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Excerpt from Border Wars of the American Revolution, Vol. 1 of 2The moral of this fable should ever be borne in mind when contemplating the -character of that brave and ill-used race of men, now melting away before the anglo-saxons like the snow, beneath a vertical sun the aboriginals of America. -no Indian pen traces the history of their tribes and nations, or records the deeds of their warriors and chiefs - their prowess and their wrongs. Th...

Excerpt from The Half-Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences, Vol. 56: Being a Digest of British and Continental Medicine, and of the Progress of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences, July-December, 1872A. Internal Maladies. - Epidemic diseases. Such as variola, typhoid fever, dysentery, and cholera. Rage by preference amongst drunkards. With cholera in particular all statistics show that the number of admissions into hospitals has always att...

Excerpt from Memoir of the Centennial CelebrationThe author would here acknowledge his obligations to Col. D. F. Ritchie of Saratoga Springs, and Mr. P. C. Ford of Schuylerville, for assistance in recalling the details of the celebration.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 historical work. Forgotten Books use...

Excerpt from The Tale of a Plain ManIn the writing and publication of the first edition of these memoirs, at the request of my children and grandchildren, I was not in¿uenced by the thought that they would be read except from a sense of filial duty. There has been such an unexpected demand for them that after the first edition of five hundred copies was exhausted I have turned a copy of the memoirs, after revision and some additions, over to T...

About the Book Books about Science discusses the knowledge building activities that examine natural / empirical phenomena including in such fields as biology, chemistry, zoology, astronomy, and mathematics. Titles include: Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus, English Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture, Rock-Forming Minerals, The direction of human evolution, The Essence of Astronomy: Things Every One Should Know about the ...

Excerpt from Visits to the Saratoga Battle-Grounds: 1780-1880, With an Introduction and NotesBurgoyne Ballads that it would probably be my last book on this subject, I did not think I should live to complete another, afterwards, however, it occurred to me that, by way of a final supplement to my Burgoyne series, it might be well to bring together, in a collected form, the different visits which have been made to the Saratoga Battle Grounds, du...

Excerpt from Weeds and Flowers: A Collection of Sketches of East Tennessee, Its Scenery, Folk Lore and PeopleStates and put East Tennessee conspicuously on the map. On one subject, however, the writers were of one heart and mind, viz x the pleasant experiences of a childhood spent in rustic and untutored innocence among the mountains 'and valleys of East Tennessee, and these scenes and experiences, after the lapse of years, they at tempt to re...

Excerpt from History of New York City: From the Discovery to the Present DayYork. TO the student, the merchant, the philosopher, and the statesman, every incident connected with its rise and progress must be of the greatest interest. Histories of the city of New York have been before this submitted to the public, but it is believed that none of them have met the requirements of a work like the present, - one which, While it aims to be an autho...

Excerpt from Life of Joseph Brant Thayendanegea, Vol. 1 of 2: Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution, and Sketches of the Indian Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne, And Other Matters Connected With the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, From the Peace of 1783 to ThBut they fell upon slumbering hamlets in the night, and massacred defenceless women and children I This, again, was their own mode...

Excerpt from Ballads and Poems Relating to the Burgoyne CampaignHoping, therefore, that those Of my friends who have SO kindly aided me in my former publications will appreciate the spirit in which this volume has been prepared, I have published it, though at a pecuniary sacrifice to myself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproductio...

Excerpt from Letters of Brunswick and Hessian Officers During the American RevolutionThis work was first brought to my notice by Mr. Edward J Lowell, the author oh the Hessians in the American Revolution I do not think, writes Mr. Lowell, of any printed collection concerning the Revolution which so well deserves to be translated. He correspondent with Bur goyne's army was an observant and lively writer. Through the kindness of Fraulich Agnes S...

Excerpt from Maria Monk and the Nunnery of the Hotel Dieu: Being an Account of a Visit to the Convents of Montreal, and Refutation of the Awful DisclosuresTo an American who has not been abroad, and whose l/ eye is accustomed only to the light and airy towns and cities our own country, the narrow streets, and dark, massive-built stone dwellings and store-houses, erected with an eye rather to use, convenience, and comfort, than to the gratifica...

Excerpt from An Epitome of Therapeutics: Being a Comprehensive Summary of the Treatment of Disease as Recommended by the Leading British, American, and Continental PhysiciansDr. Tilbury Fox (skim Diseases, 3td edit. Pp. 532, London, 1873) recommends unstimulating diet, and if the patient he dyspeptic, the avoidance of sugar, pastry, seasoned dishes, beer, spirits, sherry, ' and port wine. He begins by prescribing an alterative pill, and a mixt...

Excerpt from An Epitome of Therapeutics: Being a Comprehensive Summary of the Treatment of Disease as Recommended by the Leading British, American, and Continental PhysiciansDr. Tilbury Fox (skim Diseases, 3td edit. Pp. 532, London, 1873) recommends unstimulating diet, and if the patient he dyspeptic, the avoidance of sugar, pastry, seasoned dishes, beer, spirits, sherry, ' and port wine. He begins by prescribing an alterative pill, and a mixt...

Excerpt from Reminiscences of Saratoga and BallstonSince the publication of these sketches, many per sons who have derived pleasure from their perusal have intimated that they should be put into the more permanent form of a book. Complying, therefore.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 historical work. Forgot...

Life of Joseph Brant - Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865.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 publi...

Excerpt from Letter to Doctor A. Brigham, on Animal Magnetism: Being an Account of a Remarkable Interview Between the Author and Miss. Loraina Brackett While in a State of SomnambulismThe facts which have served to make you a be liever in Animal Magnetism, must be curious and interesting, and when your leisure permits, I beg you will furnish them in detail, that others may know on what evidence one who has been charged with a lamentable want O...

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