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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441 / Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852 UNFASHIONABLE CLUBS It is with a feeling doubtless somewhat analogous to that of the angler, that the London shopkeeper from time to time regards the moneyless crowds who throng in ga...

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 / Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 A GLANCE AT CONTINENTAL RAILWAYS When lately making a pretty extensive continental excursion, we were in no small degree gratified with the progress made in the construction and ...

Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851Various Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Notes THE ROLLIAD (22d Ed., 1812.)Finding that my copy of The Rolliad ("Notes and Queries," Vol. ii., ...

Peter the GreatJacob Abbott Peter the Great PREFACE There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among young persons is due in a ...

Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864Various Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 / Devoted to Literature and National Policy ERNEST RENAN'S THEORY Christianity is a fact. We sometimes hear of men who are said to 'deny' 'Christianity.' The expression is nonsense. Men cannot d...

Eight Years' Wanderings in CeylonSir Samuel White Baker Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon CHAPTER I Colombo—Dullness of the Town—Cinnamon Garden—A Cingalese Appo—Ceylon Sport—Jungle Fever—Newera Ellia—Energy of Sir E. Barnes—Influence of the Governor—Projected Improvements. It was in the year 184...

The Human Aura: Astral Colors and Thought FormsWilliam Walker Atkinson The Human Aura: Astral Colors and Thought Forms CHAPTER I. WHAT IS THE HUMAN AURA? The above question is frequently asked the student of occultism by some one who has heard the term but who is unfamiliar with its meaning. Simp...

A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II Francis Parkman A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II CHAPTER XV 1697-1741FRANCE IN THE FAR WEST FRENCH EXPLORERS.—LE SUEUR ON THE ST. PETER'S.—CANADIANS ON THE MISSOURI.—JUCHEREAU DE SAINT-DENIS.—BÉNARD DE LA HARPE ON RED RIVER.—ADVENTURES OF DU TISNÉ.—BOU...

JudaismIsrael Abrahams Judaism FOREWORD The writer has attempted in this volume to take up a few of the most characteristic points in Jewish doctrine and practice, and to explain some of the various phases through which they have passed, since the first centuries of the Christian era.The presenta...

Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Volume 1Sir Samuel White Baker Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America – Volume 1 CHAPTER I THE RIFLE OF A PAST HALF CENTURYForty years ago our troops were armed with a smooth-bore...