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John Brown, Soldier of Fortune: A CritiqueJohn Brown, Soldier of Fortune: A CritiqueThe writer of this book is not an iconoclast, neither has he prejudged John Brown. In 1859 the character was impressed upon his attention in a personal way. An older brother, Joseph E. Wilson, was a member of...
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Haunted LondonHaunted LondonThis book deals less with the London of the ghost-stories, the scratching impostor in Cock Lane, or the apparition of Parson Ford at the Hummums, than with the London consecrated by manifold traditionsa city every street and alley of which teems with interesting...
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Jerusalem Explored, Volume 1—TextJerusalem Explored, Volume 1—Text - Being a Description of the Ancient and Modern City, with Numerous Illustrations Consisting of Views, Ground Plans and SectionsOn the subject of Jerusalem many books in various languages have already been published; but I venture to think that there...
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Picturesque PalaPicturesque Pala - The Story of the Mission Chapel of San Antonio de Padua Connected with Mission San Luis ReyThe difference between a mission and a chapel is oftentimes not understood, even by writers well informed upon other subjects. A Mission was what might...
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Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United StatesBurial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United StatesThis paper is a part of the Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-1884, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 3-120. The index has been extracted...
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Life in Dixie during the War, 1861-1862-1863-1864-1865Life in Dixie during the War, 1861-1862-1863-1864-1865By way of preface to Life in Dixie During the War, I scarcely know what to say. I have long felt that it was the duty of the South to bequeath to posterity the traditions of that period;...
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The Orange GirlThe Orange GirlOn a certain afternoon in May, about four or five of the clock, I was standing at the open window of my room in that Palace to which Fortune leads her choicest favouritesthe College, or Prison, as some call it, of the...
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History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 1 [of 3]History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 1 [of 3] - From the Beginning until the Death of Alexander I (1825)It is not my intention to expatiate in these prefatory remarks on the present work and its author. A history of the...
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The Progress of Invention in the 19th CenturyThe Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.For a work of such scope as this, the first word of the author should be an apology for what is doubtless the too ambitious effort of a single writer. A quarter of a century in the...
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The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 6 (of 6)The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 6 (of 6) - From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century (6 volumes)*** With regard to the Abbreviations of words adopted in the above Indexes, that of...
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A Little Girl in Old St. LouisA Little Girl in Old St. LouisCities that have grown from small hamlets seldom keep register of their earlier days, except in the legends handed down in families. St. Louis has the curious anomaly of beginning over several times. For the earliest knowledge of...
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Memoirs of a Veteran Who Served as a Private in the 60's in the War Between the StatesMemoirs of a Veteran Who Served as a Private in the 60's in the War Between the States - Personal Incidents, Experiences and ObservationsThe following reminiscences after due and careful consideration, are dedicated to the young, who are pausing at the portals of manhood,...
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Highland Targets and Other ShieldsHighland Targets and Other Shieldshere is a class of Scottish antiquities to which hitherto comparatively little attention has been paid by the archologist. I mean the warlike weapons, offensive and defensive, of our Highland forefathers, many of which were used down to a comparatively...
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South Africa and the Boer-British War, Volume ISouth Africa and the Boer-British War, Volume I - Comprising a History of South Africa and its people, including the war of 1899 and 1900 Author of The Life and Works of Mr. Gladstone; Queen Victoria, Her Life and Reign; The Sword of Islam,...
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Club Life of London, Vol. 2 (of 2)Club Life of London, Vol. 2 (of 2) - With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th CenturiesThe index to this book contains links to Volume I of this two-volume work. The links are designed...
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The Young Continentals at Bunker HillThe Young Continentals at Bunker HillThe Young Continentals at Bunker Hill tells of four boys who were with the American Army in the siege of Boston. It shows how Gage and the British Army were hemmed in by the colonial troops, tells of the...
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Mafeking: A Diary of a SiegeMafeking: A Diary of a SiegeI must crave the indulgence of the public for producing a more or less rough form of diary in the form of a book, and it is only the interest which they have manifested in Mafeking which has induced...
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De Slavernij: Vervolg en Sleutel op De NegerhutDe Slavernij: Vervolg en Sleutel op De NegerhutDit werk draagt oorspronkelijk den titel van: A Key to Uncle Toms Cabin; presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded. Together with corroborative statements verifying the truth of the work. (Sleutel op...
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Through the Land of the SerbThrough the Land of the Serb MONTENEGRIN WOMEN, CETINJE CEMETERY NEAR CETINJE BAKER'S SHOP, RIJEKAALBANIAN AND TWO MONTENEGRINS BULLOCK CART, PODGORITZA UPPER MONASTERY, OSTROG RUINS OF ANTIVARI MOUNTAIN ALBANIANS IN MARKET, PODGORITZA STREET IN BAZAAR, SKODRA SKODRA MOSQUE, SKODRA SHOP IN BAZAAR, SKODRA MONTENEGRIN...
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The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. IVThe Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. IV - March, 1903-December, 1903Much that seems favorable, and not a little that is clearly unfavorable, has come to the Lewis and Clark Centennial because its date is just a year later than that of the...
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