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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough...

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Of Mists and Monsoons traces the life and fortunes of the principal character from the mists of Ireland to the monsoons of India. Born the eldest child of an Irish Catholic family of subsistent potato farmers, Sean O'Hara was in his teens when Ireland was overwhelmed by the Great Famine in 1845. His family struggled to survive two successive years of potato blight but succumbed one by one, leaving Sean the sole survivor.The only way out offere...

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Excerpt from Myths of the IroquoisThe principal monuments of the once powerful Iroquois are their myths and folk-lore, with the language in which they are embodied. As these monuments are fast crumbling away, through their contact with European civilization, the ethnologist must hasten his search among them in order to trace the history of their laws of mind and the records of their customs, ideas, laws, and beliefs. Most of these have been lo...

Excerpt from Proofreading and PunctuationFor the descriptions of the processes of paper making and the folding of the sheets for binding, acknowledgments are due to Mr. A. B. Daniels, of the L. L. Brown Paper Company, Adams, Massachusetts, Mr. H. A. Moses, of the Mittineague Paper Company, Mittineague, Massachusetts, Mr. A. E. Whiting, of the Whiting Paper Company, Mr. J. Shoemaker, of the J. B. Lippincott Company, Mr. Charles R. Graham, of th...

Excerpt from Exercises in ProofreadingThe copy should be read aloud to the correcter by some personwhocan pronounce distintly and with ease every word contained in it. The correcter holds the proof and the Reader the copy. Corcec tion should be made on the black margln, opposite the lines in which the erors are respectively found and in ezactly the same order in which the errors occur. Corections are generally seperated from each other by obli...

Excerpt from Exercises in PunctuationNo mark is omitted from the Practise Sentences, until its uses have been fully explained. As one rule after another is taken up, the marks are grad ally dropped from the sentences, and the student advances progressively to more and more difficult work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction o...

Excerpt from Printing and Writing Materials: Their EvolutionR. Hoe Company, the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, the Amaican type-founders Company, the Avil Printing Company, and the Moore White Company for plates furnished or kind permission to reproduce cuts for the illustration of the book.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproductio...

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