In the Old West. George Frederick Ruxton
1915. As it was in the days of Kit Carson and the Mountain Men. A classic of western Americana by the Englishman, George Frederick Ruxton, this book brilliantly brings to life the whole heroic age of the Mountain Men. The author, from his intimate
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Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales. Grace James
1923. These tales and legends have been collected from many sources. Some of them have been selected from the Record of Ancient Matters, which contains the mythology of Japan. Many are told from memory, being relics of childish days, originally
A Comparison of Egyptian Symbols With Those of the Hebrew. Frederic Portal
The origin of the science of symbols is lost in the distance of time, and seems to be connected with the cradle of humanity. The oldest religions were governed by it; the arts of design, architecture, statuary and painting were born under its
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Orchestra. Sir John Davies
Or if this (All) which round about we see (As idle Morpheus some sicke braines hath taught) Of vndeuided motes compacted bee, How was this goodly Architecture wrought? Or by what meanes were they together brought? Книга
The Autobiography of a Quack and Other Stories. S. Weir Mitchell
1915. From the Introduction: The first two tales in this little volume appeared originally in the Atlantic Monthly as anonymous contributions. I owe to the present owners of that journal permission to use them. The Autobiography of a Quack has been
Members of the Family. Owen Wister
1901. Wister, an American writer whose stories helped to establish the cowboy as an archetypical, individualist hero. Members of the Family is a collection of more stories featuring the courageous, but mysterious, cowboy known only as the
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The Fortunes Of Oliver Horn. F. Hopkinson Smith
If you were his friend, and most men who knew him were, he would have slipped his arm through your own, and after a brief moment you would have found yourself poring over a detailed plan, his arm still in yours, while he showed you the outline of
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The Mammon of Unrighteousness. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson
1891. The novel begins: I mean to be true to myself-true to my convictions, ejaculated Alexander Larkin, impetuously, and the echo flung back the words with the same impetuosity from the rock opposite. I mean to succeed, said Horace, his brother,
A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History. A. H. J. Greenidge
1914. Greenidge writes in the Preface that this little book is meant to be of assistance to those who find difficulty in mastering what he has often regarded as the least attractive (probably because it is the least understood) portion of Greek
An Antarctic Mystery. Jules Verne
""I think there is some need for doubt,"" I answered ""the singular character of the hero of those adventures being taken into consideration--at least concerning the phenomena of the island of Tsalal. And we know that Arthur Pym was mistaken in
The Punishment And Prevention Of Crime. Edmund F. Du Cane
1885. Contents: Criminals and Punishments; Punishments in the Middle Ages, Capital Executions; Gaols in Former Times; Modern Prisons; Transportation; Penal Servitude; Supervision, Discharged Prisoners’ and Societies; The Preventive System,
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Indian Music. Shahinda
Книга представляет собой репринтное издание 1903 года (издательство "London, W. Marchant & co").