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Indian Games : an historical researchIndian Games : an historical research"There are," says Father Brebeuf in his account of what was worthy of note among the Hurons in 1636, [Footnote: Relations des Jesuites, Quebec, 1858, p. 113.] "three kinds of games particularly in vogue with this people; cross, platter,...
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The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 The materials for the descriptions of the Negro and Doctors' Riots were gathered from the Archives of the Historical Society; those of the immediately succeeding ones, from the press of the times. For the scenes...
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Anne Bradstreet and Her TimeAnne Bradstreet and Her TimeGrave doubts at times arise in the critical mind as to whether America has had any famous women. We are reproached with the fact, that in spite of some two hundred years of existence, we have, as yet, developed no...
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My Lady of the NorthMy Lady of the North It was a bare, plain interior,the low table at which he sat an unplaned board, his seat a box, made softer by a folded blanket. His only companions were two aides, standing silent beside the closed entrance, anxious to...
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Mosaics of Grecian HistoryMosaics of Grecian HistoryThe leading object had in view in the preparation of the present volume has been to produce, within a moderate compass, a History of Greece that shall not only be trustworthy, but interesting to all classes of readers. It must be...
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The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its CivilizationThe Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.I propose to describe the Greatness and the Misery of the old Roman world; nor is there any thing in history more suggestive and instructive. A little city, founded by robbers on the...
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Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03As in the various affairs of the world each thing strives for its perfection and the preservation of its being, so on the other hand does man interest himself in the different concerns of others on some...
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Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812In this short story an attempt has been madewith what success the reader must judgeto present certain phases of Canadian life during the heroic struggle against foreign invasion, which first stirred in...
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Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 PERHAPS it is not necessary to say that the events mentioned in the letters are not imaginaryperhaps the letters themselves tell that! They are truthful accounts of experiences that came into my own life with the Army...
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The Life of Abraham LincolnThe Life of Abraham LincolnThe question will naturally be raised, Why should there be another Life of Lincoln? This may be met by a counter question, Will there ever be a time in the near future when there will not be another Life of...
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Christopher ColumbusChristopher ColumbusWhatever can be known of earth we know, Sneered Europe's wise men, in their snail shells curled; No! said one man in Genoa, and that No Out of the dark created the New World. Spain, as every one knows, was the country behind...
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Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01A generation born since Abraham Lincoln died has already reached manhood and womanhood. Yet there are millions still living who sympathized with him in his noble aspirations, who labored with him in his toilsome life, and whose hearts...
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Woman on the American FrontierWoman on the American Frontier - A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic"The history of our race is the record mainly of men's achievements, in war, in...
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Pickle the Spy Or, the Incognito of Prince CharlesPickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince CharlesThis woful History began in my study of the Pelham Papers in the Additional Manuscripts of the British Museum. These include the letters of Pickle the Spy and of James Mohr Macgregor. Transcripts of them were...
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General History for Colleges and High SchoolsGeneral History for Colleges and High SchoolsThis volume is based upon my Ancient History and Medival and Modern History. In some instances I have changed the perspective and the proportions of the narrative; but in the main, the book is constructed upon the same...
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Algonquin Legends of New EnglandAlgonquin Legends of New EnglandAmong the six chief divisions of the red Indians of North America the most widely extended is the Algonquin. This people ranged from Labrador to the far South, from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains, speaking forty dialects, as the Hon....
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The Maid of Orleans: A TragedyThe Maid of Orleans: A Tragedy The present format is best for most laptops and computers, and generates well to .mobi and .epub files. The higher quality images in this file do not reduce in size to fit the small screens of Tablets and...
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Mary Stuart: A TragedyMary Stuart: A Tragedy NOTE: The translation of MARY STUART is that by the late Joseph Mellish, who appears to have been on terms of intimate friendship with Schiller. His version was made from the prompter's copy, before the play was published, and, like...
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Fiesco or, the Genoese Conspiracy: A TragedyFiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy: A Tragedy The chief sources from which I have drawn the history of this conspiracy are Cardinal de Retz's Conjuration du Comte Jean Louis de Fiesque, the Histoire des Genes, and the third volume of Robertson's History of Charles...
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History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — CompleteHistory of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Complete Of those important political events which make the sixteenth century to take rank among the brightest of the worlds epochs, the foundation of the freedom of the Netherlands appears to me one of the most...
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