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The Makers of CanadaLord ElginThe late Sir John Bourinot had completed and revised the following pages some months before his lamented death. The book represents more satisfactorily, perhaps, than anything else that he has written the author's breadth of political vision and his concrete mastery of historical...
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Persia RevisitedPersia RevisitedOn revisiting Tehran last autumn, I was struck with the evidence of progress and improvement in Persia, and on returning home I formed the idea of publishing a short account of my journey, with observations and opinions which are based on my previous...
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A Thane of Wessex: Being a Story of the Great Viking Raids into SomersetA Thane of Wessex: Being a Story of the Great Viking Raids into SomersetThe whole of my story seems to me to begin on the day when I stood, closely guarded, before my judges, in the great circle of the people at the Folk...
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Sketches of Japanese Manners and CustomsSketches of Japanese Manners and CustomsThese few 'Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs' were collected during the years 1864-5, at which time I was attached to the Battalion of Royal Marines for service in Japan, and it is now very pleasing to have the...
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Daniel WebsterDaniel Webster[NOTE.In preparing this volume I have carefully examined all the literature contemporary and posthumous relating to Mr. Webster. I have not gone beyond the printed material, of which there is a vast mass, much of it of no value, but which contains all...
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Reveries of a SchoolmasterReveries of a SchoolmasterI am rather glad now that I took a little dip (one could scarce call it a baptism) into the Latin, and especially into Horace, for that good soul gave me the expression in medias res. That is a forceful expression,...
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The Historic ThamesThe Historic ThamesPartly because it was the main highway of Southern England, partly because it looked eastward towards the Continent from which the national life has been drawn, partly because it was better served by the tide than any other channel, but mainly because...
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Where the Sabots Clatter AgainWhere the Sabots Clatter AgainThe Radcliffe Unit in France collaborated with the French Red Cross in its work of reconstruction after the Armistice. It was as a member of this unit and as chauffeuse in the devastated regions that the writer received the impressions...
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The Idler in FranceThe Idler in FranceI have omitted to notice the route to this place, having formerly described the greater portion of it. I remarked a considerable improvement in the different towns we passed through: the people look cleaner, and an air of business has replaced...
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William of GermanyWilliam of GermanyWilliam the Second, German Emperor and King of Prussia, Burgrave of Nrnberg, Margrave of Brandenburg, Landgrave of Hessen and Thuringia, Prince of Orange, Knight of the Garter and Field-Marshal of Great Britain, etc., was born in Berlin on January 27, 1859, and...
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Knickerbocker's History of New York, CompleteKnickerbocker's History of New York, CompleteThe playful devices by which attention was directed to the coming publication of the History of Diedrich Knickerbocker are represented in the author's opening to the first volume. Irving joined afterward in business as a sleeping partner, visited England...
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Shenandoah : A Military ComedyShenandoah : A Military Comedy - Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911The present Editor has just read through some of the vivacious correspondence of Bronson Howarda sheaf of letters sent by him to Brander Matthews during a long intercourse. The time thus spent brings...
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 - Historical Writings Indeed the peevishness, the ill nature, and the ambition of many clergymen has sharpened my spirits perhaps too much against them; so I warn my reader to take all that I...
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George SandGeorge SandOn ne lit plus George Sand, nous dit-on. Soit; mais, ne ft-ce que pour l'honneur de la langue franaise, on reviendra, nous le croyons, sinon toute l'oeuvre, du moins une partie de cette oeuvre pure par le temps, trie avec soin par le...
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Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 - With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South WalesRoute proposed. Equipment. List of the Men. Agreement with a native guide. Livestock. Corrobory-dance of...
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Indian Games and Dances with Native SongsIndian Games and Dances with Native SongsIndian ball games have one feature not found in the ball games as played by us; that is, with the Indian the ball is never pitched and tossed by hand during the play. At the opening of an...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 7, part 2: Rutherford B. HayesA Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 7, part 2: Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware: Ohio, October 4, 1822. His father had died in July, 1822, leaving his mother in modest circumstances. He attended the...
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Far Off; Or, Asia and Australia DescribedFar Off; Or, Asia and Australia Described - With Anecdotes and Illustrations This little work pleads for the notice of parents and teachers on the same grounds as its predecessor, "Near Home." Its plea is not completeness, nor comprehensiveness, nor depth of research, nor...
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Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval OfficerFrank Mildmay; Or, The Naval OfficerWe do not intend to review our own work; if we did it justice we might be accused of partiality, and we are not such fools as to abuse it. We leave that to our literary friends who may...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. GrantA Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. Grant The election of General Grant to the Presidency by the people of the United States was another instance illustrating the gratitude of a republic to a successful...
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