The following monograph is the outgrowth of three earlier and shorteressays. The first, "Church and State in Connecticut to 1818," waspresented to Yale University as a doctor's thesis. The second, abriefer and more popularly written article, won the Straus prizeoffered in 1896 through Brown University by the Hon. Oscar S. Straus.The third, a paper containing additional matter, was so far approvedby the American Historical Association as to receive honorable mentionin the Justin Winsor prize c... Read Full Story
This essay is the outgrowth of work done in the Political ScienceSeminary of the Johns Hopkins University and is a portion of a largerstudy dealing with the causes of the Anglo-Boer War and the questions ofinternational law arising during that conflict.At the beginning of the war the English Government was inclined to viewthe contest as one which would not make it necessary to call intooperation the neutrality laws of third parties. It was soon realized,however, that the condition of insurgen... Read Full Story
Peugeot have launched in London the BB1 electric car concept that seats four people in a vehicle just 2.5 meters long. The BB1 was originally launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show and is now being promoted as a concept in a number of cities around the World.
I asked Peugeot’s Managing Director, Jon Goodman, about the company’s future fuel strategy:
“We need to have multiple solutions. In about two years we need to have vehicles on offer that use standard fuels but are more ... Read Full Story
Valentine Corliss walked up Corliss Street the hottest afternoonof that hot August, a year ago, wearing a suit of white sergewhich attracted a little attention from those observers who wereable to observe anything except the heat. The coat was shapeddelicately; it outlined the wearer, and, fitting him as women'sclothes fit women, suggested an effeminacy not an attribute of thetall Corliss. The effeminacy belonged all to the tailor, an artistplying far from Corliss Street, for the coat would h... Read Full Story
Scanned by Charles Keller withOmniPage Professional OCR softwaredonated by Caere Corporation, 1-800-535-7226.Contact Mike Lough From THE SNOW IMAGEContentsThe Snow Image: A Childish Miracle The Great Stone Face Ethan Brand The Canterbury Pilgrims The Devil in Manuscript My Kinsman, Major Molineux THE SNOW-IMAGE:A CHILDISH MIRACLEOne afternoon of a cold winter's day, when the sun shone forthwith chilly brightness, after a long storm, two children askedleave of their mother to run out and play ... Read Full Story
TO MISS ANGELA BURDETT COUTTS, WHOSE HONOURED FATHER WAS THE FIRMEST AND MOST CONSTANT FRIEND AND SUPPORTER OF MY FATHER, DURING A CAREER DEVOTED TO THE WELFARE OF HIS COUNTRY AND THE HONOUR OF HIS PROFESSION, AND WHOM IT IS MY HAPPINESS AND PRIVILEGE TO CALL MY FRIEND, THIS WORK IS DEDICATED, WITH ALL RESPECT AND REGARD, BY HER ATTACHED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, DUNDONALD.PREFACE.In these Volumes is recounted the public life of my late father fromthe period to which the narrative was brought do... Read Full Story
Lord Arthur Savile's CrimeThe Canterville GhostThe Sphinx Without a SecretThe Model MillionaireThe Portrait of Mr. W. H.LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIMECHAPTER IIt was Lady Windermere's last reception before Easter, and BentinckHouse was even more crowded than usual. Six Cabinet Ministers hadcome on from the Speaker's Levee in their stars and ribands, all thepretty women wore their smartest dresses, and at the end of thepicture-gallery stood the Princess Sophia of Carlsruhe, a heavyTartar-looking l... Read Full Story
The 4.15 from Victoria to Lewes had been held up at Three Bridgesin consequence of a derailment and, though John Lexman wasfortunate enough to catch a belated connection to Beston Tracey,the wagonette which was the sole communication between the villageand the outside world had gone."If you can wait half an hour, Mr. Lexman," said thestation-master, "I will telephone up to the village and get Briggsto come down for you."John Lexman looked out upon the dripping landscape and shruggedhis should... Read Full Story
I. The Orphan's Trial II. Old Hurricane Storms III. Cap's Visit to the Hidden House IV. The Hidden Hollow V. The Hidden House VI. The Inmate of the Hidden House VII. Cap's Return VIII. Another Mystery at the Hidden House IX. Cap Frees the Captive X. Cap in Captivity XI. An Unexpected Visitor at Marsh's Cottage XII. Cap "Rests on her Laurels" and "Spoils for a Fight" XIII. Black Donald XIV. Glory XV. Cap Captivates a Craven XVI. Cap's Rage XVII. Capi... Read Full Story
The iconic ‘figure-of-eight’ design of the orchestral violin has evolved little over the last 500 years so step up Hopfgartner Gerda to design a new form for the instrument based on the designs of ships and yachts of the 1950s as well as Baroque underware!
It’s called the “Gavari” Semiacoustic violin and is prodict of a colaborationbetween designer Gerda and and a professional viennese violin maker to guarantee the sound quality.
The Gavari has curves that see... Read Full Story
