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Young IndiaYoung India - An interpretation and a history of the nationalist movement from withinDURING my travels in the world, the one point that has struck me most forcibly and most painfully, is the lack of true knowledge about the affairs of India among the...
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The Osage tribe, two versions of the child-naming riteThe Osage tribe, two versions of the child-naming rite - (1928 N 43 / 1925-1926 (pages 23-164))The two versions of the Osage Child-naming Rite recorded in this volume were obtained with considerable difficulty, owing to the reluctance of the people to speak of the...
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The Belgian Front and Its Notable FeaturesThe Belgian Front and Its Notable FeaturesEveryone knows how severely the Belgian Army was tested in the initial stages of the campaign. Caught unawares by the war while in the midst of re-organisation, it had to struggle alone, for long weeks on end, against...
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The Skirts of the Great CityThe Skirts of the Great City In his remarkable work Les Rcits de l'Infini, the famous French astronomer, Camille Flammarion, hit upon a somewhat original device to bring vividly before his readers the fact that the heavenly bodies are seen by the dwellers upon...
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"Great-Heart": The Life Story of Theodore Roosevelt"Great-Heart": The Life Story of Theodore RooseveltThe purpose of the writer has been to show why Rudyard Kipling thought Theodore Roosevelt the incarnation of Bunyans character Great-Heart, and to reflect the romance and inspiration contained in Roosevelts life. The work has been approached from...
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Deutsch-Ostafrika: Geographie und Geschichte der ColonieDeutsch-Ostafrika: Geographie und Geschichte der ColonieDie Erkenntni der Productions- und Consumtionsfhigkeit eines fremden Lndergebietes liefert die Handelsstatistik und die Geographie. Die Handelsstatistik gewhrt einen Ueberblick ber die zur Zeit vorhandenen natrlichen und industriellen Erzeugnisse und ber die von den Eingeborenen zur Zeit begehrten Tauschwaaren....
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The Grey ManThe Grey ManWell do I mind the first time that ever I was in the heartsome town of Ballantrae. My father seldom went thither, because it was a hold of the Bargany folk, and it argued therefore sounder sense to give it the go-by....
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After TapsAfter TapsScene.Handsome apartment in the house of Colonel Graham in Baltimore. Door opening into hall, centre. Wide window, R.C. Mantel with fireplace L. in flat. Glass over mantel. Door R. in flat. Table L.C. Lamp on table, books. Chair beside table L. Arm-chair near...
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The Year Nine: A Tale of the TyrolThe Year Nine: A Tale of the TyrolIT was dusk; and the mountains were reverberating with loud thunder-claps, while the rain helped to swell a turbid river that swept through the valley, and past the door of a small wirth-haus or inn, known less...
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A Maid of Brittany: A RomanceA Maid of Brittany: A Romance[Transcriber's note: Chapters 22, 23, and 24 are somewhat confusing. In 22, Guillaume de Coray is thrown from his horse and injured, but in 23 he's OK, then in 24 he's dying. I don't have access to another edition...
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Edgar the Ready: A Tale of the Third Edward's ReignEdgar the Ready: A Tale of the Third Edward's Reign"Now, lad, I will tell thee how it cometh that Sir John Chartris hath sent me down into Devon to seek thee and to bring thee back to his castle of Wolsingham. The road seemeth...
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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3[Bibliographical Note XVII.The session laws and compilations used in the preparation of this chapter are the same as those mentioned in Bibliographical Note XVI; and they are listed in the Bibliographical Index, V. The entire body...
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A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsA Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsMedals serve for two purposes, for the illustration of history and as records of the contemporary state of art. Some series, like that of Italy, have more interest for their artistic merit than their historical import. This...
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The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 - The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip IINo one acquainted with the history of historical writing can have failed to observe how transitory are its achievements. Mark Pattisons aphorism that history is one of the most...
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My Escape from Donington Hall, Preceded by an Account of the Siege of Kiao-Chow in 1915My Escape from Donington Hall, Preceded by an Account of the Siege of Kiao-Chow in 1915IT was in the month of August of the year 1913 when I arrived in my native town, Schwerin. I had stayed several weeks in England, where I had...
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The Sisters of Lady Jane Grey and Their Wicked GrandfatherThe Sisters of Lady Jane Grey and Their Wicked Grandfather - Being the True Stories of the Strange Lives of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and the Ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, sistersThe strange adventures of the Ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, although they...
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The History of Orange County New YorkThe History of Orange County New YorkIn presenting this new History of Orange County to the public, we do so in the earnest hope that it will prove to be the most complete compilation of local chronicles that has up to this time been...
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The Blight of RespectabilityThe Blight of Respectability - An Anatomy of the Disease and a Theory of Curative TreatmentRespectable is a word that has been wrested from its true meaning of worthy of respect, and applied to the most sordid characteristics and conditions of human life. Respectability,...
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Crónica de la conquista de Granada (2 de 2)Crónica de la conquista de Granada (2 de 2)Hasta aqui los sucesos de esta ilustre guerra, han sido principalmente una srie de hazaas brillantes, pero pasageras, como correras, cabalgadas, y sorpresas de lugares y castillos. Mas ahora se trata de operaciones importantes y detenidas,...
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Gaza: A City of Many Battles (from the Family of Noah to the Present Day)Gaza: A City of Many Battles (from the Family of Noah to the Present Day)On Tuesday in Easter week, 1912, accompanied by the Rev. J. Khadder, Assistant Chaplain of St. Luke's Mission, Haifa, I left that town for El-Kaisriyeh (Csarea), where we were entertained...
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