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With Americans of Past and Present DaysWith Americans of Past and Present DaysThis day, thirteen years ago, a new French ambassador presented his credentials. The ambassador was not very old for an ambassador. The President was very young for a president, the youngest, in fact, the United States ever had....
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People of Destiny: Americans as I saw them at Home and AbroadPeople of Destiny: Americans as I saw them at Home and AbroadI had the luck to go to New York for the first time when the ordinary life of that City of Adventurealways so vital and dynamic in activitywas intensified by the emotion of...
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Historia de Venezuela, Tomo IIHistoria de Venezuela, Tomo IIPOR FRAY PEDRO DE AGUADO CON PRLOGO, NOTAS Y APNDICES POR J E R N I M O B C K E R Individuo de nmero de la Real Academia de la Historia. TOMO II MADRID ESTABLECIMIENTO TIPOGRFICO DE JAIME...
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The IowaThe IowaThe material forming the greater part of the present monograph is reprinted verbatim et literatim from certain portions of volume 1, Numbers 1, 2, and 3, Washington, November 30, 1876, of Fosters Indian Record and Historical Data. The complete work so far as...
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Historia de Venezuela, Tomo IHistoria de Venezuela, Tomo IPOR FRAY PEDRO DE AGUADO CON PRLOGO, NOTAS Y APNDICES POR J E R N I M O B C K E R Individuo de nmero de la Real Academia de la Historia. TOMO I MADRID ESTABLECIMIENTO TIPOGRFICO DE JAIME...
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Kuningas Henrik ViidesKuningas Henrik ViidesKUNINGAS HENRIK VIIDES. GLOSTERin herttua, | kuninkaan veljet. BEDFORDin herttua, | EXETERin herttua, kuninkaan set. YORKin herttua, kuninkaan serkku. SALISBURYn kreivi. WESTMORELANDin kreivi. WARWICKin kreivi. CANTERBURYn arkkipiispa. ELYn piispa. CAMBRIDGEn kreivi, | Loordi SCROOP, | salaliittolaisia. Sir THOMAS GREY, | Sir THOMAS...
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The Lure of Old LondonThe Lure of Old LondonPEOPLE who are kind enough to read my stories sometimes tell me they like them on account of their London atmosphere. This is reassuring, because London is, to me, what "King Charles' head" was to "Mr. Dick," and when my...
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Yarmouth Notes, 1830-1872. Collated from the File of the Norwich MercuryYarmouth Notes, 1830-1872. Collated from the File of the Norwich MercuryThe following pages are a reprint of extracts from the file of the Norwich Mercury, which, under the heading of Yarmouth Notes, have recently appeared in the columns of the Yarmouth Mercury; and in...
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Gouverneur MorrisGouverneur MorrisTwo generations ago the average American biographer was certainly a marvel of turgid and aimless verbosity; and the reputations of our early statesmen have in no way proved their vitality more clearly than by surviving their entombment in the pages of the authors...
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Indian notes and monographs, Vol. IX, No. 3Reports on the Maya Indians of YucatanSo little has been written in regard to the ethnology of the Maya Indians of Yucatan, and especially concerning their beliefs, which persist to the present time, that we publish here a translation of an important and practically...
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The Army Mule, and Other War SketchesThe Army Mule, and Other War Sketches THE longevity of the Mule is proverbial. He lives on and on, until his origin becomes a musty myth, and age erects a tumor on his brow which betokens superb development of spirituality. The endurance of a...
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Wilderness of SpringWilderness of Spring... For if I am in sore plight, I would not therefore wish affliction to be the lot of all the world. No, indeed, no! since, besides, I am distressed by the fate of my brother Atlas, who, towards the west, stands...
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Western Scenes and ReminiscencesWestern Scenes and Reminiscences - Together with Thrilling Legends and Traditions of the Red Men of the Forest Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by GEO. H. DERBY & CO., In the Clerks Office of the District Court of the...
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Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and BabylonDiscoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and BabylonSince the publication of my first work on the discoveries at Nineveh much progress has been made in deciphering the cuneiform character, and the contents of many highly interesting and important inscriptions have been given to the...
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Roman Sepulchral InscriptionsRoman Sepulchral Inscriptions - Their Relation to Archæology, Language, and ReligionThis little work originated in two papers, read before the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. They were designed to direct the attention of the members to the monuments preserved in their own Museum, and at the...
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Scottish Loch SceneryScottish Loch SceneryThe visitor to Scotland, entering from the south, has not far to travel before he reaches one of the loveliest lowland scenes the country possesses. The very ancient burgh of Lochmaben lies on a branch line a little distance from Lockerbie junction,...
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30 Days in Lithuania in 1919Thirty Days in Lithuania in 1919I hope the American people will be interested with the information I have just brought from my native country. I am writing the story of my trip to Lithuania and return at the suggestion of some of my fellow...
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The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume 2 (of 3)The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume 2 (of 3)It cannot be considered as superfluous or assuming to present the reader of the following lectures with a succinct characteristic sketch of the principal technic instruction, ancient and modern, which we possess: I say,...
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Alsace-LorraineAlsace-Lorraine - A Study of the Relations of the Two Provinces to France and to Germany and a Presentation of the Just Claims of Their PeopleThe problem of Alsace-Lorraine is in a very real sense an American problem. We entered this war to help...
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The Beginners of a NationThe Beginners of a Nation - A History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, with Special Reference to the Life and Character of the PeopleIn this work, brought to completion after many years of patient research, I have...
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