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The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2)The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2)Mr. Rogers translated the Memoirs of Jahngr several years ago from the edition which Sayyid Amad printed at Ghazipur in 1863 and at Allyghur in 1864. Orientalists are greatly indebted to the Sayyid for his...
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A Sketch of Assam: With some account of the Hill TribesA Sketch of Assam: With some account of the Hill TribesTo those accustomed only to the comforts of civilized life, or to the traveller who is indifferent to the beauties of scenery, the monotony, silence, and loneliness of the vast forests of Assam, will...
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The Song of Hugh GlassThe Song of Hugh GlassIf the average student of Western American History in our schools were asked to recall those names which loom large for him during the four decades from the purchase of the Louisiana Territory to the coming of the settlers, he...
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Ein Volk in WaffenEin Volk in Waffen[S. 2] Dieses den tapferen deutschen Soldaten und ihren Angehrigen gewidmete Bchlein ist ein Auszug aus dem gleichnamigen Werk Sven Hedins, das im Mrz 1915 erscheinen wird. Diese groe Ausgabe umfat etwa 500 Seiten mit ungefhr 250 Abbildungen und kostet geheftet...
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Horace Walpole: A memoirHorace Walpole: A memoir - With an appendix of books printed at the Strawberry Hill PressThe Walpoles of Houghton.Horace Walpole born, 24 September, 1717.Lady Louisa Stuart's Story.Scattered Facts of his Boyhood.Minor Anecdotes.'La belle Jennings.'The Bugles.Interview with George I. before his Death.Portrait at this time.Goes...
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America and the World WarAmerica and the World WarIn the New York Evening Post for September 30, 1814, a correspondent writes from Washington that on the ruins of the Capitol, which had just been burned by a small British army, various disgusted patriots had written sentences which included...
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Anthropology and the ClassicsAnthropology and the Classics - Six Lectures Delivered Before the University of OxfordAnthropology and the Humanitieson verbal grounds one might suppose them coextensive; yet in practice they divide the domain of human culture between them. The types of human culture are, in fact, reducible...
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Trip to the West and TexasTrip to the West and Texas - comprising a journey of eight thousand miles, through New-York, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas, in the autumn and winter of 1834-5.The author of this work, unknown to fame, and unacquainted with the art of book-making, has...
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Historical Characters in the Reign of Queen AnneHistorical Characters in the Reign of Queen AnneTHE reign of Queen Anne is one of the most illustrious in English history. In literature it has been common to call it the Augustan age. In politics it has all the interest of a transition period,...
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Collection complète des oeuvres de l'Abbé de Mably, Volume 3 (of 15)Collection complète des oeuvres de l'Abbé de Mably, Volume 3 (of 15)Tant que le gouvernement fodal avoit t en vigueur, et que le roi, born recevoir lhommage et les secours que lui devoient ses vassaux immdiats, nexeroit aucune autorit dans leurs terres, lhonneur de...
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Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retrospect and SummaryLast Words on Evolution: A Popular Retrospect and SummaryIn the beginning of April, 1905, I received from Berlin a very unexpected invitation to deliver a popular scientific lecture at the Academy of Music in that city. I at first declined this flattering invitation, with...
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The Martyrdom of BelgiumThe Martyrdom of Belgium - Official Report of Massacres of Peaceable Citizens, Women and Children by The German ArmyThe Official Belgian Commission of Inquiry, which has been charged with the task of examining into the violation of the rules of International Law and of...
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The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 2 (of 2)The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 2 (of 2)In illustrating Busbecqs letters from France reference is frequently made to contemporary writers, and it may be useful to the reader to have some idea of their different characters, and positions, and...
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Canyon de Chelly: The Story of Its Ruins and PeopleCanyon de Chelly: The Story of Its Ruins and PeopleFar up above me, a thousand feet or so, set in a great cavern in the face of the cliff, I saw a little city of stone asleep. It was as still as sculptureand something...
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Der Stechlin: RomanDer Stechlin: RomanIm Norden der Grafschaft Ruppin, hart an der mecklenburgischen Grenze, zieht sich von dem Stdtchen Gransee bis nach Rheinsberg hin (und noch darber hinaus) eine mehrere Meilen lange Seenkette durch eine menschenarme, nur hie und da mit ein paar alten Drfern, sonst...
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The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 1 (of 2)The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 1 (of 2)We ask to be allowed to introduce the Reader to a kind and genial cicerone, who can take him back, three centuries deep, into the Past, and show him the Turk as...
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A Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific DiscoveriesA Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific Discoveries - Being a manual of instruction and entertainment.It has been demonstrated that the desire of obtaining knowledge is one of the most natural, and, at the same time, most ennobling attributes of the human mind....
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A Sister to EvangelineA Sister to Evangeline - Being the Story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and how she went into exile with the villagers of Grand PréRevenant la Belle Acadiethe words sang themselves over and over in my brain, but I could get no further than that...
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The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of CanadaThe Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of CanadaThe following memoir was written from the dictation of Josiah Henson. A portion of the story was told, which, when written, was read to him, that any errors of statement might be...
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The History of Saint Augustine, FloridaThe History of Saint Augustine, FloridaThis brief outline of the history of one of the most interesting portions of our country, together with the sketches of the celebrated characters and memorable events which have rendered the town of St. Augustine famous throughout the world,...
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