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Pictographs of the North American Indians. A preliminary paperPictographs of the North American Indians. A preliminary paper - Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 3-256A pictograph is a writing by picture. It conveys and records an...
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Theory and History of HistoriographyTheory & History of HistoriographyAlmost all the writings which compose the present treatise were printed in the proceedings of Italian academies and in Italian reviews between 1912 and 1913. Since they formed part of a general scheme, their collection in book form presented no...
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With a Camera in MajorcaWith a Camera in MajorcaTo those who are unacquainted with the Spanish language, the pronunciation of Majorcan names is such a stumbling block that the following phonetic rendering of some of those most frequently met with may be found useful: In the spring of...
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My Life in China and AmericaMy Life in China and AmericaThe first five chapters of this book give an account of my early education, previous to going to America, where it was continued, first at Monson Academy, in Monson, Massachusetts, and later, at Yale College. The sixth chapter begins...
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The Life of Robert, Lord Clive, Vol. 2 (of 3)The Life of Robert, Lord Clive, Vol. 2 (of 3) - Collected from the Family Papers Communicated by the Earl of PowisClive assumes the Government of Bengal, 1765.State of the Country and of the various Services.Military Arrangements.Negotiations with the Nabob of Bengal.Treaty with the...
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The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 2, October, 1909The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 2, October, 1909I am delighted with it. There is a great field for just such a magazine.... If future numbers are as good as the first, I shall have spent few dollars to as good advantage. R....
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The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 28, January 9, 1841The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 28, January 9, 1841The subject of our prefixed illustration is one of no small interest, whether considered as a fine examplefor Irelandof the domestic architecture of the reign of James I, or as an historical memorial of...
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The Battle for Khe SanhThe Battle for Khe Sanh"Attention to Colors." The order having been given, Captain William H. Dabney, a product of the Virginia Military Institute, snapped to attention, faced the jerry-rigged flag-pole, and saluted, as did every other man in Company I, 3d Battalion, 26th Marines....
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The Crimson SignThe Crimson Sign - A Narrative of the Adventures of Mr. Gervase Orme, Sometime Lieutenant in Mountjoy's Regiment of FootIn the year of grace 1689 men were not a whit more long-suffering nor more patient than they are to-day. The choleric captain who had...
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An English Girl in JapanAn English Girl in JapanThe following sketches of life in Japan and the voyage there and back are taken from a diary which I kept during my travels. As Japan and its wonderful little people have come so much before the world during the...
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The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 27, January 2, 1841The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 27, January 2, 1841The village of Ballycomaisy was as pleasant a little place as one might wish to see of a summers day. To be sure, like all other Irish villages, it was remarkable for a superfluity...
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Lustreise ins Morgenland, Zweiter Theil (von 2)Lustreise ins Morgenland, Zweiter Theil (von 2)Der vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1839 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Ungewhnliche, altertmliche und inkonsistente Schreibweisen wurden, auch bei Eigennamen, beibehalten, insbesondere wenn es sich um bertragungen fremdsprachlicher Begriffe handelt oder diese im Text...
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Lustreise ins Morgenland, Erster Theil (von 2)Lustreise ins Morgenland, Erster Theil (von 2)Der vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1839 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Ungewhnliche, altertmliche und inkonsistente Schreibweisen wurden, auch bei Eigennamen, beibehalten, insbesondere wenn es sich um bertragungen fremdsprachlicher Begriffe handelt oder diese im Text...
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Jane Austen and Her Country-house ComedyJane Austen and Her Country-house Comedy "I concluded, however unaccountable the assertion might appear at first sight, that good-nature was an essential quality in a satirist, and that all the sentiments which are beautiful in this way of writing, must proceed from that quality...
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Some Stories of Old IronsidesSome Stories of Old IronsidesOn a September day in 1803 an American frigate bowled along the rocky Spanish coast toward Gibraltar. From her bluff bows curled back a foamy wave. Above the blue waters rose a gracefully proportioned black hull. Around it, halfway up...
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The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 26, December 26, 1840The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 26, December 26, 1840In a recent number of our journal we called the attention of our readers to the little-appreciated beauties of Lough Erne; and we now present them with another vista of that delightful locality in...
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The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, September, 1909The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, September, 1909 It aims to bring to the teacher of these topics the latest news of his profession. It will describe recent methods of history teaching, and such experiments as may be tried by teachers in...
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The Life of Henry Bradley PlantThe Life of Henry Bradley Plant - Founder and President of the Plant System of Railroads and Steamships and Also of the Southern Express CompanyIF it be asked why another biography is added to the almost endless number now in our bookstores and libraries,...
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SewastopolSewastopolLeo Tolstoj war aus dem Kaukasus in die Heimat zurckgekehrt. Er war Soldat und konnte sich nach den kleinen Scharmtzeln mit den ungebndigten Gebirgsstmmen, auch dem gewaltigen Vlkerkriege nicht entziehen, dessen Schauplatz die Krim ward. Vor Sewastopol fiel die Entscheidung in diesem ungleichen Kampfe,...
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History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,)History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,) - with special reference to the Bay QuintéContentsAntiquarianismRecords of the Early NationsTraditionThe PressThe Eastern WorldThe Western WorldImportance of HistoryColumbusColonizationCanadaAmericaCartierFrench Canadian writersCartiers first visitHuguenotsCartiers second visitJean FrancoisSir George E. CartierEstablishment of the Fur TradeChamplainDiscovery of Lake OntarioBay...
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