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| George Bird Grinnell | The Indian on the Reservation — George Bird Grinnell |
The Indian on the Reservation “The task of civilizing the Indians really depends almost wholly upon the agent who is set over them. He represents the Great Father; he alone has authority. It is for him to explai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Bird Grinnell | The Wild Indian — George Bird Grinnell |
The Wild Indian “To contribute in some measure to a better comprehension of the Indian as a man, and thus to an appreciation of the real nature of the Indian problem in its present phase, I shall a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Friendly Road; New Adventures in Contentment |
The Friendly Road; New Adventures in Contentment “In some strange deep way there is no experience of my whole pilgrimage that I look back upon with so much wistful affection as I do upon the events of the day--the day and the wond…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind |
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind “. Under certain given circumstances, and only under those circumstances, an agglomeration of men presents new characteristics very different from those of the individuals composing…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Wild Animals I Have Known |
Wild Animals I Have Known “Old Lobo, or the king, as the Mexicans called him, was the gigantic leader of a remarkable pack of gray wolves, that had ravaged the Currumpaw Valley for a number of years. All the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Signs of Change |
Signs of Change “In considering the Aims of Art, that is, why men toilsomely cherish and practise Art, I find myself compelled to generalize from the only specimen of humanity of which I know anyth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers |
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers “How surely the birds know their enemies! See how the wrens and robins and bluebirds pursue and scold the cat, while they take little or no notice of the dog! Even the swallow will …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | 10,000 Dreams Interpreted |
10,000 Dreams Interpreted “Cicero relates the story of two traveling Arcadians who went to different lodgings--one to an inn, and the other to a private house. During the night the latter dreamed that his fr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Old Christmas |
Old Christmas “. Here he is generally surrounded by an admiring throng of hostlers, stable-boys, shoe-blacks, and those nameless hangers-on that infest inns and taverns, and run errands, and do a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Art of Lawn Tennis |
The Art of Lawn Tennis “Always dress in tennis clothes when engaging in tennis. White is the established colour. Soft shirt, white flannel trousers, heavy white socks, and rubber-soled shoes form the acce…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Character |
Character “The poorest dwelling, presided over by a virtuous, thrifty, cheerful, and cleanly woman, may thus be the abode of comfort, virtue, and happiness; it may be the scene of every ennob…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Self Help |
Self Help “The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means, and the exercise of ordinary qualities. The common life of every day, with its cares, necessities, and duties, af…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | How Members of Congress Are Bribed |
How Members of Congress Are Bribed “if such a compound of dangerous and insolent qualities merged in one personality, active, vigilant, unblushing, be a Lobbyist - then Collis P. Huntington is a Lobbyist at the doors…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Californiacs |
The Californiacs “. The Californiac is unable to talk about anything but California, except when he interrupts himself to knock every other place on the face of the earth. He looks with pity on anyb…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches |
Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches “The unfortunate man, having finished his packing, had sat down on the spruce log with his face to the fire, and his back to the dense woods, to wait for his companion. While thus w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Bit of Old China |
A Bit of Old China “There is no waste space in the quarter. In apartments not more than fifteen feet square three or four different professions are often represented, and these afford employment to te…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Down the Mother Lode |
Down the Mother Lode “Everywhere in the foothills of the Sierras there are still evidences of gold mining. High cliffs face the rivers, all that is left of hills torn down at the point of the powerful h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Native Son |
The Native Son “For the Native Son has come from a State whose back yard is two hundred thousand square miles (more or less) of American continent and whose front yard is five hundred thousand squ…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On Books and The Housing of Them |
On Books and The Housing of Them “Already the increase of books is passing into geometrical progression. And this is not a little remarkable when we bear in mind that in Great Britain, of which I speak, while there…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tea Leaves |
Tea Leaves “In both China and the East Indies a common custom prevails of planting tea bushes about four feet apart, each way, and they are pruned down to a height varying from three to six fe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Royal Road to Health |
