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17 - The Problem of the Children

In How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

Read by Matthew Reece

Jacob Riis and Jacob A. Riis

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting…

38 - Chapter XXXVIII

In Aurora Floyd

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Aurora Floyd, the daughter of a rich banker and an actress, could not have had a better start: back from a finishing school in Paris, she is…

5 - Industrial Democracy

In History of the United States, Vol. VII

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Charles A. Beard and Mary Ritter Beard and Charles Austin Beard

Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

01 - Ch. 01, Part 1

In The Shaving of Shagpat

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George Meredith

The novel is a humorous oriental romance and allegory written in the style of the Arabian Nights. Like its model, it includes a number of st…

03 - Railroad Tennis

In The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore

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Laura Lee Hope

In this third volume of the “Bobbsey Twin Series”, the twins – Nan and Bert and Freddie and Flossie – go with their family to visit relative…

05 - Earth - Chapter V. Salt

In Nature's Miracles Volume 1: World Building and Life

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Elisha Gray

Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Compan…

Have You Seen the Lady?

In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 05

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John Philip Sousa

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the fifth volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 32 authors…

Instruments of the Orchestra

In How to Appreciate Music

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Gustav Kobbé

Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide on music appreciation. Includes sections on the pianoforte, orchestral…

00 - Preface

In Elves and Heroes

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Donald A. MacKenzie and Donald Alexander Mackenzie

This volume describes, in verse, the mythical creatures and people of ancient Scotland. It also includes explanatory notes about about the c…

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