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Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 - A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in HistoryWith the death of Sardanapalus, the great monarch of Assyria, and the taking of Nineveh, the...
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The Life of Gordon, Volume IThe Life of Gordon, Volume IAs so many books of a more or less biographical nature have been written about General Charles Gordon, it is both appropriate and natural that I should preface the following pages with a statement of a personal character as...
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The Naval History of the United States. Volume 2The Naval History of the United States. Volume 2Capture of the "Surveyor."Work of the Gunboat Flotilla.Operations on Chesapeake Bay.Cockburn's Depredations.Cruise of the "Argus."Her Capture by the "Pelican."Battle Between the "Enterprise" and "Boxer."End of the Year 1813 on the Ocean. On the Lakes.Close of Hostilities...
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Life and sport in ChinaLife and sport in China - Second EditionIn this little work I have endeavoured to place before readers a sketch of things as I saw them, and to convey to their minds an idea of how Europeans live there, of their amusements, of their...
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Juutalaisten puolustukseksiJuutalaisten puolustukseksiKuten kaikissa n. s. sivistyneiss maissa, samoin Ranskassakin ovat kansalliskiihkoiset ainekset koettaneet vaikkakin huonolla menestyksell jrjest juutalaisvastaista liikett juutalaisajometsstyksineen ja verilylyineen. Siell tm kiihoitus ja liike kehittyi huippuunsa, suomalaisellekin yleislle tunnetun, Dreyfys-jutun yhteydess, jossa katolinen kirkko antisemistisen liikkeen ohella kaivoi tasavaltalaisen hallitusmuodon perustuksia....
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The Two Great Retreats of HistoryThe Two Great Retreats of HistoryThe two following selections contain, first, Grote's account of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, taken from his "History of Greece," and, secondly, an abridgment of Count Sgur's narrative of Napoleon's retreat from Russia. Grote's History, based on...
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Anna Seward, and Classic LichfieldAnna Seward, and Classic LichfieldLiterature and music and science have been found this year amazingly prolific in centenary commemorations of their great exemplars, as a leading article in the Times, for April, 1909, has lately reminded us. Yet the death in 1809 of Anna...
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Ancient America, in Notes on American ArchaeologyAncient America, in Notes on American ArchaeologyThe purpose of this volume is to give a summary of what is known of American Antiquities, with some thoughts and suggestions relative to their significance. It aims at nothing more. No similar work, I believe, has been...
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The Care of BooksThe Care of Books When engaged in editing and completing The Architectural History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge, I devoted much time and attention to the essay called The Library. The subject was entirely new; and the more I looked into it,...
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Les Cent Jours (2/2)Les Cent Jours (2/2) - Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la vie privée, du retour et du règne de Napoléon en 1815.L'empereur reut, la mme poque (1er mai), une nouvelle preuve du peu de confiance que mritent les hommes, et de l'horrible facilit...
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New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 - April-September, 1915 THE LUSITANIA CASE MR. BRYAN'S RESIGNATION PRESIDENT WILSON'S REPLY TO BERLIN THE LUSITANIA'S "GUNS" Dr. Meyer-Gerhard's Mission Germany's Press Opinion Press Opinion of the Allies American Comment...
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Mémoires de Hector BerliozMémoires de Hector Berlioz - comprenant ses voyages en Italie, en Allemagne, en Russie et en Angleterre, 1803-1865La vie n'est qu'une ombre qui passe; un pauvre comdien qui, pendant son heure, se pavane et s'agite sur le thtre, et qu'aprs on n'entend plus; c'est...
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Arago et sa vie scientifiqueArago et sa vie scientifique M. ISAAC PREIRE Tmoignage de gratitude pour l'hommage par lui rendu la Science. Les cimes leves de la science sont inaccessibles au grand nombre, mais elles ne sont pas toujours entoures de nuages, et les savants les plus illustres,...
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Souvenirs et correspondance tirés des papiers de Mme Récamier (2/2)Souvenirs et correspondance tirés des papiers de Mme Récamier (2/2)La mise excution des principes poss Vrone par les souverains allis, relativement l'Italie et surtout l'Espagne, amena dans le conseil des ministres Paris un dissentiment profond. Le duc Mathieu de Montmorency voulait que la dclaration...
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La ruelle mal assortieLa ruelle mal assortie - ou entretiens amoureux d'une dame éloquente avec un cavalier gascon plus beau de corps que d'esprit et qui a autant d'ignorance comme elle a de sçavoirTallemant des Raux, dans l'historiette qu'il a consacre Marguerite de Valois, premire femme de...
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Le péril jauneLe péril jaune Partout o l'ouvrier chinois ou mme ngre est en concurrence avec l'ouvrier blanc, dit M. E. Faguet2, celui-ci est vaincu. Nous avons assez vu cela dans l'Outre-Mer de Bourget, o le terrible problme des races est si nettement pos! L'ouvrier cinq...
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Vlaamsch Belgie sedert 1830Vlaamsch Belgie sedert 1830 - Eerste DeelIn 1905 vierde Belgi de vijf-en-zeventigste verjaring van zijn inrichting als zelfstandig rijk. Te dier gelegenheid heeft het Algemeen Bestuur van het Willems-fonds besloten een boek te laten verschijnen, dat een trouw beeld zou wezen van den toestand...
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Taistelu Roomasta IITaistelu Roomasta II - Historiallinen romaaniSill aikaa kun Guntaris ensin saattoi kuninkaan sotajoukkonsa lpi ja vannotti sill uskollisuudenvalan mink sotamiehet ilolla tekivtkin ja kuningas sitten vei vlsungin ja hnen pllikkns leiriin, jossa ihmetellen oli nhty, kuinka kuningas aivan kuin ihmeen kautta oli voittanut puolelleen...
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Chronicles of StrathearnChronicles of Strathearn This book has been written in connection with a Bazaar held in Crieff in the month of August, 1896, for the better endowment of the Parishes of ARDOCH, CRIEFF WEST, GLENDEVON, and MONZIE. The Editorial Committee venture to hope that the...
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On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An EssayOn The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay But if the heiress was already married and had sons, she need not be divorced and marry the next of kin, though that still lay in her power. It was considered sufficient if she set...
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