The Royal Road to Health “Having striven to explain in an intelligible manner the true nature and cause of disease, and to point out the inadequacy of the drug system of treatment to combat pathological con…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Soul of the Far East |
The Soul of the Far East “Notwithstanding the fact that Cathay was the happy possessor of gunpowder, movable type, and the compass before such things were dreamt of in Europe, she owed them to no knowledge …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | See America First |
See America First “If you are approaching Gettysburg for the first time you cannot help but admire those even swells that stretch away from South Mountain like an emerald sea. No doubt you will begin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Garden Acquaintance |
My Garden Acquaintance “There is a common notion that animals are better meteorologists than men, and I have little doubt that in immediate weather-wisdom they have the advantage of our sophisticated sens…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | How To Tell Stories To Children And Some Stories To Tell |
How To Tell Stories To Children And Some Stories To Tell “No one can think of a child and a story, without thinking of the fairy tale. Is this, as some would have us believe, a bad habit of an ignorant old world? Or can the Fairy Tale jus…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Getting Gold |
Getting Gold “Subtitled: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and Students. By J. C. F. Johnson…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Wild Beasts and their Ways |
Wild Beasts and their Ways “Few persons are aware of the extreme quickness with which an elephant can kick, and the great height that can be reached by this mischievous use of the hind foot. I have frequently…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Yankee Gypsies |
Yankee Gypsies “Hark! a rap at my door. Welcome anybody just now. One gains nothing by attempting to shut out the sprites of the weather. They come in at the keyhole; they peer through the drippin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Power of Concentration — Theron Q. Dumont |
The Power of Concentration “Through concentrated thought power you can make yourself whatever you please. By thought you can greatly increase your efficiency and strength. You are surrounded by all kinds of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Some Fruits of Solitude — William Penn |
Some Fruits of Solitude “The World is certainly a great and stately Volume of natural Things; and may be not improperly styled the Hieroglyphicks of a better: But, alas! how very few Leaves of it do we ser…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Red Tape in Washington — Horace Towner |
Red Tape in Washington “The record showed that a man of that name had served in the company and regiment given. So far, all right; but the application stated that the soldier claimed a disability rating o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Facts. By a Woman — Anonymous |
Facts. By a Woman “After noon I tried again in private offices, getting in all eleven subscribers, which was good wages and not hard work for a new beginner. I had been treated by all with sincere re…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Education of the Child — Ellen Key |
The Education of the Child “It seems simple enough when we say that we must overcome evil with good, but practically no process is more involved, or more tedious, than to find actual means to accomplish this …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Psychology of Beauty — Ethel D. Puffer |
The Psychology of Beauty “The loss of personality! In that dread thought there lies, to most of us, all the sting of death and the victory of the grave. It seems, with such a fate in store, that immortality…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Superstition of Divorce — G.K. Chesterton |
The Superstition of Divorce “I am primarily more concerned with the arbitrary method than with the anarchic result. Very much as the old tyrant would turn any number of men out to grass, so the new tyrant woul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Second Book Of Operas — Henry Edward Krehbiel |
A Second Book Of Operas “Lakme is the daughter of Nilakantha, a fanatical Brahmin priest, who has withdrawn to a ruined temple deep in an Indian forest. In his retreat the old man nurses his wrath against …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Passing of the Great Queen — Marie Corelli |
The Passing of the Great Queen “Strange, beautiful and pathetic is the picture given to our thoughts of the dead Majesty of England,--white and still, lying in her snowy death-robes with the first snowdrops of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy — George Gissing |
By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy “The waiter -- perhaps he was the landlord, I left this doubt unsolved -- brought me a cup of coffee; dirtier and more shabbily apparelled man I have never looked upon; viler coffee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo “From this scene we rushed off somewhat discomposed to make a breakfast off red mullets and grapes, melons, pomegranates, and Smyrna wine, at a dirty little comfortable inn, to whic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Edingburgh Picturesque Notes — Robert Louis Stevenson |
Edingburgh Picturesque Notes “Greyfriars is continually overrun by cats. I have seen one afternoon, as many as thirteen of them seated on the grass beside old Milne, the Master Builder, all sleek and fat, and c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Two Festivals — Eliza Lee Follen |
