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The idea of this work is happily conceived, and carried into effect, in the two volumes before us, with no little judgment and ability. The subject is one interesting, useful, and important; and the author was in many respects well qualified to deal with it by his talents, his accomplishments, his professional acquirements, and his experienced o...

Outstanding collection of stories from popular pulp magazines in the 50's and 60's. Ten stories in this one. It seems the demand just gets bigger, and so do the volumes.

""No great state,"" says Hannibal, ""can long remain quiet: if it ceases to have enemies abroad, it will find them at home—as powerful bodies resist all external attacks, but are wasted away by their own internal strength.""[1] What a commentary on the words of the Carthaginian hero does the last year—The Year of Revolutions,—afford! What enthus...

A collection of classic science fiction and fantasy tales.

We've produced three other series of compiled short stories, so, we decided, since, we compile one per week, well, here is this week's six stories.

Prior to the adoption of the Sistema Central in the Mexican republic, the province of New Mexico was under a territorial government. The executive was called Gefe Político (political chief), and theDiputacion Provincial very inefficiently supplied the place of a legislature. Under the present system, however, New Mexico being a department, the n...

SOMMAIRE.Pajol et Briqueville. Portrait de Pajol.--Histoire de la Semaine.--Congrès central d'Agriculture de 1844 et Concours d'Horticulture.--Courrier de Paris. Une Sortie du Théâtre-Italien.--La Polka. Gravure et Musique.--Le Dernier des Commis Voyageurs. Roman par M. ***. Chapitre I. Un Relais.--Petits Poèmes du Nord. L'Ile.--Salon de 1844. (...

In various ways, as this volume shows, the war has profoundly affected our economic and political life. War has ever been a disturber and innovator, always leaving after it a different world from that which existed previous to it. On account of our tremendously complex economic organization—the specialization of industry among nations, and the n...

Le mémorable procès dont la France entière suivait avec un si poignant intérêt les péripéties depuis près de trois mois est enfin arrivé à son terme: le sort du maréchal Bazaine est décidé. A l'unanimité sur toutes les questions, le conseil de guerre siégeant à Trianon a condamné l'ex-commandant de l'armée de Metz à la peine de mort et à la dégr...

The National Conference on Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Accidents was organized at Atlantic City, July 29-31, 1909. The second meeting was held in Washington, January 20, 1910. The third meeting, June 10-11, 1910, was in Chicago. The nature of the Conference is clearly set forth as follows:BY-LAWS.1. The name of this organization shall ...