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Riverside Biographical Series, number 13Stephen Arnold DouglasThe ten years of American history from 1850 to 1860 have a fascination second only to that of the four years which followed. Indeed, unless one has a taste for military science, it is a question whether the great war itself is...
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Two Years with the Natives in the Western PacificTwo Years with the Natives in the Western PacificLate in the sixteenth century the Spaniards made several voyages in search of a continent in the southern part of the great Pacific Ocean. Alvara Mendana de Neyra, starting in 1568 from the west coast of...
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Sketches of Our Life at SarawakSketches of Our Life at SarawakLONDON: SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS, W.C.; 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.; 26, ST. GEORGE'S PLACE, HYDE PARK CORNER, S.W. BRIGHTON: 135, NORTH STREET. New York: E. & J. B. YOUNG AND CO. Nearly thirty...
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The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07IFTY years ago the term "renaissance" had a very definite meaning to scholars as representing an exact period toward the close of the fourteenth century when the world suddenly reawoke to the beauty of the arts of...
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Lord John RussellLord John RussellThis monograph could not have been writtenin the intimate senseif the Dowager Countess Russell had not extended a confidence which, I trust, has in no direction been abused. Lady Russell has not only granted me access to her journal and papers as...
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Across the Equator: A Holiday Trip in JavaAcross the Equator: A Holiday Trip in JavaIt was at the end of the month of September, 1907, that the writer visited Java with the object of spending a brief vacation there. The outcome was a series of articles in the "Straits Times," and...
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HannibalHannibal - Makers of HistoryThe author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without...
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British BorneoBritish Borneo - Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North BorneoIn 1670 Charles II granted to the Hudson's Bay Company a Charter of Incorporation, His Majesty delegating to the Company actual sovereignty over a very large portion of British North America, and assigning to...
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O Centenario de José Estevão: Homenagem da Maçonaria PortuguezaO Centenario de José Estevão: Homenagem da Maçonaria PortuguezaA vossa manifestao toca profundamente o meu ser, faz vibrar a minha alma, no porque me lisongeie o applauso do publico, o applauso da galeria, que tudo quanto ha de mais ephemero como ephemera a espuma...
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Sentimental Education Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 2Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 2rederick passed the whole of the[1] next day in brooding over his anger and humiliation. He reproached himself for not having given a slap in the face to Cisy. As for the Marchale, he...
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The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902Dear Reader, In connection with the publication, by the...
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Beautiful EnglandHampton CourtFor combined beauty and interestvaried beauty and historical interestthere is no place within easy reach of London, certainly no place within the suburban radius, that can compare with the stately Tudor palace which stands on the left bank of the Thames, little more...
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Change in the VillageChange in the VillageIf one were to be very strict, I suppose it would be wrong to give the name of "village" to the parish dealt with in these chapters, because your true village should have a sort of corporate history of its own,...
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A Sailor of King GeorgeA Sailor of King George In a memorial presented in 1835 to the Lords of the Admiralty, the author of the journals which form this volume details his various services. He joined the Navy in October, 1793, his first ship being H.M.S. Blonde. He...
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The Book of the National ParksThe Book of the National ParksIn offering the American public a carefully studied outline of its national park system, I have two principal objects. The one is to describe and differentiate the national parks in a manner which will enable the reader to appreciate...
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The King's Warrant: A Story of Old and New FranceThe King's Warrant: A Story of Old and New France t last England and France had formally drawn the sword which they had sheathed only eight years before at the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, and the great struggle known in history as the Seven Years'...
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On the EquatorOn the EquatorIt was on the 13th of April, 1880, that, accompanied by an old College friend (whom throughout these pages I shall call L.), I left London for the Eastern Archipelago, via Marseilles and Singapore, our destination being Sarawak, the seat of government...
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Sketch of Handel and BeethovenSketch of Handel and Beethoven - Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864A brief account of "The Wimbledon Village Club" will explain the origin and object of...
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Lectures on the French RevolutionLectures on the French RevolutionThe following Lectures were delivered by Lord Acton as Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge in the academical years 1895-96, 1896-97, 1897-98, 1898-99. The French Revolution, 1789-95, was in those years one of the special subjects set for the...
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The Critics Versus ShakspereThe Critics Versus Shakspere - A Brief for the DefendantMany years ago, I was retained in the great case of The Critics against Shakspere, the most celebrated on the calendar of history during three centuries. Unlike other cases, it has been repeatedly decided, and...
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