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The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt, in his Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593 - Reprinted from the Edition of 1622Many of the early voyages to the Spanish possessions in South America, are open to the charge of having been...

Index for Works of Robert W. Buchanan - Hyperlinks to all Chapters of all Individual Ebooks Title: Index for Works of Robert W. Buchanan Subtitle: Hyperlinks to all Chapters of all Individual Ebooks Author: Robert Williams Buchanan and David Widger Release Date: July 13,...

A History of Economic Doctrines - from the time of the physiocrats to the present dayIn the economic curricula of French universities much greater stress is laid upon the history of economic theory than is the case anywhere else. Attached to the Faculty of...

Femtio fabler för barn ag undrar, hvem den tiggarn vara m? Svart r den gunstig herrn frn topp till t. Frn hus till hus han gr i djupa snn, Och kraxar fram s hest en ngslig bn: I flickor sm och gossar, jag begr...

The Diggings, the Bush, and Melbourne - or, Reminiscences of Three Years' Wanderings in VictoriaThe following short narrative was written specially for a small circle of intimate acquaintances, who varied the dulness of village life by meeting once a week to read manuscript essays...

The Land of JoyJohn North unlocked the door and threw it open. The study was in semi-darkness and filled with the accumulated heat and fust of the summer. Ghostlike objects took shape before him and resolved themselves into chairs and couches and tables draped...

The WanderersTrees and trees and treesa world of trees! Little size and middle size and giant size, short and tall, slender and thick, broad-leafed, narrow-leafed, rough-barked, smooth-barked, dark green, bright green, one solid hue, or spangled or variegated with many-coloured flowers, trees that bore...

Visser's Nederlandsch-Indisch Vegetarisch KookboekIn 1909 reeds verscheidene maanden bezig aan de samenstelling van een degelijk Vegetarisch Kookboek voor de tropen, dat tot dusverre niet bestaat, werd mijne aandacht getroffen door de vraag no. 132 (in het blauwe gedeelte van het Damesweekblad voor Indi no....

Trolley FollyMy friend the Seor Don is of a precise and military bearing, clad with a dignity that enhances his scant five feet of stature to herculean proportions. He is a handsome little man with pompadour hair and a bold Wilhelm der Kaiser mustache....

The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)Thus far have I treated of the position and the wonders of the earth, of the waters, the stars, and the proportion of the universe and its dimensions. I shall now proceed to describe its individual...

Engraved GemsMy former treatise, Engraved Gems, their Place in the History of Art, being largely illustrated and inconvenient in size, I have abridged the work and with new material prepared this volume. The various epochs of gem engraving from the earliest eras down to...

Great Western Railway InstructionsThe amount of cant to be given to a curve is governed by the speed at which trains run over it, and in no case must the raising of the outer rail in Running Lines be less than is given in...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of H. G. Wells - Hyperlinks to all Chapters of all Individual Ebooks The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can even ignore her own...

Omega: The Last days of the WorldThe magnificent marble bridge which unites the Rue de Rennes with the Rue de Louvre, and which, lined with the statues of celebrated scientists and philosophers, emphasizes the monumental avenue leading to the new portico of the Institute,...

Index for Works of Holman Day - Hyperlinks to all Chapters of all Individual Ebooks I The Transfer II Greg's First Fare III Greg's Second Fare IV In the House on Ninth Street V The Taxi Yard VI Greg's Rival VII The Undertaker VIII...

The Juggler's Oracle; or, The Whole Art of Legerdemain Laid Open - Consisting of all the newest and most surprising tricks and experiments with cards, cups and balls, conveyance of money and rings, boxes, fire, strings and knots; with many curious experiments by optical...

Index for Works of Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson - Hyperlinks to all Chapters of all Individual Ebooks CHAPTER I. IN THE CLUB CHAPTER II. A DINNER FOR FIVE CHAPTER III. IN PUSH SOCIETY CHAPTER IV. THE OLD STATION CHAPTER V. THE COMING OF THE...

The Golden South: Memories of Australian Home Life from 1843 to 1888As I stood on the deck of one of the largest of the Peninsular and Oriental Companys steamers, that now almost annihilate distance between England and her colonial possessions, taking a last look...

The Napoleon Gallery - or, Illustrations of the life and times of the emperor of FranceOR, Illustrations of the Life and Times OF THE Emperor of France ENGRAVED BY REVEIL, AND OTHER EMINENT ARTISTS, FROM ALL THE MOST CELEBRATED PICTURES IN FRANCE PUBLISHED BY...

The Picture Gallery Explored - Or, an account of various ancient customs and manners: interspersed with anecdotes and biographical sketches of eminent personsAlthough nothing is original in the following little work, except the dialogue, which was necessary as a connecting link; yet the compiler...