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A History of Epidemic Pestilences
by Edward BascomeFeeling it to be incumbent on every one to contribute to the good of his fellow-men, in as far as his experience enables him—“Non sibi sed toti mundo se credere natum;”and presuming on the practical knowledge gained during a sojourn of a quarter of a century in climes that are not the most hospitable, the Author has been induced to offer to the pub..
Aspects of Nature, in Different Lands and Different Climates Vol 1 of 2
by Alexander von HumboldtIt is not without diffidence that I present to the public a series of papers which took their origin in the presence of natural scenes of grandeur or of beauty,—on the Ocean, in the forests of the Orinoco, in the Steppes of Venezuela, and in the mountain wildernesses of Peru and Mexico. Detached fragments were written down on the spot and at the mo..
Constantino Brumidi, Michelangelo of the United States Capitol
by Myrtle Cheney MurdockENSHRINED in the domed Rotunda of the United States Capitol, as in the Roman Pantheon from which it is descended, are the noblest hopes of a mighty Nation. Yet less fearful of incurring the wrath of an unpropitiated power than the ancients who raised a statue in their sacred temple to “The Unknown God,” the American people have neglected and all bu..
The Powder of Sympathy
by Christopher MorleyIt is a pleasant circumstance that as one sets about collecting material for a book, scissoring night after night among scrapbooks to determine what may or may not be worth revisiting the glimpses of the press, there comes to mind with perfect naturalness who should carry the onus of the dedication. For a book is a frail and human emanation, and ha..
The Truth About Lynching and the Negro in the South
by Winfield H. CollinsNewspapers, periodicals, and other literature of the time show,—as the years pass,—an interesting change in the meaning of the term Lynch law. As the practice of lynching increased, the methods of the executors of this law became more severe, and it grew more often to mean “a putting to death.” Possibly the change in meaning was partly due to the f..
More Beetles
by Jean-Henri FabreChildhood is pitiless because it does not understand, for nothing is more cruel than ignorance. None of my madcaps will heed the sufferings of the insect, a melancholy galley-slave chained to a cannon-ball. These artless minds find amusement in torture. I dare not always call them to order, for I admit that I on my side am also guilty, though I am ..
The Story of the House
by Orman Wesley KetchamThe Story of the House: Being Some Suggestions in Brickwork from the Catalogue of O. W. Ketcham. The crowded line of masons with trowels in their right hands, rapidly laying the long side-wall The flexible rise and fall of backs, the continual click of the trowels striking the bricks, The bricks, one after another, each laid so workmanlike in ..
The Book of History (Vol. 1 of 18)
by Various AuthorsThere is no need here to discuss the question how far it is possible to write a universal history, or on what lines such a history should proceed. These points may well be left where Lord Bryce leaves them in his introduction to this book. Nor need we consider what history is; the plain man may be left to make up his own mind as to that while the p..