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Excerpt from Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History, From the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Time, Vol. 2: Engraved From Important Works by Distinguished Modern Painters, and From Authentic State Portraits, With Descriptive Historical Sketches New period of English history may be said to have dated from the restoration of Charles II. To the throne, not that he either represented or encouraged th...

Excerpt from William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. 4: Fifty Years of Social and Political Progress, 1860 to 1883 It was proposed to recount earnestly, truthfully, and without political bias, the wonderful story of the last half century: to present a graphic View Of a period which perhaps beyond any other has been marked by great events, intense inquiry, and striking incidents, and to comprise in the narrative such characteristi...

?William Archer on Ibsen assembles major essays, lucid and perceptive, in which the British theatrical critic championed the great Norwegian dramatist and which were instrumental in establishing Ibsen's reputation." Backstage "For the splendid work he has done . . . Postlewait deserves our deepest thanks.?-Modern Drama

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Excerpt from Our Sunday Book of Reading and Pictures O timely happy, timely wise, Hearts that with rising morn arise, Eyes that the beam celestial view, Which evermore makes all things new! New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove, Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life, and power, and thought. New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray, New perils past, new sins forgiven,...

Excerpt from Asmodeus, Or the Little Devil's Share: A Drama in Two Acts About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rar...

Excerpt from The Highway of Letters and Its Echoes of Famous Footsteps In these days of ruthless removal of ancient landmarks, we never know for how long any locality may be spared to us. In London, at any rate, objects which to-day are so familiar to the wayfarer in the streets that he is ready to regard them as monuments, will to-morrow have disappeared, and he will be left idly gaping at an empty space, which gapes at him in return. The d...

Excerpt from William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. 4: Fifty Years of Social and Political Progress About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing impe...

Excerpt from The Crusades: The Story of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem The circumstances of the present series forbid that constant citation of authorities in notes, which might otherwise be desirable but the fact that the narrative has in the main been compiled from the writings of contemporary historians, will, it is hoped, have given it some merit of freshness, even though the conclu sions arrived at may often not differ materially from th...

Excerpt from Decisive Events in History The title of this book is meant to express the intention of the book itself as an endeavour accurately to indicate, in a brief and picturesque manner, those supreme occurrences in the history of the world which have been, as it were, turning-points for the destinies of nations. As distinct, but necessarily inseparable from the one great Central Event in the experience of the human race - the coming of ...

Excerpt from Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. 1: Sixty Years of Social and Political Progress, From 1830 to the End of the Parliamentary Session of 1889, and to the Year 1890 These subjects yield scenes and episodes of fascinating interest, an extensive gallery of attractive pictures, a chronicle full of absorbing topics and recollections. In the pages of this history there may be said to appear a succession of the most illustrious, fa...

Excerpt from About My Father's Business: Work Amidst the Sick, the Sad, and the Sorrowing If but the miracle so easy to others were first per formed, and the five thousand fed, then indeed might follow that still greater miracle, the earnest listening Of' the once turbulent multitude to the words of the Bread of Life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenboo...

Excerpt from The War in Egypt and the Soudan, an Episode in the History of the British Empire, Vol. 1: Being a Descriptive Account of the Scenes and Events of That Great Drama, and Sketches of the Principal Actors in ItA friendly reviewer referred to a previous work of the writer of these lines as the essence often thousand newspapers. That phrase would have been even more applicable to the volumes now before the reader.About the PublisherForg...

Excerpt from The War in Egypt and the Soudan, Vol. 3: An Episode in the History of the British Empire, Being a Descriptive Account of the Scenes and Events of That Great Drama, and Sketches of the Principal Actors in It A New Prospect - Arrangements for the Congo Expedition with Mr. Stanley Gordon's Letter to Sir Samuel Baker. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.for...

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Excerpt from William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries Social and Political ProgressOpening of Session of 1853 - Material Pro sperity - Statistics of Railways - Progress of Manufactures.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reco...

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Excerpt from The War in Egypt and the Soudan, Vol. 1: An Episode in the History of the British Empire, Being Descriptive Account of the Scenes and Events of That Great Drama, and Sketches of the Principal Actors in It Egyptian Debt - Ismail's Public Works Defects in Administration - Rights Of Bondholders - Britain's large pecuniary Interest in Egypt, Construction of the Suez Canal - New Har bours, Lighthouses, and Railways. About the Publish...

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