Handy guide-book to Chester and its vicinity; with brief notices of its civil…

ALTHOUGH there is no historic record of the fact, yet there is every reason to believe that long before the Roman invasion the site of Chester was occupied as a stronghold by the original inhabitants. The site of Chester in early times was one well suited for the growth of a great and strong city. Its strength as well as its fitness for commerce, mainly lay in the river itself, which washed the…

Familiar wild birds

Tuis third volume, treating of the habits and appearance of our Familiar Wild Birds, is prepared on the same lines as its predecessors, cehich have met with such a wide-spread welcome from the public. It is, unhappily, necessary to remark that, as these popular chapters go further through the list of British birds, they now come from time to time upon birds which, once “familia…

Four years in the Rockies, or, The adventures of Isaac P. Rose of Shenango to…

Probably no man is better know in Lawrence county than Isaac P. Rose, whose adventures in the Rocky Mountains are here given by Mr. Marsh. Mr. Rose is the oldest school teacher in the county, having taught continuously for 45 winters, without losing a day on account of sickness, and is, at the. time of this writing, engaged in teaching his forty-sixth winter's school, and his pupils, some of wh…

Followers of St. Francis : four plays of the early Franciscan legend

ONiiY one of the four Franciscan plays which here follow has any close incidental connection with the life of St. Francis ; and that is the only one which might properly have a place found for it in the Little Plays. But while continuing to illustrate the Franciscan legend in dramatic form, I did not intend to make a constructive sequel, and would sooner have let the Little Plays stand without …

The dramatic works of Moliere : rendered into English by Henri Van Laun ; ill…

I THINK it will be generally admitted that Moliere is the greatest comic poet France has produced, and that he is equal, if not superior, to any writer of charactercomedies on the ancient or modern stage. His plays may be divided into six classes or groups : First, the small dramatic poems or pastorals, such as Psyche, Ics Amants magnifiques, la Princesse d 'Elide, Ics FacJieux, Melicerte, la P…

An English forest

I WONDER how many of you have seen a forest. Some may have done so ; but others, I feel sure, have never seen one, for there are very few large forests in England now — only three or four. Perhaps some of you who live in London have seen Epping Forest, which is one of the most beautiful in England.

England and Portugal in Africa

THE attention of Europe has increasingly of late years been turned in the direction of Africa, and there has been an endeavour on the part of Powers, hitherto careless of colonial possessions, to secure some part of the rich continent of Africa for themselves. Thus Germany and Italy have acquired large territories in that part of the world, while England, France and Spain, especially the two fo…

The discourses of Epictetus : with the Encheiridion and fragments

Very little is known of tlie life of Epictetus. It is said that lie was a native of Hierapolis in Phrygia, a town between the Maeander and a branch of the Maeander named the Lycus. Hierapolis is mentioned in the epistle of Paul to the people of Colossae (Coloss. iv, 13); from which it has been concluded that there was a Christian church in Hierajiolis in the time of the apostle. The date of the…

The manse garden, or, Pleasant culture of fruit trees, flowers, and vegetable…

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For Danish appetites : cook book

Danish families call the various styles and shapes of Danish Pastry "Coffee Bread" and a real Danish breakfast consists of Coffee Bread and Coffee, nothing else. In America, these rich pastries are served as often for dessert or for an afternoon party as they are for breakfast. Cardamom, which is used in many of these recipes, is a favorite spice that resembles cinnamon in taste. It is a see…