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Excerpt from The American Directory, and Traveller's Companion: Containing a List of Inn-Keepers, on the Principal Mail State Roads, From Darien, (Geo, ) To Boston, (Mass, ), Showing the Distance From Each, And Also, From Washington City, Correctly MeasuredWas ceded to the United States in 1790, by the States of Maryland and Virginia, for the seat Of the National Government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of ...

Excerpt from Three Articles on Modern SpiritualismThe first two of the Articles published in this little volume, are reprinted, With slight alterations, from the Monthly Religious Magazine for June and August, 1862. The third Article here added, is substantially a reproduction of one offered for publication in the same Magazine, but not then accepted, and the manuscript subsequently lost.In Willing, but cautious obedience to promptings which h...

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 Dulwich, History and Romance 967-1922: The Manor, College, Schools, Village and Picture Gallery, Edward Alleyn and the Elizabethan and Jacobean TheatresAt the request and under the authority of the Estates Governors, the Author has undertaken this work, which is now published with the title of Dulwich History and Romance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www....

Excerpt from Dramatic Letters: A Titular NoveltyThey have not been written under Petticoat Government, nor to please A Cozy Couple Old Trusty has borne his part in A Lucky Escape from The Syren of Paris, and he now consigns his Scrap of Paper to The Printer's Devi in hopes that A Twice Told Tale, in The Tide of Time, will not be unacceptable to The Man of the World.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and ...

Excerpt from Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry: Convened at Aquia Landing, March 13th, 1863, to Examine Into Certain Changes Preferred Against Captain T. E. Hall, Assistant QuartermasterIt is scarce necessary to apologize for publishing the pro ceedings of the Court of Inquiry in my case. It is an act of self-defence. I have a right - nay more, it is my duty to vindicate myself before my friends and the public, by acquainting them with the ori...

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 Report of the Eight Meeting: Of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Held at Melbourne, Victoria, 1900Friday, 12th january, The In¿uence of the Elements on the Growth of Plants. By A. N. Pearson, f.c.s. The Composition of Natural Wines. By M. Raymond Notes on Alluvial Gold in Gippsland. By Donald Clark, b.c.e.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find ...

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Excerpt from Heroes of Our RevolutionIF I should ask you, Boy, to tell me what were the causes of the American Revolution, you would promptly answer The Stamp Act, Taxation With out Representation, and The Quartering of Eng lish Troops upon the Colonists. Your' answer would be correct. These were the immediate causes. AS a matter of fact, however, there were other, deeper and more important causes, and these were as old as the colonies themsel...

Excerpt from Sheffield and Its Environs 13th to 17th Century: A Descriptive Catalogue of Land Charters Other Documents, Forming the Brooke Taylor Collection, Relating the Outlying Districts of Sheffield, With 16 Genealogies and an Articles on HawksyardIt is only through the kindness and good nature of others, that a systematic search for local history can proceed and although contributions accumulate in small quantities, there is no more fruit...

Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Ancient Charters: Belonging to the Twelve Capital Burgesses Common of the Town and Parish of Sheffield, Usually Known as the Church Burgesses, With Abstracts of All Sheffield Wills Proved at York Prior to 1554In cataloguing each document (other than subsidy rolls) after giving the date, I have stated the purport of the docu ment, using modern English, unless otherwise indicated by quota tion marks, and the trans...

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Differential and Integral CalculusA knowledge of the principles of this branch of the Pure Mathematics is absolutely necessary, before any one can success fully undertake the perusal of works on Natural Philosophy, in which the effects of the observed laws that govern the material world are reduced to calculation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find mo...

Excerpt from A Flora of LiverpoolThe terms common, frequent, rare, &c., Which I have used to denote the abundance or scarcity of any plant, are in general use among botanists, but as my own observa tions have necessarily been limited, some allowance must be made for any occasional misapplication of terms. Further observation may prove some plants to be com mon, which at present may only have been observed in a few localities With the assistanc...

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Charters, Deeds and Manuscripts: In the Public Reference Library at SheffieldWith regard to the Deeds, it will be seen that the series is rich in respect to the Peak district and Derbyshire, lamentably poor so far as concerns Sheffield. Yet there are thousands of documents in lawyers' and other offices, scarcely more than a stone's-cast from the Public Library, lying dusty, disregarded, and difficult of access. So...

Excerpt from Biographical Sketches of Remarkable People, Chiefly From Personal Recollection: With Miscellaneous Papers and PoemsRespecting the Miscellaneous Papers in the Second Section little need here be said, as they tell their own tale. Should any of his readers think the author has been too caustic in the papers on 44 Love of Distinction and Religious Differences, they may give him some quarter in consideration of the fact he now states, ...

Excerpt from Lead OresLead, although one of the commoner of the base metals, is present in the earth's crust only to the extent of a fraction of I per cent. Of the whole. In workable deposits, however, the proportion is much higher owing to a natural concentration of material. Lead is closely associated in nature with zinc, and their primary or sulphide ores commonly occur together. Zinc ores are more soluble than lead ores, hence in the zone ...

Excerpt from The Tree of Worlds: Or a Greater and Higher Creation, and LifeThis Tree of Worlds 29 The Creation of the Hills and Valleys. 33 Creation of Vegetable Life 47 Creation of Human Life, 53 The Aim of Life. 63 Human Life 67 What of Civilization? 72 What of Our Social Life? 77 Life in the Next World 85 A True Civilized Life 97 Of the Religious and Social World 103 What of Nations? 107 Mystery of Nature 113 The Greater and Higher Life 115...