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Excerpt from The Adventures of HarlequinNothing, thank you, sir, said the girl. Want to look. They are so lovely.Oh very well, said the fruit-seller There is no charge for looking.Presently the girl went away, with what sounded like a little sigh of regret.Next day she came again, and the fruit-seller, who had a kind heart and thought that perhaps the girl was too poor to buy anything, gave her an orange and an apple. But instead of eating the...

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Second and Select Portion of the Valuable Cabinet of Coins: Including Ancient Greek and Roman, and Old Scottish, English, and Colonial, War, and Other Medals, Very Valuable Numismatic Works, &C., , Belonging to George B. Simpson, Esq., F. S. A., ScotFirst. - ~the highest bidder to be the buyer the Auctioneer reserving to himself the right of refusing the bidding of any person he pleases, should any dispute arise, ...

Excerpt from List Of Intercepted Plant Pests: Fiscal Year 1984It summarizes records of exotic living plant pests or pathogens of quarantine significance found in, on, or with plants, plant products, carriers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology ...

Excerpt from Freegift Holbrook Perry HistoryShe was a Scotch woman and, as I remember her, (though I was only five) she was very tall and very straight with high cheek bones, but a kindly, old lady. I distinctly remember going to her funeral at the Church. We all called her Grandma Mac.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of ...

Excerpt from The Natural History Review, 1855, Vol. 2: Published Quarterly, Including the Proceedings of the Irish Natural History Societies, for the Sessions 1854-44Section six is a description of the two elementary plates, consisting of details of the perfect and preparatory states of butter¿ies, and forming an important and valuable addition to the work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic b...

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Residue of a Most Interesting Collection of Egyptian Antiquities3 Others 18 4 Others 16 5 two others, one with a Cartouche 2 6 Another Of hard stone, with nine lines of Hieroglyphics, finely engraved 2 inches long 1 Another Of hard stone, with twelve lines of Hieroglyphics, broken 1.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis...

Excerpt from A List of Tokens Issued by Wiltshire Tradesmen in the Seventeenth CenturyIt may be remarked, in conclusion, that this list seems to shew, that the different classes of society, now so much amalgamated, were once better distinguished, since we find among these lists of Wiltshire tradesmen scarcely any but the commonest names borne by yeoman families in the county.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of...

Excerpt from The Object and Method of Zoological NomenclatureOf Swim in fact a totally new work, and in it a proceeding of great im portance was systematically carried out. The ninth edition (the largest of all the earlier ones) consisted of 225 pages, while this, the tenth contained no less than 1384 pages, and in it, each species of every genus received a separate name. The naming of species as an essential part of Zoological Nomenclature wa...

Excerpt from A List of Macro-Lepidoptera Occurring in the Neighbourhood of FolkestoneAuthor of Lepidopterist's Guide. Editor (for maoro-lepidoptera) Entomologist's Monthly Magazine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct th...

Excerpt from An Exchange List of British ColeopteraTrechus m1cros discus rivularis 4-striatus Schrnk. 711inutus Fab. V. Obtusus rubens Tsubnotatus Dej. Fulvus Dej. Lapidosus Daws.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the ...

Excerpt from Common Insects, as Seen Through the Microscope: Written to Accompany a Series of Thirty-Seven Photo-Micrographic Lantern SlidesThese ¿ies glow at night with a peculiar luminosity, similar to that of our glowworms, except that the light is more intense, and proceeds from the thorax, whereas in the glowworm it proceeds from the abdomen. In all cases the cause appears to be a luminous secretion, Dr. Darwin thought of a phosphoric nat...

Excerpt from A List of British Birds: With, as an Appendix the "Graduated List" For Labelling EggsAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in th...

Excerpt from The Fauna of Scotland: With Special Reference to Clydesdale and the Western District, MammaliaThe facts indicated by the above Table are, at first sight, some what contradictory. As Ireland possesses the greatest number Of species in common with the mainland of Scotland, it might well be supposed to have been in connection with it up to a later date than even the Inner Islands. On the other hand we have the presence of other forms...

Excerpt from Street and Smith's Picture Play, 1934, Vol. 39An actor who played opposite Elissa Landi says her kisses are the real thing, not mere chilling imprints as a fan surmised.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct t...

Excerpt from The Blindman, Vol. 1: Independents' Number, April 10th, 1917To learn to see the new painting is easy. It is even inevitable, if you keep in touch with it. It is something like learning a new language, which seems an impossibility at first. Your eye, lazy at the start, gets curious, then interested, and progresses sub consciously.In Paris the Blind Man has seen people go. To. Exhibitions. Of advanced art (even cubist or futurist) w...

Excerpt from The Life and Work of Sir John FieldingI have been asked, as Chief Magistrate of the Police Courts of the Metropolis, to write a short Foreword to Mr. Leslie-melville' 3 book about Sir John Fielding.Mr. Leslie-melville has evidently made a most exten sive study of his subject, and in the following pages gives a very vivid and interesting description of the life and times of my distinguished predecessor.About the PublisherForgotten ...

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Very Select and Valuable Collection of Engravings, the Property of the Late Lieut. Colonel Durrant, of Lowestoft in Suffolk, and Wimpole Street, London: Consisting of His Valuable Series of Engraved British Portraits, Commencing With the Extremely Rare Series of the Baziliologia, Which Includes the Works of Elstracke, Vaughan, Delaram, Pass, &C, IN submitting to the public the Catalogue of the Collection of Engrav...

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Miscellaneous Library of the Late Highly Respected and Much Lamented Eminent Numismatist, Mr. Matthew Young, Removed From His Residence, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden: Also, Some Valuable Engravings, Comprising a Very Complete Series of the Works of WilkieXenophon' s Memoils ot Socrates, by Fielding 1788 Young's Night Thoughts 1705 t Another edition 1768.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of t...

Excerpt from A Catalogue of a Most Exquisite and Rare Assemblage of Works of Art and Virtu: Including Groups, Statues, Busts and Figures, of the Finest Class, In Bronze, Marble, Ivory, Wood, Rosso Giallo, Nero Antico, and Oriental AlabasterThe Proprietor, being well known for many years to the most distinguished Amateurs of this country, ¿atters himself that they will be ready to admit, that in the number of important sales that have taken pla...

Excerpt from Service to the Blind by State LibrariesAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in...