Two Festivals “The Island of Longstone is at the head of the group, and serves as a sort of vanguard, and is, perhaps, the most dangerous of all. A gloomy collection of black rocks, full of crevi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The History and Practice of the Art of Photography — Henry H. Snelling |
The History and Practice of the Art of Photography “Chloride of Gold, freed from an excess of acid is slowly changed under the action of light; a regularly increasing darkness taking place until it becomes purple, the first action o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | As a Man Thinketh — James Allen |
As a Man Thinketh “Disease and health, like circumstances, are rooted in thought. Sickly thoughts will express themselves through a sickly body. Thoughts of fear have been known to kill a man as spee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Pageant of Summer — Richard Jefferies |
Pageant of Summer “All the procession of living and growing things passes. The grass stands up taller and still taller, the sheaths open, and the stalk arises, the pollen clings till the breeze sweep…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Wake-Robin — John Burroughs |
Wake-Robin “In visiting vast primitive, far-off woods one naturally expects to find something rare and precious, or something entirely new, but it commonly happens that one is disappointed. Th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | First and Last Things — H.G. Wells |
First and Last Things “After I had studied science and particularly biological science for some years, I became a teacher in a school for boys. I found it necessary to supplement my untutored conception …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Art of Living in Australia — Philip E. Muskett |
The Art of Living in Australia “It is somewhat curious that, among the many questions which pertain to the national life of Australia, little, if any, attention has been directed to the influences which the daily…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Beautiful Europe - Belgium — Joseph E. Morris |
Beautiful Europe - Belgium “Wander where you will in the ancient streets of Bruges, and you will not fail to discover everywhere some delightful relic of antiquity, or to stumble at every street corner on som…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stammering, Its Cause and Cure — Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue |
Stammering, Its Cause and Cure “No one who stammers should put any faith in a cure for his trouble unless the results are known to be permanent. A temporary cure is no cure at all and should be avoided, for it is…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Problem of Ohio Mounds — Cyrus Thomas |
The Problem of Ohio Mounds “It has been more than hinted at by at least one person whose statement is entitled to every belief, that among the Cherokees dwelling in the mountains there existed certain artists…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Nerves and Common Sense — Annie Payson Call |
Nerves and Common Sense “Then, again, my readers may say: "But a woman's nervous system is more sensitive than a man's; she needs help and consolation. She needs to have some one on whom she can lean." Now…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Power Through Repose — Annie Payson Call |
Power Through Repose “This increase of emotion has not always nervous fatigue as an excuse. Many people have inherited emotional magnifying glasses, and carry them through the world, getting and giving …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Wisdom And Destiny — Maurice Maeterlinck |
Wisdom And Destiny “It is imperative that there should be some who dare speak, and think, and act as though all men were happy; for otherwise, when the day comes for destiny to throw open to all the p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | How and When to Be Your Own Doctor — Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon |
How and When to Be Your Own Doctor “The most effective medicine in my arsenal is water fasting followed closely in potency by other, less rigorous detoxifying diets. Colon cleansing ranks next in healing power. In fa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | As A Matter Of Course — Annie Payson Call |
As A Matter Of Course “Let any one who is ruled by moods, in a moment when he is absolutely free from them, take a good look at all past moody states, and he will see that they come from nothing, go to n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Gardening Without Irrigation: or Without Much, Anyway — Steve Solomon |
Gardening Without Irrigation: or Without Much, Anyway “A related problem many backyard gardeners have with establishing the winter and overwintered garden is finding enough space for both the summer and winter crops. The nursery bed so…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Three Acres And Liberty — Bolton Hall |
Three Acres And Liberty “We must not put all our time into one crop unless we are rich enough to do our own insurance; for drought, or damp; or accident, ill-adapted seed, or general unfavorable conditions…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Farm That Won't Wear Out — Cyril G. Hopkins |
The Farm That Won't Wear Out “THE greatest economic loss that America has ever sustained has been the loss of energy and profit in farming with an inadequate supply of phosphorus. Phosphorus is a Greek word whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of the Soil — Cyril G. Hopkins |
The Story of the Soil “"Yes, about that, and also one, or sometimes two, crops of small grain. We usually have about seventy-five acres of corn, nearly a hundred acres of small grain, and we cut hay from…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Vignettes Of San Francisco — Almira Bailey |
