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The Birth and Babyhood of the TelephoneThe Birth and Babyhood of the TelephoneThomas A. Watson was born on January 18, 1854, in Salem, Massachusetts, and died December 13, 1934, at more than four-score years. At the age of 13 he left school and went to work in a store. Always...
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Life of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. v. 2 (of 2)Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 2 (of 2)At the distance of a little more than a mile from that part of the city of Lancaster where Mr. Buchanan had lived for many years, and a little beyond the...
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In the Strange South SeasIn the Strange South Seas MOST men have their loves, happy or hopeless, among the countries of the earth. There are words in the atlas that ring like trumpet calls to the ear of many a stay-at-home in grey northern citiesnames of mountains, rivers,...
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Journal of a West India ProprietorJournal of a West India Proprietor - Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica The following Journals of two residences in Jamaica, in 1815-16, and in 1817, are now printed from the MS. of Mr. Lewis; who died at sea, on the...
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Fort Concho: Its Why and WhereforeFort Concho: Its Why and WhereforeMany people who visit the Fort Concho Museum and look over the parade ground and buildings of old Fort Concho, naturally ask the question, Why did the United States Government build a fort in this place, and what did...
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Chester: A Sketch-BookChester: A Sketch-Book You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of receipt of the...
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Cardinal Pole Or, The Days of Philip and Mary: An Historical RomanceCardinal Pole; Or, The Days of Philip and Mary: An Historical RomanceCorrected text will appear in the text with a gray underline. Placing the cursor over the text will display the original version. A brief explanation can be found by consulting the endnotes for...
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Faery Lands of the South SeasFaery Lands of the South SeasThe islands of the South Seas are places of an interest curiously limited. The ethnological problem presented by the native is interesting only to men of science, commerce is negligible, there is little real agriculture, and no industry at...
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The Art & Practice of TypographyThe Art & Practice of Typography - A Manual of American Printing, Including a Brief History up to the Twentieth Century, with Reproductions of the Work of Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use...
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Discoveries and Inventions of the 19th CenturyDiscoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century Only by knowledge of Natures laws can man subjugate her powers and appropriate her materials for his own purposes. The whole history of arts and inventions is a continued comment on this text; and since the knowledge...
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New ZealandNew ZealandThis book does not contain a history of New Zealand, but something of the story of many full and stirring days. Almost like the ghost the Maori thought him, Tasman came swiftly out of the rosy West, struck a blow which harmed his...
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Croquis d'Extrême-Orient, 1898Croquis d'Extrême-Orient, 1898L'anne 1898 ne fut pas pour nous de celles dont on garde un bon souvenir. L'affaire Dreyfus avait divis la France. L'arme en restait douloureuse, et notre prestige au dehors amoindri. Nos rivaux profitaient de ce dsarroi. L'Angleterre et l'Allemagne se disputaient...
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Bell's English History Source BooksCommercial Politics (1837-1856)This series of English History Source Books is intended for use with any ordinary textbook of English History. Experience has conclusively shown that such apparatus is a valuablenay, an indispensableadjunct to the history lesson. It is capable of two main uses: either...
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Concerning GenealogiesConcerning Genealogies - Being Suggestions of Value for All Interested in Family HistoryThis little book puts the pleasure of tracing one's ancestry within reach of those who have had no previous practice. It covers every phase of the subjectthe sources of information, the methods...
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Dirty Dustbins and Sloppy StreetsDirty Dustbins and Sloppy Streets - A Practical Treatise on the Scavenging and Cleansing of Cities and TownsSome portions of the following pages have already appeared in the monthly numbers of the Sanitary Engineer, and the complete work is now published with a view...
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Hastings and Environs: A Sketch-BookHastings & Environs: A Sketch-Book You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of receipt...
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Vankilasta ja SiperiastaVankilasta ja SiperiastaTeokseni ei yritkn antaa mitn objektiivisia tietoja, se on vain subjektiivinen esitys siit mit olen kokenut ja nhnyt ja ensi kdess muilta kuullut. Kaksi ensimist lukua on kirjoitettu Irkutskissa, seuraavat kaksi Tchitassa, muut Suomessa matkalla tekemieni pivkirjamuistiinpanojen mukaan. Yll marraskuun 26 piv...
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The British Navy in BattleThe British Navy in BattleWe do not wish you a Merry Christmas, for to none of us, neither to you at sea nor to us on land, can Christmas be a merry season now. Nor, amid so much misery and sorrow, does it seem,...
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The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 23, December 5, 1840The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 23, December 5, 1840We have chosen the prefixed view of the Castle of Tully as a subject for illustration, less from any remarkable picturesqueness of character or historical interest connected with the castle itself, than for the...
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Duell-CodexDuell-CodexK. K. HAUPTMANN i. E., DIRECTOR DER KNIGL. LANDES-FECHTSCHULE ZU PRAG, RITTER DES KAISERL. OESTERREICH. FRANZ JOSEFS-ORDENS, DES KNIGL. SCHSISCHEN ALBRECHT-ORDENS I. CL., DES KNIGL. WRTTEMBERGISCHEN FRIEDRICH-ORDENS I. CL., DES SACHSEN ERNESTI-NISCHEN HAUSORDENS I. CL., BESITZER DES HERZOGL. SACHSEN-COBURG-GOTHASCHEN VERDIENST-ORDENS ERNST I. FR KUNST...
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