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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Sketch of the Life of Dr. James McHenry, Aide-De-Camp and Private Secretary of General Washington, Aide-De-Camp of Maquis De La Fayette, Secretary of War From 1796 to 1800: A Paper Read Before the Maryland Historical Society, November 13th, 1876Colonies, and came to Baltimore about the year 17771. He was so much struck with the promise which the new country held out, that he wrote to his father urging him to emigrate, and follow i...

Excerpt from The Northward Movement of the Colored Population: A Statistical StudyIn the eleventh census, 1890, there is a very interesting opening essay, Progress of the Nation, by Robert P. Porter, Henry Gannett, and William C. Hunt, which speaks of the southward movement of the race, but says that its extent and importance have been exaggerated.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Fin...

Excerpt from Religion in TientsinTaoist temples are much in evidence in Tientsin, the largest is perhaps the ii-huang temple outside the east gate of the city. It would seem as though the San-ta-chiao or (the Three Great Religions) of Tientsin had entered into partnership in the religious trade.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reprodu...

Excerpt from An Address: Delivered in the Central Presbyterian Church, Chicago, July 4th 1865True, there are some citizens of the Republic, the overthrown and dethroned conspirators against its life, and their deluded and vanquished followers, who will not rejoice to-day, but their sorrow and humiliation is the measure of our joy and glory, and the day will come when, if not they, their children and children's children, will join with our's in...

Excerpt from Streets and Slums: A Study in Local Municipal Geography (With Maps)Returning to the more regularly laid out portions of New York and Baltimore, the New York up-town block of square feet is, of course, three and one-third times as large as the Baltimore block of square feet. Perhaps the New York block may be rather too large, probably the Baltimore block is too small, and certainly the depth of our blocks, 150 feet, is very badly c...

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Excerpt from China's Dayspring After Thirty YearsAbout 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 reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in th...

From the highly acclaimed author of "Zola: A Life" comes the definitive biography of Gustave Flaubert on the 150th anniversary of "Madame Bovary's" publication.

Excerpt from Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, Etc: Copied From the Manuscript Collections of the Late Rev. Frederick Brown, M.A., F. S. AMy son Washer. To the Dean Chapter of Bristol, Dr. William Hill, admitted to sth stall in Bristol Cathedral Feb. 26, 1606-7.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 w...

Excerpt from From Tientsin to Peking With the Allied ForcesThe sole excuse for undertaking the march with twenty thousand men fewer than military experts deemed necessary for the capture of Peking in the middle of the rainy season is to be found in the urgency of the situation. It was daring in the extreme, and had it ended in failure would have been charac terised as a foolhardy undertaking. But we still believe that one man with God is a maj...

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Excerpt from New Era Economics, Presenting a Rational Theory of ValueIn this class of humanitarians can also be listed several American economists. Among these is Henry C. Carey, author of Principles of Social Science, on almost every page of which can be noticed his intense desire to teach that which he believes essential to human welfare. This is admirably expressed in the preface to the one volume manual, into which his three volume work ha...

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Excerpt from A Sermon on Church Music: Preached in Westminster Church, Sunday Morning, February 20, 1859 All these exhortations for praise, are for praise in connection with, or rather as part of, the public worship of the sanctuary. They are exhortations to praise God by a church choir, in singing, and with instruments of music of many kinds. They are exhortations to praise God by the congregation, in singing psalms, and hymns, and Spiritual...

A Sketch of the Life of Dr. James McHenry - A paper read before the Maryland Historical Society, November 13th, 1876 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1877. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of histor...