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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 A Loiterer in ParisThis book makes no pretention to be a guide to Paris. It selects, rather, some few aspects of Paris which time has rendered more or less immutable in the face of a changing world, and aims to reveal to the eclectic less obvious beauties - to indicate, merely, the hidden wealth encompassed by those monuments of remoter time.The great fascination of Paris lies in its adapt ability, its responsiveness, its resource...

Excerpt from My MotherHis little work, dear reader, the first of a series, is placed in your hands with all its imperfections.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 reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing...

Excerpt from A Loiterer in New York Discoveries Made by a Rambler, Through Obvious Yet Unsought, Highways and BywaysTo a traveller the thought of loitering in a great city is more suggestive of the celebrated haunts abroad than of New York. It conjures visions of Rome, of Venice, of Florence, where historical relics and works of art are found at every turn. It would recall, perhaps, rambles in the streets and boulevards of Paris and the innoce...

Excerpt from Academy of the Fine Arts and Other Collections of Philadelphia, Vol. 3: Including the Pennsylvania Museum, the Wilstach Collection, and the Collections of Independence Hall and the Historical Society of PennsylvaniaAbout 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...

Excerpt from The Art of Treasures: An Account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, With Descriptions and Criticisms of Their Contents, Including, Also, an Account of the Works of Art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the Most Important Mr. Glenn Brown's History of the United States Capitol has furnished most of the facts concerning that interesting edifice contained in this volume, and wi...

An essential reference for comprehensive and detailed coverage of Latin American history, this book is divided into three parts: Part I, a descriptive chronology of key event from pre-Columbian times to the present, Part II, a thematic survey of topics, tracing population expansion, legal/political development, economic change, social evolution, science and technology, and cultural development across time, Part III, a biographical section cont...

This book is both a resource guide and a review of major issues in gender and agriculture which demonstrates that recognizing the contribution of women to agricultural production is a necessary step in development planning.

Join local historian Helen Henderson as she recounts the rich heritage of Matawan and Aberdeen.Called New Aberdeen by early settlers and later known as Middletown Point, the area covered today by the communities of Matawan Borough, Aberdeen Township, Cliffwood, and Freneau has a long list of stories to tell. With over 180 historic photographs of the area - many rare and previously unpublished - Around Matawan and Aberdeen creates a comprehensi...

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Excerpt from Academy of the Fine Arts and Other Collections of Philadelphia, Vol. 3: Including the Pennsylvania Museum, the Wilstach Collection, and the Collections of Independence Hall and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania The scope of the present volume is limited to the more important of the public collections of Philadelphia, with particular stress upon the historic portraits, in which they are extremely rich. It aims to give some id...

Excerpt from A Loiterer in New York Discoveries Made by a Rambler, Through Obvious Yet Unsought, Highways and Byways To a traveller the thought of loitering in a great city is more suggestive of the celebrated haunts abroad than of New York. It conjures visions of Rome, of Venice, of Florence, where historical relics and works of art are found at every turn. It would recall, perhaps, rambles in the streets and boulevards of Paris and the inno...

Excerpt from The Art of Treasures: An Account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, With Descriptions and Criticisms of Their Contents, Including, Also, an Account of the Works of Art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the Most Important Mr. Glenn Brown's History of the United States Capitol has furnished most of the facts concerning that interesting edifice contained in this volume, and wi...

Excerpt from A Loiterer in New EnglandThe apples on Pigeon Hill are as hard and as green as when you and Sidney Emery and I used to sit in the grass by the stone wall and make stolen meals of them. Seven eighths of the horizon, they used to tell us statistically.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 ...