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The Fairy-Land of ScienceThe Fairy-Land of ScienceLecture I The Fairy-Land of Science; How to Enter It; How to Use It; And How to Enjoy It Lecture II Sunbeams, and the Work They Do Lecture III The Aerial Ocean in Which We Live Lecture IV A Drop of...
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Janice Meredith: A Story of the American RevolutionJanice Meredith: A Story of the American Revolution Into the warp and woof of every book an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern. To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form...
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Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de JoinvilleMemoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de JoinvilleI was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris, on the 14th of August, 1818. Immediately after my birth, and as soon as the Chancellor of France, M. Dambray, had declared me to be a boy,...
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The Campaign of ChancellorsvilleThe Campaign of Chancellorsville It must seem to the casual reader of the history of the war of 1861-65, that enough has already been written upon the campaign of Chancellorsville. And there are numerous brilliant essays, in the histories now before the public, which...
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Masters of the GuildMasters of the Guild Nothing would do but that they all should go immediately to see what had come to light A siffle of indrawn breath was heard in the crowd as he carried it to the fire (in colors) It was a great...
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A Yankee Girl at Fort SumterA Yankee Girl at Fort SumterSylvia Fulton, a little Boston girl, was staying with her father and mother in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina, just before the opening of the Civil War. She had become deeply attached to her new friends, and...
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American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 2The Conservation of RacesThe American Negro Academy believes that upon those of the race who have had the advantage of higher education and culture, rests the responsibility of taking concerted steps for the employment of these agencies to uplift the race to higher planes...
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A Son of the Gods, and A Horseman in the SkyA Son of the Gods, and A Horseman in the Sky Brilliant and magnetic as are these two studies by Ambrose Bierce, and especially significant as coming from one who was a boy soldier in the Civil War, they merely reflect one side of...
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Burke's Speech on Conciliation with AmericaBurke's Speech on Conciliation with America In 1651 originated the policy which caused the American Revolution. That policy was one of taxation, indirect, it is true, but none the less taxation. The first Navigation Act required that colonial exports should be shipped to England...
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The Martial Adventures of Henry and MeThe Martial Adventures of Henry and MeBy rights Henry, being the hero of this story, should be introduced in the first line. But really there isn't so much to say about HenryHenry J. Allen for short, as we say in KansasHenry J. Allen, editor...
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The Young Explorer Or, Claiming His FortuneThe Young Explorer; Or, Claiming His Fortune "I've settled up your father's estate, Benjamin," said Job Stanton. "You'll find it all figgered out on this piece of paper. There was that two-acre piece up at Rockville brought seventy-five dollars, the medder fetched a hundred...
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Baron d'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in FranceBaron d'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France Diderot, writing to the Princess Dashkoff in 1771, thus analysed the spirit of his century: Chaque sicle a son esprit qui le caractrise. L'esprit du ntre semble tre celui de la libert. La...
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The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 04The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 04[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] The burgomaster's wife had been...
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The Burgomaster's Wife — CompleteThe Burgomaster's Wife — Complete My reason for dedicating a book, and particularly this book, to you, the only sister of my dead father, needs no word of explanation between us. From early childhood you have been a dear and faithful friend to me,...
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The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 03The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 03[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] On the afternoon of the...
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The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 05The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 05Days and weeks had passed, July was followed by sultry August, and that, too, was drawing to a close. The Spaniards still surrounded Leyden, and the city now completely resembled a prison. The soldiers and armed citizens did their...
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The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 01The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 01[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] My reason for dedicating a...
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A Word, Only a Word — CompleteA Word, Only a Word — Complete A word, only a word! cried a fresh, boyish voice, then two hands were loudly clapped and a gay laugh echoed through the forest. Hitherto silence had reigned under the boughs of the pines and tops of...
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A Word, Only a Word — Volume 05A Word, Only a Word — Volume 05The Spanish nature is contagious, thought Hans Eitelfritz, tossing on his couch in Ulrich's tent. What a queer fellow the gay young lad has become! Sighs are cheap with him, and every word costs a ducat. He...
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A Word, Only a Word — Volume 04A Word, Only a Word — Volume 04The admiral's ship, which bore King Philip's ambassador to Venice, reached its destination safely, though it had encountered many severe storms on the voyage, during which Ulrich was the only passenger, who amid the rolling and pitching...
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