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L'égyptologieG. Maspero L'égyptologie G. MASPERO LES ÉTUDES ÉGYPTOLOGIQUESL'Égyptologie est née en France; CHAMPOLLION le Jeune (1790-1832) en fut le fondateur, et, pendant un certain nombre d'années, cette science demeura exclusivement française. L'histoire de ses commencements se trouve écrite ...

The House of the Whispering PinesAnna Katharine Green The House of the Whispering Pines BOOK ONE SMOKE I THE HESITATING STEP To have reared a towering schemeOf happiness, and to behold it razed,Were nothing: all men hope, and see their hopesFrustrate, and grieve awhile, and hope anew;But— A Blot ...

The Free RangeSullivan Francis William The Free Range CHAPTER I FLINGING THE GAUNTLET “Then you insist on ruining me, Mr. Bissell?”Bud Larkin, his hat pushed back on his head, looked unabashed at the scowling heavy features of the man opposite in the long, low room, and awaited a reply.“I don’t w...

The Adventures of Peregrine PickleT. Smollett The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle CHAPTER I An Account of Mr. Gamaliel Pickle—The Disposition of his Sister described—He yields to her Solicitations, and returns to the Country.In a certain county of England, bounded on one side by the sea, and at th...

The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far WestChapter One. The Father of WatersChapter Two. Six Months in the Crescent CityChapter Three. The “Belle of the West.”Chapter Four. The Rival BoatsChapter Five. A Desirable Fellow-PassengerChapter Six. Antoine the StewardChapter Seven. The StartingChapter Eig...

ViittaGogol Nikolai Vasilevich Viitta / Kertomus N. V. Gogol Nikolai Vasiljevitsch Gogol syntyi v. 1809 Vähä-Venäjällä, jossa hänen isänsä eli kirjailijana. Jo nuorena ylioppilaana täytyi hänen isänsä kuoltua itse ruveta elättämään itseään ja hän siirtyi silloin v. 1828 Pietariin, jossa toimi vir...

From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round ItFROM THE EARTH TO THE MOONCHAPTER I. THE GUN CLUB CHAPTER II. PRESIDENT BARBICANE'S COMMUNICATION CHAPTER III. EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMUNICATION CHAPTER IV. REPLY FROM THE OBSERVATORY OF CAMBRIDG...

BonesEdgar Wallace Bones / Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country PROLOGUE SANDERS—C.M.G I You will never know from the perusal of the Blue Book the true inwardness of the happenings in the Ochori country in the spring of the year of Wish. Nor all the facts associated with ...

The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New YorkAlfred Henry Lewis The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York THE WORD OF PREFACEIt should be said in the beginning that these memoirs will not be written by my own hand. I have no skill of pen and ink, and any relation of length would be beyond my genius...

Tristan and IsoldaRichard Wagner Tristan and Isolda: Opera in Three Acts THE STORY OF "TRISTAN AND ISOLDA" ACT ITristan, a valiant Cornish knight, is bringing Isolda, princess of Ireland, over as a bride for his uncle, King Mark. He is himself in love with her, but owing to a blood feud between t...