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Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to HuxleyPioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley - With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the MovementThis book needs only brief introduction. It attempts to tell the story of the origin of the Evolution idea in Ionia, and, after long arrest,...
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The Rulers of the MediterraneanThe Rulers of the MediterraneanIf you have always crossed the Atlantic in the spring-time or in the summer months, as do most tourists, you will find that leaving New York in the winter is more like a relief expedition to the north pole than...
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Les Tourelles: Histoire des châteaux de France, volume IILes Tourelles: Histoire des châteaux de France, volume IISix mille invitations furent envoyes. Il y en eut pour lItalie, pour lEspagne et pour lAngleterre. On vit Vaux des reprsentans de ces trois contres et les ambassadeurs de tous les peuples. Un roi et une...
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Les Tourelles: Histoire des châteaux de France, volume ILes Tourelles: Histoire des châteaux de France, volume ITant que durera en France lesprit conservateur cr par la Restauration, les vieux monumens qui nous restent seront respects. Par une consquence immdiate de son retour systmatique aux affections du pass, la Restauration, en relevant la...
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Copyright: Its History and Its LawCopyright: Its History and Its LawThe American copyright code of 1909, comprehensively replacing all previous laws, a gratifying advance in legislation despite its serious restrictions and minor defects, places American copyright practice on a new basis. The new British code, brought before Parliament in...
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Beauties and Antiquities of IrelandBeauties and Antiquities of Ireland - Being a Tourist's Guide to Its Most Beautiful Scenery & an Archæologist's Manual for Its Most Interesting RuinsTo describe all the beauties and antiquities of Ireland, an encyclopedia, instead of a volume the size of this one would...
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Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official InformationOur First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official InformationWithout disparagement to the adventurous foreign navigators who for centuries earlier than the British occupation had suspected the existence of "Terra Australis," the "fifth continent" of the globe, and had done their best...
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A Lad of Grit: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration TimesA Lad of Grit: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration TimesTitle: A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times Author: Percy F. Westerman Release Date: April 19, 2014 [EBook #39490] Language: English Character...
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Sidelights on Chinese LifeSidelights on Chinese LifeThe Chinamans mind is a profound and inexplicable puzzle that many have vainly endeavoured to solve. He is a mystery not simply to the foreigner, who has been trained to more open methods of thought, but also to his own countrymen,...
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The Young Sharpshooter at AntietamThe Young Sharpshooter at AntietamThis story has been written with no desire to revive or even to keep alive the spirit of the struggle between the States. Nevertheless the facts which have made our history and the forces which have entered into the making...
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The March to MagdalaThe March to MagdalaIn submitting to the public in a collected form the Letters which have already appeared in the daily press, a Special Correspondent has the option of one of two courses. The one course is, to publish the Letters as nearly as...
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Questioni internazionaliQuestioni internazionaliIl Cancelliere Caprivi e Crispi. La Tripolitania e la Francia. Le fortificazioni di Biserta. Le relazioni italo-austriache e l'irredentismo. Le relazioni franco-italiane dal 1890 al 1896. La Francia contro il credito italiano. Un incidente italo-portoghese. La questione balcanica. Le stragi d'Armenia e il...
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Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish ArabiaBehind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia - An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the EastI have endeavoured in this book to give some account of that inner life of the East of which a traveller, however...
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A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages volume IIA History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume IITHE men who laid the foundations of the Inquisition in Languedoc had before them an apparently hopeless task. The whole organization and procedure of the institution were to be developed as experience might dictate...
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My Mission to London, 1912-1914My Mission to London, 1912-1914 Never perhaps in history has the world seen so great an exhibition, as at the outbreak of this war, of the murderous and corrupting power of the organised lie. All Germany outside the governmental circles was induced to believe...
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Ahead of the Show Or, The Adventures of Al Allston, Advance AgentAhead of the Show; Or, The Adventures of Al Allston, Advance AgentThe manager and proprietor of Wattles' New York Comedy Company was very, very "mad." His naturally florid face was redder than usual, and his fists were clinched in a manner that augured no...
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A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages volume IA History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume ITHE history of the Inquisition naturally divides itself into two portions, each of which may be considered as a whole. The Reformation is the boundary-line between them, except in Spain, where the New Inquisition...
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Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in IndiaTwelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India - Being Extracts from the Letters of the Late Major W. S. R. Hodson, B. A.It can scarcely be needful to make any apology for offering to the public this record of one who has attracted...
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Histoire du moyen âge 395-1270Histoire du moyen âge 395-1270Dans la Prface de la premire dition de ces Lectures je disais que, pour qu'un pareil recueil ft tenu au courant des progrs de la science, il serait ncessaire de le reviser souvent. J'ai cru devoir, en effet, aprs cinq...
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Rupert, Prince PalatineRupert, Prince Palatine It is curious that in these days of historical research so little has been written about Rupert of the Rhine, a man whose personality was striking, whose career was full of exciting adventure, and for whose biography an immense amount of...
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