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The Printed Book

Its History, Illustration and Adornment, from the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time

by Henri Bouchot, Edward C. Bigmore, Translator
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014

The Printed Book Its History, Illustration and Adornment, from the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Index CONTENTS CHAPTER I. 14.. TO 1462 Origin of the Book—Engravers in relief—The St. Christopher of...
Cover of The Highland Fling and How to Teach It
by H. N. Grant
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013

Excerpt In teaching fancy dances, more rapid progress will be made by forming exercises characteristic of the movements to be executed. This dance comprises a hopping movement and the laws of opposition must be observed with the hands and arms, therefore I will give a few exercises which must be thoroughly...
Cover of The Winning of Canada: A Chronicle of Wolf
by William Wood
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013

CONTENTS I. THE BOY II. THE YOUNG SOLDIER III. THE SEVEN YEARS' PEACE IV. THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR V. LOUISBOURG VI. QUEBEC VII. THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM VIII. EPILOGUE — THE LAST STAND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Cover of Hochelagans and Mohawks, A Link in Iroquois History
by W. D. Lighthall
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013

This edition features linked Footnotes. Excerpt The exact origin and first history of the race whose energy so stunted the growth of early Canada and made the cause of France in America impossible, have long been wrapped in mystery. In the days of the first white settlements the Iroquois are...
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The Mountain That Was "God"

Being a Little Book about the Great Peak Which the Indians Named "Tacoma" but Which Is Officially Called "Rainier"

by John H. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013

The Mountain That Was "God" Being a Little Book about the Great Peak Which the Indians Named "Tacoma" but Which Is Officially Called "Rainier" This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS The Mountain Speaks....
Cover of Plays of Old Japan
by Marie C. Stopes
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE READER THE MAIDEN’S TOMB KAGEKIYO TAMURA THE SUMIDA RIVER ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NO
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The Land-war in Ireland

A HIstory for the Times

by James Godkin
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. THE RULE OF THE O'NEILLS III. SHANE O'NEILL, SOVEREIGN OF ULSTER IV. EXTERMINATING WARS V. AN IRISH CRUSADE VI. THE LAST OF THE IRISH PRINCES VII. GOVERNMENT APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE VIII. THE CASE OF THE...
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Poisons: Their Effects and Detection, Third Edition (1895)

A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts

by Alexander Wynter Blyth
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS PART I. I. THE OLD POISON-LORE. II. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN METHODS OF CHEMICALLY DETECTING POISONS. PART II. I. DEFINITION OF POISON. II. CLASSIFICATION OF POISONS. III....
Cover of The Fundamentals of Bacteriology
by Charles Bradfield Morrey
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS PART I. MORPHOLOGY. PART II. PHYSIOLOGY. PART III. THE STUDY OF BACTERIA. PART IV. GENERAL PATHOGENIC BACTERIOLOGY. About the Author CHARLES BRADFIELD MORREY, B.A., M.D. PROFESSOR OF BACTERIOLOGY AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Cover of The Excavations of Roman Baths at Bath
by Charles E. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2013

This edition features illustrations and linked Footnotes Excerpt Under the foundations of the Abbey house, full 10ft. deep, appear traces of a bath, whose dimensions are 43ft. by 34ft. Within and adjoining to the walls are the remains of twelve pilasters, each measuring 3ft. 6in. on the front...
Cover of The Bird Study Book
by Thomas Gilbert Pearson, Will Simmons, Illustrator
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes,and Index CONTENTS PREFACE I. FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BIRDS Caution in Nest Hunting — Going Afield — Notebooks — Reporting Blanks — Bird Books — Movements of Birds — Artificial Cover in Hiding...
Cover of The North Pole, Its Discovery in 1909 under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club
by Robert E. Peary, Theodore Roosevelt, Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013

This edition features  • illustrations  • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index   CONTENTS Introduction     Foreword     I    The Plan     II    Preparations     III  ...
Cover of Grammar of the New Zealand Language (2nd Edition)
by R. Maunsell
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes. CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAP. I. ORTHEOPY. The letters of Maori Of the sound of the Vowels Of the Diphthongs Homogeneous sounds, when they meet in a sentence Of the Consonants A table of peculiarities of pronunciation in the principal...
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Early Australian Voyages

Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier

by John Pinkerton
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2013

This edition features • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS Introduction Pelsart Tasman Dampier
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