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A Fly-Catching Plant

In Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 1, June 1899

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Various

"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…

Introduction

In Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1

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Songling Pu

"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" (or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai") is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly sup…

Introduction

In The Practice and Science of Drawing

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Harold Speed

This book is an attempt to teach beginning students how to draw. Starting out with intuition and vision, Harold Speed explains line and mass…

Chapter VIII: The Condition of India

In Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule

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Mahatma Gandhi

First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian i…

Peter the Great The Boy of the Kremlin: 1672-1725

In Historic Boyhoods

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Rupert S. Holland

Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, …

Catherine de' Medici The Girl of Mediæval Italy: 1519-1589

In Historic Girlhoods Volume 1

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Rupert S. Holland

Biographical sketches of ten girls who became famous before becoming women - some not even making it to womanhood. From Joan of Arc to Cathe…

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