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Excerpt It occurred to me some years ago, that the picture of Richard the Third, as drawn by historians, was a character formed by prejudice and invention. I did not take Shakespeare’s tragedy for a genuine representation, but I did take the story of that reign for a tragedy of imagination. Many...

Excerpt In the year 1788, March 28th, I was going from Bellfontain to Cahokia, in company with a young man named John Vallis, from the State of Maryland; he was born and raised near Baltimore. About 7 o'clock in the morning I heard two guns fired; by the report I thought they were to the right; I...

The Crystal Palace Its Architectural History and Constructive Marvels This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS Introductory Remarks Committee for all Matters relating to the Building Labours of the Building Committee The Competition Designs Buildings...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes Illuminated Manuscripts in Classical and Mediaeval Times Their Art and Their Technique CONTENTS Preface and List of Authorities. List of Illustrations. CHAPTER I. Classical Manuscripts written with a...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich A Glance at Its History and Work This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Flamsteed III. Halley and his Successors IV. Airy V. The Observatory Buildings [8]VI. The Time Department VII....

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS (abridged list) Duffy and the Devil (an old Christmas Play) Celtic Monuments of Boleigh and Rosemodrass The last Cardews of Boskenna and the story of Nelly Wearne The Witch of Buryan Church-town Madam...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS AUTHOR'S PREFACE INTRODUCTION HOMER AESCHYLUS SOPHOCLES EURIPIDES ARISTOPHANES HERODOTUS THUCYDIDES PLATO DEMOSTHENES

The Two Great Retreats of History I. Retreat of the Ten Thousand, II. Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS I. Retreat of the Ten Thousand. Sketch of Cyrus the Younger (Introductory to the...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN...

This edition features • illustrations CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER 1. FLINDERS AND THE INVESTIGATOR. CHAPTER 2. THE AFFAIR OF ENCOUNTER BAY. CHAPTER 3. PORT PHILLIP. CHAPTER 4. TERRE NAPOLEON AND ITS NOMENCLATURE. CHAPTER 5. DID THE FRENCH USE FLINDERS' CHARTS? CHAPTER 6. THE MOTIVES OF...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents.   CONTENTS PREFACE CROSSING THE NIEMEN ON TO MOSCOW THE GRAND ARMY IN MOSCOW ROSTOPCHINE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW WIASMA VOP SMOLENSK BERESINA TWO EPISODES WILNA FROM WILNA TO KOWNO PRISONERS OF WAR TREATMENT OF TYPHUS AFTER THE SECOND CROSSING OF THE NIEMEN

This edition features illustrations.   CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAPTER I A MAN AND A MAID ... CHAPTER XXIV THE GOOD-BYE About the Author "David Belasco (1853 – 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright." --Wikipedia  

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS PART I. Introduction. Botany. Chapter I. Commercial and Ornamental Importance of the Pecan. Chapter II. Native and Cultivated Range. Chapter III. Pecan Botany. PART II. Varieties. Chapter...

Excerpt The circumstances attending the organizing of a colored regiment in this State are well remembered. In the summer of 1863, white men were no longer eager to enlist for a war the end of which none could foresee; but nevertheless the war must be prosecuted with vigor; another draft was impending...