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A Short History of WalesA Short History of WalesThis little book is meant for those who have never read any Welsh history before. It is not taken for granted that the reader knows either Latin or Welsh. A fuller outline may be read in The Story of Wales,...
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The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, CompleteThe Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete IN the following pages I have endeavored to give the life of Abraham Lincoln, from his birth to his inauguration as President of the United States. The reader will judge the character of the performance by...
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In the Heart of AfricaIn the Heart of Africa CHAPTER I. The Nubian desertThe bitter wellChange of plansAn irascible dragomanPools of the AtbaraOne secret of the NileAt Cassala CHAPTER II. Egypt's rule of the SoudanCorn-grinding in the SoudanMahomet meets relativesThe parent of EgyptEl Baggar rides the camel CHAPTER...
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The Rifle and the Hound in CeylonThe Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon THE LOVE OF SPORT is a feeling inherent in most Englishmen, and whether in the chase, or with the rod or gun, they far excel all other nations. In fact, the definition of this feeling cannot be...
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Defenders of DemocracyDefenders of Democracy - Contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of MercyThis should be the first thing seen when anyone opens the book....
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1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors Born irreverent, scrawled Mark Twain on a scratch pad, like all other people I have ever known or heard ofI am hoping to remain so while there are any...
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Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 THE Dutch clergy of the Reformed Church, as has already been mentioned in a previous introduction, were men whose observations we must value because of their intelligence and their acquirements; and they also had a point of view which...
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The Path of Empire: A Chronicle of the United States as a World PowerThe Path of Empire: A Chronicle of the United States as a World Power THE PATH OF EMPIRE CHAPTER I. The Monroe Doctrine CHAPTER II. Controversies With Great Britain CHAPTER III. Alaska And Its Problems CHAPTER IV. Blaine And Pan-Americanism CHAPTER V. The United...
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Sir Walter Raleigh and His TimeSir Walter Raleigh and His TimeTruth is stranger than fiction. A trite remark. We all say it again and again: but how few of us believe it! How few of us, when we read the history of heroical times and heroical men, take the...
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Froude's History of EnglandFroude's History of EnglandThere appeared a few years since a Comic History of England, duly caricaturing and falsifying all our great national events, and representing the English people, for many centuries back, as a mob of fools and knaves, led by the nose in...
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Plays and PuritansPlays and PuritansThe British Isles have been ringing for the last few years with the word Art in its German sense; with High Art, Symbolic Art, Ecclesiastical Art, Dramatic Art, Tragic Art, and so forth; and every well-educated person is expected, nowadays, to know...
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The Irish Race in the Past and the PresentThe Irish Race in the Past and the PresentCOUNT JOSEPH DE MAISTRE, in his "Principe Generateur des Constitutions Politiques" (Par. LXI.), says: "All nations manifest a particular and distinctive character, which deserves to be attentively considered." This thought of the great Catholic writer requires...
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The Dove in the Eagle's NestThe Dove in the Eagle's NestIn sending forth this little book, I am inclined to add a few explanatory words as to the use I have made of historical personages. The origin of the whole story was probably Freytags first series of pictures of...
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Being a BoyBeing a Boy I. BEING A BOY II. THE BOY AS A FARMER III. THE DELIGHTS OF FARMING IV. NO FARMING WITHOUT A BOY V. THE BOY'S SUNDAY VI. THE GRINDSTONE OF LIFE VII. FICTION AND SENTIMENT VIII. THE COMING OF THANKSGIVING IX. THE...
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SaunteringsSaunterings I should not like to ask an indulgent and idle public to saunter about with me under a misapprehension. It would be more agreeable to invite it to go nowhere than somewhere; for almost every one has been somewhere, and has written about...
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The Paths of Inland Commerce A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and WaterwayThe Paths of Inland Commerce; A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway If the great American novel is ever written, I hazard the guess that its plot will be woven around the theme of American transportation, for that has been the vital factor in...
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The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexesThe Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes - (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1In a few places I have substituted the character forms available in the Big 5 character set for rare or (what are now considered)...
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The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and SailorsThe Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors The story of American ships and sailors is an epic of blue water which seems singularly remote, almost unreal, to the later generations. A people with a native genius for seafaring won and...
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Chronicles of America series v. 11The Eve of the Revolution; A Chronicle of the Breach with England In this brief sketch I have chiefly endeavored to convey to the reader, not a record of what men did, but a sense of how they thought and felt about what they...
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Red EveRed Eve For five long but not unhappy years, seated or journeying side by side, we have striven as Royal Commissioners to find a means whereby our coasts may be protected from the outrageous flowing surges of the sea (I quote the jurists of...
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