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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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Spanish America, Vol. 1 (of 2)Spanish America, Vol. 1 (of 2)In this enlightened age, Geography has assumed a form so new and interesting, that it has become the study, as well as, the amusement of all ranks of society; the philosopher peruses with admiring attention, the details of the...
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Crónica de la conquista de Granada (1 de 2)Crónica de la conquista de Granada (1 de 2)La narracion de los sucesos que marcaron una de las pocas mas brillantes de la historia nacional, las victorias, combates y peligros de una guerra memorable, la conquista, en fin, del reino de Granada, y la...
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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3[Bibliographical Note XI.For divorce among the Athenians Meier and Schmann's Der attische Process (Berlin, 1883-87) is important. Assistance has also been given by Hruza, Ehebegrndung nach att. Rechte (Leipzig, 1892); idem, Polygamie und Pellikat (Leipzig, 1894);...
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From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles: A Midshipman's LogFrom Dartmouth to the Dardanelles: A Midshipman's LogThe responsibility for the publication of this book lies with me, and with me alone. I trust that that great Silent Service, one of whose finest traditions is to do and not to talk, will see in...
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A brief narrative of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Wheeler's Corps, Army of TennesseeA brief narrative of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These...
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The History and Romance of CrimeMillbank Penitentiary: An Experiment in ReformationMillbank Prison stood for nearly a century upon the banks of the Thames between Westminster and Vauxhall, a well-known gloomy pile by the river side, with its dull exterior, black portals, and curious towers. This once famous prison no...
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The Journals of Major-Gen. C. G. Gordon, C.B., at KartoumThe Journals of Major-Gen. C. G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Csar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. Good friends, sweet...
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Recollections of the Civil WarRecollections of the Civil WarWhen one writes a book, a preface is in order. Mine shall be by way of explanation. The only apology I have to offer for writing this little personal pronoun I story is the very simple one that it is...
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Sir Isaac BrockSir Isaac BrockAs this book is published, Canada is celebrating her fiftieth birthday. The thoughts of all of us travel back along the line of those fifty years since Confederation swept away all divisions and made the people of what is now Canada one...
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The Warfare of ScienceThe Warfare of ScienceIn its earlier abridged form this address was given as a Phi Beta Kappa oration at Brown University, and, as a lecture, at New York, Boston, New Haven, Ann Arbor, and elsewhere. In that form, substantially, it was published in The...
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Our Greatest Battle (The Meuse-Argonne)Our Greatest Battle (The Meuse-Argonne)During the war we had books which were the product of the spirit of the hour and its limitations. Among these was my "America in France," which was written, while we were still expecting the war to last through the...
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