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Second Part, chapter I: Voyages Round the World, and Polar Expeditions, 2

In Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 3

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Jules Verne


This volume, entitled "The great explorers of the 19th century", forms the third of three volumes under the general title of "…

Where Missouri Birds Spend Christmas

In Birds, Vol. III, No 3, March 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…

February

In The New-York Gardener

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P. Agricola


A series of twelve letters from a proud father to a son who has just bought his own farm. The author instructs "my dear son" not t…

On the Theory of Compound Colors

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 019

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James Clerk Maxwell


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

How the Sun was Made

In More Australian Legendary Tales

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K. Langloh Parker


The present series of legends have all been collected by myself from the Blacks, as were the previous ones. But in this instance, I had much…

Statistics of Railways in the United States

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 12. December 1896

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National Geographic Society, Henry Gannett and W. E. B. Du Bois


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the December Number. It includes the following articles: The Geography of the Sout…

Miss Isabella Bird

In Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century

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W. H. Davenport Adams


The nineteenth century saw the expansion in popularity of travel among the wealthy. Add to this the independence more women were enjoying as…

To Bore or Not To Bore by Ralph W. Bergengren

In The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 1

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Various


Thirty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…

The Compass in Modern Navigation

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 09. September 1897

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the September Number.It includes the following articles:Modification of the Great …

The "Dialogues on the Two Systems of the World"

In Galileo

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Walter W. Bryant


Galileo Galilei is considered the father of observational astronomy, modern science, the scientific method and modern-era classical physics.…

The Letter of Columbus on the Discovery of America

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015

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Christopher Columbus


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently…

Abschnitt 1

In Die Liebe der Erika Ewald

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Stefan Zweig


Die junge Pianistin Erika trifft bei einer Abendgesellschaft auf einen vielversprechenden Geigenvirtuosen. Sofort voneinander angezogen, tre…

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