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Excerpt from The Life of Father John Gerard: Of the Society of JesusTO the Reverend Dr. Jessopp the amplest acknowledgements and sincerest thanks are due for the note with which the third Chapter is enriched and for the readiness with which he has allowed his store of information respecting the Norfolk recu sants to be drawn upon, even while his own work on the Walpoles had the first claim on his every leisure moment. That work I has since app...

Excerpt from The Welsh Wars of Edward I: A Contribution to Medieval Military History, Based on Original DocumentsI have nowhere found a satisfactory detailed account of these campaigns, for the chroniclers write so vaguely that they are most misleading unless compared with each other and with the documents. It is only after close research that I venture to Offer this contribution to mediaeval military history.Lastly, I have to apologize, if on...

Excerpt from The Condition of Catholics Under James I: Father Gerard's Narrative of the Gunpowder PlotThe life and character of a witness are the grounds on which we base our estimate of his credibility. That he should have spoken of himself at great length and with many and minute details is a circumstance most favourable to the formation of an accurate judgment respecting him. Such is fortunately our position with regard to Father John Gerar...

Excerpt from Notes of Spiritual Retreats and InstructionsFor He made me. I belong to Him. He has the right to me. Let Him say what He wills. Let Him ask of me what He pleases. It is ungenerous to make conditions. He has a right to all, because I am the work of His Hands. He made me with a purpose that I Should do His will. He has never changed. It is I who have changed. It is I who have been unmindful of the purpose for which He made me. But t...

A Treatise on Meteorology - The barometer, thermometer, hygrometer, rain-gauge, and ozonometer, with rules and regulations to be observed for their correct use is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1866.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of h...

Excerpt from The Ancestry of Daniel Bontecou, of Springfield, Mass: A Record of Forty Successive Generations, Extending Through Thirteen CenturiesPepin the 0141, sometimes called Pepin of Landen, the founder of the family, is said to have been born about 560. He was of a Brabant family and took his designation from Landen (now in Liege, Belgium). Rebelling with other of the great lords of Austrasia, against the rule of Brunehaut, who was regen...

Excerpt from Speech Delivered by John L. Morris, Esq., Counsel for the Board for the Management of the Temporalities Fund of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in Connection With the Church of Scotland, Before the Private Bills Committee of the Senate, at Ottawa: April 24th, 1882, With Reference to the Temporalities Fund BillCouncil in England, with all the sworn testimony, so that I shall not merely assert, but will prove my statements as I p...

Excerpt from Speech Delivered by John L. Morris, Esq., Counsel for the Board for the Management of the Temporalities Fund of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in Connection With the Church of Scotland, Before the Private Bills Committee of the Senate, at Ottawa: April 24th, 1882, With Reference to the Temporalities Fund BillCouncil in England, with all the sworn testimony, so that I shall not merely assert, but will prove my statements as I p...

Excerpt from The Venerable Sir Adrian Fortescue: Knight of the Bath, Knight of St. John, MartyrAmongst the Martyrs of the time of Henry the Eighth, who were not depicted on the walls of the English College Church and who are therefore not included in the Decree that gave to fifty-four Martyrs the honours of the Blessed, are three Knights of the Order. Of St. John of Jerusalem. These are Sir Adrian Fortescue and Sir Thomas Dingley, who were beh...

Excerpt from The Troubles of Our Catholic Forefathers Related by ThemselvesBut the difficulty at once arises, How then are the proper names to be spelled? In editing Father Gerard's N of Me Gunpowder Plot, I tried to follow the spelling that most prevailed in the manuscript before me. I regret it now, for I got thus drawn into such spellings as Knokes for Knox and Falks for Famées.I have had to choose in many cases between the old and the mode...

Excerpt from The Felt Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of George Felt of Casco BayThe work constantly being done by these, and others of more humble attainments, well illustrates the claim of an increasing interest, and gives the lie to the smart assertion that the modern man lives for the present and strives for the future only, and does not care a rap who or what his grandfather was. This same modern, if his ideas should be carried out...

Excerpt from Advance Japan: A Nation Thoroughly in EarnestHE contest just concluded between Japan and China had the effect of directing public atten tion to the serious' side of the Japanese character. A people capable of waging warfare so systematically and successfully cannot fail to occupy a most prominent position' in the twentieth century, now so near its dawn. But though they have shown themselves to be well equipped for the fray, the te...

Excerpt from The Bontecou Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Pierre Bontecou, a Huguenot Refugee From France, in the Lines of His SonsThe work originated in the desire of the compiler to trace his lineal descent on the maternal side. Nothing like a genealogy was at first contemplated, but, the discovery of each fact developing a desire for further knowledge, the work continued to grow until its present proportions were reached.About the...

Excerpt from The Lords BaltimoreHe was so highly esteemed for his knowledge and penetration in State affairs, that his abilities recommended him to Sir Robert Cecil, who had been one of the principal Secretaries of State at the death of Queen Elizabeth, and who, by artful management as well as for his great services in securing James' succession, was continued in that office by King James. Sir Robert appointed young Calvert his chief clerk, an...

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Described Lepidoptera of North America: Prepared for the Smithsonian InstitutionI have inserted descriptions of what are deemed by some to be distinct species, but which are regarded by others as mere varieties, in order to give their authors an Opportunity of being heard, and that readers may conveniently compare them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Fi...

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