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Our New Zealand Cousins
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James Inglis
A travelogue of a trip through New Zealand in 1885 with panegyric descriptions of the scenery, elucidations of the progress the country had …
Rambles in New Zealand
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John Carne Bidwill
John Carne Bidwill came out to Sydney in 1838 to represent his family's mercantile business. Finding that he had time on his hands he decide…
The Relentless City
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E. F. Benson
A satiric novel of manners written in Benson's classic style of gently poking fun at class structures and the people who fill them. This tim…
Banking Under Difficulties
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George Ogilvy Preshaw
An account of life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand by a Bank Official.At the present time—1888—it may appear…
The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent and Other Essays
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John Erskine
In different ways the four essays set forth one theme—the moral use to which intelligence might be put, in rendering our admirations and our…
The Man in the Panther's Skin
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Shota Rustaveli
Georgian mediæval epic poem written in the time of the Golden Age of Queen Tamar. Couched in the chivalric language of the 12th Centur…
Hokitika, New Zealand: The Birth of a Borough
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Various
A pamphlet version of four papers on the beginnings of the town and borough of Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand…
The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon
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James Anthony Froude
"The story as told by the Imperial Ambassadors resident at the Court of Henry VIII" (subtitle). Froude weaves his tale from a wide…
Clergymen of the Church of England (Version 2)
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Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope describes with his characteristic wit the different types of clergymen commonly found in 19th century Britain. - Summary by…
The Fifth String
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John Philip Sousa
A novella telling of the love between a virtuoso violinist and a beautiful woman. He has a violin with five strings, but he never plays on t…
Tracts for the Times, Volume 1
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Irenaeus
Published between 1833 and 1841, the 90 Tracts were written by various members of "The Oxford Movement". They cover various aspect…
Stingaree
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E. W. Hornung
Ten tales of the adventures of an Australian Bushranger - (Summary by Beeswaxcandle)
Letters from New Zealand 1857–1911
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Henry William Harper
"Being some Account of Life and Work in the Province of Canterbury, South Island." A set fo 26 letters covering the Author's perio…
Lucia in London
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E. F. Benson
In the third book in the Mapp and Lucia series, provincial snob and social climber Mrs. Emmeline Lucas, known to her friends as Lucia, and h…
Sawdust and Spangles
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William Cameron Coup
Subtitled "Stories and Secrets of the Circus", this book tells some of the stories of circuses in the era of P.T. Barnum from the …
Not Understood and Other Poems
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Thomas Bracken
A posthumous collection of the more famous poems by the author of the New Zealand National Anthem. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle