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Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and TongaSavage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and TongaNIU, more commonly known as Savage Island, lies 1,000 miles N.N.E. of New Zealand, and 300 miles S.S.E. of Samoa, in the loneliest spot in that part of the Pacific. Its iron-bound coasts tempt...
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The Mother of Washington and Her TimesThe Mother of Washington and Her TimesThe mothers of famous men survive only in their sons. This is a rule almost as invariable as a law of nature. Whatever the aspirations and energies of the mother, memorable achievement is not for her. No memoir...
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Souvenirs de mon dernier voyage à Paris (1795)Souvenirs de mon dernier voyage à Paris (1795)Fils et petit-fils de pasteurs de l'glise rforme, Henri Meister[1], aprs avoir termin ses tudes Zurich, et avoir t consacr au saint ministre, tait venu Paris au printemps de 1766,il n'avait pas encore vingt-deux ans,pour y tre...
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Thomas Hardy's DorsetThomas Hardy's DorsetTo the traveller who takes an interest in the place he visits, Dorset will prove one of the most highly attractive counties in the kingdom. To the book-lover it is a land of grand adventure, for here is the centre of the...
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Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expeditionEthnological results of the Point Barrow expedition - Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442The body of the article has been divided into three segments (see table of...
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Fifth Report of the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea in the County of Middlesex, Appointed Under the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855: 1860-1Fifth Report of the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea in the County of Middlesex, Appointed Under the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855: 1860-1Descriptions, with plans, of the several wards, with the names and addresses of the members of the vestry representing them, of...
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Company GCompany G - A Record of the Services of One Company of the 157th N. Y. Vols. in the War of the Rebellion from Sept. 19, 1862, to July 10, 1865 A Record of the Services of One Company of the 157th N. Y....
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The White HorsesThe White HorsesI.WHO RIDES FOR THE KING? II.SKIPTON-IN-CRAVEN III.SOME MEN OF FAIRFAX'S IV.THE LAST LAUGH V.THE LADY OF RIPLEY VI.HOW MICHAEL CAME TO YORK VII.A HALT AT KNARESBOROUGH VIII.HOW THEY SOUGHT RUPERT IX.THE LOYAL CITY X.THE RIDING IN XI.BANBURY CAKES XII.PAGEANTRY XIII.THE LADY OF...
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Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet. Vol. 2 (of 2)Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet. Vol. 2 (of 2)We had heard of a lama who had lived for the last three years in a cave in the valley above the monastery of Linga, and though I knew that I should not be allowed...
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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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