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The Ferry and Real Boats

In Vignettes of San Francisco

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Almira Bailey

A collection of observations and stories about San Franciscan life - the people, the buildings, the parks, the food, the street-cars, the ba…

Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 041

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Maria Parloa

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a woman in Alaska, Cuban folklore,…

My New Master

In "Boy" The Wandering Dog

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Marshall Saunders

Another 'dog's-eye view' book for children by this early activist for the American Humane Society. In this tale, we follow the travels and …

Part I Chapter VI: Foreign Travel Egypt and Greece

In The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1

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Edward Tyas Cook

A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of he…

VII- IX Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and…

In United Nations Agreements

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United Nations

The Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945 is the constituent treaty of the United Nations. It is as well one…

Introduction

In Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers

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Variousandjoyce Kilmer

This is a collection of 23 essays based on interviews conducted by Joyce Kilmer with some of the most famous authors of the time (1917). Kil…

The Tobacco Fairy from the Blue Hills

In Canadian Fairy Tales

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Cyrus Macmillan

Professor Macmillan has placed all lovers of fairy tales under a deep debt of obligation to him. The fairy tale makes a universal appeal bot…

The Strange Boy

In The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat

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Laura Lee Hope

The Bobbsey family are are staying on a houseboat for summer vacation! At first all seems to be going well - what with fishing, playing with…

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