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Under the Guns : A woman's reminiscences of the Civil War

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Annie Wittenmyer

Preface:The stories and reminiscences in this book are true to life, every one of them. They are told just as they occurred, without any att…

Napoleon and Marie-Louise: The Fall of the Empire

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Walter Geer

FOREWORD: In a former volume, the legend of Joséphine was considered, and an attempt was made to substitute for it the truth of Histo…

North America Vol. 2

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Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. In 1861-1862 he travelled th…

Preface

In The Story of the French Revolution

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Ernest Belfort Bax

Preface Excerpt: "The following sketch of the course of the French Revolution was originally published during 1889 in serial form in &q…

Ch2: A Survey of Modern Education Part 2

In Spontaneous Activity in Education

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Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori saw that children gained a sense of satisfaction through doing work of their own choosing, and that the role of the adult w…

Chap. 5-6

In Foul Play

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Charles Reade

Wrongly convicted of a crime, Robert Penfold is condemned to 5 years penal servitude. After a year he is transported on the hulk VENGEANCE d…

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