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Excerpt from Byron's Prisoner of Chillon, and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: II. 73 to III. 51, And Twenty of Addison's Essays, (Selected From the Spectator, "), With Biographical and Critical Notices of the Writers, Notes, &C, As this is the third time that the editors have undertaken to provide a school edition of the English Literature for University and Departmental examinations, it is hardly necessary to do more than to say that this editi...

Excerpt from Humphrey Bold a Story of the Time of Benbow 'Tis said that as a man declines towards old age his mind dwells ever more and more on the events of his childhood. Whether that be true of all men or not, certain it is that my memory of things that happened fifty years ago is very clear and bright, and the little incidents of my boyhood are more to me, because they touch me more nearly, than such great matters as the late rebellion ag...

Excerpt from Kobo a Story of the Russo-Japanese War Well, monsieur, he said, get a good glass and you'll have a chance of seeing for yourself, we shall pass it within a short mile. 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 important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstr...

Excerpt from Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters, and Oddities Only to add his sincere apology for the imperfect manner in which he has performed his somewhat difficult task. 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 important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art t...

Excerpt from Famous Prima Donnas The musical stage in the United States may be said to be a birthright rather than a profession. A critical examination Of the con ditions quickly Shows one that the number of women at present prominent in light opera and kindred forms of entertainment, who have earned their positions by continued endeavor and logical development in their art, is com paratively small. The majority are, in fact, the happy victim...

Excerpt from Jack Hardy: A Story of English Smugglers in the Days of NapoleonThe first time Jack Hardy met Mr. Nathaniel Gudgeon was also the occasion of his first visit to Luscombe.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 uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct t...

Excerpt from Grammatical Analysis: Explained and Illustrated, With a Large Number of Carefully Selected Sentences and Passages for Practice, For the Use of Teachers, and of Candidates Preparing for Entrance, Public School Leaving, and Primary Examinations In preparing this little book I have been encouraged to hope that by its publication I may do something to improve the teaching of analysis in our schools, and at the same time to lighten th...

Excerpt from Famous Actresses of the Day in America Second Series The Second Series of Famous Actresses of the Day in America is largely devoted to a critical review of the theatre in the United States from the fall of 1899 to the spring of 1901. Whereas, in the First Series, biography and anecdote were most prominent, in this Second Series criticism has been made the leading feature. In this volume only such actresses have been con sidered w...

Excerpt from Famous Actresses of the Day in America IT is obviously impossible, in writing of persons so prominently before the public as the women considered in this book, to secure. 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 important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally recon...

Excerpt from Practical Exercises in English Composition: For Public and Private Schools and the Junior Classes in High Schools This little book had its origin in the Exercises in English which I have been contributing more or less regularly for some years to the School Work department of the Educational Monthly. Having been repeatedly assured by teachers that they had found these exercises of great service, and having been urged to collect an...

Excerpt from Olmsted County, Minnesota, and Its Advantages of Soil, Climate, and Location: With Rochester as a Most Favorable Point for Manufacturing To all those who are in anywise interested hi the progress, prospects and natural resources of the great northwest, a brief description of the grand state of Minnesota, its earliest settlement, its subsequent growth and development, can but prove truly interesting. lie it remembered that in tem...

Excerpt from The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen The Baron harangues the Company, and they continue the Pursuit The Baron wandering from his Retinue, is taken by the Savages. 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 important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reco...

Excerpt from Players and Plays of the Last Quarter Century, Vol. 1: An Historical Summary of Causes and a Critical Review of Conditions as Existing in the American Theatre at the Close of the Nineteenth Century At first thought it may seem inconsistent to begin the tale of the theatre of the last quarter of the nineteenth century with an account of the life and work of Thomas Betterton, the first of the great actors and the especial pride of ...

Excerpt from The Early Settlers: Australia's Story From the reign of Charles II until 1775 convicted prisoners were transported from England to America, and assigned to the Colonists there, who employed them as servants and labourers. In this year, however, the American States revolted, and, after a war which lasted until 1783, gained their independence and set up their own government. As America could no longer be used as a dumping ground fo...

Excerpt from Exercises in False Syntax and Other Forms of Bad English: For the Use of Teachers, and Candidates Preparing for Departmental and Matriculation Examinations I take the opportunity afforded by the issue of another Edition to thank my fellow-teachers throughout the Province for the very favorable reception they have given to my little book. While I have thought it best, after consideration, not to attempt to carry out some of the su...

Events from the start of the War of the Spanish Succession to the Accession of George I.

Set against the background of two outstanding events in the history of India-the capture of Gheria and the battle of Plassey

Adventures in early flight

curses is a UNIX library of functions for controlling a terminal's display screen from a C program. It can be used to provide a screen driver for a program (such as a visual editor) or to improve a program's user interface.This handbook will help you make use of the curses library in your C programs. We have presented ample material on curses and its implementation in UNIX so that you understand the whole, as well as its parts.Note: This handb...

The Palgrave Handbook of Research Design in Business and Management uses a new state-of-the-art research design typology model to guide researchers in creating the blueprints for their experiments. By focusing on theory and cutting-edge empirical best-practices, this handbook utilizes visual techniques to appease all learning styles.