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Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee PatriotPortrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee PatriotThe biography of great men always has been, and always will be read with interest and profit. Great actions command admiration, and none of modern times excel those of the patriot exile, Parson Brownlow, of Tennessee....
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Trenching at GallipoliTrenching at Gallipoli - The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expeditionThe announcement came to Newfoundland out of a clear sky. Confirming it, came the news of the assurances of loyalty from the different colonies, expressed in terms of men and...
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Lord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet PimpernelLord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet PimpernelIt was Pierre who spoke, his voice was hardly raised above a murmur, but there was such an intensity of passion expressed in his face, in the fingers of his hand which closed slowly and convulsively...
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Over Here: Impressions of America by a British officerOver Here: Impressions of America by a British officerDuring a year spent largely in Pennsylvania, with occasional visits to other states, I have found little to criticise, but rather much to admire, much indeed to love. America now means a great deal to me,...
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Cruise and Captures of the AlabamaCruise and Captures of the AlabamaThe publication of the naval records of the Rebellion, both Union and Confederate, makes it possible to take a comprehensive view of the career of the famous cruiser. In addition to these, Captain Semmes kept a diary, which after...
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Shakespeare's EnglandShakespeare's EnglandBeautiful and storied scenes that have soothed and elevated the mind naturally inspire a feeling of gratitude. Prompted by that feeling the present author has written this record of his rambles in England. It was his wish, in dwelling upon the rural loveliness...
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The Color Line: A Brief in Behalf of the UnbornThe Color Line: A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn The following pages attempt a discussion of the most important question that is likely to engage the attention of the American People for many years and even generations to come. Compared with the vital...
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The Century of ColumbusThe Century of Columbus To many people the date of the discovery of America must seem somewhat out of place. At least it must be hard for them to understand just how it came about that before the fifteenth century closed so great a...
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Curiosités historiques sur Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Mme de Maintenon, Mme de Pompadour, Mme du Barry, etcCuriosités historiques sur Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Mme de Maintenon, Mme de Pompadour, Mme du Barry, etc.Les curiosits historiques que renferme ce volume se rapportent principalement au chteau de Versailles et aux rgnes de Louis XIII, de Louis XIV et de Louis...
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Glimpses of King William IV. and Queen AdelaideGlimpses of King William IV. and Queen Adelaide - In Letters of the Late Miss Clitherow, of Boston House, Middlesex. With a Brief Account of Boston House and the Clitherow FamilyTHE following pages are mainly compiled from certain letters by Miss Mary Clitherow, which...
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Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 - A history of Company F, First United States sharp shootersVery soon after the outbreak of the war for the Union, immediately, in fact, upon the commencement of actual operations in the field,...
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London in Modern TimesLondon in Modern Times - or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. This history of an old city opens many views into the realms of the past, crowded with the picturesque, the romantic, and the religiouswith what is beautiful...
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A Hero of TiconderogaA Hero of TiconderogaA solitary hunter, clad in buckskin and gray homespun, thridded his way among the gray trunks of the giant trees, now blended with them and their shadows, now briefly touched by a glint of sunlight, now casting up the powdery snow...
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A Noble Woman: The Life-Story of Edith CavellA Noble Woman: The Life-Story of Edith CavellEdith Louisa Cavell was born in 1866 at the country rectory of Swardeston, near Norwich, of which parish her father, the Rev. Frederick Cavell, was rector for forty years. In that pleasant sunny house the little girl...
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The Car That Went Abroad: Motoring Through the Golden AgeThe Car That Went Abroad: Motoring Through the Golden Age A.B.P. June, 1921. [Pg 3] Originally I began this story with a number of instructive chapters on shipping an automobile, and I followed with certain others full of pertinent comment on ocean travel in...
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The Negro in Literature and Art in the United StatesThe Negro in Literature and Art in the United StatesThe present volume undertakes to treat somewhat more thoroughly than has ever before been attempted the achievement of the Negro in the United States along literary and artistic lines, judging this by absolute rather than...
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Two Years on Trek: Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South AfricaTwo Years on Trek: Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South AfricaLouis Eugne du Moulin was of French descent. By birth he was a New Zealander. He passed through Sandhurst and entered the army in 1879, joining the 107th Regimentnow the...
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Les Rues de Paris, tome troisièmeLes Rues de Paris, tome troisième - Biographies, portraits, récits et légendesL'orthographe a t conserv mais harmonis lorsque les mots se trouvaient crits de diffrentes faons; seules les erreurs videntes de typographie ont t corriges. Les majuscules qui le demandaient ont toutefois t accentues....
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Napoleon's Young NeighborNapoleon's Young NeighborThis book, chronicling some little known passages in the last few years of Napoleon, is based on the "Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena," by Mrs. Abell (Elizabeth Balcombe), published in 1844 by John Murray. Her little book is written in an...
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The Court Houses of a CenturyThe Court Houses of a Century - A Brief Historical Sketch of the Court Houses of London Distict, the County of Middlesex, and County of ElginThe Wonderful Century is before the bar of history. Its record shows everywhere progress, consolidation, expansion, improvement. Civilization has...
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