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La vita Italiana nel Seicento - Conferenze tenute a Firenze nel 1894 Posciach nella giostra, indarno deprecata da Caterina de' Medici, giacque, per l'asta infelice del Montgomery, Enrico II, lasciando a un adolescente infermiccio, e dopo questo a fanciulli fracidi di corpo e di...

Scenes in the Life of Harriet TubmanIt is proposed in this little book to give a plain and unvarnished account of some scenes and adventures in the life of a woman who, though one of earth's lowly ones, and of dark-hued skin, has shown...

The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and ResponsibilitiesIn the days of sail, the duties of masters, mates, and crews, were well defined. Sea practice, in the various rigs, had become standard with the authority of an ancient calling. The art...

Other People's Money, and How the Bankers Use ItWhile Louis D. Brandeiss series of articles on the money trust was running in Harpers Weekly many inquiries came about publication in more accessible permanent form. Even without such urgence through the mail, however, it would...

The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 9, May, 1910The purpose of this volume is to present an adequate description of all essential things in the upbuilding of the country, and to supplement this by good illustrations and maps. Political geography, being the background...

The Doctor's Secret JournalOn September 28, 1761, a year after Frances vast North American empire had been surrendered to the British at Montreal, Canada, the flag of Great Britain was raised over Fort Michilimackinac, far to the west at what is now Mackinaw City,...

Jet Plane MysteryEnsign Jack Steel sat on the edge of a life raft whittling a stick. A strange place to whittle, one might say, on the deck of a great U. S. aircraft carrier in mid-Pacific. But Jack loved to whittle. What do you...

A Secret of the Sea: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3)"I'm in no particular hurry, doctor, to get back to London," Sir Thomas Dudgeon had quietly hinted to his medical man. "I daresay the House can get on without me quite as well as...

A Secret of the Sea: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3)It was nearly dusk on the eighth day after Peter Byrne and his daughter had got settled in their new rooms, when Gerald Warburton knocked at the door of Max Van Duren's house. It...

How to Master the Spoken Word - Designed as a Self-Instructor for all who would Excel in the Art of Public SpeakingThis work aims to show how to breathe correctly, produce voice properly, put the meaning into words by aid of inflection, emphasis, and...

Scotland in Pagan Times; The Iron AgeThe few minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcribers note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. On the conclusion...

A Character of the Province of Maryland - Described in four distinct parts; also a small Treatise on the Wild and Naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Maryland, their customs, manners, absurdities, and religion; together with a collection of historical letters. THE Reason why I...

It Was Marlowe: A Story of the Secret of Three CenturiesA number of years ago I read the plays of Christopher Marlowe; and as evidence of the impression they made upon me, there is still among my recent notes gathered for this romance, the...

Das deutsche Wunder: RomanDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1916 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Ungewhnliche, altertmliche und regional gefrbte Ausdrcke wurden nicht korrigiert; fremdsprachliche Zitate und Ausdrcke wurden unverndert bernommen insbesondere wenn diese in ihrer eingedeutschten Form verwendet wurden ,...

The Englishwoman in Italy - Impressions of life in the Roman states and Sardinia, during a ten years' residence Three or four years ago I enjoyed an opportunity, such as very rarely falls to the lot of strangers, of becoming acquainted with the inner...

ChristuslegendenDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1921 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche Schreibweisen bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert; fremdsprachliche Zitate wurden nicht korrigiert. Wortvarianten, wie z.B. Knie (Plural) und Kniee, wurden nicht vereinheitlicht, sofern diese...

MaiolicaContents: I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI. These Handbooks are reprints of the dissertations prefixed to the large catalogues of the chief divisions of works of art in the Museum at South Kensington; arranged...

Achtzehn Töchter: Eine Frauen-NovelleDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1847 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert; altertmliche und ungewhnliche Wortformen wurden aber nicht an die heutige Schreibweise angepasst. Die Vewendung von Anfhrungszeichen der wrtlichen Rede erscheint teilweise...

Red Dusk and the Morrow: Adventures and Investigations in Red RussiaIf ever there was a period when people blindly hitched their wagons to shibboleths and slogans instead of stars it is the present. In the helter-skelter of events which constantly outrun mankind, the essential...

Mediæval London, Volume 1: Historical & SocialFor the student, as well as for those desultory readers who are drawn by the rare fascination of London to peruse its pages, this book will have a value and a charm which are unsurpassed by any of...