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St. George for England: A Tale of Cressy and PoitiersSt. George for England: A Tale of Cressy and PoitiersMy Dear Lads: You may be told perhaps that there is no good to be obtained from tales of fighting and bloodshedthat there is no moral to be drawn from such histories. Believe it not....
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Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for CollectorsChats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for CollectorsThis volume has been written to enable those who have a taste for the furniture of a bygone day to arrive at some conclusion as to the essential points of the various styles made in England....
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SpainSpainTHERE is a difficulty in writing a book of this character on Spain, which does not exist, we think, to the same extent with any other European country. In most European nations the official returns and government reports may be accepted as trustworthy, and...
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The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 2The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 2The view of the Lighthouse, at the head of Berwick Pier (which forms the vignette to our Second Volume), is taken from the entrance to the harbour, about half a mile below the...
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The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 1The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 1The arrangement adopted in this List is that of starting from the metropolis, and following the line of the Eastern coast of Great Britain as far northward as Banff, and then returning westward...
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The Boys of Old Monmouth: A Story of Washington's Campaign in New Jersey in 1778The Boys of Old Monmouth: A Story of Washington's Campaign in New Jersey in 1778Old Monmouth is an expression dear to the heart of every native-born Jerseyman. The occasional visitor seeking health among its whispering pines, or relaxation in the sultry summer days along...
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The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 2The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 2In the year 1750, commissioners met at Paris to adjust the various boundaries of the North American territories, M. de Galissonire and M. de Silhouette on the part of France, and Messrs. Shirley and Mildmay on the part of...
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Robert Tournay: A Romance of the French RevolutionRobert Tournay: A Romance of the French Revolution CHAPTER I. How Tournay came to Paris CHAPTER II. A Little Breakfast at St. Hilaire's CHAPTER III. The Baker and his Family CHAPTER IV. The "Bon Patriot" CHAPTER V. A Broken Door CHAPTER VI. A Man...
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The Evolution of FashionThe Evolution of FashionIn compiling this volume on Costume (portions of which originally appeared in the Ludgate Illustrated Magazine, under the editorship of Mr. A. J. Bowden), I desire to acknowledge the valuable assistance I have received from sources not usually available to the...
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Following the Color LineFollowing the Color Line - An account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy My purpose in writing this book has been to make a clear statement of the exact present conditions and relationships of the Negro in American life. I am not vain...
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Collection of Nebraska Pioneer ReminiscencesCollection of Nebraska Pioneer ReminiscencesThis Book of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences is issued by the Daughters of the American Revolution of Nebraska, and dedicated to the daring, courageous, and intrepid men and womenthe advance guard of our progresswho, carrying the torch of civilization, had a...
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The Boys of '61The Boys of '61 - or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and NavyAUTHOR OF "THE BOYS OF '76," "THE STORY OF LIBERTY," "WINNING HIS WAY." "MY DAYS AND NIGHTS ON THE BATTLEFIELD," "FOLLOWING THE FLAG," "OUR NEW WAY ROUND THE...
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The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 4 (of 4)The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 4 (of 4)Napoleon's Prospects The Preparations and Plans of the Coalition Cross-purposes of the Combatants Condition of Napoleon's Mind Strength and Weakness of the Allies Renewal of Hostilities The Feint in Silesia Napoleon at Dresden First Day's Fighting...
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Sentimental Education Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 1Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 1 Chapter I. A PROMISING PUPIL Chapter II. DAMON AND PYTHIAS Chapter III. SENTIMENT AND PASSION Chapter IV. THE INEXPRESSIBLE SHE! Chapter V. "LOVE KNOWETH NO LAWS" Chapter VI. BLIGHTED HOPES Chapter VII. CHANGE...
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Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the StatesMemoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States A number of publications have appeared, first and last, concerning the author and his career, as was naturally to have been expected. The Alabama was the first steamship in the history of the worldthe...
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London Days: A Book of ReminiscencesLondon Days: A Book of Reminiscences I was fresh from New England, and had left Boston, my native city, seventeen days before, embarking at New York on the Anchor liner Alsatia three days later; disembarking at Tilbury after a turbulent voyage that lasted two...
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Les grandes chroniques de France (2/6)Les grandes chroniques de France (2/6) - selon que elles sont conservées en l'Eglise de Saint-Denis * * * * * L'auteur des Gesta Dagoberti est le dernier historien des rois Mrovingiens. Ce n'est pas qu'il ait crit long-temps avant le second continuateur de...
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What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original EvidenceWhat was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original EvidenceThe following study of the Gunpowder Plot has grown out of the accidental circumstance that, having undertaken to read a paper before the Historical Research Society, at Archbishop's House, Westminster, as the day...
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Vasco Nuñez de BalboaVasco Nuñez de BalboaWhile Vasco Nuez de Balboa may be reckoned among the greatest of the minor explorers, yet less has been written of him, perhaps, than of any other in his class except Juan Ponce de Leon. Both names are familiar to every...
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Lachesis Lapponica Or, A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1Lachesis Lapponica; Or, A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1The biographers of Linnus have often mentioned the Journal of his Lapland Tour, to which he himself has frequently adverted, in various parts of his voluminous works, under the title of Lachesis Lapponica. The publication of...
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