Vignettes Of San Francisco “Sunday morning, blessed play time, there is a fellow in a green canoe, and the muscles of his body play into the movement of the waves until he and his green canoe and the white ca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Galleries of the Exposition — Eugen Neuhaus |
The Galleries of the Exposition “No matter whose work it is, whether of Reynolds, Romney, Hoppner, or any of that classic period of the painters of distinguished people, they always impress by the dignity of their…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Let's Collect Rocks &Shells — Shell Oil Company |
Let's Collect Rocks &Shells “After you've had a good day's haul and a rest (you'll need one) you must clean your shells. Put your tiniest, most fragile ones in rubbing alcohol. Put the rest in a pot of fresh w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Chess History and Reminiscences — H. E. Bird |
Chess History and Reminiscences “Of all the claims which have been advanced to the invention and origin of chess, that of the Hindu Game the Chaturanga is the most ancient, and its accounts contain the earliest al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Freedom of Life — Annie Payson Call |
The Freedom of Life “If self-consciousness makes us blush, the more we are troubled the more it increases, until the blushing may become so unbearable that we are tempted to keep away from people altog…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Moths of the Limberlost — Gene Stratton-Porter |
Moths of the Limberlost “I held the hat while the Deacon brought the board. Then with trembling care we slipped it under, and carefully carried the moth into the conservatory. First we turned on the light,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Art of Money Getting — P.T. Barnum |
Art of Money Getting “I hold that every man should, like Cuvier, the French naturalist, thoroughly know his business. So proficient was he in the study of natural history, that you might bring to him th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dry-Farming — John A. Widtsoe |
Dry-Farming “The water that falls on the land is disposed of in three ways: First, under ordinary conditions, a large portion runs off without entering the soil; secondly, a portion enters the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Four Epochs of Woman's Life — Anna M. Galbraith |
The Four Epochs of Woman's Life “School Life.-- When it is considered that fully one-half of the girl's waking hours are spent in school or in study preparing for school, it becomes evident that the girl's attitud…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | American Handbook of the Daguerreotype — Samuel D. Humphrey |
American Handbook of the Daguerreotype “The decomposition of a beam of light can be noticed by exposing it to a prism. If, in a dark room, a beam of light be admitted through a small hole in a shutter, it will form a whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Cook's Decameron — Mrs. W. G. Water |
The Cook's Decameron “"No one has any claim to be called a cook who cannot make soup without artificial clearing," said the Marchesa. "Like the poet, the consomme is born, not made. It must be clear fro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Little Rivers — Henry van Dyke |
Little Rivers “But apart from the philosophy of the matter, which I must confess to passing over very superficially at the time, there were other and more cogent reasons for wanting to go from Ve…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bird Neighbors — Neltje Blanchan |
Bird Neighbors “If we have an eye for the picturesque, we place a certain value upon the broad, strong dash of color in the landscape, given by a flock of crows flapping their course above a corn-…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Theory and Practise of Frost Fighting — Alexander McAdie |
The Theory and Practise of Frost Fighting “It may be well to refer for a moment to the variations in temperature known as inversions. In the accompanying diagram it will be seen that the temperature falls with elevation, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales — Jonathan Nield |
A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales “And boy is it (this reference work will be used for a future historical fiction category).…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered — E.J. Wickson |
One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered “It has been definitely shown by experience and experiment that is does not matter much where the seed comes from, providing it is well grown and good of its kind. There is no such …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Courts and Criminals — Arthur Train |
Courts and Criminals “I began to get interested. Supposing I dug out all the homicide cases I had ever tried, what would the result show as to motive for the killing? Would drink and women account for s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | WOMAN, CHURCH AND STATE — Matilda Joslyn Gage |
WOMAN, CHURCH AND STATE “Many of the most flagrant wrongs perpetrated against woman can be traced to a denial of a right of ownership, beginning with the denial of her right to herself. Even the Salic law …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Organic Gardener's Composting — Steve Solomon |
Organic Gardener's Composting “Whenever I want to buy something it has become my habit first to ask myself if the desired object could possibly bring me as much pleasure as knowing that I don't have to get up an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Afoot in England — W.H. Hudson |
Afoot in England “Not only the crow was there: a magpie chattered as I came from the brake, but refused to show himself; and a little later a jay screamed at me, as only a jay can. There are times w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Home Acre — E.P. Roe |
