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The Crime of the CongoThe Crime of the CongoI am convinced that the reason why public opinion has not been more sensitive upon the question of the Congo Free State, is that the terrible story has not been brought thoroughly home to the people. Mr. E. D. Morel...
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Cathedral Cities of ItalyCathedral Cities of ItalyTHE cathedral cities of Italy, the heir of all the ages in art, are as full of enchantment to the lover of architecture as to the poet, the painter, and the historian. Side by side with the great churches that give...
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The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" or, Thirteen Hundred Miles in my CaravanThe Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer"; or, Thirteen Hundred Miles in my CaravanI need, I believe, do little more herein, than state that the following pages were written on the road, on the coup of my caravan, and from day to day. First impressions,...
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Lincoln, the PoliticianLincoln, the PoliticianLove of kind alone transcended Lincoln's political ambition. His career as President, Statesman, Emancipator is a mystery unless his preparation for leadership is demonstrated. He was no product of sudden elevation, no creature of opportunity. No American Statesman was better equipped to...
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Louis XI et Les États Pontificaux de France au XVe siècleLouis XI et Les États Pontificaux de France au XVe siècleNote 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. Il...
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Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, BartSome Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. - Particularly of His Services in the Canadas, Including a Reply to the Strictures on His Military Character, Contained in an Article in the Quarterly Review"Either this is envy in...
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The History of Cuba, vol. 2The History of Cuba, vol. 2The Index included at the end of this etext (which includes volumes 1 thru 4) appears at the end of volume four of The History of Cuba. It is provided here for the convenience of the reader. One of...
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From School to Battle-field: A Story of the War DaysFrom School to Battle-field: A Story of the War Days"If there's anything I hate more than a rainy Saturday, call me a tadpole!" said the taller of two boys who, with their chins on their arms and their arms on the top of the...
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Wild Wales: The People, Language, and SceneryWild Wales: The People, Language, & SceneryTALK ABOUT WILD WALES BY THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON I have been invited by the editor of this series to say a few words upon Borrows Wild Wales. The invitation has come to me, he says, partly because during the...
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The War of the Axe Or, Adventures in South AfricaThe War of the Axe; Or, Adventures in South AfricaIn the early summer of the year of grace 1844 the Surat Castle, a fine clipper barque of 400 tons burthen, left the London docks on a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, with...
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Thomas Hart BentonThomas Hart BentonEven before the end of the Revolutionary War the movement had begun which was to change in form a straggling chain of sea-board republics into a mighty continental nation, the great bulk of whose people would live to the westward of the...
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The Comic History of RomeThe Comic History of RomeSome explanation is perhaps due from a writer who adopts the title of Comic in relation to a subject which is ordinarily considered to be so essentially grave as that of History. Though the epithet may be thought by many...
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Societies of the KiowasSocieties of the KiowasFrom Battey we learn that in the seventies of the last century the Kiowa had a police organization designed to prevent the young men from going on raids that might bring trouble upon the tribe. A corresponding body regulated the buffalo...
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Our Old Home, Vol. 2Our Old Home, Vol. 2 - Annotated with Passages from the Author's NotebookOn a fine morning in September we set out on an excursion to Blenheim,the sculptor and myself being seated on the box of our four-horse carriage, two more of the party in...
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Servants of the GunsServants of the GunsAs the long troop train rumbled slowly over the water-logged wastes of Flanders, I sat in the corner of a carriage which was littered with all the dbris of a twenty-four hours' journey and watched the fiery winter's sun set gorgeously....
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Kuusi vuotta SiperiassaKuusi vuotta SiperiassaI. Johdanto II. Matka Omskiin III. Omsk ja sen ymprist IV. Suomalainen siirtola Rishkova V. Bugene VI. Bojarka VII. Siirtokunta Omskin rannalla VIII. Verhne-Suetuk IX. Ashtshangul X. Ensimminen virkamatkani Om-siirtokuntaan 1885 XI. Matka Bugeneen Keskuussa 1886 XII. Ensimminen matka It-Siperiaan 1886 XIII....
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Ocean to Ocean on HorsebackOcean to Ocean on Horseback - Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Development of Cities and Towns Along the Route; and Regions Traversed Beyond the Mississippi; Together...
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The Story of Great InventionsThe Story of Great InventionsThe terrific snapping of the electric discharge is heard by one standing near the station, but no light is seen. The strange light given out from the network of wires is invisible to the eye, but is caught by the...
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The History of the Nineteenth Century in CaricatureThe History of the Nineteenth Century in CaricatureWhile the impulse to satirize public men in picture is probably as old as satiric verse, if not older, the political cartoon, as an effective agent in molding public opinion, is essentially a product of modern conditions...
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Recuerdos y bellezas de EspañaCórdoba ORABAN los primeros rayos del sol las cumbres de Sierra Nevada cuando, prximos empezar escribir este viaje, quisimos gozar por ltima vez de la frescura que respiran las alamedas del Generalife y de la Alhambra. Apoderse de nosotros una dulce melancola, y no...
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