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Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World


Gerald Massey - 1907
    The culmination of his years at this particular intellectual pursuit, Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World is Massey's crown jewel. In this, the most philosophical (in both tone and concept) of his Egyptological works, Massey, ever the intrepid escort, leads a tour through thousands of years of sociological, cultural, and spiritual development, all the while pointing, with dazzling reason and persuasive prose, to a distant, common, Egyptian origin. British author GERALD MASSEY (1828-1907) published works of poetry, spiritualism, Shakespearean criticism, and theology, but his best-known works are in the realm of Egyptology, including A Book of the Beginnings and The Natural Genesis.

The Negro in the South


Booker T. Washington - 1907
    

The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar


Paul Laurence Dunbar - 1907
    This comprehensive, volume chronicles his life and works.

Is Davis a Traitor? Was Secession a Constitutional Right Previous to the War of 1861?


Albert Taylor Bledsoe - 1907
    The subjugation of the Southern States, and their acceptance of the terms dictated by the North, may, if the reader please, be considered as having shifted the Federal Government from the basis of compact to that of conquest; and thereby extinguished every claim to the right of secession for the future. Not one word in the following will at least be found to clash with that supposition or opinion. The sole object of this work is to discuss the right of secession with reference to the past; in order to vindicate the character of the South for loyalty, and to wipe off the charges of treason and rebellion from the names and memories of Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sydney Johnston, Robert E. Lee, and of all who have fought or suffered in the great war of coercion. Admitting, then, that the right of secession no longer exists; the present work aims to show, that, however those illustrious heroes may have been aspersed by the ignorance, the prejudices, and the passions of the hour, they were, nevertheless, perfectly loyal to truth, justice, and the Constitution of 1787 as it came from the hands of the fathers. The radicals themselves may, if they will only read the following s, find sufficient reason to doubt their own infallibility, and to relent in their bitter persecutions of the South. The calm and impartial reader will, it is believed, discover therein the grounds on which the South may be vindicated, and the final verdict of History determined in favor of a gallant, but down-trodden and oppressed, PEOPLE. Contents: CHAPTER I. Opinions respecting Secession determined by passion, not by reason CHAPTER I. The Issue; or Point in Controversy CHAPTER II. "The Great Expounder" CHAPTER IV. The first Resolution passed by the Convention of 1787 CHAPTER V. The Constitution of 1787 a Compact CHAPTER VI. The Constitution of 1'787 a Compact CHAPTER VI. The Constitution of 1'787 a Compact CHAPTER VII. The Constitution of 1787 a compact between the States.-The Facts of the Case CHAPTER IX. The Constitution a Compact between the States.-The Language of the Constitution. CHAPTER X. The Constitution of 1787 Compact between the States.-The Language of the Constitution CHAPTER XI. The Constitution of 1787 a Compact between the States.-The views of Hamilton, Madison, Morris, and other Framers of the Constitution CHAPTER XI. The Convention of 1787 describes the Constitution formed by them as a Compact between the States CHAPTER XII. Mr. Webster Mr. Webster CHAPTER XIV. The absurdities flowing from the Doctrine that the Constitution is not a Compact between the States, but was made by the People of America as one Nation CHAPTER XV. The Hypothesis that the people of America form one Nation CHAPTER XVI. Arguments in favor of the Right of Secession CHAPTER XVI. Arguments against the Right of Secession CHAPTER XVII. Was Secession Treason? CHAPTER XIX. The Causes of Secession CHAPTER XX. The Legislators of 1787 as Political Prophets This pre-1923 publication has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting process.

Sol White's Official Base Ball Guide (Summer Game Books Baseball Classics)


Sol White - 1907
    Much of what is known of these players and teams and championships comes from this work. Sol White, “King Solomon,” introduces his work this way: “I have endeavored to follow the mutations of colored base ball, as accurately as possible, from the organization of the first colored team, in 1885, to the present time [1907]…” and concludes his guide with an assertion, proven to be true 40 years later, with the arrival of Jackie Robinson” “For the players of today, with the same prospects for a future as the white players there would be a score or more of colored ballplayers cavorting around the American League or National League diamonds at the present time.” First eBook edition, with a detailed introduction about White and times during which he played and managed, as well as a "Who's Who" of the Sol White Guide, 14 pages of biographies of all the players discussed in the guide, including their career highlights and the lives after baseball.

Good Hunting - In Pursuit of Big Game in the West


Theodore Roosevelt - 1907
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Garibaldi's Defense of the Roman Republic 1848 to 1849


George Macaulay Trevelyan - 1907
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History of the Great American Fortunes


Gustavus Myers - 1907
    As Myers describes in his preface, it was the fashion in the early twentieth century to write of the multi-millionaires in an unfavorable light, as if they were all robber barons and had no social conscience. In his history he was attempting to be more realistic in his perspective. Volume one tells of the colonization of America and the large land grants and the great land fortunes. Volumes two and three cover the great fortunes from railroads, with extensive material on J. P. Morgan in relation to that category. Gustavus Myers (1872-1942) was an American historian who worked on a number of newspapers and magazines in New York City, joined the Populist party and the Social Reform Club, and was a member (1907-12) of the Socialist party. Such books as The History of Tammany Hall (1901), History of the Great American Fortunes (1910), and History of the Supreme Court of the United States (1912) were detailed, realistic exposes through which Myers made his reputation in the muckraking era of American literature.

Little Arthur's History Of England


Maria Graham - 1907
    

The Indians' Book


Natalie Curtis Burlin - 1907
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Isabella D'Este: Marchioness of Mantua 1474 - 1539 (Volume One)


Julia Cartwright Ady - 1907
    This is the first biography of an important Renaissance figure. It is above all as a patron of art and letters that Isabella D'Este will be remembered. In this respect she deserves a place with the most enlightened princes of the Renaissance, with Lorenzo de Medici and Lodovico Sforza. This book provides a thorough examination of D'Este's life, and a detailed account of an intriguing woman of the Italian Renaissance, with illustrations and family trees. Illustrations include a portrait by Leonardo Da Vinci, and another by Titian of Isabella dressed in full regalia.

The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz ...: 1852-1863


Carl Schurz - 1907
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A History of Milan Under the Sforza


Cecilia Mary Ady - 1907
    While Rome, Florence and Venice have each found English historians, and while fresh books on Renaissance Italy appear every day, no English writer has told the story of the Sforza as a whole. The scant attention which has been given to the history of Milan may be compared with the brief visit which the traveller pays to the capital of Lombardy before he presses on to other Italian cities. Yet those who pause to look will find, hidden under the bustle of a modern commercial town, numerous relics of an age when the Duchy of Milan was deemed the first State in Italy. To the student of history the rule of the Sforza presents one of the most characteristic examples of an Italian tyranny at the time of the Renaissance.

He Knew Lincoln


Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1907
    Tarbell is best noted as being one of the original muckrakers because of her book, The History of the Standard Oil Company, which played a role in helping to shut down the Standard Oil monopoly. She is also recognized for her book, Life of Abraham Lincoln. He Knew Lincoln is a historical fictionalized account of Lincoln in Springfield as recalled for the reader by one Billy Brown. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Gentleman's Progress: The Itinerarium Of Dr. Alexander Hamilton, 1744


Alexander Hamilton - 1907
    Hamilton (no relation to the famous one) set out on horseback with his slave Dromo to travel from Maryland to Maine in 1744. Along the way, he sailed up the Hudson River to Albany. His diary is fascinating to anyone interested in colonial history or anyone who has lived on the Eastern seaboard.