The Home Acre “I trust that this preliminary discussion in regard to red raspberries will prepare the way for the advice to follow, and enable the proprietor of the Home Acre to act intelligently…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Soul of the Far East — Percival Lowell |
The Soul of the Far East “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Physiology of Taste — Brillat Savarin |
The Physiology of Taste “Well; what could be refused to that which sustains us, from the cradle to the grave, which increases the gratifications of love and the confidence of friendship which disarms hatre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Chess Strategy — Edward Lasker |
Chess Strategy “Looks very good in most formats. Did the best I could (MS-Reader is an issue, Acrobat recommended).…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of "Mormonism" — James E. Talmage |
The Story of "Mormonism" “Full title: THE STORY OF "MORMONISM" And THE PHILOSOPHY OF "MORMONISM"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Declaration of Independence in American — H. L. Mencken |
Declaration of Independence in American “WHEN THINGS get so balled up that the people of a country got to cut loose from some other country, and go it on their own hook, without asking no permission from nobody, excepting…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership — Edward Lasker |
Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership “Now the Pawn e5 is sufficiently protected and Black threatens to exert pressure on d4 by playing B-g4 and Kt-c6. It might seem that White can ignore this threat and as soon as d4 a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Laws of Etiquette — A Gentleman |
The Laws of Etiquette “Respectable visitors should be received and treated with the utmost courtesy. But if a tiresome fellow, after wearying all his friends, becomes weary of himself, and arrives to bes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Time and Change |
Time and Change “If life is a ferment, as we are told it is, how long it took this yeast to leaven the whole loaf! Man is evidently the end of the series, he is the top of the biological tree. His …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Dissertation on Horses — William Osmer |
A Dissertation on Horses “Full title: A DISSERTATION on HORSES: wherein it is demonstrated, by Matters of Fact, as well as from the Principles of Philosophy, that INNATE QUALITIES do not exist, and that the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Book of Operas — Henry Edward Krehbiel |
A Book of Operas “The first glimpse of the opera reveals an open space in a forest and in it an inn and a target-shooting range. Max, a young assistant to the Chief Forester of a Bohemian principali…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Courage of the Commonplace — Mary Raymond Shipley Andrews |
The Courage of the Commonplace “It came to him in a vague, comforting way that probably the best game a man could play with his life would be to use it as a tool to do work with; to keep it at its brightest, clea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Chess History and Reminiscences — H. E. Bird |
Chess History and Reminiscences “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Games for Hallow-e'en — Mary E. Blain |
Games for Hallow-e'en “To foretell complexion of future mate, select three soft, fluffy feathers. (If none is handy, ask for a pillow and rip open and take out feathers.) On bottom end of each feather fa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Our Nervous Friends — Robert S. Carroll |
Our Nervous Friends “The price we pay for defective nerves is one of mankind's big burdens. Humanity reaches its vaunted supremacy, it realizes the heights of manhood and womanhood through its power to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Chapters of Opera — H.E. Krehbiel |
Chapters of Opera “In the sometimes faulty and incomplete records of the American stage to which writers on musical history have hitherto been forced to repair, 1750 is set down as the natal year for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Earth as Modified by Human Action — George P. Marsh |
The Earth as Modified by Human Action “There can be no doubt that moisture is given, out by trees and evaporated in extremely cold winter weather, and unless new fluid were supplied from the roots by the exercise of som…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Nature of Goodness — George Herbert Palmer |
The Nature of Goodness “A second inadequate definition of goodness is that it is adaptation to environment. This is a far more important conception than the preceding; but again, while not untrue, is stil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Station Life in New Zealand — Lady Barker |
Station Life in New Zealand “Christchurch is very prettily situated; for although it stands on a perfectly flat plain, towards the sea there are the Port Hills, and the town itself is picturesque, owing to the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Success With Small Fruits — E. P. Roe |
Success With Small Fruits “As Mr. Durand well puts it, new varieties, to be of value, should produce berries that "measure from four to eight inches in circumference, of good form, color and flavor; very lar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Over Prairie Trails — Frederick Philip Grove |
Over Prairie Trails “Now I have already said that snow is the only really plastic element in which the wind can carve the vagaries of its mood and leave a record of at least some permanency. The surfac…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Healthful Sports for Boys — Alfred Rochefort |
