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Memoir of Roger Williams, the Founder of the State of Rhode-IslandThe citizens of the United States, have sometimes been ridiculed, for an alleged propensity to please their imaginations with romantic visions concerning the future glory of their country. They boast, it is said, not...

Motion Pictures and Filmstrips, 1970: Catalog of Copyright Entries - Third Series Volume 24, Parts 12-13Parts 12-13 list published and unpublished motion pictures currently registered in classes L and M, and filmstrips currently registered in classes A and J. Films for which the copyright...

Sir Charles Warren and Spion Kop: A VindicationIt is now more than two years since the operation took place on the Tugela River in Natal, that ended in the capture and the unwarrantable abandonment the same day of the position of Spion Kop. The...

Studies on Fermentation - The diseases of beer, their causes, and the means of preventing themMy first idea of placing before English brewers a translation of tudes sur la Bire was meagre in the extreme, compared with the final realization of it as it...

A Garden of Girls; Or, Famous Schoolgirls of Former DaysI offer this little book (which aims at a reconstruction as faithful and accurate as careful research could achieve, of the real school-life and education of real little girls in many ages, and in many...

The Treasure of the Bucoleon I. The Cable from Hugh's Uncle II. The Broken Message III. The Papers in the Charter Chest IV. The Gunroom at Castle Chesby V. A Blind Alley VI. The Hilyer Party VII. The Fight in the Gunroom VIII. The...

Marcella: Romaani "Jos luonnon tenho lopuss' ois, ei kukan silm auki lois, ken hetkisenkn el vois?" Hn katseli laajaa tasaista nurmikkoa, jonka vuosisatain hellt huolet olivat silottaneet. Sen kummallakin laidalla kasvoi eri ryhmiss vanhoja puita, skottilaisia kuusia, muutamia pykkej ja pari kolme setri. Ajan...

Robert Fulton and the SubmarineThat Robert Fulton devoted some attention to the possibility of an underwater boat during the years when his mind was laboring with plans for the propulsion of boats by steam, has been known since that time. Not, however, until 1896,...

Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume 03 (of 11)HERMANN WILHELM GOERING, RUDOLF HESS, JOACHIM von RIBBENTROP, ROBERT LEY, WILHELM KEITEL, ERNST KALTENBRUNNER, ALFRED ROSENBERG, HANS FRANK, WILHELM FRICK, JULIUS STREICHER, WALTER FUNK, HJALMAR SCHACHT, GUSTAV KRUPP von BOHLEN und HALBACH, KARL DOENITZ, ERICH RAEDER, BALDUR...

La société bordelaise sous Louis XV et le salon de Mme DuplessyDans une scne des Prcieuses, la fille du seigneur Gorgibus exalte, en un jargon inoubliable, la supriorit de Paris sur la province: Paris, le bureau des merveilles, le refuge des manires galantes, lacadmie...

Trial of Pedro de Zulueta, jun., on a Charge of Slave Trading, under 5 Geo. IV, cap. 113, on Friday the 27th, Saturday the 28th, and Monday the 30th of October, 1843, at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London - A Full Report...

Seven Lectures on the United Kingdom for use in India - Reissued for use in the United KingdomTHE object of these Lectures, and of the lantern slides which accompany them, is to give to the school children of India, through their eyes as well...

OnThere is a book, I have a book, printed in 1806. It was compiled (rather than written) by a country clergyman, who had before him (so he tells me on the title page) these objects:"To increase knowledge, to promote virtue, to discourage vice, and...

Lessons in Wireless TelegraphyIt is readily realizable that it is quite impossible to enter into all the engineering details in a book of this size, but at the same time it has been possible to present a very comprehensive treatise of the subject and...

Paper Shell PecansSIXTEEN big pecan nuts on a single small lower branch of one tree in our big, bearing orchard on our Calhoun County Orchard Plantation. This picture, in natural colors, from a photograph taken in late September, 1919, gives an idea of the...

Die Mutter: Blätter aus dunklen TagenWie seltsam dies alles war am Tage, der dieser Nacht voraufging! Und wie es mir jetzt, da ich den verfallenden Stimmen nachlausche, als ein gleichgestimmter Klang erscheint! Gell, schneidend, aufrhrend! In blanker Frhe die Nachricht vom Ausbruch der Revolution....

The White Czar: A Story of a Polar BearThe land of the Eskimo is the most inhospitable desolate portion of Mother Earth, inhabited by man. Well has the Eskimo need of his cheerful watch word, or salutation, of Aksuse, which means be strong. The...

Nouveaux Contes des CollinesVoyez, vous avez proscrit l'Amour! Quels sont ces Dieux auxquels vous voulez que je plaise? Trois Dieux en Un, ou un Dieu en Trois? Ah! que non pas! Moi je retourne mes Dieux. Peut-tre me donneront-ils plus de bonheur que votre...

The Great Diamond Syndicate; Or, The Hardest Crew on RecordNick Carter stands for an interesting detective story. The fact that the books in this line are so uniformly good is entirely due to the work of a specialist. The man who wrote these stories...

Valperga Volume 3 (of 3) - or, The life and adventures of Castruccio, prince of LuccaWhen Bindo had been released by the command of Castiglione from the hands of the Lucchese soldiers, he fled across the country; and, possessed with horror and despair at...