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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by HerselfIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself The author of the following autobiography is personally known to me, and her conversation and manners inspire me with confidence. During the last seventeen years, she has lived the greater part of the...
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American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western ContinentAmerican Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent This little volume is a contribution to the comparative study of religions. It is an endeavor to present in a critically correct light some of the fundamental conceptions which are found in...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 5, part 4: James BuchananA Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan James Buchanan was born near Mercersburg, Pa., April 23, 1791. His father, James Buchanan, a Scotch-Irish farmer, came from the county of Donegal, Ireland, in 1783. His mother...
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A Hilltop on the MarneA Hilltop on the Marne - Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914 The author wishes to apologize for the constant use of the word English in speaking of the British Expedition to France. At the beginning of the war this was a colloquial...
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Antwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind ThemAntwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind ThemI. "The Germans Are Coming!" II. Paris at Bay III. After the Marne IV. The Fall of Antwerp I V. Paris Again-and Bordeaux: Journal of a Flight from a London Fog VI....
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Whig Against ToryWhig Against Tory - Or, The Military Adventures of a Shoemaker, a Tale of the Revolution"Will you tell me a story this evening, father?" asked William P., a fine lad of twelve years of age, the son of General P., who had been a...
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CleopatraCleopatraOf all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conquered...
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Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914A selection of speeches made for the purpose of illustrating the best rhetorical form of British Oratory has already been published in 'The World's Classics'. The governing principle of this volume is not rhetorical quality, but historical interest....
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Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass - A BiographyFrederick Douglass lived so long, and played so conspicuous a part on the world's stage, that it would be impossible, in a work of the size of this, to do more than touch upon the salient features of his career,...
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Lady John Russell: A Memoir with Selections from Her Diaries and CorrespondenceLady John Russell: A Memoir with Selections from Her Diaries and CorrespondenceThe manuscripts which have supplied the material for a memoir of my mother deal much more fully with the life of my father than with her own life. Mr. Desmond MacCarthy has therefore...
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A Ride to India across Persia and BaluchistánA Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán * * * * * A spacious apartment, its polished parquet strewn with white bearskins and the thickest and softest of Persian rugs; its panelled walls hung with Oriental tapestries, costly daggers, pistols, and shields of...
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With the "Die-Hards" in SiberiaWith the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Originally written for the private use of my sons in case I did not return, this narrative of events connected with the expedition to Siberia must of necessity lack many of the necessary elements which go to make a...
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A Century of Negro MigrationA Century of Negro MigrationIn treating this movement of the Negroes, the writer does not presume to say the last word on the subject. The exodus of the Negroes from the South has just begun. The blacks have recently realized that they have freedom...
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Four Weeks in the Trenches: The War Story of a ViolinistFour Weeks in the Trenches: The War Story of a ViolinistThe writer chanced to be dining with Mr. Kreisler soon after his arrival in this country, after his dismissal from the hospital where he recovered from his wound. For nearly two hours he listened,...
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Concerning Animals and Other MattersConcerning Animals and Other Matters Edward Hamilton Aitken, the author of the following sketches, was well known to the present generation of Anglo-Indians, by his pen-name of Eha, as an accurate and amusing writer on natural history subjects. Those who were privileged to know...
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An Unwilling MaidAn Unwilling Maid - Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott It was a warm summer day. Not too warm, for away up in the Connecticut hills the sun seemed to...
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Histoire de la Révolution française, Tome 05Histoire de la Révolution française, Tome 05MOUVEMENT DES ARMES EN AOUT ET SEPTEMBRE 1793.INVESTISSEMENT DE LYON PAR L'ARME DE LA CONVENTION.TRAHISON DE TOULON QUI SE LIVRE AUX ANGLAIS.DFAITE DE QUARANTE MILLE VENDENS A LUON.PLAN GNRAL DE CAMPAGNE CONTRE LA VENDE.DIVISIONS DES GNRAUX RPUBLICAINS SUR...
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Indian speeches (1907-1909)Indian speeches (1907-1909)A signal transaction is now taking place in the course of Indian polity. These speeches, with no rhetorical pretensions, contain some of the just, prudent, and necessary points and considerations, that have guided this transaction, and helped to secure for it the...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 5, part 1: Presidents Taylor and FillmoreA Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 5, part 1: Presidents Taylor and Fillmore This volume, the fifth of the series, comprises a period of twelve years. It includes the four years' term of the Taylor-Fillmore Administration and the full...
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Three Frenchmen in BengalThree Frenchmen in Bengal - The Commercial Ruin of the French Settlements in 1757This account of the commercial ruin of the French Settlements, taken almost entirely from hitherto unpublished documents, originated as follows. Whilst engaged in historical research connected with the Government Records in...
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