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An Old English Home and Its DependenciesAn Old English Home and Its DependenciesFifteen years ago the house was in habitable condition, that is to say to such as are not particular. It was true that the thatched roof had given way in places; but the proprietress obtained shelter for her...
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Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and AdventureTent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and AdventureTHE Survey of Palestine was actually commenced at the end of the year 1871. Preliminary reconnaissances of parts of Palestine had been previously made by Captain Anderson, R.E., and Captain Warren, R.E., and the Ordnance...
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Histoire de la République de Venise (Vol. 2)Histoire de la République de Venise (Vol. 2) Guerre contre le roi de Hongrie.Perte de la Dalmatie.Nouvelle peste Venise, 1355-1361.Fondation de la bibliothque de Saint-Marc, par Ptrarque.Dernires rvoltes de Candie.Expdition contre Alexandrie.lection d'Andr Contarini, 1361-1367.Nouvelle rvolte de Trieste.Dml avec l'vque de Venise.Guerre contre le...
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Histoire de la République de Venise (Vol. 1)Histoire de la République de Venise (Vol. 1) Description gographique.Origine des Vnitiens.De l'tat des Ventes sous les Romains.Invasion des Goths, des Huns, des Hrules, des Ostrogoths, Fondation de Venise, 421.Expulsion des Ostrogoths; tablissement des Lombards en Italie, 553.Cration, abolition et rtablissement du dogat Venise,...
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Dalmatinische ReiseDalmatinische ReiseOft um Weihnachten schon geschieht es mir, da ich, auf dem Semmering vom Doppelreiter zum Wolfsbergkogel rodelnd, pltzlich das Meer sehe, das blaue Meer. Nur einen Moment lang. Der Wind schneit mich an, die Nadeln zergehen, mich wssert in den Augen; und indem...
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Mediæval town seriesThe Story of LondonTHE question as to the great antiquity of London has formed a field for varied and long-continued disputes. An elaborate picture of a British London, founded by Brut, a descendant of neas, as a new Troy, with grand and noble buildings,...
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A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)This work treats of the fish from all the varied points of view of the different branches of the study of Ichthyology. In general all traits of the fish are discussed, those which the...
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Shall Turkey Live or Die?Shall Turkey Live or Die?The European war now impending differs from the last in every important feature,in its theatre, its origin, and its issues. Never was a contest more mysterious and unexpected in its rise, more unwelcome to the majority of those engaged in...
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Sir Walter Raleigh and the Air History: A Personal RecollectionSir Walter Raleigh and the Air History: A Personal RecollectionAt a meeting of a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence which met in the middle of July, 1918, to consider the question of the official history of the Air Force, Admiral Slade welcomed...
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Decorative Art of Indian Tribes of ConnecticutDecorative Art of Indian Tribes of ConnecticutA fortunate phase of the research work among the Indians of New England has recently led to the extension of our knowledge of the decorative art of the eastern Algonkin tribes. This has been made possible by the...
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The Beaver, Vol. 1, No. 10, July, 1921The Beaver, Vol. 1, No. 10, July, 1921"Lords of the North" was the appellation sometimes applied to those intrepid Factors and Chief Factors of H.B.C. who for many years gathered in annual conclave at some central fort to arrange for the administration and provisioning...
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Studies in the History and Method of Science, vol. 1 (of 2)Studies in the History and Method of Science, vol. 1 (of 2)The record of men and of movements, History teaches us the growth and development of ideas. Our civilization is the final expression of the two great master-thoughts of the race. Seeking an explanation...
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Saunterings in and about LondonSaunterings in and about LondonPREFACES, generally speaking, are pleadings, in which authors, anticipating public censure, and well knowing how richly they deserve it, adduce sundry reasons why their books are not shorter or longer, and altogether different from the volumes which then and there...
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The Flying SpyThe Flying SpyI am asked to write a preface for this little book, but I think that it needs no preface at all. The account of a most extraordinary war adventure condensed in a few pages, the fact that the exceptional will, determination and...
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Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and PresentPicturesque Sketches of London, Past and PresentBy T H O M A S M I L L E R, AUTHOR OF A HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS, LADY JANE GREY, FAIR ROSAMOND, PICTURES OF COUNTRY LIFE, &c. WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS OF CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ANTIQUITIES,...
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Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 2 of 2)Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 2 of 2) - During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860Half-a-mile beyond Bakhng are the ruins of Ongcor-Thm. A partly-destroyed road, hidden by thick layers of sand and dust, and crossing a...
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Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2)Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) - During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860As will be seen, this work is compiled from the private letters of M. Mouhot to his family and friends, and from...
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Beautiful BritainThe Isle of WightIslands have always exercised a peculiar fascination over Englishmen, perhaps because, accustomed as they are to a sense of security induced by the surrounding sea, they never feel more comfortable than when the sea is on all sides at a measurable...
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Mediæval town seriesThe Story of BrugesFEW great medival towns possess so many memorials of the past, alike in masonry and on parchment, as does the ancient town of Bruges. They have been indited by the patience of the scribe in breviary and in charter-roll; they have...
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Briefe einer Deutsch-FranzösinBriefe einer Deutsch-Französin Ich denke zurck an die paradiesischen Tage dieses Sommers vor Ausbruch des Krieges, da keiner noch an ihn glaubte . . . Nie zuvor, erinnert ihr euch, hing der Sommerhimmel so beschwichtigend und waren unsere Wlder so in sich versunken. Nie...
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