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John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character, Vol. 2 (of 3) - From the Collection of "Mr. Punch"TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE. Some pages of this work have been moved from the original sequence to enable the contents to continue without interruption. Minor typographical errors have been...

The Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Grey, and Her TimesThe tragedy of Lady Jane Grey is unquestionably one of the most poignant episodes in English history, but its very dramatic completeness and compactness have almost invariably caused its wider significance to be obscured by...

My Memoirs, Vol. III, 1826 to 1830Byron's childhoodHis grief at being lameMary DuffThe Malvern fortune-tellerHow Byron and Robert Peel became acquaintedMiss ParkerMiss ChaworthVerses on her portraitMrs. MustersLady MorganEnglish Bards and Scotch ReviewersByron's letters to his motherHe takes his seat in the House of Lords....

Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom"Il n'y a pas trois officiers." Such was the memorable epigram by which Sherif Bey, Turkish Captain of the Prisoners-of-War Guard at Kstamni, and a man regardless of detail, announced to us that four officers, whose escape has been described in...

The Impending Crisis - Conditions Resulting from the Concentration of Wealth in the United StatesThis is not a novel, nor a work of fiction; it is based on the facts of the Eleventh Census and other statistical reports, and on the most reliable authorities...

Zachariah Chandler: An Outline Sketch of His Life and Public ServicesIt is stated elsewhere that this work is written "By The Detroit Post and Tribune." Unusual as this form of announcement is on the title-pages of books, there certainly may be an authorial as...

History of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. 1862-1865Not long after the close of the war a plan was proposed, by some of the officers of the regiment, for the preparation of a history of the Thirty-sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers; but the plan was...

Historical Record of the Third, Or the King's Own Regiment of Light Dragoons - Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846.The ancient Armies of England were composed of Horse and Foot; but the...

History of the Beef Cattle Industry in Illinois"As a whole, the surface of the State of Illinois is nearly level. The prairie regions which cover a large part of the state are only slightly rolling, except in those places where streams have worn valleys....

Exercises upon the Different Parts of Italian Speech, with References to Veneroni's Grammar - to which is added an abridgement of the Roman history, intended at once to make the learner acquainted with history, and the idiom of the Italian languageAmidst the laudable endeavours...

The Romance of DollardBY THE AUTHOR. THE province of Canada, or New France, under the reign of Louis XIV., presented the same panorama of lakes, mountains, rivers, rapids, that it does to-day; but it was then a background for heroes, and the French population...

The Americans in the Great War; v. 3. The Meuse-Argonne Battlefields - (Montfaucon, Romagne, Saint-Menehould)The Touring Club de France (founded in 1890), is at the present time the largest Touring Association in the whole world. Its principal aim is to introduce Franceadmirable country and...

The English Rogue: Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty ExtravagantWhen this piece was first published it was ushered into the World with the usual ceremony of a Preface, and that a large one, whereby the Authour intended and endeavoured to possess...

Famous Discoverers and Explores of America - Their Voyages, Battles, and Hardships in Traversing and Conquering the Unknown Territories of a New WorldMy Dear Boys: It has seemed fitting to include in the Famous Leaders Series this volume upon the discoverers and explorers, not...

Right End EmersonA very gaudy red automobile whirled up the circling drive that led to the white-pillared portico of the big hotel at Pine Harbor, announced its approach with a wheezy groan of the horn and came to a sudden stop before the steps,...

Kalliit hunajan pisarat Kalliosta Kristuksesta - eli Lyhykäinen varoitussana kaikille pyhille ja syntisilleTuomas Wilcocks eli 16:sta vuosisadalla. Waikka tiedot hnest ovatkin jotenkin vaillinaiset niinp on hnen syntym- ja kuolinvuotensakin tuntematon tiedmme kuitenkin, ett hn, jtettyns yliopiston, jossa hn v. 1589 saavutti maisterin arvon, oli...

The Americans in the Great War; v. 2. The Battle of Saint Mihiel - (St. Mihiel, Pont-à-Mousson, Metz)The Touring Club de France (founded in 1890), is at the present time the largest Touring Association in the whole world. Its principal aim is to introduce...

The Squatter's Dream: A Story of Australian LifeJack Redgrave was a jolly, well-to-do young squatter, who, in the year 185, had a very fair cattle station in one of the Australian colonies, upon which he lived in much comfort and reasonable possession of the...

With the Rank and FileMy Dear Reader: Among the many publications which the late war has drawn forth, I present you with something which you have never read, nor which has ever been in print, until the issue of this little book. The sketches...

Herodotoksen historia-teos I-IIHalikarnassolainen Herodotos tarjoaa tss esityksen tutkimuksistaan, jotteivt ihmisten toimet aikojen kuluessa hlvenisi, eivtk ne suuret ja ihmeelliset teot, joita osaksi helleenit, osaksi barbarit, ovat suorittaneet, jisi maineettomiksi, ja ennen kaikkea, jotta selviisi, mist syyst he ovat joutuneet sotiin toistensa kanssa. 1. Persialaisten...