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Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be

Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be

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My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands, Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year

George Francis Train

Cover of Early voyages and travels in the Levant: I.—The diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.—Extracts from the diaries of Dr. John Covel, 1670-1679. With some account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants.

Early voyages and travels in the Levant: I.—The diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.—Extracts from the diaries of Dr. John Covel, 1670-1679. With some account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants.

Covel, John; Dallam, Thomas

Captains of Industry; or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money

Captains of Industry; or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money

James Parton

Cover of Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in conversations with her physician, vol. 1 (of 3)

Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in conversations with her physician, vol. 1 (of 3)

Lady Hester Stanhope

Cover of Nicolaus of Damascus' life of Augustus: Translated with a commentary

Nicolaus of Damascus' life of Augustus: Translated with a commentary

of Damascus Nicolaus

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam

John Lord

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The romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The story of her life. Volume I

Burton, Isabel, Lady; Wilkins, W. H.

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Daniel Boone

Reuben Gold Thwaites

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Tolstoy

Lilian Winstanley

Cover of Life and public services of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, with the eulogy delivered before the Legislature of New York

Life and public services of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, with the eulogy delivered before the Legislature of New York

William H. Seward

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Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume IV.

Walter Scott

Cover of Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. IV)

Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. IV)

Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de

Cover of Life of Frances Power Cobbe, as told by herself with additions by the author, and introduction by Blanche Atkinson

Life of Frances Power Cobbe, as told by herself with additions by the author, and introduction by Blanche Atkinson

Frances Power Cobbe

Cover of The Life of Albert Gallatin

The Life of Albert Gallatin

Henry Adams

Cover of Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Complete

Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Complete

Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01

John Bunyan

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Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 1 of 2

Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton

Cover of The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 1 [of 3]

The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 1 [of 3]

Benjamin Franklin

Cover of Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History

Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History

William MacGillivray

Cover of Geofroy Tory Painter and engraver; First Royal Printer; reformer of orthography and typography under François I.

Geofroy Tory Painter and engraver; First Royal Printer; reformer of orthography and typography under François I.

Auguste Bernard

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Biographical Notes on the Pseudonymous Bells

Charlotte Brontë

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The Mystery of Mary Stuart

Andrew Lang

The Life of Francis Marion

The Life of Francis Marion

William Gilmore Simms

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