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Human OriginsHuman OriginsThe reception which has been given to my former works leads me to believe that they have had a certain educational value for those who, without being specialists, wish to keep themselves abreast of the culture of the day, and to understand the...
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Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty CenturiesOcean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries - Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron SteamshipsValley Publishing Co., St. Louis and Chicago; A. L. Bancroft & Co.,...
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Torrey's Narrative or, The Life and Adventures of William TorreyTorrey's Narrative; or, The Life and Adventures of William TorreyThe author, in offering his narrative to the public, is conscious of his almost utter inability to the task of giving it a strictly grammatical publication. We, whose march is upon the mountain wave, and...
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L'expédition de la Jeannette au pôle Nord, racontée par tous les membres de l'expédition - volume 1L'expédition de la Jeannette au pôle Nord, racontée par tous les membres de l'expédition - volume 1 - ouvrage composé des documents reçus par le "New-York Herald" de 1878 à 1882Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges....
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Fra Mindebo: Jyske FolkeæventyrFra Mindebo: Jyske FolkeæventyrDa Forlggeren af de tre forudgaaende Samlinger af lignende Strrelse, bestemte til at vre Julebger for Store og Smaa, ikke lngere vilde fortstte, har jeg selv maattet paatage mig Omkostningerne ved denne fjerde Samlings Udgivelse. Der var en Karl, der var...
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The Sharper Detected and ExposedThe Sharper Detected and ExposedWhatever, dear reader, may be the value you attach to the knowledge of the knaveries I am about to reveal to you, you will assuredly never pay so dearly for them as I have. You will easily understand, that the...
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Carriages and Coaches: Their History and Their EvolutionCarriages & Coaches: Their History & Their EvolutionI AM not a coachbuilder. Though such a pronouncement will seem entirely superfluous to any coachbuilder who reads the following pages, it is not perhaps a wholly unnecessary remark. For, with one or two exceptions, such books...
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The Autobiography of a ClownThe Autobiography of a ClownWhen the article on which this little book is based appeared in the Saturday Evening Post we were amazed at the response it evoked. It simply proved that all the world loves a clown. In most of the comment and...
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History of the FanHistory of the Fan IT is, perhaps, a little singular that up to the present no work making any pretension to completeness has appeared in English dealing with that little instrument so intimately associated with both civil and religious life of the past, the...
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Secrets of the SwordSecrets of the Sword[Pg 2][Pg 3] Why have I written this book? I will tell you. For of all the subjects that might have occurred to me, this I am sure is the last in the world on which I should have ever dreamed...
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How To Ski and How Not ToHow To Ski and How Not ToThe alterations and additions to this book in its present form are due partly to fresh practical experience; partly to adverse criticism of which I now see the justice; and partly, as I freely admit, to the picking...
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Tales and Legends of the TyrolTales and Legends of the TyrolThe Tyrol, the land of glory and tradition, the wonder-garden of the world, so often visited but so little known, forms the theme of the following volume; and in dedicating it to the public the authoress feels certain of...
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Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering StraitVitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering StraitThrough the patronage of the Hielmstierne-Rosencrone Institution, obtained in the summer of 1883, I was enabled to spend some time among the archives and libraries in St. Petersburg, to prepare myself for undertaking this work on Vitus Bering....
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Indo-China and Its Primitive PeopleIndo-China and Its Primitive PeopleNo nation which desires worthily to fulfil the rle of Protector to the barbarous races on whom it proposes to confer the benefits of civilization can afford to remain ignorant of their ways of life and thought. The interchange of...
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Legends of the City of MexicoLegends of the City of MexicoThese legends of the City of Mexico are of my finding, not of my making. They are genuine folk-stories. Each one of them is a true folk-growth from some obscure curious or tragical ancient matter that, taking hold upon...
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The Golden Book of the Dutch NavigatorsThe Golden Book of the Dutch NavigatorsThe history of America is the story of the conquest of the West. The history of Holland is the story of the conquest of the sea. The western frontier influenced American life, shaped American thought, and gave America...
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Mr. Sweet Potatoes, and Other StoriesMr. Sweet Potatoes, and Other StoriesHe is accused of putting water into the milk. He himself says, that he only does it when he has not enough milk to supply all his customers; then he does not know what else he can do. When...
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Games and Songs of American ChildrenGames and Songs of American ChildrenThe existence of any children's tradition in America, maintained independently of print, has hitherto been scarcely noticed. Yet it appears that, in this minor but curious branch of folk-lore, the vein in the United States is both richer and...
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Climbing on the Himalaya and Other Mountain RangesClimbing on the Himalaya and Other Mountain RangesAfter a book has been written, delivered to the publisher, and the proofs corrected, the author fondly imagines that little or no more is expected of him. All he has to do is to wait. In due...
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Myths and Legends of JapanMyths & Legends of JapanIn writing Myths and Legends of Japan I have been much indebted to numerous authorities on Japanese subjects, and most especially to Lafcadio Hearn, who first revealed to me the Land of the Gods. It is impossible to enumerate all...
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