Today we commemorate Martin Luther King and Civil Rights history. This year we reprint "My Escape from Slavery" by Frederick Douglass published in The
The British March on to Concord
The British troops formed on the Common, fired a volley, and gave three huzzas in token of victory.Continuing Battle of Lexington,our selection
Engagement at Lexington
The first guns, few in number, did no execution. A general discharge followed, with fatal results.Continuing Battle of Lexington,our selection
Battle of Lexington
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride.IntroductionThe significance of this event
Human Caused Evolution
Today's installment concludes Luther Burbank's Accomplishments,the name of our combined selection from Garrett P. Servtss and David Starr Jordan.
Luther Burbank’s Methods
The process of formation of new types may be grouped under four heads: selection, crossing, hybridization, and mutation (or saltation).Continuing
Denonville Versus Dongan
The French governor, unlike his rival (the British Governor of New York), felt strong in the support of his king, who had responded amply to his
Artificial Pollination
It may have occurred to the reader that there is something like wizardry in the rapidity with which Mr. Burbank brings his new kinds of plants to
How Is It Done?
But the reader may naturally ask : “How can Mr. Burbank, or any other human being, cause nuts to thicken or thin their shells at his