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The Theories of Volcanic and Earthquake Action

In The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews


The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…

Curiosities of Popular Proverbs Part 2

In The Posthumous Essays of John Churton Collins

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John Churton Collins


John Churton Collins was a literary critic who lived from 1848-1908. In 1904 John Collins became professor of English literature at Birmingh…

The Vocal Organs and Their Movements in Uttering Sounds and Vocalization

In Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions

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Frederic Maccabe


This manual offers instructions on how to become a ventriloquist. Starting out from a general introduction of ventriloquism, it explains how…

Birds in the Schools

In Birds, Vol. III, No 1, January 1898

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Various


Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…

The Scientific Work of Miss N. M. Stevens

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 079

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Thomas Hunt Morgan


"It was about the month of May...that I received information ...that two photographs of fairies had been taken in the North of England …

The Cotton Plant

In Birds and Nature, Vol. XI, No 5, May 1902

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Various


"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes…

The Moscovites Become Tsars

In The Romance of the Romanoffs

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Joseph Martin Mccabe


The eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were periods of stark contrast between the opulent lifestyle of the rich and the ex…

De Bijenkoningin

In Sprookjes Verzameld door de Gebroeders Grimm, deel twee

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Gebroeders Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


De volledige verzameling van sprookjes, die de gebroeders Grimm samenbrachten. In dit tweede deel staan een aantal zeer bekende sprookjes, m…

Should the Housewife Receive a Salary?

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037

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Margarete Anna Adelheid Münsterberg


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake,…

MOZART – The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro)

In Stories From The Operas

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Gladys Davidson


"Owing to the appreciation which has been accorded to my three series of "Stories from the Operas," it has been decided to re…

On the Evolution of Language

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 059

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John Wesley Powell


Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 59 contains an eclectic mix of readings, ra…

Ch 7 - Diastrophism, Part 1

In The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 2: Geology

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Francis Rolt-Wheeler


Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The second volume is on Geology written by Harold E. Slade and W. E. Ferguson. …

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