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Yorktown: Climax of the RevolutionThe story of the last great act in the drama of American independence has been told many times, but never more vividly than in the words of the actors themselves. This book is an attempt to portray the crowning campaign...

The Silver Stallion: A Comedy of RedemptionIn this volume the text of Blg has not been followed over-scrupulously: but it is hoped that, in a book intended for general circulation, none will deplore such excisions and euphemisms, nor even such slight additions, as seemed...

L'Italia nel 1898 (Tumulti e reazione) Il quarantotto italiano, compiuto poi nel 60, non fu neppure politico, fu strettamente nazionale e meschinamente unitario e dinastico. LItalia attende ancora il suo quarantotto politico, che le dia le condizioni essenziali della vita moderna, e permetta di...

The archæology of the cuneiform inscriptionsThe first six chapters which follow, embody the Rhind Lectures in Archology which I delivered at Edinburgh in October 1906. The seventh chapter appeared as an article in the Contemporary Review for August 1905, and is here reprinted by...

L'Amoureuse Initiation On a dj pu connatre plus dune fois, en lisant le rcit sincre que je fais ici de mes aventures, combien peu il men cote, au dclin de ma vie, de reconnatre la mdiocrit du rle que jai jou en ce monde....

Iracema - com uma noticia biographica do auctorNOTICIA BIOGRAPHICA MEU AMIGO IRACEMA CAPITULO I CAPITULO II CAPITULO III CAPITULO IV CAPITULO V CAPITULO VI CAPITULO VII CAPITULO VIII CAPITULO IX CAPITULO X CAPITULO XI CAPITULO XII CAPITULO XIII CAPITULO XIV CAPITULO XV CAPITULO XVI...

The Evolution of Marriage and of the FamilyA few preliminary observations in regard to the aim and method of this work may be useful to the reader. He will do well to begin by persuading himself, with Montaigne, that the hinges of custom are...

A New AristocracyMr. Murchison was dead. The villagers announced the fact to each other with bated breath as they gazed with reverent awe at the crape on the door. Poor man, they sighed, vaguely sympathetic; its well enough with him now, but theres the...

A száműzött leánya: RegényA mult szzad elejn egy Degre nev franczia meneklt telepedett meg Lippn s magyar kisasszonyt, Rcz Annt vett nl. Ebbl a hzassgbl szletett 1820-ban Degr Alajos vagyis inkbb Degr Lojzi, olyan magyar, a kinl pinglni sem lehet klnbet. Abbl a tz...

The Chemical Constituents of Piper Methysticum - Or, The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava RootThe Thesis, herewith, on The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root by Alice A. Ball, clearly demonstrates her ability to do original...

The North Shore MysteryThe usual quiet of North Shore was this morning rudely dispelled by the alarming rumour p. 2that a crime of an unusual kind had been committed in the house of Mrs. Delfosse, Lavender Bay. Mrs. Delfosse, it may be stated, is...

Landmarks Medical and SurgicalThese Landmarks have already appeared in Saint Bartholomews Hospital Reports. They are now republished, with some additions, in the hope that they may be useful to others besides those for whom they were originally intended. My object has been to collect...

A Girton GirlThe foundations of Newnham and of Girton may be deep, observed Gaston Arbuthnot, in his pleasant, level, semi-American voice. The foundations of the Gogmagog Hills are deeper! Girl wranglers may come, girl optimists may go. The heart of woman remains unchanged. And...

The OvermanThis is the story of Edward , as he told it to me only a few days before he died; he told it as he lay half paralysed, and knowing that the hand of death was upon him. I am by profession a...

A Courier of FortuneMy dear Mr. Stuart: I dedicate this book to you as a memento of our delightful hours of travel and work together in writing the playA Courier of Fortunefounded upon this story. The circumstances of our joint literary work were as...

Farnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, etc., part 2, October 21-December 4, 1839 - and De Smet's Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-1846The contents of the present volume, from the pen of the celebrated Missionary of the Rocky Mountains, will...

Mountain CraftThis book is for mountaineers; and a mountaineer is not only one who climbs mountains, but anyone who likes to walk, read, or think about them. I do not myself attach much value to mountaineering handbooks: an open-air pursuit can only be learned...

The Valley of ContentOver the immaculate, freshly ironed white cotton cloth on the little table set near the window in the kitchen-dining room of the Bentons tiny bungalow, a paper-shaded lamp glowed rosily. From its tempered rays, the plated knives and forks and spoons,...

Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 5—The Church of the RevolutionIt will be found that in this Volume I have assigned a large space to the attempt at Comprehension in the year 1689as it is a subject of present interest, and because the proceedings connected...

Señora ama: Comedia en tres actosp. 2Esta obra es propiedad de su autor, y nadie podr, sin su permiso, reimprimirla ni representarla en Espaa ni en los pases con los cuales se hayan celebrado, o se celebren en adelante, tratados internacionales de propiedad literaria....