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The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3)
by James Augustus St. JohnThe Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3) written by James Augustus St. John contains biographies of the below explorers. Joseph Pitton de TournefortDr. Thomas ShawFrederic HasselquistLady Wortley MontagueRichard PocockeJohn BellJohn LedyardGeorge ForsterJames BruceJonas HanwayAntonio de Ulloa..
Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut
by James MarsWhen I made up my mind to write this story, it was not to publish it, but it was at the request of my sister that lived in Africa, and has lived there more than thirty years. She had heard our parents tell about our being slaves, but she was not born until a number of years after they were free. When the war in which we have been engaged began, the..
Mirabilia descripta - The wonders of the East
by Friar JordanusThe book itself does not add anything to our knowledge; but the observations of a traveller who resided in India so far back as the beginning of the fourteenth century must be very dull indeed if sufficient interest cannot be derived from their date to make them acceptable. Nor do I think our author is dull, whilst I regret that he is so brief, and..
Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!
by Victoria C. WoodhullFreedom! Equality!! Justice!!! These Three; but the Greatest of These Is JusticeA Speech on the Impending Revolution, Delivered in Music Hall, Boston, Thursday, Feb. 1, 1872, and the Academy of Music, New York, Feb. 20, 1872.Standing upon the apex of the nineteenth century, we look backward through the historic era, and in the distant, dim past cat..
The Escape
by William Wells BrownThis play was written for my own amusement, and not with the remotest thought that it would ever be seen by the public eye. I read it privately, however, to a circle of my friends, and through them was invited to read it before a Literary Society. Since then, the Drama has been given in various parts of the country. By the earnest solicitation of s..
Identifying Hardwoods Growing on Pine Sites
by Clair A. BrownOaks are also monoecious, and staminate flowers are in drooping catkins, which consist of a central, flexible axis with sessile, apetalous and pubescent flowers. They are most abundant on the developing new twigs. Although catkins vary among oaks, they are usually not used as distinguishing characteristics because they last only 2 to 3 weeks. Pisti..
A Speech on the Principles of Finance
by Victoria C. WoodhullTo the careful student of history, there is a very great deal more to be considered than the mere political facts that stand as landmarks along the path of progress which the nations have traversed since the plains of Iran poured forth their hosts westward. These facts are the mere externals that adorn the pages of historic lore, and embellish the ..
The rise, progress, and phases of human slavery
by James Bronterre O'BrienThis little Work, by an eloquent denunciator of the manifold evils of Profitmongering and Landlordism, whose entire life was devoted to the advocacy of Social Rights, as distinguished from Socialistic theories, is now given to the world for the first time in a complete form.The Author, in his lifetime, was frustrated in his design of finishing his ..