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Evolution in Modern Thought

William Bateson

As everyone knows, the general idea of the Doctrine of Descent is that the plants and animals of the present day are the lineal descendants of ancestors on the whole somewhat simpler, that these again..

Beautiful Joe - An Autobiography

Marshall Saunders

Beautiful Joe was a dog from the town of Meaford, Ontario, whose story inspired the bestselling 1893 novel Beautiful Joe, which contributed to worldwide awareness of animal cruelty. Beautiful Joe..

Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1

Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1 is a travel work written by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle, who was an officer of the British army active in Upper Canada.Very surprising it see..

On Love

Stendhal

This work has had no success: it has been found unintelligible—not without reason. Therefore in this new edition the author's primary intention has been to render his ideas with clearness. He has rela..

Alsace, Lorraine et France rhénane

Stéphen Coubé

Alsace, Lorraine et France rhénane is a French historical work by Stéphen Coubé...

Lady Byron Vindicated

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Lady Byron Vindicated is a history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time written by Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe, who was an American abolitionist and author.In 18..

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844

Various Authors

One of the admirers of Goëthe, commenting on his characteristic excellencies, has remarked that he is the most suggestive of writers. Were we to seek an epithet by which to describe the architectural ..

The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 12, December, 1878

Various Authors

The educational work of the Association has been vigorously sustained, with increasing numbers, and at the cost of great self-denial on the part of both teachers and pupils. New buildings have been er..