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The Lieutenant and CommanderThe Lieutenant and Commander - Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and TravelsThe present volume is rather a condensation than an abridgment of the later volumes of Captain Hall's "Fragments of Voyages and Travels," inasmuch as it comprises all...
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The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 - Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And SusiBad beginning of the new year. Dangerous...
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The First Discovery of Australia and New GuineaThe First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea - Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts.I. In Quest of the Spice Islands II. Voyages to the Spice Islands and...
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The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume IIThe Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume IIThe news of the Lusitania was received at the American Embassy at four o'clock on the afternoon of May 7, 1915. At that time preparations were under way for a dinner in honour of Colonel...
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The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume IThe Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume IAmong the many who have assisted in the preparation of this Biography especial acknowledgment is made to Mr. Irwin Laughlin, First Secretary and Counsellor of the London Embassy under Mr. Page. Mr. Page's papers show...
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Chronicles of Canada series: Volume 16The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph BrantA group of huntsmen were camping on the Ohio river. The foliage swayed in the night wind, and the argent light of the moon ran in fleeting bars through the dim recesses of...
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Indiscreet Letters From PekingIndiscreet Letters From Peking - Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation Being the Notes of an...
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Servia, Youngest Member of the European FamilyServia, Youngest Member of the European Family - or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.The narrative and descriptive portion of this work speaks for itself. In the historical part I...
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A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & IIA Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & IITHE following Narrative of a "Pilgrimage" through the kingdom of Oude was written by the late Major-General Sir William Sleeman in 1851 (while a Resident at the Court of Lucknow), at the request of...
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On the King's Service: Inward Glimpses of Men at ArmsOn the King's Service: Inward Glimpses of Men at ArmsThe War Office built Maryhill Barracks, Glasgow, to look exactly like a gaol, but these gaunt unlovely buildings, packed beyond endurance with men of the new army, were at least in some way in touch...
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A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 (1777)A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 (1777)I am very certain that a man may travel twice through Spain, and half through France, before he sees a woman of so much beauty, elegance, and breeding, as the mistress of the...
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The Discipline of WarThe Discipline of War - Nine Addresses on the Lessons of the War in Connection with Lent The war has introduced into countless lives new conditions, and has strangely modified, or emphasised, those already existing. These Addresses, prepared under much stress of other work,...
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The Story of the "9th King's" in FranceThe Story of the "9th King's" in FranceShortly after the commencement of the Volunteer Movement in 1859, many members of the newspaper and printing trades in Liverpool were desirous of forming a regiment composed of men connected with those businesses. A meeting was held...
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De kasteelen van Koning Lodewijk II van BeierenDe kasteelen van Koning Lodewijk II van Beieren - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1887Eenige weken na den tragischen dood van den ongelukkigen Koning Lodewijk II van Beieren, over wiens leven nog altijd een geheimzinnige sluier hangt, die wellicht nooit geheel zal worden opgeheven,...
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Historical Epochs of the French RevolutionHistorical Epochs of the French Revolution - With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France THE following sheets contain a journal of principal events of the French Revolution. The best authorities have been resorted to, and the facts are related without...
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Queen VictoriaQueen VictoriaIn the old legend of Rip Van Winkle with which the American writer Washington Irving has made us so familiar, the ne'er-do-weel Rip wanders off into the Kaatskill Mountains with his dog and gun in order to escape from his wife's scolding tongue....
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History of the United StatesHistory of the United StatesAs things now stand, the course of instruction in American history in our public schools embraces three distinct treatments of the subject. Three separate books are used. First, there is the primary book, which is usually a very condensed narrative...
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Richard Lovell Edgeworth: A Selection From His MemoirsRichard Lovell Edgeworth: A Selection From His MemoirsSome years ago, I came across the Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth in a second-hand bookshop, and found it so full of interest and amusement, that I am tempted to draw the attention of other readers to...
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Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal SocietyWyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society - Bureau of American EthnologyThe family, as the term is here used, is nearly synonymous with the household. It is composed of the persons who occupy one lodge, or, in their permanent wigwams, one section of...
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The White Road to VerdunThe White Road to VerdunThis famous "motto" of the French Army is probably derived from one of two slang sentences: "De ne pas se faire des cheveux" ("To keep one's hair on"), or "De ne pas se faire de la bile" (or, in other...
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