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IntroductionWelcome to volume 5 of Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia! Have you ever wondered what a galleon is, or what the first boats were like, or what a harbor pilot does? Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang are here to help you find the answers to these questions and many more about all...

PREFACEIn 1894 Funk and Wagnalls published the Standard Dictionary of the English Language, parent and ancestor of the eminent line of dictionaries of which this is the latest. Dr. Isaac K. Funk, the editor in chief, was a sound scholar, an energetic manager, and an innovator in lexicography. Only...

Introduction Welcome to volume 4 of Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia! Have you ever wondered how Roman emperors traveled, or who invented the bicycle, or what a horseless carnage is? Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang are here to help you find the answers to these questions and many more...

THE WORLD'S 100 BEST SHORT STORIES THE BOY PENROD By Booth Tarkington Chapter I a boy and his dog Penrod sat morosely upon the back fence and gazed with envy at Duke, his wistful dog. A bitter soul dominated the various curved and angular surfaces known by a careless world as the face of...

INTRODUCTÍON ' Words that are correctly spoken or written are frequently the paving-stones of the highway to sociai advancement and commercial success, But each stone must fit by the side of its neighbor, if one is to attain that level which forma the smooth sentence. Evén as there are "misfits"...