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A large number of Stevenson's letters survive, giving valuable insights into his character and working methods. These five volumes, based on the edition by his lifelong friend Sidney Colvin, represent a substantial selection of those that are known to exist.  

The Golden Mean or Ratio[(1+sqrt(5))/2] to 20,000 places This etext also contains these mathematical items:   Catalan evaluation   170000 digits of gamma or Euler constant   The Artin's Constant   The Backhouse Constant   Zeta(3) or Apery Constant   Zeta(1,2) or the derivative of...

The following is a narrative of him - George Washington, who has been justly styled “The Father of his Country.” It comprises the first twenty-seven years of his life. Though this is the least brilliant portion of Washington’s life, it is a valuable portion of it; because it exhibits those traits...

This book needs no introduction to the people of the Isthmus. Great book for information on the settlers of the Chignecto area of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Can be very useful to Genealogist and history lovers alike.  

Biography of James Otis, early advocate of the political views that led to the American Revolution. If you want to know the beginning of the American Revolution, look no further than James Otis, Jr. Without him shoulder to shoulder with Samuel Adams, there is no way the US would have declared...

James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American writer, poet, and best selling author, known as the "Hoosier Poet." Riley's poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, often in dialect. He is best known for "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie" -- the poem which...

The events of Mr. James's life--as we agree to understand events--may be told in a very few words. His race is Irish on his father's side and Scotch on his mother's, to which mingled strains the generalizer may attribute, if he likes, that union of vivid expression and dispassionate analysis which...

Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name. The title, Twice-Told Tales, was based on a line...

The tragic Sara Teasdale was one of the foremost female poets of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with her formal style and focus on romance. "Rivers To the Sea" is a solid collection of her work, and has many of her best-known love poems in it. Although the early twentieth...

PREFACE In response to a suggestion that some of my father’s writings upon Fox-hunting should be collected and published in a separate volume, I have chosen the three papers contained in this book. His claim to be heard rests upon accomplishments still fresh in the annals of the chase;...

Anatole France, born Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844-1924), was one of the most famous writers of his time. A journalist, prolific author, and member of the Académie Française from 1896, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1921, but since that time he has been somewhat under-recognized....

In 1874 Nathaniel Bishop went from Quebec to Albany in a wooden canoe, then commissioned Waters of Troy, a builder of racing shells, to build him an ultra-light canoe of Baden Powell's Nautilus design, using his laminated paper process. He paddled down the Hudson to Staten Island, then traveled by...

The Journal of Abnormal Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. The journal has been in publication for 125 years, and it is considered to be a "preeminent outlet for research in psychopathology. Great for students and those already in a Mental Health field. A must have for your medical library.  

The articles in this book were published originally in the editorial columns of the various Hearst newspapers throughout the country. These articles may have some interest for the student of modern happenings, because of the fact that the newspapers publishing them have an aggregate daily circulation...