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Excerpt from The Russian Grandmother'sHE stories which the Russian grand mother told will be found, with many others, in a German collection of Tales and Legends of South Slavonia, put forth in Vienna some twenty years ago by Dr. Fried rich Kraus, an ardent student of f olk-lore. I have sketched in a slight background of peasant Village life as it still exists in some parts of Southern Russia, because this is the proper setting of these storie...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from French by Reading: A Progressive French MethodTim one point to be kept ever in view, in teaching French by this method, is to make the study easy. The pupil's mind should never be needlessly diverted from the main purpose, that of thinking in French, by any avoidable perplexity, either as to the meaning of a phrase or as to the grammatical principles which govern it. The vocabulary which is to give form to the thought is always th...

Excerpt from The Silent Highway: A Story of the McAll MissionThe other (boys, sitting with George on a pile of old boards before the huts, had just burst into a shout of congratulatory applause, and Pierre, irate, had turned to see what had become of his hat, when a loud shout turned all attention to the canal. In the river beyond the lock a long ¿oat of boats and barges was being brought by a brisk little tug to the lock gates, and the next m...

Excerpt from Hebrew Life and Thought: Being Interpretative Studies in the Literature of IsraelMy warm thanks are due to Mr. John M. P. Smith, of the University of Chicago, for care fully reading the manuscript of this book and offering many valuable criticisms, which had much weight in the very thorough revision which the work received before going to the printer, and especially to Professor julius A. Bewer, of Union Theological Seminary, for ...

Excerpt from The Life of the Lord JesusWe wish particularly to call attention to Mrs. Houghton's remark, in the author's preface, that she alone is responsible for the state ment and teachings of this volume. We do this in justice both to the editors of The Bible Study Union Lessons, and to the Lesson Committee of The Bible Study Union.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ww...

Excerpt from The Sabbath Month: Devotional Thoughts for Young MothersThe weeks of retirement which are appointed to those who have just become mothers are, to many, a period of irksome restraint, where hours of pain alternate with hours of weariness and of anxious "thought-taking" about duties from which God's providence has secluded them. The writer, a joyful mother of many children, has been graciously led to find in this period a time in wh...

Excerpt from David Livingstone: The Story of One Who Followed ChristFor thirty years his life was spent in unwearied efforts to evangelize the native races, to explore undiscovered secrets, and abolish the desolating slave-trade of Central Africa, where, with his last words, he wrote, All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one, American, English, Turk, who will help to heal this open sore of the world.Ab...

Excerpt from Handbook of French and Belgian ProtestantismParis Consistory of Lutheran Churches, Rev. André Monod, General Secretary of the Protestant Federation of Churches, and M. Cornelis de Witt, President of the Protestant Committee for Aid in Devastated Regions, of Pastor J. De Vismes of that Committee, of the Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich, D.D., of the American Church in the rue de Berri, Paris, of the Revs. A. Blocher, Henri Anet, D.D., of ...

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About the Book Books about Native American Studies consider aspects of the history, culture, community, and current experience of indigenous peoples in North and South America since the arrival of Europeans. Titles include: A Plea for the Indians: With Facts and Features of the Late War in Oregon, The Serpent Symbol and the Worship of the Reciprocal Principles of Nature in America, Birds Without a Nest: A Story of Indian Life and Priestly Oppr...

Excerpt from David Livingstone: The Story of One Who Followed Christ For thirty years his life was spent in unwearied efforts to evangelize the native races, to explore undiscovered secrets, and abolish the desolating slave-trade of Central Africa, where, with his last words, he wrote, All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one, American, English, Turk, who will help to heal this open sore of the world....

Excerpt from Golden Thoughts in Pen and Pencil The lovely laughter of the wind-swayed wheat, The easy slope of yonder pastoral hill, The sedgy brook whereby the red kine meet And wade and drink their fill, For me the bounding in of tides for me The laying bare of sands when they retreat, The purple ¿ush of calms, the sparkling glee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at w...

Excerpt from From Olivet to Patmos: The First Christian Century in Picture and Story During forty days after Jesus arose from the dead he remained, so far as we can know, on earth. He was not with his disciples all the time, but only appeared to them now and again, sometimes to one alone, sometimes to the Eleven, for Judas was dead. Once or twice he appeared to a large number of those who believed in him. We can understand now why our Lord to...

Excerpt from The Silent Highway: A Story of the McAll MissionThe other (boys, sitting with George on a pile of old boards before the huts, had just burst into a shout of congratulatory applause, and Pierre, irate, had turned to see what had become of his hat, when a loud shout turned all attention to the canal. In the river beyond the lock a long ¿oat of boats and barges was being brought by a brisk little tug to the lock gates, and the next m...

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that e...

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