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Race Distinctions in American Law

by Gilbert Thomas Stephenson

America has to-day no problem more perplexing and disquieting than that of the proper and permanent relations between the white and the colored races. Although it concerns most vitally the twenty millions of Caucasians and the eight millions of Negroes in eleven States of the South, still it is a national problem, because whatever affects one part ..

Goya, an account of his life and works

by Albert Frederick Calvert

It has been said that in England everybody knows of Cervantes, but very few persons have more than a nodding acquaintance with Don Quixote, and Goya’s reputation in this country is even less securely founded. The great Aragonese is indeed little more than a name to the general public, and his work is literally unknown. Two little books—Mr. W. Rothe..

Our Feathered Friends

by Elizabeth Grinnell

This volume really needs little by way of introduction. No one can mistake the evident love for our feathered friends, the kindly assistance that has been given them, and the success of the authors in imparting to others much of that pleasure which they have undoubtedly derived from their studies.The same recreation lies within the power of all who..

Christianity in relation to Freethought, Scepticism, and Faith

by Charles Bradlaugh

Christianity in relation to Freethought, Scepticism, and FaithThree discourses by the Bishop of Peterborough with special replies by Mr. C. BradlaughIt will be seen by the following Circular and Correspondence how the Discourses of the Bishop of Peterborough and Mr. Bradlaugh’s Replies thereto were brought about.  The Dean’s Circular speaks of..

Notes on Noses

by Eden Warwick

With regard to a Preface to his Book, an Author has to contend with three great, but unequal, difficulties. The first and greatest, is to persuade his Publisher to issue it without a Preface; the next, is to write one himself; and the third and least, is to get some one to write it for him. Now there is a wise old saw which says, “Of divers evils c..

Working With the Hands

by Booker T. Washington

There are few subjects that are more important to the people of all sections of the country than emphasising the value of labour with the hands. It has an especial interest for the people who dwell in small towns and in country districts. It has an interest for the farmer, the mechanic, and for the woman who is engaged in domestic work, as well as ..

Biology versus Theology

by Julian

Biology versus Theology. The Bible: irreconcilable with Science, Experience, and even its own statements.“The myths of paganism,” says Professor Huxley, [3] “are as dead as Osiris or Zeus, and the man who should revive them, in opposition to the knowledge of our time, would be justly laughed to scorn; but the coeval imaginations current among the r..

Darwinism. The Noachian Flood

by Thomas R. R. Stebbing

Darwinism. The Noachian Flood: A lecture delivered before the Torquay Natural History Society, Jan. 31st, 1870.Darwinism implies almost throughout that no universal Deluge has drowned our globe, either within the last ten thousand years, or even within a period indefinitely longer.  Let us speak with due respect of the contrary belief.  I..