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Excerpt from Frank Forester's Fugitive Sporting Sketches: Being the Miscellaneous Upon Sport and Sporting, Originally Published in the Early American Magazines and Periodicals Y object in presenting a work of this kind to the sporting public, at this time, is quite fully defined in the introduc tory chapter, and to this I have but little to add. The utility and interest of a volume of this kind will, I trust, be apparent to the most casual ob...

Excerpt from Frank Forester's: Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America North In offering this work to the public, I have little to say, as its character speaks for itself, but to indicate the sources of the information which it contains, and to give credit to those who, by their works, letters or conversation, have aided me in its execution. And first, I must express my sincere gratitude to my friend, Pro...

Excerpt from The Roman Traitor or the Days of Cicero, Cato and Cataline, Vol. 1: A True Tale of the Republic A few words are perhaps needed as an introduction to a work of far more ambitious character, than any which I have before attempted. In venturing to select a subject from the history of Home, during its earlier ages, undeterred by the failure or, at the best, partial success of writers far more eminent than I can ever hope to become, 1...

Excerpt from The Captains of the Old World: As Compared With the Great Modern Strategists, Campaigns, Characters and Conduct, From the Persian, to the Punic Wars Anything, therefore, that tends to popularize history, and to bring matters, generally too abstruse, too dry, and embodied in works too formidable and too voluminous to be largely popular, into such a form as shall be acceptable to the masses, is In my Opinion something gained, and, ...

Excerpt from Marmaduke Wyvil or the Maid's Revenge: A Historical Romance In s sequestered vale of England, not many miles from the county town of Worcester, there stands, in excellent preservation, even to the present day, one of those many mansions scattered through the land, which - formerly the manor houses of a race, now, like their dwellings, becoming rapidly extinct, the good old English squires - have, for the most part, been converted...

Excerpt from Frank Forrester's Fishermen's Guide Rods. Fishing rods are now usually made from the bamboo, the Calcutta reed, or of ash wood, as it is necessary they should be made light, tough, and pliable The butts are frequently made of maple, with bored bottom, and this butt will outlast several tops. Rods for travellers are made in joints, so as to be easily transported. The cost of rods at the tackle stores is $1 50 and $2 50 up to $5 f...

Excerpt from The Prometheus and Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated Into English VerseIn the first place, it has no human personages whatever, nor any direct human interest, appealing only to mere mortal sympathies as in behalf of the suffering mediator, friend, and saviour, who is represented as punished by the superior force of Zeus mainly on account of his philanthropic mood. In the second place, it entirely lacks every thing approaching to e...

Excerpt from Cromwell, Vol. 1 of 2: An Historical Novel "Can this be He - That hath no privilege of gentle birth, Beauty, nor grace, nor utterance sublime Of words persuasive, nor the blood-bought skill That wins i' the foughten field?" "But even as you will, fair sir - even as you will! Though, an' you ride for Huntingdon this night, and wish not, ere it be two hours the later, that you had tarried here at the White Dragon, then am not I c...

Excerpt from The Chevaliers of France: From the Crusaders to the Marechals of Louis XIV It wanted an hour or two perhaps of sunset, on a lowering September evening, when a small group of men and horses were assembled on an elevated knoll, commanding an extensive view of the country, which at that period was mostly covered by unbroken forest, although a large and seemingly much-travelled road could be seen at intervals, for a distance of many ...

Excerpt from Oliver Cromwell: Or England's Great ProtectorThe faults, to which a fair and generally favorable criti cism chie¿y objected in it, not, I now think, without cause, a certain turgidity of style, and the length and involution of the sentences, have been repaired, as far as possible, and, while the plot and incidents of the narrative, and more particularly the scheme and sentiment of the work, have been unchanged, much of the languag...

Great commanders of the legions of the republic Students of the warfare of the ancient world will find much to engage them in this book which contains descriptions and assessments of the careers of six of the most notable military men who fought in the wars for the expansion of the ancient Republic of Rome. Within its pages are the battles and campaigns of Publius Cornelius Scipio, Africanus, Titus Quincticus Flamininus, Lucius Æmilius Paullus...

Excerpt from The Fair Puritan: An Historical Romance of the Days of Witchcraft It may not be denied, however, that soldiers rather than scholars, adventurers rather than statesmen, were her settlers while, in addition to the vast advantage she derived from the character of her first governor, the moderate and admirable Winthrop, Massachusetts had among her founders, many of high endowments, large fortune, and the best education scholars well ...

Excerpt from Persons and Pictures From the Histories of France and England: From the Norman Conquest to the Fall of the Stuarts The persons introduced, are invariably true Historic personages, delineated with a pen as candid and as free from prejudice as the author knows how to wield. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproductio...

Excerpt from The Knights of England, France, and Scotland "My tongue hath sworn, but still my mind is free." The son of Godwin was the flower of the whole Saxon race. The jealousies which had disturbed the mind of Edward the Confessor had long since passed away, and Harold, whom he once had looked upon with eyes of personal aversion, he now regarded almost as his own son. Yet still the Saxon hostages - Ulfnoth, and the young son of Swerga, w...

Excerpt from Oliver Cromwell, Vol. 1 of 3: An Historical Romance It is no slight evidence of the superior importance attached to the life and times of Cromwell, that while most of our legitimate sovereigns are allowed to repose quietly in their coffins, undisturbed by any other inquest than that of the general historian, the Lord Protector is constantly finding new and special biographers: and it is not less honourable to the character of tha...

Great commanders of the legions of the republic Students of the warfare of the ancient world will find much to engage them in this book which contains descriptions and assessments of the careers of six of the most notable military men who fought in the wars for the expansion of the ancient Republic of Rome. Within its pages are the battles and campaigns of Publius Cornelius Scipio, Africanus, Titus Quincticus Flamininus, Lucius Æmilius Paullus...

Kitap, Bati Cephesinden iki farkli simanin Canakkale savasiyla ilgili anilarindan olusmaktadir.Eserde, Aubrey Herbert, Ingiliz ordusunda istihbarat subayi olarak karsimiza cikmaktadir. Henry Morgenthau ise Alman asilli bir Yahudi aileden olup savas yillarinda ABD Istanbul Büyükelciligi görevinde bulunmustur. Türklere karsi pek dostane duygular beslemeyen Morgenthau, ABDnin o dönemki sözde tarafsizlik politikasina ragmen Müttefikler lehinde aci...

Excerpt from Description, Adjustments and Methods of Use of the Six-Inch Micrometer Block Survey Reiterating Transit Theodolite 1912 PatternThe transit theodolite used on the survey of Block Outlines is described brie¿y in Appendix D of the Manual of Surveys.A Block Surveyor. May, in the course of his work, have to perform the following Operations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Fin...

Excerpt from Wager of Battle: A Tale of Saxon Slavery in Sherwood ForestBut I neither arrogate to myself the wisdom of imagining how this is to be peacefully brought about in the lapse of ages, nor hesitate to dissent from the intemperance of those who would cut the Gordian knot, like Alexander, with the sword, reckless if the same blow should sever the sacred bonds that consoli date the fabric of the Union.About the PublisherForgotten Books p...

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