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Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888The year 1888, that of the Silver Wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, is also the 25th anniversary of the year when the Prince first began to appear in public life....
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The Religious Life of LondonThe Religious Life of LondonMan is undoubtedly a religious animal. In England at any rate the remark holds good. No one who ignores the religious element in our history can rightly understand what England was, or how she came to be what she is....
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The Sun Maid: A Story of Fort DearbornThe Sun Maid: A Story of Fort DearbornIn some measure, the story of the Sun Maid is an allegory. Both the heroine and the city of her love grew from insignificant beginnings; the one into a type of broadest womanhood, the other into a...
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London Impressions: Etchings and Pictures in PhotogravureLondon Impressions: Etchings and Pictures in PhotogravureThis seems to be a thing that all exclaim against, and but few see. The phrase is never varieda sure sign of lack of experience. One cries, Oh, the London Sunday! and another, It must be too dreadful...
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The Canadian Curler's ManualThe Canadian Curler's Manual - Or, an account of curling, as practised in Canada: with remarks on the history of the gameThis little pamphlet has been produced at the request of the Toronto Curling Club. The original object in its publication was simply to...
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A Concise History and Directory of the City of Norwich for 1811A Concise History and Directory of the City of Norwich for 1811Nine years have expired since the publication of the last Norwich Directory (which was out of print almost as soon as in); during which period, alterations have been constantly taking place in the...
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Narrative of a Journey to the Summit of Mont BlancNarrative of a Journey to the Summit of Mont BlancThe account of the following journey was written a few days after its execution, while the author was confined to his chamber by the inconveniences he had suffered, and it was then penned for the...
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The Picturesque Antiquities of SpainThe Picturesque Antiquities of Spain - Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville.The author of the following letters is aware that his publication would...
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The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in HistoryThe Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in HistoryEither by chance or by the peculiar working of our constitution, the Queen Consorts of England have as a rule been nationally important only in proportion to the influence exerted by the...
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History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the TropicsHistory of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics - Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present TimeThe remarkable degree of interest expressed on all sides, at the present time, relative to...
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The West Indies and the Spanish MainThe West Indies and the Spanish MainThe story of the West Indies and Spanish Main is one to stir the hearts of many nations. The shores of the Caribbean Sea have been the scene of marvellous adventures, of intense struggles between races and peoples,...
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Christopher Crayon's RecollectionsChristopher Crayon's Recollections - The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himselfIn 1837 Lord Melbourne was Prime Ministerthe handsomest, the most cultivated, the most courteous gentleman that ever figured in a Royal Court. For his young mistress he...
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Freehold Land Societies: Their History, Present Position, and ClaimsFreehold Land Societies: Their History, Present Position, and ClaimsWhat he had heard from hon. members told him nothing more than this, that the working population could easily, under the old system, acquire the right of voting; and that every man who owned forty shillings...
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Um contemporaneo do Infante D. HenriqueUm contemporaneo do Infante D. HenriqueVivendo entre portuguezes ha muitos annos, quer v. corresponder estima e considerao que d'elles tem justamente recebido, associando-se, como editor de obras litterarias, commemorao solemne com que a cidade do Porto vai celebrar o quinto centenario do nascimento do...
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Above the BattleAbove the Battle"The fire smouldering in the forest of Europe was beginning to burst into flames. In vain did they try to put it out in one place; it only broke out in another. With gusts of smoke and a shower of sparks it...
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Woman: in all ages and in all countries, Volume 8Women of the Teutonic NationsAdequately to write the history of the woman of any race would mean the writing of the history of the nation itself. There is no phase of the cultural life of any people that is not founded upon the physical...
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The Night Side of LondonThe Night Side of LondonIt is said of a stranger who came to London for the first time, and took up his quarters in one of the most crowded city streets, that he remained standing at the door the whole of the first day...
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Here and There in LondonHere and There in LondonThen I saw in my dream, that, when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently saw a town before them, and the name of that town is Vanity; and at the town there is a fair kept, called...
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About LondonAbout LondonThe author of the following pages, must plead as his apology for again trespassing on the good nature of the public, the success of his other books. He is aware that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the volume here and there bears marks of...
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To Lhassa at LastTo Lhassa at LastWhen the Sikkim-Tibet Mission Force marched to Lhassa, it carried along with it, besides fighting men and diplomatists, a strong contingent that represented literature and the deeper sciences. We were full of brains in that Lhassa column. There were men in...
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