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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: A BiographyHumphrey, Duke of Gloucester: A BiographyIt was Polydore Vergil who first drew attention to the fatality of the Gloucester title. It was borne by luckless King John, Thomas of Woodstock earned a violent death, Thomas le Despenser was beheaded, while in days later than...
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ShelleyShelleyThis sketch of Shelleys life was written in the summer of 1878. Since then Professor Dowdens Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley (2 vols., Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1886) has been given to the world. In that exhaustive work many important documents belonging to...
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Admirals of the British NavyAdmirals of the British Navy - Portraits in Colours with Introductory and Biographical NotesTHE first thing a landlubber does when he opens his mouth about the sea or about sea power is to put his foot in it; and therefore one's sense of decency...
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Generals of the British ArmyGenerals of the British Army - Portraits in Colour with Introductory and Biographical NotesTHE central figure of this second portrait gallery of British Generals is that of Lord French, who gives a unity and atmosphere to the collection. The phase of the War he...
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The Confessions of a CollectorThe Confessions of a CollectorThis is a copy of the First Edition of this book. It is published in the United States by Messrs Dodd, Mead & Company, New York; but, in deference to the wishes of Collectors, the original London imprint is retained....
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Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 2 (Vol. 5 - 9)Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 2 (Vol. 5 - 9)Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Rose et...
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The Red Battle FlyerThe Red Battle FlyerThat is the answer to those who ask, as an important official gentleman asked recently, why this English translation of Rittmeister von Richthofen's book should be published. It gives our flying people an opportunity of comparing notes with one of Germany's...
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Henri IV en Gascogne (1553-1589)Henri IV en Gascogne (1553-1589)Il est des hommes si universellement aims, qu'on voudrait tout connatre d'eux, au risque d'arriver la dsillusion. Cette remarque, faite depuis longtemps, n'a jamais t plus justifie que par la curiosit, mle d'enthousiasme et de vnration, qui s'est constamment attache...
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Solomon Maimon: An AutobiographySolomon Maimon: An Autobiography.The inhabitants of Poland may be conveniently divided into six classes or orders:the superior nobility, the inferior nobility, the half-noble, burghers, peasantry and Jews. The superior nobility consist of the great landowners and administrators of the high offices of government. The...
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Fire and Sword in the SudanFire and Sword in the Sudan - A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895Prompted by the earnest entreaties of my friends rather than by any wish of my own to relate my experiences, I have written these chapters. The few months...
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From Workhouse to Westminster: The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.PFrom Workhouse to Westminster: The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P.Mr. Will Crooks, as I know him in his own house at Poplar and in that other House at Westminster, always seems to me to be something far greater than a Labour Member of...
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Under the Stars and BarsUnder the Stars and Bars - Or, Memories of Four Years Service with the Oglethorpes, of Augusta, GeorgiaFor the gratification of my old comrades and in grateful memory of their constant kindness during all our years of comradeship these records have been written. The...
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British Political LeadersBritish Political LeadersMy first acquaintance with Mr. Arthur J. Balfour, who recently became Prime Minister of King Edward VII., was made in the earliest days of my experience as a member of the House of Commons. The Fourth party, as it was called, had...
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The Friendly Club and Other PortraitsThe Friendly Club and Other PortraitsCitation of authorities, except so far as they appear in the text, has been considered inappropriate in the case of such informal articles as these. It would be ungracious, however, to omit mention of the writer's indebtedness in connection...
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Thoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni DuprèThoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni Duprè"Do you know," I said to a friend six months ago, while I was looking over the rough draft of my memoirs, "that I have decided to print them?" "You will do well," he answered; "but...
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Confidences et Révélations: Comment on devient sorcierConfidences et Révélations: Comment on devient sorcierJe possde et jhabite, Saint-Gervais, prs Blois, une demeure dans laquelle jai organis des agencements, je dirais presque des trucs, qui, sans tre aussi prestigieux que ceux de mes sances, ne men ont pas moins donn dans le...
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Autobiography of Charles Clinton NourseAutobiography of Charles Clinton Nourse - Prepared for use of Members of the Family I promised your father that I would write you a long letter containing in detail something of a biography of myself. He assures me it is not intended for publication,...
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Fifty Years in Chains or, the Life of an American SlaveFifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American SlaveThe story which follows is true in every particular. Responsible citizens of a neighboring State can vouch for the reality of the narrative. The language of the slave has not at all times been...
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Liverpool a few years since: by an old stagerLiverpool a few years since: by an old stagerThe original intention of the Author was to amuse the younger readers of the Albion, by dashing off a few sketches of men and things, as he recollects them in Liverpool a few years since. For...
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Tenting on the Plains or, General Custer in Kansas and TexasTenting on the Plains; or, General Custer in Kansas and TexasGeneral Custer was given scant time, after the last gun of the war was fired, to realize the blessings of peace. While others hastened to discard the well-worn uniforms, and don again the dress...
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