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What Happened to MeWhat Happened to MeIn my garden a lily grew, blossoming in snowy purity, fragrant sweetness and stately grace. It held the summer in its golden heart and the love of the angels crowned its radiant petals. It bade me "good-morning" and the dawn was...
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Women in English Life from Mediaeval to Modern Times, Vol. IWomen in English Life from Mediæval to Modern Times, Vol. IThe object aimed at in the following pages is to show the place that women have held in our national life, from the days when what we call the Saxon race was dominant in...
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The First Book of EskimosThe First Book of EskimosThe author and artist are indebted to a great many scientists and other careful observers who have lived among the Eskimos. The whole record of our sources is too long to give, but here are some we have found particularly...
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Forest Days: A Romance of Old TimesForest Days: A Romance of Old TimesIn offering you a book, which I fear is little worthy of your acceptance, and a compliment which has become valueless, I cannot help expressing my regret at having no other means of testifying my esteem and respect...
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Kolme matkaa AfrikassaKolme matkaa Afrikassa - Henry M. Stanleyn nuoruus ja ensimmäiset tutkimusmatkat Afrikan sisämaissa1. Stanleyn nuoruus. Englantilainen sotaretki Abyssiniaan. Kapina Espanjassa. 2. Stanley lhtee etsimn Livingstonea. Varustus matkalle. 3. Matkan alku rantamaalta Ugogoon. 4. Matka Ugogosta Unianjembehen. 5. Matka Unianjembest Ujijiin. 6. Stanleyn matkustukset yhdess...
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New MexicoCarlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico - The Story of its Early Explorations, as told by Jim WhiteBats!... millions of black little mammals drifting along the horizon and seeming to fuse into the hazy clouds of a New Mexico sunset! That was the spectacle...
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Prisons Over SeasPrisons Over Seas - Deportation and Colonization; British and American Prisons of To-dayIt will hardly be denied after an impartial consideration of all the facts I shall herein set forth, that the British prison system can challenge comparison with any in the world. It...
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Spain, v. 1 (of 2)Spain, v. 1 (of 2)IT was a rainy morning in February, and lacked an hour of sunrise. My mother accompanied me to the hall, anxiously repeating all the counsels she had been giving me for a month: then she threw her arms about my...
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John Smith's Funny Adventures on a CrutchJohn Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch - Or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One-legged Soldier after the WarIt is verily more difficult to write a good preface for a book than to write the book itself. We dont mind telling the reader, very...
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Irish Historical Allusions, Curious Customs and Superstitions, County of Kerry, CorkaguinyIrish Historical Allusions, Curious Customs and Superstitions, County of Kerry, CorkaguinyThis little hand book deals with the curious customs and traditions, chiefly in West Kerry, in common with other parts of Ireland. It is the fourth book issued by the author on Corkaguiny, of...
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The Cretan Insurrection of 1866-7-8The Cretan Insurrection of 1866-7-8In committing to print the subjoined record of the Cretan revolt of 1866-7-8, I am fulfilling a duty in regard to a series of events quque ipse vidi et quorum pars magna fui, and which, if not in themselves of...
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Bohemia, from the earliest times to the fall of national independence in 1620Bohemia, from the earliest times to the fall of national independence in 1620 - With a short summary of later eventsFew countries have been more strangely misunderstood by the average Englishman than Bohemia has been. The mischievous blunder of some fifteenth century Frenchman, who...
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Wawenock Myth Texts from MaineWawenock Myth Texts from Maine - Forty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-26, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928, pages 165-198It is one of the laments of ethnology that the smaller tribes of the northern...
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The AlhambraThe AlhambraROUGH draughts of some of the following tales and essays were actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there. Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so that the whole...
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Old Court Life in Spain, vol. 2/2Old Court Life in Spain, vol. 2/2HE time is early summer; the sky an unbroken sphere of blue, as deep and smooth as a turquoise, canopying the blanched domes and pinnacles of the cathedral and illuminating with ineffable splendour the elegant galleries of the...
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Der kleine Ritter (Herr Wolodyjowski): Historischer RomanDer kleine Ritter (Herr Wolodyjowski): Historischer RomanNach dem ungarischen Kriege, nach welchem die Trauung des Herrn Andreas Kmiziz mit Frulein Alexandra Billewitsch stattgefunden hatte, sollte auch der nicht minder berhmte und um die Republik ebenso verdiente Ritter Herr Georg Michael Wolodyjowski mit Frulein Anna...
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In Defense of the Flag: A true war storyIn Defense of the Flag: A true war story - A pen picture of scenes and incidents during the great rebellion.--Thrilling experiences during escape from southern prisons, etc.Now in the commencement of this narrative and tale of my early life, I must say that...
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The Mentor: Among the Ruins of Rome, Vol. 1, Num. 46, Serial No. 46The Mentor: Among the Ruins of Rome, Vol. 1, Num. 46, Serial No. 46Shortly after sunset the express train, speeding north from Naples, emerges from the mountains and begins winding its way down grade. The expectant visitor to the Eternal City sees below him...
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The Mentor: The Contest for North America, Vol. 1, No. 35, Serial No. 35The Mentor: The Contest for North America, Vol. 1, No. 35, Serial No. 35 - The Story of America in PicturesThe whole round world is now open. Gone is the pleasure of finding new lands, sighting strange mountains, floating down mysterious rivers, and meeting...
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My Adventures During the Late WarMy Adventures During the Late War - A narrative of shipwreck, captivity, escapes from French prisons, and sea service in 1804-14While engaged during the last ten years in the task of mastering the original authorities for the history of the Napoleonic wars, I have...
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