Healthful Sports for Boys “I like work that develops the ingenuity of the boy. On a long mill pond out in Kentucky--this was some years ago--I came upon some boys who were managing a raft propelled by a sail…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Man of Samples — Wm. H. Maher |
A Man of Samples “"There's no money in business," said he; "times were when you could make a profit, but nowadays it is a struggle to see who can sell the lowest. There's a revolver that I bought of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | WONDERS OF CREATION: VOLCANOES AND THEIR PHENOMENA. — Anonymous |
WONDERS OF CREATION: VOLCANOES AND THEIR PHENOMENA. “Ashes block out the sun.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Business Hints for Men and Women — Alfred Rochefort Calhoun |
Business Hints for Men and Women “While business can be conducted over the telephone, as if the speakers stood face to face, yet such transactions not being recorded, will not stand in law, if one of the parties sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The True Citizen, How To Become One — W. F. Markwick, D. D. and W. A. Smith, A. B. |
The True Citizen, How To Become One “Bishop Vincent, writing about boyhood, says, "If I were a boy? Ah, if I only were! The very thought of it sets my imagination afire. That 'if' is a key to dreamland. First I would …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Little Journeys To The Homes Of Eminent Artists — Elbert Hubbard |
Little Journeys To The Homes Of Eminent Artists “In the lives of Botticelli and Rembrandt there is a close similarity. In temperament as well as in experience they seem to parallel each other. In boyhood Botticelli and Rembrandt …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Locusts and Wild Honey — John Burroughs |
Locusts and Wild Honey “The notion has always very generally prevailed that the queen of the bees is an absolute ruler, and issues her royal orders to willing subjects. Hence Napoleon the First sprinkled …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Making Good On Private Duty — Harriet Camp Lounsbery |
Making Good On Private Duty “Full title: MAKING GOOD ON PRIVATE DUTY PRACTICAL HINTS TO GRADUATE NURSES…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Entertainments for Home, Church and School — Frederica Seeger |
Entertainments for Home, Church and School “MENAGERIE This is a very funny game if the ringmaster keeps up a running fire of witty remarks. He stands in the circle of animals--otherwise guests--and, whip in hand, shows off h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Many Ways for Cooking Eggs — Mrs. S.T. Rorer |
Many Ways for Cooking Eggs “An interesting guide, but makes no mention of delicious things you can do with the good Korean noodle packets. Eurocentrism...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Public Opinion — Walter Lippmann |
Public Opinion “In some measure, stimuli from the outside, especially when they are printed or spoken words, evoke some part of a system of stereotypes, so that the actual sensation and the precon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children — Pye Henry Chavasse |
Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children “A modern writer, speaking of the life of a medical man, observes, "There is no career which so rapidly wears away the powers of life, because there is no other which requires a gre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Men, Women, and God — A. Herbert Gray |
Men, Women, and God “Full title: MEN, WOMEN, AND GOD A DISCUSSION OF SEX QUESTIONS FROM THE CHRISTIAN POINT OF VIEW BY THE REV. A. HERBERT GRAY, D. D.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The American Woman's Home — Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe |
The American Woman's Home “Full title: AMERICAN WOMAN'S HOME: OR, PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE; BEING A GUIDE TO THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ECONOMICAL, HEALTHFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AND CHRISTIAN HOMES.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Young Knights of the Empire — Sir Robert Baden-Powell |
Young Knights of the Empire “Full title: YOUNG KNIGHTS OF THE EMPIRE THEIR CODE AND FURTHER SCOUT YARNS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Domestic Problem — Abby Morton Diaz |
A Domestic Problem “Full title: A DOMESTIC PROBLEM WORK AND CULTURE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Favorite Dishes — Carrie V. Shuman |
Favorite Dishes “Wild ducks, canvassback, redheads, etc., are roasted without stuffing. After they are picked and thoroughly cleansed, roast them in a tin kitchen before a hot fire or in a quick ov…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Study and Stimulants — A. Arthur Reade |
Study and Stimulants “Full title: STUDY AND STIMULANTS; OR, THE USE OF INTOXICANTS AND NARCOTICS IN RELATION TO INTELLECTUAL LIFE, AS ILLUSTRATED BY PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS ON THE SUBJECT, FROM MEN OF L…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The American Goliah — Anon. |
The American Goliah “Though the figure has all the appearance of stone, nevertheless the outer surface shaves off with a knife without materially dulling the blade. This was tried, but of course was no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Indian Games — Andrew McFarland Davis |
Indian Games “"When the sides are equal the players will occupy an entire afternoon without either side gaining any advantage; at other times one of the two will gain the two games that they nee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler — Steven E. Jones. |
The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler “A few years ago, I woke up to the fact that half of the world's peoples must burn wood or dried dung in order to cook their food. It came as quite a shock to me, especially as I le…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Majesty of Calmness — William George Jordan |
