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The Life of FroudeThe Life of FroudeAlthough eleven years have elapsed since Mr. Froude's death, no biography of him has, so far as I know, appeared. This book is an attempt to tell the public something about a man whose writings have a permanent place in the...
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The Red RecordThe Red Record - Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United StatesHON. FREDERICK DOUGLASS'S LETTER DEAR MISS WELLS: Let me give you thanks for your faithful paper on the lynch abomination now generally practiced against colored people in the South. There...
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Panukala sa Pagkakana nang Repúblika nang PilipinasPanukala sa Pagkakana nang Repúblika nang PilipinasSa pagka't di nalilin~gid sa kaniya na sa ganitong kapiitan nang bayan ay may katungkulan ang sino mang taga Pilipinas na umabuloy sa boong makakaya sa pagtatayo n~g lubhang malaking gawa n~g ating pagbabagong buhay, at natatanto din...
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Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First SeriesSketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series In preparing this new edition of the late J.A. Symonds's three volumes of travels, 'Sketches in Italy and Greece,' 'Sketches and Studies in Italy,' and 'Italian Byways,' nothing has been changed except the order of...
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History of HollandHistory of Holland NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY } CALCUTTA} MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. MADRAS } TORONTO: THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TOKYO: MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA The aim of this series is to sketch the history of Modern Europe, with that of its chief...
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From Canal Boy to President Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. GarfieldFrom Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. GarfieldIf I am asked why I add one to the numerous Lives of our dead President, I answer, in the words of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, because "our annals afford no...
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Sentimental TommySentimental Tommy - The Story of His Boyhood The celebrated Tommy first comes into view on a dirty London stair, and he was in sexless garments, which were all he had, and he was five, and so though we are looking at him, we...
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A Wanderer in HollandA Wanderer in HollandIt would be useless to pretend that this book is authoritatively informing. It is a series of personal impressions of the Dutch country and the Dutch people, gathered during three visits, together with an accretion of matter, more or less pertinent,...
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Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and BrazilNarrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, - from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1The first of these volumes forms a history of the consolidation of Chilian independence, and of the subsequent liberation of Peruthrough the instrumentality of the Chilian...
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Recollections of Bytown and Its Old InhabitantsRecollections of Bytown and Its Old InhabitantsAs no book, small or greatgay or grave, witty or sublime, scientific, dramatic, poetic, tragic, historical, metaphysical, philosophical, polemical, wise or otherwisecan be considered complete, particularly at the beginning, without a preface; I have deemed it expedient that...
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The Black Man's Place in South AfricaThe Black Man's Place in South AfricaThe reader has a right to ask what qualification the writer may have for dealing with the subject upon which he offers his opinions. The author of this book claims the qualifications of an observer who, during many...
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"That Old-Time Child, Roberta": Her Home-Life on the Farm"That Old-Time Child, Roberta": Her Home-Life on the FarmTO MY REVERED AND BELOVED FRIEND, Mrs. Preston Pope, I DEDICATE THIS CHILD'S STORY. IT WAS SHE WHOSE LOVE OF CHILDREN FIRST SUGGESTED IT, AND WHOSE WORDS OF KIND APPRECIATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT HAVE BEEN TO ME...
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The Rulers of the Lakes: A Story of George and ChamplainThe Rulers of the Lakes: A Story of George and ChamplainYoung Robert Lennox and his friend Tayoga, an Onondaga Indian, undertake to make a dangerous journey through the northern wilderness to warn the garrison and settlers gathered at Fort Refuge of the hostile forces....
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The Hunters of the HillsThe Hunters of the Hills"The Hunters of the Hills" is the first volume of a series dealing with the great struggle of France and England and their colonies for dominion in North America, culminating with the fall of Quebec. It is also concerned to...
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England's Case Against Home RuleEngland's Case Against Home RuleAn author who publishes a book having any reference to Irish affairs may, not unnaturally, be supposed either to possess some special knowledge of Ireland, or else to be the advocate of some new specific for the cure of Irish...
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Rebuilding Britain: A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World WarRebuilding Britain: A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World WarI think I see, as it were above the hill-tops of time, the glimmerings of the dawn of a better and a nobler day for the country and the people that I love...
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The Story of VersaillesThe Story of Versailles If you could speak what tales your tongues could tell, You voiceless mirrors of the storied past! Do you remember when the curtain fell On him who learned he was not God at last? A thousand names come tumbling to...
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Filipinas Dentro De Cien Años (Estudio Politico-Social)Filipinas Dentro De Cien Años (Estudio Politico-Social)Siguiendo nuestra costumbre de abordar de frente las ms rduas y delicadas cuestiones que se relacionan con Filipinas, sin importarnos nada las consecuencias que nuestra franqueza nos pudiera ocasionar, vamos en el presente artculo tratar de su porvenir....
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Les îles: Promenades dans le golfe Saint-LaurentLes îles: Promenades dans le golfe Saint-Laurent - Une partie de la Côte Nord, l'île aux Oeufs, l'Anticosti, l'île Saint-Paul, l'archipel de la MadeleineIl me semble encore que les choses que je vais vous raconter se passaient hier; et d'ici, je revois le quai...
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Our Foreigners: A Chronicle of Americans in the MakingOur Foreigners: A Chronicle of Americans in the MakingLong before men awoke to the vision of America, the Old World was the scene of many stupendous migrations. One after another, the Goths, the Huns, the Saracens, the Turks, and the Tatars, by the sheer...
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