by Various Authors

Μελέται: 10 άρθρα του στον «Νουμά»

Μελέται: 10 άρθρα του στον «Νουμά»

by Ion Dragoumes

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 52, June 26, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 52, June 26, 1841

by Various Authors

Hope Farm Notes

Hope Farm Notes

by Herbert W. (Herbert Winslow) Collingwood

The Bible, King James version, Book 59: James

The Bible, King James version, Book 59: James

by Anonymous

The danger and immodesty of the present too general custom of unnecessarily employing men-midwives Being the letters which lately appeared under the signature of a man-midwife. With an introduction, a treatise on the milk, and an appendix.

The danger and immodesty of the present too general custom of unnecessarily employing men-midwives Being the letters which lately appeared under the signature of a man-midwife. With an introduction, a treatise on the milk, and an appendix.

by Anonymous

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1028, September 9, 1899

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1028, September 9, 1899

by Various Authors

Between the twilights : Being studies of Indian women by one of themselves

Between the twilights : Being studies of Indian women by one of themselves

by Cornelia Sorabji

Mezzo secolo di patriotismo: Saggi storici

Mezzo secolo di patriotismo: Saggi storici

by Romualdo Bonfadini

Panegyrico de Luiz de Camões

Panegyrico de Luiz de Camões

by J. M. Latino (José Maria Latino) Coelho

The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 2: War

The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 2: War

by Artemus Ward

Œuvres complètes de Chamfort (Tome 4) Recueillies et publiées, avec une notice historique sur la vie et les écrits de l'auteur.

Œuvres complètes de Chamfort (Tome 4) Recueillies et publiées, avec une notice historique sur la vie et les écrits de l'auteur.

by Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort

Poro-kirja

Poro-kirja

by Ilmari Kianto

The Trinity Archive, Vol. I, No. 6, April 1888

The Trinity Archive, Vol. I, No. 6, April 1888

by N.C.) Trinity College (Randolph County

Bottoms Up: An Application of the Slapstick to Satire

Bottoms Up: An Application of the Slapstick to Satire

by George Jean Nathan

Two Sermons Preached in the Parish Church of Nonington, Kent, January 17, 1864 being the Sunday following the Funeral of John Pemberton Plumptre, Esq.

Two Sermons Preached in the Parish Church of Nonington, Kent, January 17, 1864 being the Sunday following the Funeral of John Pemberton Plumptre, Esq.

by Herbert James, Edward Hoare

The Letters of Gracchus on the East India Question

The Letters of Gracchus on the East India Question

by William Augustus Miles

De positie van Nederland

De positie van Nederland

by Abraham Kuyper

A Sermon Preached in York Minister, on St. Bartholomew's Day, Friday, August 24, 1877 on the Occasion of the Consecration of the Right Rev. Rowley Hill, Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man

A Sermon Preached in York Minister, on St. Bartholomew's Day, Friday, August 24, 1877 on the Occasion of the Consecration of the Right Rev. Rowley Hill, Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man

by Edward Hoare

Lettres d'une amoureuse

Lettres d'une amoureuse

by Brada

The World English Bible (WEB): 2 John

The World English Bible (WEB): 2 John

by Anonymous

The Coming Night A Sermon Preached in Cromer Church, on Friday, June 12, 1857, on occasion of the death of Anna Gurney

The Coming Night A Sermon Preached in Cromer Church, on Friday, June 12, 1857, on occasion of the death of Anna Gurney

by Edward Hoare

Archibald Marshall, a Realistic Novelist

Archibald Marshall, a Realistic Novelist

by William Lyon Phelps

Olvasás közben (Uj folyam): Ujságcikkek 1913 és 1921 közzül

Olvasás közben (Uj folyam): Ujságcikkek 1913 és 1921 közzül

by Ignotus

Oeuvres complètes, tome 6

Oeuvres complètes, tome 6

by Laurence Sterne

War Flying

War Flying

by L. F. Hutcheon

Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 no. 01, April 24, 1858

Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 no. 01, April 24, 1858

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, fifth series, no. 123, vol. III, May 8, 1886

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, fifth series, no. 123, vol. III, May 8, 1886

by Various Authors

Ritratti letterari

Ritratti letterari

by Edmondo De Amicis

Alexis Kivi och hans roman "Seitsemän veljestä"

Alexis Kivi och hans roman "Seitsemän veljestä"

by Arvid Mörne

Harcz a nemzeti hadseregért

Harcz a nemzeti hadseregért

by Károly Eötvös

Napoleons syskon

Napoleons syskon

by Alma Söderhjelm

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851

by Various Authors

Mearing Stones: Leaves from My Note-Book on Tramp in Donegal

Mearing Stones: Leaves from My Note-Book on Tramp in Donegal

by Joseph Campbell

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.

by Various Authors

Three Things

Three Things

by Elinor Glyn

The Maine Woods The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 03 (of 20)

The Maine Woods The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 03 (of 20)

by Henry David Thoreau

The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Vol. 2 [of 2]

The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Vol. 2 [of 2]

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 1. The Emigrant Literature

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 1. The Emigrant Literature

by Georg Brandes

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 08

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 08

Shadowings

Shadowings

by Lafcadio Hearn

The Path, Vol. I.—1886-'7. A Magazine Devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, Theosophy in America, and the Study of Occult Science, Philosophy, and Aryan Literature.

The Path, Vol. I.—1886-'7. A Magazine Devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, Theosophy in America, and the Study of Occult Science, Philosophy, and Aryan Literature.

by Various Authors

Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 Of Things and Persons Concerning the Church and Education

Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 Of Things and Persons Concerning the Church and Education

by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

The Works of Frederick Schiller

The Works of Frederick Schiller

by Friedrich Schiller

The Theosophical Path Illustrated Monthly Volume 1, July-December, 1911

The Theosophical Path Illustrated Monthly Volume 1, July-December, 1911

The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 09 (of 12)

The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 09 (of 12)

by William Hazlitt

The Catholic World, Vol. 26, October, 1877, to March, 1878

The Catholic World, Vol. 26, October, 1877, to March, 1878

by Various Authors

The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1

The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1

by Various Authors

Essay on the Principles of Translation

Essay on the Principles of Translation

by Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee

Sir Joshua Reynolds' Discourses Edited, with an Introduction, by Helen Zimmern

Sir Joshua Reynolds' Discourses Edited, with an Introduction, by Helen Zimmern

by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Comfort Found in Good Old Books

Comfort Found in Good Old Books

by George Hamlin Fitch

Views and Reviews

Views and Reviews

by Henry James

Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, January 1885

Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, January 1885

by Various Authors

Bill Nye and Boomerang Or, The Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literary Gems

Bill Nye and Boomerang Or, The Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literary Gems

by Bill Nye

The Theistic Conception of the World An Essay in Opposition to Certain Tendencies of Modern Thought

The Theistic Conception of the World An Essay in Opposition to Certain Tendencies of Modern Thought

by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker

The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton. Volume I

The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton. Volume I

by Mrs. Russell Barrington