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Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim SettlementMary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement The purpose of this series of stories is to show the children, and even those who have already taken up the study of history, the home life of the colonists with whom they meet in...
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Siam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &cSiam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &c.In giving these pages to the public the author has no ambition to make a book. Having been invited by the Principal of Milnwood Academy, at Shade Gap, Pa., to deliver in that Institution a series of lectures, or...
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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)This book is a translation of Babur Padshahs Autobiography, made from the original Turki text. It was undertaken after a purely-Turki manuscript had become accessible in England, the Haidarabad Codex (1915) which, being in Baburs ipsissima verba, left...
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The Northfield Tragedy; or, the Robber's RaidThe Northfield Tragedy; or, the Robber's Raid - A Thrilling Narrative; A history of the remarkable attempt to rob the bank at Northfield, Minnesota; the Cold-Blooded Murder of the Brave Cashier and an Inoffensive Citizen. The Slaying of Two of the Brigands. The Wonderful...
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Beyond the Marne: Quincy, Huiry, Voisins before and during the battleBeyond the Marne: Quincy, Huiry, Voisins before and during the battleMademoiselle Henriette Cuvru-Magot, who, since the early months of the war, has been nursing the wounded at the Auxiliary Hospital of l'Union des Femmes de France, at Quincy, near Meaux, lives in the picturesque...
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Martha of California: A Story of the California TrailMartha of California: A Story of the California Trail The author of this series of stories for children has endeavored simply to show why and how the descendants of the early colonists fought their way through the wilderness in search of new homes. The...
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Explanatory Notes of a Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards, Temp. Charles IIExplanatory Notes of a Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards, Temp. Charles II. - Forming a Complete Political Satire of the CommonwealthThrough the courtesy of Lord Nelson, the very curious Pack of Cards here presented in facsimile was placed at the disposal of the Aungervyle...
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John Inglesant: A Romance (Volume 2 of 2)John Inglesant: A Romance (Volume 2 of 2)Inglesant travelled to Marseilles, and by packet boat to Genoa. The beauty of the approach by sea to this city, and the lovely gardens and the country around gave him the greatest delight. The magnificent streets of...
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John Inglesant: A Romance (Volume 1 of 2)John Inglesant: A Romance (Volume 1 of 2)During my second year at Oxford I became acquainted with a Roman Catholic gentleman, the eldest son of a family long resident on the borders of Shropshire towards Wales. My friend, whose name was Fisher, invited me...
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Diplomatic DaysDiplomatic Days The letters which form this volume were written in a period of delightful leisure, when I was receiving my first impressions of Mexico. The might and beauty of the great Spanish civilization, set in a frame of exceeding natural loveliness, kindled new...
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Slavery in PennsylvaniaSlavery in Pennsylvania - A Dissertation Submitted to the Board of University Studies of the Johns Hopkins University in Conformity with the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1910SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN CONFORMITY...
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A Comprehensive History of NorwichA Comprehensive History of NorwichSome account of the sources of information should be given in the preface to a history, in order to assure the reader of the authenticity of the narrative. No one can have turned over a booksellers catalogue of local historical...
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A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and ArtA History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and ArtI have felt some difficulty in selecting a title for the contents of the following pages, in which it was, in fact, my design to give, as far as may be done within such moderate...
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History of the Kingdom of SiamHistory of the Kingdom of Siam - and of the revolutions that have caused the overthrow of the empire, up to A. D. 1770Turpin's History of Siam, published at Paris in the year 1771 consists of two volumes, the first of which deals merely...
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An Unsentimental Journey through CornwallAn Unsentimental Journey through CornwallI believe in holidays. Not in a frantic rushing about from place to place, glancing at everything and observing nothing; flying from town to town, from hotel to hotel, eager to "do" and to see a country, in order that...
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The Hammer: A Story of the Maccabean TimesThe Hammer: A Story of the Maccabean TimesIt is not so very long since the Apocrypha was found in almost every copy of the English Bible, but in the present day it is seldom printed with it, and very seldom indeed read. One or...
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Le Tour de l'Espagne en AutomobileLe Tour de l'Espagne en Automobile - Etude de TourismeNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Si tel...
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The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 2 (of 2)The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 2 (of 2) - As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and JapanThe index to this book contains links to Volume I of this...
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The Rt. Hon. John Bright M.PThe Rt. Hon. John Bright M.P. - Cartoons from the Collection of "Mr. Punch" The Conservative Reform Bill was to be the principal measure of the approaching Session, and as the question had proved a fatal one to the Whig Administration in the preceding...
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Pamphlets and Parodies on Political SubjectsPamphlets and Parodies on Political Subjects To condemn nonsense, especially in high places, is proper: there are ancient precedents for it. A thousand years before Christ, Nathan, a priest in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, knew that David the Lord's anointed, had...
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