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The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 1, December, 1850The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 1, December, 1850On completing the second volume of the International Magazine, the publishers appeal to its pages with confidence for confirmation of all the promises that have been made with regard to its character. They believe the verdict...
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Studies in Mediæval Life and LiteratureStudies in Mediæval Life and LiteratureEdward Tompkins McLaughlin, the writer of the essays contained in this volume, was born at Sharon, Connecticut, on May 28, 1860. He was the son of the Reverend D. D. T. McLaughlin, a graduate of Yale College of the...
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Present Irish QuestionsPresent Irish QuestionsI have written much on Ireland from early youth, especially in the Edinburgh Review and the Times; and two works of mine, Ireland, 1494-1868 published in The Cambridge Historical Series, and Ireland, 1798-1898, have been received with more than ordinary favour. I...
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Old English ChroniclesOld English ChroniclesOf the present volume it will be sufficient to inform the reader that it contains Six Chronicles, all relating to the history of this country before the Norman Conquest, and all of essential importance to those who like to study history in...
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Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 2Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 2 - The Second Twelve Months of WarThe second year of the war opened in the West with the enemy, although superior in man power and munitionment, pinned down to a defensive line from Belfort to the...
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The South Isles of Aran (County Galway)The South Isles of Aran (County Galway)During the vacation of last autumn I applied myself to collecting as much information as possible concerning the South Isles of Aran, which I had visited in connection with the Land Commission in the previous month of July....
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My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga HillsMy Experiences in Manipur and the Naga HillsWhen I first brought my wife out to India in 1873, I was struck by the comments she made on things which had so long been part of my daily life. I had almost ceased to observe...
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Thirty Years in AustraliaThirty Years in AustraliaI knew nothing whatever of Australia when I rashly consented to marry a young man who had irrevocably bound himself to go and live there, and, moreover, to go within three months of the day on which the wild idea occurred...
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Amerika, sen löytö, valloitus ja kehitysAmerika, sen löytö, valloitus ja kehitysJos jostakin muusta kiertothdest, jossa asukkaiden sivistyskanta ja lyvoima olisi monta vertaa mahtavampi kuin meidn, esimerkiksi Mars-thdest, miss muutamain taivaantuntijain vakuutuksen mukaan viljelys ja viisaus on monta miljoonaa vuotta meiklisten edell meidn maamme plle yht'kki ilmestyisi, rettmn suurilla ilmalaivoilla...
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Sketch of the life of Abraham LincolnSketch of the life of Abraham LincolnTime out of mind, words prefatory have been considered indispensable to the successful publication of a book. This sketch of the Life and Death of Abraham Lincoln is intended as an accompaniment to the Historical Painting which has...
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The Cries of LondonThe Cries of London - Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times There are few subjects, perhaps, so eagerly attended to by the young as those related by their venerable parents when assembled round the fire-side, but more particularly descriptions...
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Martyria or, Andersonville PrisonMartyria; or, Andersonville PrisonNeither does he, at this late date, seek to rekindle the smouldering embers of hate and conflict, nor, Antony-like, attack persons under the recital of the wrongs. Vengeance does not belong to the human race. There are times in the history...
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Gentlemen RoversGentlemen RoversThis book is written as a tribute to some men who have been overlooked by History and forgotten by Fame. Though they won for us more than half the territory comprised within our present-day borders, not only have no monuments been erected to...
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England, Canada and the Great WarEngland, Canada and the Great WarCanada, as one of the most important component parts of the British Empire, is going through the crucial ordeal of the great crisis which will determine her destinies jointly with those of the whole world. Instantly put under the...
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Mediæval town seriesThe Story of Florence[vii] THE present volume is intended to supply a popular history of the Florentine Republic, in such a form that it can also be used as a guide-book. It has been my endeavour, while keeping within the necessary limits of this...
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The Influence of the Organ in HistoryThe Influence of the Organ in History - Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston UniversityThe history of the Organ runs back so far into the centuries, that no matter what point one might select for...
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Cleopatra's NeedleCleopatra's Needle - A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the HieroglyphicsThe London Obelisk, as the monument standing on the Thames Embankment is now called, is by far the largest quarried stone in England; and the mysterious-looking characters covering its four...
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I mesi dell'anno ebraicoI mesi dell'anno ebraicoCon quella modestia, che La predistingue, La S. S. volle presentarmi la Sua Opera I mesi dell'anno Ebraico affine di avere il mio avviso prima di pubblicarla. Io la lessi col maggior piacere, dacch vi si comprendono nozioni storiche ed archeologiche...
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The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot SamsonThe Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot SamsonSamson and his Arch-Eulogist.Abbot Samson of St. Edmundsbury and his biographer, Jocelin of Brakelond, undoubtedly owe such immortality as they possess to their introduction to the world at...
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Life in an Indian OutpostLife in an Indian OutpostOur first view of the HimalayasAcross India in a troop trainA scattered regimentAn elephant-haunted railwayKinchinjungaThe great Terai JungleRajabhatkawaIn the days of Warren HastingsHillmenRoving ChineseWe arrive at Buxa RoadRelieved officersAn undesirable outpostMarch through the forestThe hillsA mountain roadLovely sceneryBuxa DuarA lonely...
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