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First scholarly edition of a bestselling historical novel Published in 1803, Thaddeus of Warsaw is a beguiling romance that also exposes the hardships faced by migrants in Britain two hundred years ago. Jane Porter tells the story of a dashing Polish refugee, Thaddeus Sobieski, who must escape hostilities in his homeland. In London he faces poverty and prejudice, but his courage and goodness bring him to the attention of a circle of women who...

Excerpt from Synopsis of the Flora of ColoradoThanks are due also to Dr. Gray and S. Watson, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass, and Dr. George Thurber, of New York City, for kindly assistance in the determination of difficult and doubtful species, and to J. H. Red field, esq., of Philadelphia, for valuable services rendered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comT...

Excerpt from Elements of Brakigraphy: A System of Phonic Short-Hand Writing, Founded Upon the Vowel Sounds of the English Language, Adapted for Self-Instruction, and Use in Schools and AcademiesThe average rate of public speaking is estimated to be about one hundred and twenty words per minute. In the class-room, I have trained students in six months to write one hundred and fifty words per minute from dictation, and to read their short-hand n...

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Bryophyta (Hepatics, Anthocerotes and Mosses) And Pteridophyta (Ferns and Fern-Allies) Found in PennsylvaniaThe catalogue owes much of its enlargement also to the labors of Dr. A. P. Garber and of Mr. D. A. Burnett, and to the kindness of Mrs. N. L. Britton, of Messrs. Francis Wolle and Eugene A. Rau, and of Dr. John K. Small.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bo...

Excerpt from Manual of Brachygraphy: A System of Short-Hand Writing, Founded Upon the Vowel Sounds of the English LanguageIn regard to the legibility of the old systems of short-hand, it is a fact that when a stenographer dies 'his notes are of no more use than so much waste paper, no man living being capable of reading them accurately, because of the vast number of arbitrary word-signs. A few abbreviations have been made in Brachygraphy, not ...

Manual of Brachygraphy - A System of Short-Hand Writing is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1881.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 historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques on...

Excerpt from City Songs and Country CarolsThe words a poet speaks are not his words, Else in them Wm the world take small de light, But syllables of meadows, hills and birds The language of the morning, noon and night.Not his thoughts only does the poet think, By reading others' minds, they too have part, By his revealing, each may be a link.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more...

Excerpt from The Providence and the Man, Or Ulysses S. Grant, in the War of the Rebellion: A CompendiumIn the world's history, every great war has not only developed great leaders, but has developed new means and methods of conducting campaigns, both in a strategic and tactical sense, and the man who has most clearly comprehended the needed means and methods, and has been most prompt and vigorous in putting the same in force, has borne away th...

Excerpt from Flora of PennsylvaniaIn this Flora analytical keys formed by the contrasting of diagnostic characters precede the families, genera and species, and a key to the orders precedes the main body of the work. A description and a figure is cited for each species for exam ple, Man. P. 469 refers to a description on page 469 in Brit ton's Manual of the Flora of the Northern States and Canada, while 11. Pi. F. 1753 refers to a figure in Br...

Excerpt from Stem-Vowel Shorthand: A System in Which the Vowels Are Expressed in the Consonant Stems by Making the Latter of Different LengthsThere are but sixteen chapters of principles in Stem Vowel Shorthand, and this little book contains eight, or one-half of them.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 histo...

Excerpt from Synopsis of the Flora of ColoradoThanks are due also to Dr. Gray and S. Watson, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass, and Dr. George Thurber, of New York City, for kindly assistance in the determination of difficult and doubtful species, and to J. H. Red field, esq., of Philadelphia, for valuable services rendered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comT...

Excerpt from German HymnologyAmong the various kinds of religious poetry, the hymn exerts by far the greatest in¿uence upon the Christian life in the church, the school and the family. Lyrical in its structure, it differs from other forms of lyrical poetry, as the ode, the elegy and the sonnet, in its religious contents and the ease with which it may be understood and sung. What the popular song (volks-lied) is to the nation that the hymn is t...

Excerpt from German HymnologyAmong the various kinds of religious poetry, the hymn exerts by far the greatest in¿uence upon the Christian life in the church, the school and the family. Lyrical in its structure, it differs from other forms of lyrical poetry, as the ode, the elegy and the sonnet, in its religious contents and the ease with which it may be understood and sung. What the popular song (volks-lied) is to the nation that the hymn is t...

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Prince George E. Lvov was born in Dresden in 1861, the same year Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs and Russia began to move away from its static society of orders toward a more modern polity. He died in exile in Paris in 1925 with Russia once again in thralldom. Prince L'vov dedicated his life to the improvement of the peasantry's condition and, like many other liberals, hoped to acculturate them to the norms and values of a civil societ...

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Synopsis of the Flora of Colorado is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1874. 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 historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly ...

Excerpt from A System of Shorthand in Which the Vowels Are Expressed in the Consonant Stems by Making the Latter of Different Lengths The old methods of shorthand that answered the purpose of parliamentary and congressional reporting a quarter of a century ago do not meet the demands of the commercial world of the present, which requires a system easily learned, easily read and brief enough to record the most rapid utterance. The profession i...

Excerpt from Stem-Vowel Shorthand: A System in Which the Vowels Are Expressed in the Consonant Stems by Making the Latter of Different Lengths There are but sixteen chapters of principles in Stem Vowel Shorthand, and this little book contains eight, or one-half of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an importa...