Piotr Nater
The Mysterious Island - Shipwrecked in the Air
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Jules Verne
In the final months of the American Civil War five Northerners find themselves trapped in the Southern capital of Richmond. They conceive of…
The Emancipation of South America
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Bartolomé Mitre
THREE great names stand forth conspicuous in the annals of America, those of Washington, Bolívar, San Martin. Of Washington, the grea…
The South American Republics, Part I
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Thomas Cleland Dawson
The question most frequently asked me since I began my stay in South America has been: "Why do they have so many revolutions there?&quo…
The South American Republics, Part II
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Thomas Cleland Dawson
This history begins when Pizarro and Almagro, Valdivia and Benalcazar, led their desperadoes across the Isthmus to the conquest, massacre, a…
Poland: A Study of the Land, People and Literature
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George Brandes
"I had accepted an invitation to deliver three lectures in French in the town-hall of Warsaw." Thus begins the description of the …
Supernatural Horror in Literature
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H. P. Lovecraft
In this essay Lovecraft traces the history of hair-raising fictional stories with a focus on things that go bump in the night, starting with…