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Our Little Scotch CousinOur Little Scotch CousinTo the thousands of little American cousins the little Scotch cousins send their greetings. The Scotch, perhaps, are not so very different from the Americans, after all, and certainly there is so much in common between the English, the Americans, and...
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A Diplomat in JapanA Diplomat in Japan - The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account...
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Letters from PalestineLetters from Palestine - Written during a residence there in the years 1836, 7 and 8After a stay of twenty-four hours at Cyprus, rendered pleasant by the several interviews which we had with the missionaries at that place, we sailed about three o'clock P....
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Historic Girlhoods, Part OneHistoric Girlhoods, Part One These stories in general follow the actual records of history, but in a few cases, where little was known of certain girls, the author has felt at liberty to add incidents illustrating the characters and the times. The old Italian...
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Hesperothen; Notes from the West, Vol. 1 (of 2)Hesperothen; Notes from the West, Vol. 1 (of 2) - A Record of a Ramble in the United States and Canada in the Spring and Summer of 1881On the 16th of April last, in pursuance of an arrangement to that effect which was entered...
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The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 03, July 18, 1840The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 03, July 18, 1840To such of our readers as have not had the good fortune to see the ancient metropolis of Munster, our prefixed illustration will, it is hoped, give some general idea of the situation and...
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Mediæval LondonMediæval LondonWhat are the Historical Limits of Medival London?Derivation of LondonThe Roman CityOutlying DistrictsDecay of Ancient LondonRenewal after the English Conquest was CompleteLondon ChristianisedKing Alfreds LondonIts Gradual Rise to SupremacySt. Pauls CathedralWilliam the Conquerors LondonLondon in the days of the Plantagenets.Foundation of Westminster AbbeyRebuilt...
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Cremorne and the Later London GardensCremorne and the Later London GardensThe open-air resorts described in this volume lack the romantic associations of the classic pleasure-gardens of the eighteenth century, and it is impossible to impart to Cremorne or the Surrey Zoo the historic dignity of a Vauxhall or a...
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The Kaiser's MemoirsThe Kaiser's MemoirsPrince Bismarck's greatness as a statesman and his imperishable services to Prussia and Germany are historical facts of such tremendous significance that there is doubtless no man in existence, whatever his party affiliations, who would dare to place them in question. For...
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Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of DresdenCommentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of DresdenIn pursuance of the plan of publishing translations of valuable contributions to the study of the Maya hieroglyphs, the Museum Committee on Central American Research has the pleasure of offering the following translation...
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Our Little Polish CousinOur Little Polish CousinThere is no doubt whatever but that every little girl and every little boy has heard of the country of Poland, and of its inhabitants the Polacks, or Poles, as you hear them more often spoken of. But there are countless...
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An Account of Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollen, and All the Recent DiscoveriesAn Account of Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollen, and All the Recent DiscoveriesThe venerable ruin of Abbey de Valle Crucisin other words, Abbey of the Vale of the Cross, or, as the Welsh call it, Mynachlog y Glynn, Mynachlog Glynn Egwestl, Mynachlog Llan Egwestl, Mynachlog...
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Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Paul Cuffe, a Pequot Indian, During Thirty Years Spent at Sea, and in Travelling in Foreign LandsNarrative of the Life and Adventures of Paul Cuffe, a Pequot Indian, During Thirty Years Spent at Sea, and in Travelling in Foreign Lands A descendant of an Indian family, which formerly resided in the eastern part of Connecticut and constituted a part of...
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Congregationalism in the Court SuburbCongregationalism in the Court SuburbAt the commencement of my History, I wish to convey some idea of what Kensington was at the close of the last century, when the original Nonconformist Church in that place was formed and established. Kensington as a parish must...
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Around the World in Seven MonthsAround the World in Seven MonthsAT 9.50 A.M., on the morning of the 8th of September I went aboard the vestibule train of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, at Forty-second Street, New York; and having travelled on the principal railroads around...
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Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet. Vol. 1 (of 2)Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet. Vol. 1 (of 2)In the first place I desire to pay homage to the memory of my patron, King Oskar of Sweden, by a few words of gratitude. The late King showed as warm and intelligent an interest...
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An Introduction to the Study of the Maya HieroglyphsAn Introduction to the Study of the Maya HieroglyphsSir: I have the honor to submit the accompanying manuscript of a memoir bearing the title "An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs," by Sylvanus Griswold Morley, and to recommend its publication as a...
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Napoli a occhio nudo: Lettere ad un amicoNapoli a occhio nudo: Lettere ad un amico Eccomi a Napoli; eccomi finalmente in questa terra promessa ad incarnare il sogno dorato della mia vita. Non ti ho scritto subito, perch la confusione del mio povero cervello, appena piovuto in questa enorme voragine, stata...
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The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816Plate VIII, Fig. 1.Wooden Tea-caddy richly decorated with Paper Mosaic, the Work of the Prisoners of War at the Falmouth Depot. The Specimen is in the Collection of Miss Lilley Paull, of...
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Beautiful IrelandConnaught Connaughtor Connacht, as it is more properly spelt and spokenis geographically the best-marked among the provinces of Ireland; and, as usual, other discriminations follow. I would not say that it is of all provinces the most Irish; nobody has better rights to stand...
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