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The Little Black Princess: A True Tale of Life in the Never-Never Land, written by Jeannie Gunn (1870 - 1961). Published in London in 1905. (176 pages)The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.Dedicated To; Our 'Maluka:' Contents:Chapter I. Bett-Bett — Chapter II. 'Shimy Shirts' — Chapter III. 'Shut-Him-Eye Quickfellow' — Chapter IV. 'Me King Alright' — Chapter V. 'Goodfellow Missus' — Chapter VI. The 'Debbil-Debbil' Dance — Chapter VII. 'Mumma A' and 'Mumma B' — Chapter VIII. A 'Walkabout' — Chapter IX. The Coronation 'Playabout' — Chapter X. 'Looking-Out Lily-Root' — Chapter XI. 'Newfellow Piccaninny Boy' — Chapter XII. Goggle-Eye Sung 'Dead Fellow' — Chapter XIII. Bett-Bett Is 'Bush-Hungry'List Of Illustrations:Old 'No-More-Hearem' FishingBett-Bett and SueThe HomesteadBelts of Red Feathers to Please 'Mr. Thunder-Debbil-Debbil' Bett-Bett's 'Shimy-Shirt' Bag — Sticks for Procuring Fire'Goggle-Eye Turned to Laugh''Dilly-Bags' Used by Blackfellow Women in the BushBett-Bett's Favourite Quart Pot — Hank of Hair for a Son-In-Law's Use — Hobbles for the HorsesDressing for the Debbil-Debbil DanceMaking His Legs Look Exactly Like the Figure 4Goggle-Eye's Belt and Tassel Heads of Bull-Roarers or Corrobboree SticksThe 'Great-Great-Greatest Grandfather' of the Kangaroo MenThe 'Great-Great-Greatest Grandfather' of the Iguana MenSea-Going Crocodiles are 'Cheeky-Fellow'A Few Old Men at HomeA 'Poolooloomee' — Jimmy's Union-Jack Apron — His 'Gammon Letter-Stick' CoolamunsMurraweedbee at HomeBlackfellows' Spears and Boomerangs'Topsy'Tonald's CradleBoomerang and Throwing-Stick'My Word, Missus! You Cheeky-Fellow Alright'All Goggle-Eye's Possessions, Which Were Buried With HimTree-Burial, South of the Roper . . 103 Bett-Bett's Wonderful, Lonely PalaceMap

Little Red Riding-Hood and Other Stories: Based on the Tales in the 'Blue Fairy Book' was Edited By Andrew Lang with many Illustrations By H. J. Ford And G. P. Jacomb Hood. Published in London, New York, Bombay, And Calcutta in 1912.Contains 5 popular stories for children;Little Red Riding-HoodToads and DiamondsSnow-White and Rose-RedHansel and GrettelThe Brave Little TailorThe Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past. Making this copy is very readable.

In Peril and Privation was published in London in 1885. (317 pages)Contents:The Wreck Of The 'Grosvenor' .... The Loss Of The 'Royal George' .... On The Keys Of Honduras .... The Loss Of The 'Halsewell' .... Wager Island .... The Trials Of Philip Austin .... The Wreck Of The 'Juno' .... A Castaway Ambassador .... The Burning Of The 'New Horn' .... In Sight Of Home .... Arctic Travel .... The Undiscovered Island .... The Raft Of The 'Medusa' .... The Burning Of 'Le Prince' .... The Romance Of M. De Belleisle .... Slavery .... The Last Extremity.The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text.This book also contains 17 illustrations/woodcuts, that are available for viewing and download at www.digitaltextpublishing.comPreface:.....It was remarked by Charles Dickens of 'Robinson Crusoe,' that it never drew down a tear, nor evoked a smile, from any reader; in spite of which it remains the most popular book in the language. The reason of this is, that it treats of the shifts and expediencies to which civilized man is reduced when cut off from the rest of his species, a subject that comes home to all of us, because, under not impossible circumstances, we may all find ourselves in the same position. 'What should I do,' is a question that almost every boy has asked himself, 'if I were cast upon an uninhabited and desert island?' The islands on which the castaway finds himself are not indeed always desert; but on the other hand, if fertile, it is only too often that he has cause to regret it, since those its fruitfulness supports are more to be feared than solitude and privation......Of all the races of men most hostile to those who should be their brethren, the Malay is perhaps the chief; and by those who suffer shipwreck he is at present as much an object of fear as, in old times, was the Moor of Barbary. To those who are acquainted with this cruel and treacherous nation, to perish in the gaping wave, or to endure the uttermost torments of hunger and thirst, seem preferable to falling into his hands. Yet our countrymen have often done so, and some at least have survived to tell the tale. Indeed, as regards the world of ocean, what have English and Americans not survived?.....In reading the records of marine disaster, crowded with events more stirring and startling than any other page of history, the question that appeals to us incessantly is: 'How could human beings endure this or that? such perils? such privations? such tortures? such starvation? and especially, (as often happens) without a companion to sympathize with them, or any eye, save that of Omnipotence, to mark their sufferings and endurance......When the passengers and crew take to the frail boats, or the open raft, the salient points of the catastrophe begin to present themselves; the individual is separated from the crowd and attracts our pity or admiration; the multitudinous mass of misery resolves itself into its separate items, men, women, children, each of whose misfortunes we follow with bated breath and tearful eye, as though they were our own. Nay, even in the open boat, with its rag of sail and miserable accommodation, its floods of water (alas! not drinkable) that have to be bailed out by hand or with a pannikin, and its wretched fare, growing scantier every day, and measured with miser's hand to starving mouths; even then, I say, the drama lacks completeness because the element on which it takes place is unfamiliar to us......It is, for the most part, in fact only when the sufferers get to land—whether on the solitary rock, or on some sandy spit, haunted by wild beasts; or on the territory of hostile savages—that we thoroughly sympathize with their sorrows, and understand their position.

