The Bright Shawl. Joseph Hergesheimer
1922. American novelist Hergesheimer has been called a naturalist writing of the romantic past. He is also the author of short stories, essays, biographies, and the autobiography, From an Old House. The Bright Shawl begins: When Howard Gage had
On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics. Augustus De Morgan
1910. Augustus De Morgan was an important innovator in the field of logic. In addition, he made many contributions to the field of mathematics and the chronicling of the history of mathematics. He writes in the Preface that his object has been to
Driven From Home. Horatio Alger Jr.
He congratulated himself upon being still the possessor of twenty-five cents in silver. It was not much, but it seemed a great deal better than being penniless. A week before he would have thought it impossible that such a paltry sum would have
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1980
The Empress Josephine. Louise Muhlbach
While the jailer read his list, suspense and excitement were visible on all faces, but no one would have so deeply lowered himself as to betray fear or anguish when his name fell from the lips of the jailer. The smile remained on the lip, friends
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1981
The Heart of the New Thought. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
1902. The summary of this book is the Power of Right Thought. What used to be vague and unreal becomes a lovable philosophy of the simplest construction. Книга представляет собой репринтное издание 1902
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1982
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,
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1983
Past and Present. Thomas Carlyle
1909. Should humanity look backward to the past and try to recover the notion of goodness that seems to be lost or should humanity look forward and to the present to create a new enlightenment and spiritual prosperity? These are the mighty
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1984
The Metaphysics of Nature. Carveth Read
1905. A philosophic text by Read, professor of philosophy of mind and logic at University College, London. Contents: Belief and Knowledge; Reality and Truth; Book I. Canonic: The Test of Truth: Historical; The Test of Truth: Analytic; Skepticism;
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1985
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
Ruggles of Red Gap. Harry Leon Wilson
1915. The humorous tale of a English valet who moves to an American town. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Книга представляет собой
Men In War. Andreas Latzko
The little wife, completely at a loss, her whole body quivering, bent over her husband again to take leave. She was certain that his outburst had reference to her and held a grim deadly reproach, which she did not comprehend. She felt her husband