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In A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol I

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John Bagnell Bury

J. B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it was such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third editi…

A FISHERMAN ROBBED: The Osprey and the Bald-headed Eagle.

In The Burgess Bird Book for Children

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Thornton W. Burgess

The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Je…

The Haunted Orchard by Richard Le Gallienne

In Famous Modern Ghost Stories

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Dorothy Scarborough, compiler, Richard le Gallienne and Variousanddorothy Scarborough

An entertaining selection of "modern" ghost stories selected "to include specimens of a few of the distinctive types of moder…

06 - Brown of Calavares

In Selected Stories of Bret Harte

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Bret Harte

Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in Californi…

Essay IV: Ad Valorem Part 1

In Unto this Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy

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John Ruskin

John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as …

How Jimmy Was Frightened By The Bunyip.

In Bunyip Land

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George Manville Fenn

Joe Carstairs is a boy on a farm in Australia. His father is a keen naturalist who, some years before had set off for New Guinea in search o…

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