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Europe Revised

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Irvin S. Cobb


Irwin Cobb's humorous Europe Revised is a travelogue and comedy almost in the style of Mark Twain. The dedication says it best, "To My …

Barbara in Brittany

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E. A. Gillie


Barbara, an English girl and the eldest of her family, spends most days helping her widowed mother care for her younger siblings. Then disas…

Letters from England, 1846-1849

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Elizabeth Davis Bancroft


Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamic years in European history. As …

Story Hour Readers: Third Year

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Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon


Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…

Tiny Story Book

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Anonymous


Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)

Young Americans Abroad

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John Overton Choules


It’s 1851 and the Crystal Palace Exhibition is on in England. English American the Reverend Dr. Choules leaves Newport, Rhode Island with th…

Child’s New Story Book

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Anonymous


Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)

A Priest in Spite of Himself

In Rewards and Fairies

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Rudyard Kipling


Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his ch…

Vol 01, Ch. 06

In The Mysteries of Udolpho

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Ann Radcliffe


Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (…

Chapter X, Part 3

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 10)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This chapter begins with the flight of James II and then moves on to the downfall of Judge Jeffreys and the arrival of Dutch troops in Londo…

The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly

In History of Holland

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George Edmundson


The title, "History of Holland," given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province…

The Tree That Was Cut Down and Grew Again

In Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 5

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Jesse Lyman Hurlbut


Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to "the hundred greatest men in Great Britain" asking them …

01 - Dermid Mcmurrogh's Negotiations and Success – The First Expedition of the …

In A Popular History of Ireland, Book 04

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Thomas D'Arcy McGee


Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

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