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Gene Stratton Porter
by AnonymousAlthough Gene Stratton Porter resided in this city only a few weeks in 1913, her life was closely associated with the Fort Wayne area. Born in rural Wabash County and educated in Wabash, the noted Hoosier author established residence successively in Geneva, Decatur, and Rome City. She was intimately connected with Coldwater, Michigan, and Wincheste..
The Truth about Church Extension
by AnonymousThe entire absence of criticism on the decennial tables contained in the report of Mr. Horace Mann on the Census of Religious Worship has filled the writer with equal surprise and concern. For a period of nearly three years, hardly a week has passed without some injurious step on the part of the Government, some disastrous admission on the pa..
Essay on the Principles of Translation
by Alexander Fraser TytlerAlexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, author of the present essay on Translation, and of various works on Universal and on Local History, was one of that Edinburgh circle which was revolving when Sir Walter Scott was a young probationer. Tytler was born at Edinburgh, October 15, 1747, went to the High School there, and after two years at Kens..
The Child's Pictorial History of England
by Julia CornerA juvenile history of England has long been needed in our primary schools. Those already prepared, and in use, are written in a style entirely beyond the capacities of young children, and too comprehensive in detail.“History for children ought to be told in their own simple language, or it fails to interest them; while all that is unfitted for chil..
The Valley of Democracy
by Meredith NicholsonIn the re printings of a book of this character it would be possible to revise and rewrite in such manner as to conceal the errors or misjudgments of the author. It seems, however, more honest to permit these impressions to stand practically as they were written, with only a few minor corrections. It was my aim to make note of conditions, tendencie..
Are Parents People?
by Alice Duer MillerAre Parents People? is a guide book written by Alice Duer Miller, who is also the author of "The Happiest Times Of Their Lives," "The Charm School," "Come Out Of The Kitchen," And "Manslaughter".The girls marched into chapel singing Jerusalem the Golden. Some of the voices were shrill and piping, and some were clear and sweet; but all had tha..
Catalonia & The Balearic Islands
by Albert Frederick CalvertEvery stranger who crosses the Pyrenees knows that Catalonia differs in many important respects from every other province in the kingdom. He has heard that the natives speak of going into Spain as if they lived outside of it; he knows that they speak a tongue different from the Castilian; that their enterprise and activity distinguish them favourab..
Seeking His Fortune, and Other Dialogues
by Jr. Horatio AlgerNearly all the dialogues in the present collection were originally contributed to a juvenile magazine in New York. Many of them have been used at exhibitions in different parts of the country, and met with a degree of favor which has led to their publication in this more permanent form. While intended for representation, it is hoped that readers ma..