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Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of FranceHistorical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of FranceThere were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a gentleman, flung the words in my...
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Shrewsbury: A RomanceShrewsbury: A RomanceThat the untimely death at the age of fifty-eight of that great prince, Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, my most noble and generous patron, has afflicted me with a sorrow which I may truly call acerbus et ingens, is nothing to the world;...
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Creation Myths of Primitive AmericaCreation Myths of Primitive America - In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of MankindTHE creation myths of America form a complete system; they give a detailed and circumstantial account of the origin of this world and of all things and creatures...
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Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and IrelandSketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and IrelandThis Book aims to give a summary view of the most important general Reforms, which have been effected or attempted in Great Britain and Ireland, from the period of the French revolution down to the...
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Woven with the Ship: A Novel of 1865Woven with the Ship: A Novel of 1865 - Together with certain other veracious tales of various sorts Prefaces remind me of a certain text of Scripture,i.e., "the last shall be first,"for they are things written after which go before! Whether or not they...
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Naples, Past and PresentNaples, Past and PresentI have designed this book not as a guide, but as supplementary to a guide. The best of guide-bookseven that of Murray or of Gsell-Felsleaves a whole world of thought and knowledge untouched, being indeed of necessity so full of detail...
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Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American IndiansDescriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American IndiansThe following Descriptive Catalogue is intended to systematize the collection of Photographic Portraits of Indians now in the possession of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, and to place on record all the information we...
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Noble Deeds of American WomenNoble Deeds of American Women - With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More ProminentThe advantages of Biography are obvious and great. To the weight of precept, it adds the force and efficacy of example. It presents correct and beautiful models, and awakens the...
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The A. E. F.: With General Pershing and the American ForcesThe A. E. F.: With General Pershing and the American Forces"VOIL UN SOUSMARIN," said a sailor, as he stuck his head through the doorway of the smoking room. The man with aces and eights dropped, but the player across the table had three sevens,...
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Ιστορία της Ελληνικής Επαναστάσεως, Τόμος ΔΙστορία της Ελληνικής Επαναστάσεως, Τόμος ΔNote: The tonic system has been changed from polytonic to monotonic. The spelling of the book has not been changed otherwise. Bold words are included in &; words in italics in _. In various places the book had in...
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Historic Shrines of AmericaHistoric Shrines of America - Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them NotablevCircular tours have long been popular in England. There was a timeas there will be a time againwhen American visitors felt that to...
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55, 1640The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55, 1640 - Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions...
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In MoroccoIn MoroccoHaving begun my book with the statement that Morocco still lacks a guide-book, I should have wished to take a first step toward remedying that deficiency. But the conditions in which I travelled, though full of unexpected and picturesque opportunities, were not suited...
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The Influence and Development of English GildsThe Influence and Development of English Gilds - As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of ShrewsburyI should explain that, in the present Essay, I have restricted myself to associations which had for their object the regulation of trade. Frith Gilds and...
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Our Journey to the HebridesOur Journey to the HebridesThe greater part of "Our Journey to the Hebrides" was published originally in Harper's Magazine. When it appeared it was severely criticised, and we were taken to task for not discovering in Scotland and the Scotch what has been made...
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An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol 2 (of 2)An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol 2 (of 2) - Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce.Don Manuel de Leon, the new Governor of these islands, took possession on the 24th of September, 1669. The first act of...
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The Future Belongs to the PeopleThe Future Belongs to the People"The future belongs to the people." The time was October 24, 1918; the place, Berlin, the center of Germany; the speaker, Doctor Karl Liebknecht. A remarkable change had indeed come over the Empire. As far as the eye could...
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The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailroadThe Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg Railroad A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE ASSISTED MATERIALLY IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS BOOK [Pg 1] BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION In the late summer of 1836 the locomotive first reached Utica and a new era...
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La guerre injuste: lettres d'un EspagnolLa guerre injuste: lettres d'un EspagnolArmando Palacio Valds est un des romanciers les plus connus de l'Espagne. Ses uvres ont t traduites dans la plupart des langues europennes, et l'une d'elles, Maximina, a eu le rare bonheur d'tre tire aux tats-Unis deux cent mille...
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Famous American StatesmenFamous American Statesmen"With the great, one's thoughts and manners easily become great; ... what this country longs for is personalities, grand persons, to counteract its materialities," says Emerson. Such lives as are sketched in this book are a constant inspiration, both to young and...
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