The Majesty of Calmness “Nature is very un-American. Nature never hurries. Every phase of her working shows plan, calmness, reliability, and the absence of hurry. Hurry always implies lack of definite meth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | For Auld Lang Syne — Ray Woodward |
For Auld Lang Syne “Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. It is well worth while to learn how to win the heart of man the right way. Force is of no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Collection of Scotch Proverbs — Pappity Stampoy |
A Collection of Scotch Proverbs “A blind man should not judge of colours.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day |
How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day “"But," someone may remark, with the English disregard of everything except the point, "what is he driving at with his twenty-four hours a day? I have no difficulty in living on twe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Yosemite — John Muir |
The Yosemite “Of all the world's eighty or ninety species of pine trees, the Sugar Pine (Pinus Lambertiana) is king, surpassing all others, not merely in size but in lordly beauty and majesty. I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Guide to Reading — Dr. Lyman Abbott |
The Guide to Reading “Some readers find the early morning, when they have all the world to themselves, their best time for reading, and, if you are a good sleeper, and do not find early rising more wear…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Prospective Mother — J. Morris Slemons |
The Prospective Mother “Full title: THE PROSPECTIVE MOTHER A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Shock and Awe: Achieving Rapid Dominance — Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade |
Shock and Awe: Achieving Rapid Dominance “In the Clausewitzian view, "shock and awe" were necessary effects arising from application of military power and were aimed at destroying the will of an adversary to resist. Earlie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Country Housewife and Lady's Director — Richard Bradley |
The Country Housewife and Lady's Director “Expanded title: THE Country Housewife AND LADY'S DIRECTOR IN THE Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Opium Habit — Horace B. Day |
The Opium Habit “To the opium-consumer, when deprived of this stimulant, there is nothing that life can bestow, not a blessing that man can receive, which would not come to him unheeded, undesired,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Friends at Brook Farm — John Van Der Zee Sears |
My Friends at Brook Farm “Dr. Ripley gained my confidence by claiming old acquaintance, recalling a former meeting that I had quite forgotten. Several years previous, when I was a very small boy indeed, my …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Birds in Town and Village — W. H. Hudson |
Birds in Town and Village “Just out of hearing of the grasshopper warblers, there was a good-sized pool of water on the common, probably an old gravel-pit, its bottom now overgrown with rushes. A sedge warbl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Toasts — William Pittenger |
Toasts “A lady in California had a troublesome neighbor, whose cattle overrun her ranch, causing much damage. The lady bore the annoyance patiently, hoping that some compunction would be f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Consumer Viewpoint — Mildred Maddocks |
The Consumer Viewpoint “Full title: The Consumer Viewpoint covering vital phases of manufacturing and selling household devices by Mildred Maddocks, Director GOOD HOUSEKEEPING INSTITUTE Department of Hous…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Pepacton — John Burroughs |
Pepacton “For the largest and finest chestnuts I had last fall I was indebted to the gray squirrels. Walking through the early October woods one day, I came upon a place where the ground was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Naturalist in La Plata — W. H. Hudson |
The Naturalist in La Plata “Let us first examine the antiquated theory, as it must now be called. By bringing a raptorial insect and a firefly together, we find that the flashing light of the latter does actu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Prepare and Serve a Meal — Lillian B. Lansdown |
Prepare and Serve a Meal “Full title: HOW TO PREPARE AND SERVE A MEAL AND INTERIOR DECORATION…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Glory of the Trenches — Coningsby Dawson |
The Glory of the Trenches “There's a lot in it. You bring a man out from a tight corner where he's been in hourly contact with death; he's apt to think, "What's the use of taking pride in myself. I'm likely …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Expressive Voice Culture — Jessie Eldridge Southwick |
Expressive Voice Culture “We may forget what we are doing, but we must be able to know, or there will be nothing worth while to forget! The danger of the mechanical idea--the extreme technician's notion tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Doggie and I — R.M. Ballantyne |
My Doggie and I “I possess a doggie -- not a dog, observe, but a doggie. If he had been a dog I would not have presumed to intrude him on your notice. A dog is all very well in his way -- one of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hunting with the Bow and Arrow — Saxton Pope |
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow “A number of shafts having been similarly prepared, the Indian was ready to feather them. A feather he called pu nee. In fledging arrows Ishi used eagle, buzzard, hawk or flicker fe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |