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The Celebrity

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Winston Churchill


Satirizes the rise of a young novelist (thought to be Richard Harding Davis, but denied as such by Churchill). - Summary by Joseph Tabler

The Lost Art of Reading

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Gerald Stanley Lee


Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…

Bunker Bean

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Harry Leon Wilson


Young, self conscious, timid stenographer for a New York businessman with a beautiful daughter (the flapper). He emulates stronger types, bu…

Letter 46 M'Donald

In Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 6

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Samuel Richardson


It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, It is generally regarded as Richardson'…

Portraits

In The Technique of the Mystery Story

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Carolyn Wells


For one, I have never been one of those who apologize for my frank and never-ending delight in mystery stories. Their mazes have led me unwe…

Chapter 5

In A Book of Whales

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Frank Evers Beddard


A Book of Whales is a natural history of whales for the layman. - Summary by A. Gramour

Chapter XXXVI, The Pall Mall Gazette

In The History of Pendennis

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William Makepeace Thackeray


In Pendennis, William Makepeace Thackeray skillfully shows the coming of age of Arthur Pendennis, a young gentleman trying to make his way i…

19. 4.5 Second Star Route Trial, Closing Address, Part 5

In The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 10 - Legal

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Robert G. Ingersoll


For those who like courtroom drama, here are Ingersoll’s Opening and Closing arguments on the most famous trials of his career--the Star Rou…

Campcraft, part 3

In Boy Scouts Handbook

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Boy Scouts of America and Boy Scouts Of America


The Boy Scouts of America was founded over a hundred years ago to serve the young men of the United States of America and give them the same…

Coursing the Prongbuck

In American Big-Game Hunting

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Theodore Roosevelt


The first book published by The Boone and Crockett Club founded by Theodore Roosevelt and George Grinnell, who declared in their Editors Not…

18 - The Bible as an Educator: Mysteries of the Bible

In Education

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Ellen G. White


Ellen White said that one of the most delicate tasks in life was working with youthful minds. Teaching should be varied which can make it po…

THE UNREST-CURE

In The Chronicles of Clovis

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Saki


This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…

Travel and Communication

In Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

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William S. Nelson


William S. Nelson, D.D., was appointed as a missionary to Syria by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1888. I…

To the Same

In Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

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Saint Jane Frances De Chantal


Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who founded The Congregation of the Visitation after the death of her…

The Investigating Officer i-ii

In Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers a…

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Hans Gross


Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …