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A Minister's Letter

In The Fortunes of Glencore

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Charles James Lever


Viscount Glencore has retreated to live alone with his son in Glencore castle after his wife deserted him claiming she did not love him. He …

09 - Sub Sea

In The False Faces

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Louis Joseph Vance


This is the second book in the Lone Wolf series. Michael Lanyard had turned his back on his career as gentleman-thief and started a respecta…

The Document

In The Mysteries of London Vol. I part 1

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George W. M. Reynolds


The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-4…

Preparations for Wintering

In The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, Part 1: The English at the North Pole

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Jules Verne


The novel, set in 1861, describes adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Hatteras is convinced tha…

King Alfred by E.A. Freeman

In Heroes Every Child Should Know

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Hamilton Wright Mabie


The endeavour has been made in this volume to bring together the heroic men of different races, periods and types; and in the selection of m…

Chapter I d: Why Dreams Are Forgotten After Waking

In The Interpretation of Dreams

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Sigmund Freud


A neat book on dream analysis by the founding father of psychoanalysis. This book is about the inner theater and the workings of the mind in…

25 - How Odin Lost His Eye

In Myths That Every Child Should Know

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Hamilton Wright Mabie


A selection of famous and timeless myths, adapted for a junior audience. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)

16 - Mr Jabberjee makes a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Shakespeare.

In Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.

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F. Anstey


Another delightful example of an English writer poking fun at his countrymen, or maybe all races' reactions to someone from a different back…

Reform in the Saddle

In Chronicles of Canada Volume 27 - The Winning of Popular Government: A Chronicle…

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Archibald MacMechan and Archibald Macmechan


In the 1830's, Canada was a ideologically divided country. Political upheaval and even riots occurred over Canada's future. Would it remain …

The Ballad of Camden Town

In Forty-Two Poems

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James Elroy Flecker


This is a collection of poems by James Elroy Flecker. - Summary by Carolin

An Essay in Character - II - With the Guns, part 1

In In Flanders Fields and Other Poems

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John McCrae and John Mccrae


John McCrae, physician, soldier, and poet, died in France a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Canadian forces.The poem which gives this collection…

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