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Literary Taste: How to Form It
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Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…
Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series One
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William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Brief, and in some cases incomplete, stories of magic from ancient Egypt. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)
Greek and Roman Ghost Stories
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Lacy Collison-Morley
A non-fiction work, comparing and collecting ghost stories by Classical Greek and Republican or Imperial Roman authors. (Summary by Timothy …
On War (Volume 1)
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Carl Von Clausewitz
A classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. The author's style is dialectical: he makes two strong but opposing…
Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1
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Lord Thomas Cochrane
This two volume work is the autobiography of Lord Cochrane, a naval captain of the Napoleonic period. His adventures are seminal to the deve…
Tours in the South Coast District
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Queensland Railways
An early booklet, designed to encourage tourism in the northern parts of New South Wales, and the southern parts of Queensland, particularly…
Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
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Gaston Maspero
A handbook of Egyptian archaeology, issued by the British Museum, considered suitable for British tourists traveling to Egypt in the 19th Ce…
The Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History
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James Francis Hogan
This is an early history of the failed attempt to found the colony of North Australia at Gladstone, in what is now Central Queensland. (Summ…
On War (Volumes 2 and 3)
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Carl Von Clausewitz
Perhaps the most famous work on the philosophy of war, and the effective use of military force, by a European author. (Summary by Timothy Fe…
The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance
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Edith Birkhead
A seminal essay on the development of horror as a genre, highly influential on later writers. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson
Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2
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Lord Thomas Cochrane
This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to…
Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series Two : XVIIIth to XIXth Dynas…
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William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Egyptian stories translated from ancient, often incomplete, documents. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 1
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Henry Richard Fox Bourne and Thomas Barnes Cochrane
Lord Cochrane was a Napoleonic-era sea captain, whose adventures were the source material for many popular series of naval fiction. He start…
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 2
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Henry Richard Fox Bourne
Lord Cochrane was a Napoleonic-era sea captain, whose adventures were the source material for many popular series of naval fiction. He start…
Scilly and its Legends
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Henry John Whitfield
A travel journal to the Scilly Islands written in the Nineteenth Century. It records Scillonian legends and folklore. There are brief divers…
Venetian Life
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William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…
The dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges
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Edgcumbe Staley
A series of biographies of the wives of the doges (leaders) of the Venetian Republic. - Summary by Timothy