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Excerpt from The Kingdom of the "White Woman": A SketchThese notes are the record of a winter in Mexico, at a time when the first waves of a second and greater conquest were beginning to break on her shores. When we in the North were awakening to the fact that just to the southward slept in an enchanted king dom, not one maiden but a whole nation, and that the time had come to awaken them from a sleep of 300 years - so we turned our faces sout...

Excerpt from The Great Siberian Railway From St. Petersburg to PekinOne reviewer claims that these notes are too pro Russian-that I have said nothing about the sup posed frauds and dishonesties connected with the building of this railway. Certainly not. I do not consider that a mere book of travels has any place for such matter.To those interested in the progress of the great Empire of the North I can recommend nothing more interesting than a ...

Trans-Caspia - The Sealed Provinces of the Czar is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895.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. Hans...

Excerpt from The Heart of the Orient: Saunterings Through Georgia, Armenia, Persia, Turkomania, and Turkestan, to the Vale of ParadiseReproduced my own experiences in that famous and purely Russian vehicle. Furthermore, I have nothing to say. If you are interested judge for.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...

Excerpt from Wanderings in IrelandIn the silence and solitudes of the island of Achill you will see tears and hear sobs as you listen to the keening for the dead. Near the island of Clare, Queen Grace o'malley will almost order you away, as she did her husband, and your motor with all its wings out will roll through the grand scenery of the western coast - now down by the ocean and then far up amidst the sombre mountains - Kylemore Castle and ...

Excerpt from Islam Lands: Nubia, the Sudan, Tunisia and AlgeriaSouthward from Assouan - Life on the Upper Nile Korosko - Kasr ibrim-queen Candace - Approach to abu-simbel The Great Temple Fellow Travellers - Impressions of abd-simbel - A Travel ler of the Year 594 b.c.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...

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The Kingdom of the White Woman is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. 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 pub...

Excerpt from The Heart of the Orient: Saunterings Through Georgia, Armenia, Persia, Turkomania, and Turkestan, to the Vale of Paradise Reproduced my own experiences in that famous and purely Russian vehicle. Furthermore, I have nothing to say. If you are interested judge for. 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 i...

bTitle:/b Quaint Corners of Ancient Empires: Southern India, Burma, and Manila ... Illustrated.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its co...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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Excerpt from The Kingdom of the "White Woman": A SketchThese notes are the record of a winter in Mexico, at a time when the first waves of a second and greater conquest were beginning to break on her shores. When we in the North were awakening to the fact that just to the southward slept in an enchanted king dom, not one maiden but a whole nation, and that the time had come to awaken them from a sleep of 300 years - so we turned our faces sout...

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Excerpt from Trans-Caspia: The Sealed Provinces of the Czar As I send these notes of last summer's journey out into the world for better or for worse, he whose protection we enjoyed for many months lies silent and cold in death within the cathedral fortress of Peter and Paul. 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 i...

Excerpt from Islam Lands: Nubia, the Sudan, Tunisia and Algeria Southward from Assouan - Life on the Upper Nile Korosko - Kasr ibrim-queen Candace - Approach to abu-simbel The Great Temple Fellow Travellers - Impressions of abd-simbel - A Travel ler of the Year 594 b.c. 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...