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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 Mountains of the Bible: Their Scenes and Their LessonsWith these impressions, we purpose to investigate and improve some portions of the Bible which are not very often made the subjects of pulpit discourse, nor of private study, but which are most interesting, nay, profitable, to the humble and believing reader. We propose to visit and ascend some of the mountains which scripture has immortalized, and which were once the scene...

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Excerpt from Economic Geography I have placed at the end of this book a list of the works to which I am mainly indebted. Mr. Chisholm's Handbook of Commercial Geography must be mentioned here. To it I am under a deep sense of Obligation, as at every stage of my work it has been Of the greatest assistance to me. I have to express my thanks to the Oxford University Press for permission to reproduce their rainfall maps, which, I believe, will p...

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Excerpt from Economic Geography I have placed at the end of this book a list of the works to which I am mainly indebted. Mr. Chisholm's Handbook of Commercial Geography must be mentioned here. To it I am under a deep sense of Obligation, as at every stage of my work it has been Of the greatest assistance to me. I have to express my thanks to the Oxford University Press for permission to reproduce their rainfall maps, which, I believe, will p...

Excerpt from The Mountains of the Bible: Their Scenes and Their Lessons The history of this publication is a very common one. The volume contains the substance of a series of Lectures which the writer delivered in the ordinary course of his ministry, upon each successive Sabbath during the winter 1847-48. This will sufficiently account for any peculiarity of style that may be observable. The people among whom he has the happiness to labor, h...

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