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The Quest for a Lost RaceThe Quest for a Lost RaceWhile the Home-Coming Kentuckians were enjoying their meeting, in Louisville, in the month of June, 1906, Doctor Thomas E. Pickett published a newspaper article which he had written for the Home-Coming Week, the object of which was to present...
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Jaros Hygienic Wear: The therapeutic and prophylactic applicationJaros Hygienic Wear: The therapeutic and prophylactic application.Professors Von Pettenkofer, Parkes, and Buck, pronounced Hygienists, have contributed largely to establishing theories regarding clothing materials and their relations to health. These conclusions have led to a more general consideration thereof, in the therapeutics, as well...
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Mein erster Ausflug: Wanderungen in GriechenlandMein erster Ausflug: Wanderungen in GriechenlandDie gegenwrtigen Bltter, welche eigentlich den Reigen der unter dem Titel Aus meinem Leben verffentlichten Reisetagebcher des verewigten Kaisers Maximilian htten erffnen sollen, erscheinen durch eine eigene Verkettung der Umstnde an deren Schlu und unter einem selbststndigen Titel. Jene...
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Folk-Lore and Legends: EnglishFolk-Lore and Legends: EnglishThe old English Folklore Tales are fast dying out. The simplicity of character necessary for the retaining of old memories and beliefs is being lost, more rapidly in England, perhaps, than in any other part of the world. Our folk are...
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The Natural History of the Varieties of ManThe Natural History of the Varieties of ManPrevious to entering upon the details connected with the varieties, and affinities of the human species, it is advisable to explain the meaning and full import of certain terms that are likely to be of frequent occurrence....
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Handbook of Summer Athletic SportsHandbook of Summer Athletic Sports - Comprising: Walking, Running, Jumping, Hare and Hounds, Bicycling, Archery, Etc.Containing the League and National Club Averages for 1879, together with the Model Games of the season. The prize winners in the National Championship, and new chapters on Batting,...
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The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 2 of 2The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 2 of 2When I look at the completed MSS. of the first volumes of the Sportswoman's Library, I feel deeply grateful to the many good sportswomen who have aided me in my work, not only for the great stores of...
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19 Centuries of Drink in England: A HistoryNineteen Centuries of Drink in England: A HistoryThe object of this work is to ascertain the part which Drink has played in the individual and national life of the English people. To this end, an inquiry is instituted into the beverages which have been...
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On the Phenomena of Hybridity in the Genus HomoOn the Phenomena of Hybridity in the Genus HomoThe Publishing Committee of the Anthropological Society have done me the honour to confide to me the task of editing Dr. Brocas valuable little volume. This duty I have now fulfilled, and hope that the members...
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A voyage round the world in the years 1740-4A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV The men-of-war in which Anson went to sea were built mostly of oak. They were painted externally yellow, with a blue stripe round the upper works. Internally, they were painted red....
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Deserts: Geology and ResourcesDeserts: Geology and ResourcesApproximately one-third of the Earths land surface is desert, arid land with meager rainfall that supports only sparse vegetation and a limited population of people and animals. Desertsstark, sometimes mysterious worldshave been portrayed as fascinating environments of adventure and exploration from...
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The Art of Drinking: A Historical SketchThe Art of Drinking: A Historical SketchG. G. Gervinus (1805-1871) is recognized as one of the foremost historians of Germany. He was a man of marvelous erudition. His fame rests not only upon a great number of profoundly learned works, but also upon his...
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Unter den Wilden: Entdeckungen und AbenteuerUnter den Wilden: Entdeckungen und AbenteuerIn jedem gesunden Kinde steckt ein gut Stck Robinsonsehnsucht. Sie ist der letzte, kulturgezhmte Rest uralter Wanderlust, uralten Abenteuerdranges der Menschheit. Wie wir uns immer wieder in Pfeil und Bogen uralte Waffen verfertigen, im Spiele Htten bauen oder Hhlen...
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Domestic folk-loreDomestic folk-loreFor the name "Folk-lore" in its present signification, embracing the Popular Traditions, Proverbial Sayings, Superstitions, and Customs of the people, we are in a great measure indebted to the late editor of Notes and QueriesMr. W. J. Thomswho, in an anonymous contribution to...
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Beasts & MenBeasts & Men - Folk Tales Collected in Flanders and Illustrated by Jean de BosschèreThe cover of this book was created by the transcriber, using a plain cover and the title page; it is placed in the public domain. A more extensive transcribers note...
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La novellaja fiorentinaLa novellaja fiorentina - Fiabe e novelline stenografate in Firenze dal dettato popolare Le note a pi di pagina sono molto numerose e talvolta lunghissime, contenendo a loro volta molte altre novelle; sono state raccolte alla fine di ogni capitolo (novella) e contrassegnate da...
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The Origin of Man and of His SuperstitionsThe Origin of Man and of His SuperstitionsThe volume now published explains in its first part an hypothesis that the human race has descended from some ape-like stock by a series of changes which began and, until recently, were maintained by the practice of...
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Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the GodsOld-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the GodsHISTORY and mythology, fact and fable, are closely interwoven in the texture of Japanese life and thought; indeed, it is within relatively recent years only that exact comparative criticism has been able, with some degree of...
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The Races of Man: An Outline of Anthropology and EthnographyThe Races of Man: An Outline of Anthropology and EthnographyDifficulties in applying to Man the terms of zoological nomenclatureCriterion of speciesTerms to give to the Somatological Units constituting the genus HomoMonogenesis and PolygenesisThe Ethnic Groups are constituted by the different combinations of the Somatological...
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Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume 1Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume 1 - Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622, with CorrespondenceThe history of the English trading settlement in Japan in the first quarter of the seventeenth century is the history of a failure; and the causes of the...
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