Biography & Autobiography
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The Story of GeronimoThe Story of GeronimoGeronimo crawled up the hill so carefully that no stalk of grass moved, and no bush quivered. A pair of crested quail, feeding on insects in the grass, merely glanced up when he passed and went on feeding. Geronimo reached the...
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English Men of LettersSwiftThe chief materials for a life of Swift are to be found in his writings and correspondence. The best edition is the second of the two edited by Scott (1814 and 1824). In 1751 Lord Orrery published Remarks upon the Life and Writings of...
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Dorothy Wordsworth: The Story of a Sister's LoveDorothy Wordsworth: The Story of a Sister's LoveThis little book owes its origin to the fact that, with the exception of Professor Shairp's Sketch contained in the preface to the "Tour in Scotland," no biography or memoir of the subject of it has hitherto...
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A Layman's Life of JesusA Layman's Life of JesusEvery book should have a purpose. The object of this little volume is to try and harmonize, in a sense, and bring nearer to us, the story of the Master. It is free from the fog of creed, and the...
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AddisonAddisonOf the four English men of letters whose writings most fully embody the spirit of the eighteenth century, the one who provides the biographer with the scantiest materials is Addison. In his Journal to Stella, his social verses, and his letters to his friends,...
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Makers and Romance of Alabama HistoryMakers and Romance of Alabama HistoryThe present volume is intended to be a substantial contribution to the history of Alabama, by giving expansion to the recorded lives of its foremost citizensmen who alike on the field and in the forum, on the bench and...
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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: A BiographyHumphrey, Duke of Gloucester: A BiographyIt was Polydore Vergil who first drew attention to the fatality of the Gloucester title. It was borne by luckless King John, Thomas of Woodstock earned a violent death, Thomas le Despenser was beheaded, while in days later than...
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ShelleyShelleyThis sketch of Shelleys life was written in the summer of 1878. Since then Professor Dowdens Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley (2 vols., Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1886) has been given to the world. In that exhaustive work many important documents belonging to...
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Admirals of the British NavyAdmirals of the British Navy - Portraits in Colours with Introductory and Biographical NotesTHE first thing a landlubber does when he opens his mouth about the sea or about sea power is to put his foot in it; and therefore one's sense of decency...
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Generals of the British ArmyGenerals of the British Army - Portraits in Colour with Introductory and Biographical NotesTHE central figure of this second portrait gallery of British Generals is that of Lord French, who gives a unity and atmosphere to the collection. The phase of the War he...
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The Confessions of a CollectorThe Confessions of a CollectorThis is a copy of the First Edition of this book. It is published in the United States by Messrs Dodd, Mead & Company, New York; but, in deference to the wishes of Collectors, the original London imprint is retained....
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Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 2 (Vol. 5 - 9)Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 2 (Vol. 5 - 9)Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Rose et...
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The Red Battle FlyerThe Red Battle FlyerThat is the answer to those who ask, as an important official gentleman asked recently, why this English translation of Rittmeister von Richthofen's book should be published. It gives our flying people an opportunity of comparing notes with one of Germany's...
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Henri IV en Gascogne (1553-1589)Henri IV en Gascogne (1553-1589)Il est des hommes si universellement aims, qu'on voudrait tout connatre d'eux, au risque d'arriver la dsillusion. Cette remarque, faite depuis longtemps, n'a jamais t plus justifie que par la curiosit, mle d'enthousiasme et de vnration, qui s'est constamment attache...
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Solomon Maimon: An AutobiographySolomon Maimon: An Autobiography.The inhabitants of Poland may be conveniently divided into six classes or orders:the superior nobility, the inferior nobility, the half-noble, burghers, peasantry and Jews. The superior nobility consist of the great landowners and administrators of the high offices of government. The...
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Fire and Sword in the SudanFire and Sword in the Sudan - A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895Prompted by the earnest entreaties of my friends rather than by any wish of my own to relate my experiences, I have written these chapters. The few months...
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From Workhouse to Westminster: The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.PFrom Workhouse to Westminster: The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P.Mr. Will Crooks, as I know him in his own house at Poplar and in that other House at Westminster, always seems to me to be something far greater than a Labour Member of...
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Under the Stars and BarsUnder the Stars and Bars - Or, Memories of Four Years Service with the Oglethorpes, of Augusta, GeorgiaFor the gratification of my old comrades and in grateful memory of their constant kindness during all our years of comradeship these records have been written. The...
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British Political LeadersBritish Political LeadersMy first acquaintance with Mr. Arthur J. Balfour, who recently became Prime Minister of King Edward VII., was made in the earliest days of my experience as a member of the House of Commons. The Fourth party, as it was called, had...
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The Friendly Club and Other PortraitsThe Friendly Club and Other PortraitsCitation of authorities, except so far as they appear in the text, has been considered inappropriate in the case of such informal articles as these. It would be ungracious, however, to omit mention of the writer's indebtedness in connection...
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