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This vintage book contains a biographical sketch of Frédéric Ozanam and a historical account of the foundation of the Society of St. Paul, a catholic organisation created in 1833 and dedicated to service the poor. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam (1813 - 1853) was a French scholar, journalist, lawyer, and rights activist who founded the Conference of Charity (also known as the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul). As he was beatified in the Cathedral of N...

Excerpt from General Nelson's ScoutHad slightly pressed its Signet sage, Yet had not quenched the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth, Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare.All military movements chronicled in the S are historically correct. The riot in Louisville, fight for the arms, the foiling of the plot, the t ing of the train from the track, are all his incidents.About the PublisherForgotten Books publis...

Excerpt from General Nelson's ScoutHad slightly pressed its Signet sage, Yet had not quenched the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth, Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare.All military movements chronicled in the S are historically correct. The riot in Louisville, fight for the arms, the foiling of the plot, the t ing of the train from the track, are all his incidents.About the PublisherForgotten Books publis...

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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 ...

Excerpt from The Bridge Book: Practical Talks About the BridgeThe game of Bridge has, like other things in the world, been marching with the times, the methods of yesterday are, in many respects, not quite the methods of to-day.It is only a few short years since Bridge appear ed as a stranger in England, and, though we Opened our arms and welcomed the newcomer, it remained nevertheless a stranger for very, very long. We knew little of its scie...

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 Turkey and Its FutureIt is a revolution in political history, and we are only witnessing the first scenes in it. The leaven is working in other Asiatic States, such as Afghanistan, Burmah, Siam, and Tonquin. China is being zealously educated by Japan in all that Western science adapted to Oriental methods can teach, and the next century will no doubt Show extraordinary results, which will change the face of the world.For this reas...

Excerpt from The Rise and Decay of the Rule of IslamI have endeavoured to show that the Eastern Question is one, in the settlement of which England, of all other Powers, is the most interested, not only on account of the vast extent of her possessions in the East, but also of its importance as affecting the balance of power in Europe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www....

Excerpt from The Rise and Decay of the Rule of IslamI have endeavoured to show that the Eastern Question is one, in the settlement of which England, of all other Powers, is the most interested, not only on account of the vast extent of her possessions in the East, but also of its importance as affecting the balance of power in Europe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www....

Excerpt from Frederic Ozanam: And the Establishment of the Society of St. Vincent De PaulI am indebted to the Catholic Times for permission to publish their report of the Centenary Meeting at Manchester, and to the editor of the Bulletin for the report of that in Paris.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 hist...

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Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...