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El MarEl MarUn intrpido marino holands, vigoroso y fro observador, cuyos das se deslizan en el inmenso Ocano, confiesa con franqueza que la primera impresin que se recibe al contemplarlo, es de miedo. Para todo ser terrestre es el agua el elemento no respirable, el...
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Chinese Folk-Lore TalesChinese Folk-Lore TalesOne day in the early dawn, a distinguished mandarin was leaving the temple of the City God. It was his duty to visit this temple on the first and fifteenth of the moon, whilst the city was still asleep, to offer incense...
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Shepp's Photographs of the WorldShepp's Photographs of the World n all ages, men have been eager to tell and to hear new things; and before books were printed, travellers wandered abroad, bringing home wonderful stories of unknown lands. In the construction of this publication, the object is not...
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From Paris to New York by LandFrom Paris to New York by LandMany who read the following account of our long land journey will not unnaturally ask: "What was the object of this stupendous voyage, or the reward to be gained by this apparently unnecessary risk of life and endurance...
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A Girl's Ride in IcelandA Girl's Ride in IcelandWhen this little volume (my maiden effort) was published five years ago, it unwittingly originated an angry controversy by raising the question "Should women ride astride?" It is astonishing what a great fire a mere spark may kindle, and accordingly...
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Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and PiracyThrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy - A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which...
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Tales of Folk and FairiesTales of Folk and FairiesThere was once a lad, and what his real name was nobody remembered, unless it was the mother who bore him; but what every one called him was Ashipattle. They called him that because he sat among the ashes to...
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Indian Child LifeIndian Child Life Dear Children:You will like to know that the man who wrote these true stories is himself one of the people he describes so pleasantly and so lovingly for you. He hopes that when you have finished this book, the Indians will...
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A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2The wind, which continued favourable to us as far as the Northern Tropic, was succeeded by a calm that lasted twelve days. The ocean, as far as the eye...
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Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 2Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 2. - The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth CenturyThis volume forms the second of three volumes under the general title of CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS. The first volume, already published, is entitled THE EXPLORATION OF THE WORLD, and covers...
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A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1In the month of March of the year 1823, I was appointed by his Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, of glorious memory, to the command of a ship, at...
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A report on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of the countryA report on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of the country At the annual meeting of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, held at Washington, D.C., January 24,...
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Games for the Playground, Home, School and GymnasiumGames for the Playground, Home, School and GymnasiumPURPOSE AND PLAN.This book aims to be a practical guide for the player of games, whether child or adult, and for the teacher or leader of games. A wide variety of conditions have been considered, including schools,...
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 13The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 13 - America, Part II This book is a transcription of a 17th century book, which had the spelling and printing conventions of that time: our v was often printed as...
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Le Tour du Monde; Indes OccidentalesLe Tour du Monde; Indes Occidentales - Journal des voyages et des voyageurs; 2. sem. 1860Arrive en Sicile. Palerme et ses habitants. Les monuments de Palerme. La cathdrale de Monreale. De Palerme Trapani. Partenico. Alcamo. Calatafimi. Ruines de Sgeste. Trapani. La spulture du couvent...
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Le Tour du Monde; ScandinavieLe Tour du Monde; Scandinavie - Journal des voyages et des voyageurs; 2. sem. 1860Arrive en Sicile. Palerme et ses habitants. Les monuments de Palerme. La cathdrale de Monreale. De Palerme Trapani. Partenico. Alcamo. Calatafimi. Ruines de Sgeste. Trapani. La spulture du couvent des...
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Hero-Myths and Legends of the British RaceHero-Myths & Legends of the British RaceTHE writer who would tell again for people of the twentieth century the legends and stories that delighted the folk of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries finds himself confronted with a vast mass of material ready to his...
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In the Time That WasIn the Time That WasBeing the first volume of a series of Legends of the tribe of Alaskan Indians known as the Chilkatsof the Klingats achook of the Chilkats told me these tales of The Time That Was. But before the telling, he of...
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Little Folks' Handy BookLittle Folks' Handy Book"Let me do it. Let me make it," is the cry when a child sees an older person putting together the different parts of an interesting piece of work; and it is this desire to do things himself, this impulse toward...
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Le Tour du Monde; DauphinéLe Tour du Monde; Dauphiné - Journal des voyages et des voyageurs; 2. sem. 1860Arrive en Sicile. Palerme et ses habitants. Les monuments de Palerme. La cathdrale de Monreale. De Palerme Trapani. Partenico. Alcamo. Calatafimi. Ruines de Sgeste. Trapani. La spulture du couvent des...
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