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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 Our Home Railways, How They Began and How They Are Worked, Vol. 2His survey proving too incomplete and Sketchy for working purposes, a new survey was made during the next year in which he was assisted by Robert Stephenson, and it was while this was in hand that Chat moss was first crossed, or rather attempted to be crossed, for James nearly dis appeared by sinking into the swamp, and further advance was postponed owing to the want...

Excerpt from The Evolution of BeliefsMany years since a preacher Of the evangelical type, who had been informed by one Of his Christian members that I was an infidel, preached a sermon for my benefit.Being at this time a little unsettled in my belief and Skeptical In my views Of the Bible form of relig ion, the effect Of the preacher's sermon has caused me to examine the subject Of many religions to fix on some true and unequivocal form of bel...

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Excerpt from Our Country's Fishes and How to Know Them: A Guide to All the Fishes of Great BritainThe classification of the fishes is still under revision, and is likely to remain so for a considerable time, but the system herein is based on the most recent, and was adopted as convenient for the purposes of the book. The list contains the usual number of species included on the strength Of one occurrence only in the hope of more, but there see...

Excerpt from A Chat About the NavyPortsmouth with her proper spars, which are now replaced by those of a frigate. 62. Boat Exercise, Sailing. 63. H.m.s. Terror nipped in Fox's Channel during Back's Expedition in 1836. 64. Gunboats of the so-called ¿at-iron class. 65. H.m.s. Enterprise at noon in midwinter of? Point Leopold, during Sir James Ross's expedition in 1849. 66. The Tobacco hists. 67. H.m.s. Alert leaving Portsmouth on the Nares exped...

Excerpt from The Statute Law: Relating to Patents of Invention and Registration of Designs With an Introduction and SynopsisHis compilation of the Statute 'law relating to Patents for Inventions and Registered Designs is intended to supply, so far as may be from the sources drawn upon, a Code of the branch of Law with which it deals. In furtherance of this Object the principal 'points of the Act of Parliament of last Session which are new in s...

Excerpt from Under the Avalanche: A Tale of the Sierra NevadaI dedicate this book to my son frank, Who, though he is dead, yet lives With me.I em told it requires a preface. 'it is so very extra ordinary Perhaps it is. But then the unusual is not necessarily the untrue.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...

Excerpt from An Argument Against the Jurisdiction of Military Commissions: To Try Citizens of the United States, Delivered in the Case of Wm, A. Bowles, and OthersViolation OF the laws OF war. It IS this. That the alleged Offences Were committed within the military lines of the army of the United States, and the theatre of military operations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find mor...

Excerpt from Every-Day Life on the RailroadThis book is, in the main, composed of the series of articles which appeared in the Leisure Hour. They have been extended and brought up to date, and I take this Opportunity of thank ing the many leading railway men to whom I am indebted for the facilities a¿'orded, not only in their preparation, but in their revision. For the illustrations on pages 2, 38, 78, and 158, I am.About the PublisherForgotte...

Excerpt from Our Country's Shells and How to Know Them: A Guide to the British MolluscaHis book, like the rest of the series: is intended as an introductory working manual for the collector, the object of its analytical tables being to enable him to name any specimen in the British list without reading more than is needful for that one purpose. It is on the same principle as its predecessors. In the Flowers we dealt with a natural kingdom, in ...

Excerpt from Flags of the World: Past and Present, Their Story and AssociationsEvery one should know the history and meaning of the Royal Standard and the Union, the difference between personal ¿ags and national ¿ags and between an ensign and a jack, and also the glorious record of the honours on our regimental colours and the badges of Greater Britain met with a¿oat and ashore all round the world, and surely something is desirable regarding t...

Excerpt from Round About the North PoleMong the many books about the Polar regions there is none quite like this, dealing with the gradual progress of exploration towards the north along the different areas of advance within the Arctic Circle.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 Book...

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...

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...

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...

Excerpt from Every-Day Life on the Railroad This book is, in the main, composed of the series of articles which appeared in the Leisure Hour. They have been extended and brought up to date, and I take this Opportunity of thank ing the many leading railway men to whom I am indebted for the facilities a¿'orded, not only in their preparation, but in their revision. For the illustrations on pages 2, 38, 78, and 158, I am. About the Publisher Fo...

Excerpt from The Evolution of Beliefs Many years since a preacher Of the evangelical type, who had been informed by one Of his Christian members that I was an infidel, preached a sermon for my benefit. Being at this time a little unsettled in my belief and Skeptical In my views Of the Bible form of relig ion, the effect Of the preacher's sermon has caused me to examine the subject Of many religions to fix on some true and unequivocal form of...

If it was true that the sun never set on the British Empire, it was equally true that it employed millions of equine subjects to defend, feed and maintain social order among its human citizens. Originally released in 1893, "The Horse World of Victorian London" provides an insight into the city's incredible lost equestrian world. At the dawn of the 20th century, there were an estimated 300, 000 horses living and working within the city limits o...

Excerpt from Our Country's Shells and How to Know Them: A Guide to the British Mollusca Every living species of the sub-kingdom generally claimed as a native of our country is here sufficiently described to distinguish it from the rest, whether it has a shell or not, thus rather a wider range is covered than the main title would indicate, as many of the mollusca do not have shells. The coloured plates include all the species having shells, an...