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Problems of the PacificProblems of the PacificThe Pacific is the ocean of the future. As civilisation grows and distances dwindle, man demands a larger and yet larger stage for the fighting-out of the ambitions of races. The Mediterranean sufficed for the settlement of the issues between the...
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Nooks and Corners of Old ParisNooks & Corners of Old ParisParis! What visions this magic word calls uphistoric Paris, with its palaces, churches, monuments, streets, and squares; the Paris of literature and its admirable procession of writers, poets, thinkers, dramatists, philosophers, and humourists; the Paris of society, its ftes,...
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Memorie di un vecchio carbonaro ravegnanoMemorie di un vecchio carbonaro ravegnano A queste Memorie di un vecchio Carbonaro che Primo Uccellini compose nell'onorata vecchiezza, s per ricordare a s stesso e agli altri i casi avventurosi e dolorosi della sua lunga vita di patriota, s per lasciare ai giovani...
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Lord Montagu's Page: An Historical RomanceLord Montagu's Page: An Historical Romance BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Prefatory Dedication. LORD MONTAGU'S PAGE. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER...
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Paris VistasParis VistasWebster defines a vista as "a view, especially a distant view, through or between intervening objects." If I were literal-minded, I suppose I should either abandon my title or make this book a series of descriptions of Sacr Coeur, crowning Montmartre, as you...
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Vie de Bohème: A Patch of Romantic ParisVie de Bohème: A Patch of Romantic ParisIF there is one reason for which the growth of newspapers during the last century may be looked at askance, it is the journalist's persistency in perpetuating phrases. Phrases and catchwords at the moment of invention are...
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The Testimony of TraditionThe Testimony of TraditionA large portion of this work has already appeared in the form of a series of articles contributed to the Archological Review (Aug.-Oct., 1889, and Jan., 1890), but these have here undergone some alteration and have been supplemented to a considerable...
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Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 1 (of 2)Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 1 (of 2)When I finished my late work on Society in America, I had not the most remote idea of writing anything more on the subject of the New World. I have since been strongly solicited to communicate more...
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Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 2 (of 2)Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 2 (of 2)About four o'clock in the afternoon of the 6th of May we were convoyed, by a large party of friends, to the "Henry Clay," on board of which accommodations had been secured for us by great exertion...
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Les Explorateurs du Centre de l'AfriqueLes Explorateurs du Centre de l'AfriqueL'Afrique centrale a certainement t connue des anciens gyptiens. L'gypte seule avec sa valle du Nil, ses dserts de Nubie et de Libye n'est pas une base suffisante pour expliquer la puissance des pharaons, des Ssostris et des Ptolme....
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The Celtic Magazine, Vol. I No. VThe Celtic Magazine, Vol. I No. V - A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and AbroadVery interesting and instructive, though very sad it is to chronicle certain...
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Maps of Old LondonMaps of Old LondonAn atlas of Old London maps, showing the growth of the City throughout successive centuries, is now issued for the first time. Up to a recent date the maps here represented had not been reproduced in any form, and the originals...
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Nooks and Corners of PembrokeshireNooks and Corners of Pembrokeshirehe kindly reception accorded to my 'Nooks and Corners of Herefordshire,' both by the public and the press, has encouraged me (where, indeed, encouragement was little needed) to set forth anew upon my sketching rambles, and explore the Nooks and...
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The Bolsheviki and World PeaceThe Bolsheviki and World PeaceThe voice that speaks in this book is the voice of Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik Minister of Foreign Affairs for Revolutionary Russia. It is expressing ideas and views which lighted him on the course of his policy toward the War,...
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The Celtic Magazine, Vol I, No. IV, February 1876The Celtic Magazine, Vol I, No. IV, February 1876 - A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interest of the Celt at Home and Abroad.In prosecuting the geological and geographical confirmation of Ossian on...
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London Before the ConquestLondon Before the ConquestA great burh, Lundunaborg, which is the greatest and most famous of all burhs in the northern lands.Ragnar Lodbrok Saga. Of the hundreds of books concerning London, there is not one which treats of its ancient topography as a whole. There...
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Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and NewOf the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New - 3rd ed.his book had its origin in the course of three (Cantor) Lectures given before the Society of Arts in 1889; they have been amplified and added to, and further chapters have been written,...
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The History of the Thirteen Colonies of North America 1497-1763The History of the Thirteen Colonies of North America 1497-1763It has been my object in this small book to put into a handy form a short narrative of the History of the Thirteen Colonies. In the limited space at my command I have endeavoured...
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When the Owl CriesWhen the Owl Cries This novel commemorates the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. I have written the book because I am fond of Mexico, where I have lived for many years. My story of an hacienda family, though not historical, represents the end...
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The Hittites: The story of a Forgotten EmpireThe Hittites: The story of a Forgotten EmpireThe discovery of the important place once occupied by the Hittites has been termed 'the romance of ancient history.' Nothing can be more interesting than the resurrection of a forgotten people, more especially when that people is...
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