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The Life of Captain James Cook

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Arthur Octavius Kitson


“In publishing a popular edition of my work, Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., it has, of course, been necessary to condense it, but care ha…

Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Tim…

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Frederick Edward Maning


Introduction to Old New ZealandPhilip SteerVictoria University February 2004Frederick Edward Maning is best known as an author, but he was a…

The Greenstone Door

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William Satchell


The Greenstone Door is a historical novel, set between 1830-1860’s New Zealand. The main character, Cedric Tregarthen, is remembering his pa…

Calumny

In The Favor of Kings

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Mary Hastings Bradley


"Never have bright romance and black scandal been more attached to the name of lovely woman," writes a quaint and susceptible chro…

Capacity for Friendship

In Beethoven, A Character Study

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George Alexander Fischer


A book of the life of the German Composer, Beethoven. - Summary by Jessie Yun

Ludwig van Beethoven, Part 1

In Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians

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Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…

Chapter 23

In The Reason Why

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Robert Kemp Philp


This collection of useful information on "Common Things" is put in the interesting form of "Why and Because," and compre…

Chapter 7: A Kettledrum at Lady Jane's

In The Story Of A Modern Woman

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Ella Hepworth Dixon


"This touching short novel tells the story of Mary Earl, a woman who has to fend for herself in London at the end of the 19th century. …

Lady Decie's Story

In Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front

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Mary Roberts Rinehart


A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Po…

How the Court of Vladimir Received a Visitor Part 1

In The Russian Storybook

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Richard Wilson


Reverend Richard Wilson went to the heart of Russia to find stories from the eastern outposts of Christianity, untouched by the renaissance …

Ch.38 Ellery Davenport

In Oldtown Folks

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Harriet Beecher Stowe


1870's rural Massachusetts communities became famous as “Oldtown” in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 7th novel and national bestseller. Based partia…

Mary Lamb

In Some Eminent Women of our Times

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Millicent Garrett Fawcett


Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical s…