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The Life of Captain James Cook

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Arthur Octavius Kitson

“In publishing a popular edition of my work, Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., it has, of course, been necessary to condense it, but care ha…

Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Tim…

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Frederick Edward Maning

Introduction to Old New ZealandPhilip SteerVictoria University February 2004Frederick Edward Maning is best known as an author, but he was a…

The Greenstone Door

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William Satchell

The Greenstone Door is a historical novel, set between 1830-1860’s New Zealand. The main character, Cedric Tregarthen, is remembering his pa…

Chapter 23

In The Reason Why

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Robert Kemp Philp

This collection of useful information on "Common Things" is put in the interesting form of "Why and Because," and compre…

Chapter XXVI

In Demos: A Story of English Socialism

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George Gissing

"Richard Mutimer is delighted to inherit a large fortune. As a socialist, he means to use it well: he will open a factory in which work…

Dorothy Wordsworth

In Some Eminent Women of our Times

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Millicent Garrett Fawcett

Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical s…

How the Court of Vladimir Received a Visitor Part 1

In The Russian Storybook

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Richard Wilson

Reverend Richard Wilson went to the heart of Russia to find stories from the eastern outposts of Christianity, untouched by the renaissance …

MRS. PACKLETIDE'S TIGER

In The Chronicles of Clovis

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Saki

This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…

Book 8, Chapter 3 Part 1: Spheres of Action - Protestantism

In History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 3

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Henry Charles Lea

The 3rd volume of Lea's monumental work on the Spanish Inquisition. This volume covers torture practices; the trial process; punishments; Je…