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Bullets & Billets

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Bruce Bairnsfather


A front-line view of life in the trenches of the Western Front in the early part of 1914-1915. Told by Lieutenant (later Captain) Bruce Bair…

Confessions of a Book-Lover

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E. Walter Walters


"I am of the company of book men who read simply for the love of it," confesses E. Walter Walters, in this gently written tome. Wa…

Marius the Epicurean, Volume 2

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Walter Pater


The conclusion of Pater's historico-philosophical novel about a young Roman nobleman's search for purpose and meaning. Set in the time of Ca…

Christmas Under Three Flags

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Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox


This work details personal memories of Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox, adopted granddaughter (acutally grand niece) of Rachel Donelson Jackson, …

From Mud to Mufti: With Old Bill on all Fronts

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Bruce Bairnsfather


This second volume of memories from the Great War (WWI) by the celebrated war cartoonist and social observer, begins with Bairnsfather's rec…

The Reign of George VI, 1900-1925: A Forecast Written in the Year 1763

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Samuel Madden, Charles Oman and Charles William Chadwick Oman


Imagine a world in which there were no major revolutionary upheavals (the American, French and Russian revolutions did not occur), there was…

Selected Poetry on or about the MacLeans

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John Patterson MacLean and John Patterson Maclean


"Gifted with poesy as are the Highlanders, and given to the praise of their country and their leaders, it would be expected that many p…

Chapter II

In The Ghost Camp

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Rolf Boldrewood


Englishman Valentine Blount is traveling in Australia, looking for his fortune. He meets up with John Carter, a bushman known locally as Lit…

Chapter Sixteen

In The Black Dwarf

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Sir Walter Scott


The Black Dwarf is the first of the “Tales of My Landlord” series, which also includes The Bride of Lammermoor and The Heart of Midlothian. …

Part 4 Chapter 7: Some Moral Habits

In Home Education Series Vol. I: Home Education

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Charlotte Mason


This is the first volume in the Home Education Series detailing Charlotte Mason's method of education. This volume is subtitled: The Educati…

Book III, Chapter IX: Influence of Credit on Prices

In Principles of Political Economy

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John Stuart Mill


The Principles of Political Economy, first published in 1848, was one of the most important texts on the subject of economy at that time. I…