Tales of Shipwrecks and other Disasters at Sea. By Thomas Bingley, Author of "Stories About Dogs," Etc. Embellished With Engravings. Published in Boston in 1850. (224pages) A group of factual shipwreck and disaster stories told by Uncle Thomas to a group of boys each night around a camp fire. Interesting for all ages.The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.Contents:Chapter I. Uncle Thomas tells about the Adventures of Captain Richard Falconer — Chapter II. Uncle Thomas continues his Narrative of Captain Falconer's Adventures — Chapter III. Uncle Thomas tells about the Wreck of the Vryheid — Chapter IV. Uncle Thomas tells about the Mutiny of the Bounty — Chapter V. Uncle Thomas tells about the Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman — Chapter VI. Uncle Thomas tells about the Wreck of the Medusa — Chapter VII. Uncle Thomas tells about the Loss of the Winterton, East Indiaman — Chapter VIII. Uncle Thomas tells about the Loss of the Royal George — Chapter IX. Uncle Thomas tells about the Wreck of the Steamers Killarney and Forfarshire — Chapter X. Uncle Thomas tells about the Wreck of the Albion, New York Packet — Chapter XI. Uncle Thomas tells of the Loss of the Doddington, East Indiaman

Story of the Morning Star, The Children's Missionary Vessel. By Rev. Hiram Bingham Jr., Missionary to Micronesia. Published in Boston in 1866 with Illustrations. (84 pages)The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.To Those Who Built the First Morning Star, and to Those Who Wish to Build Another. ..."My dear young Friends, — You have all heard of the missionary vessel that was sent to the Pacific Ocean in 1856; not a few of you took stock in her. Perhaps you have read about her in the "Missionary Herald," the "Journal of Missions," the "Youth's Day-spring," the "Friend," or in a book written by Mrs. Warren. Well, the little craft has been sold. She was almost worn out; and it was thought better to build a new vessel than to repair the old one....As I was the first missionary that went to sea in her, and have known her ever since, the Secretaries of the American Board a few weeks ago requested me to write a short story about her, in order that you may see how much good she has done, and so be all the more glad to aid in building another Morning Star to take her place. From the shortness of the time allowed me, to say nothing of my imperfect health, I should have been unequal to the task, had I not received much assistance from others. A great deal of this I have had from one who has known the Morning Star as long as I have, and has been my companion in nearly all my voyagings in her; and I take pleasure also in saying that kind friends at the Missionary House have, by their valued suggestions and criticisms, and in other ways, added not a little to the interest which this "Story of the Morning Star" may be thought to possess. Such as it is I offer it to you. And my prayer is that it may lead you to pity the heathen more deeply than ever. May I not hope that you will think more of that love, so great, so fr«e, which has made it possible for them, as well as for you and me, to see the Lord Jesus in his Heavenly kingdom!H. B., Jr.Missionary House, May 19th, 1866.Contents. Chapter I. The Lands the Morning Star was to Visit — Chapter II. The People She was to Visit — Chapter III. What had been Done Before Her Visit — Chapter IV. Why She Was Needed — Chapter V. Her Voyage Around Cape Horn — Chapter VI. She Visits the Marquesas Islands — Chapter VII. She Sets Out for Micronesia — Chapter VIII. Her Visit to Kusaie — Chapter IX. Her Visit to Ponape — Chapter X. Her Visit to Apaiang — Chapter XI. Her Visit to Ebon — Chapter XII. Waiting for the Morning Star — Chapter XIII. Her Yearly Visits — Chapter XIV. Some Things She Brought, And How We Used Them — Chapter XV. Micronesians Who Sailed in Her — Chapter XVI. Her Last Visit to the Marquesas Islands — Chapter XVII. Her Last Visit To Micronesia — Chapter XVIII. ConclusionIllustrations. The Morning StarThe Evening StarThe Morning Star off EbonMap Of Eastern MicronesiaGilbert Island ManeabaWelcome Of The Morning StarA Marshall IslanderMission Station At ApaiangGilbert Island WarriorsSunday Morning On ApaiangMr. Snow's Departure From Kusaie

Myths and Dreams written by Edward Clodd, (1 July 1840 – 1930), also the author of 'The Childhood of the World,' 'The Story of Creation,' etc. Clodd was an English banker, writer and anthropologist. He cultivated a very wide circle of literary and scientific friends, who periodically met at Whitsun gatherings at his home at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Published in London in 1891. (308 pages)The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.Preface: The object of this book is to present in compendious form the evidence which myths and dreams supply as to primitive man's interpretation of his own nature and of the external world, and more especially to indicate how such evidence carries within itself the history of the origin and growth of beliefs in the supernatural. The examples are selected chiefly from barbaric races, as furnishing the nearest correspondences to the working of the mind in what may be called its "eocene" stage, but examples are also cited from civilized races, as witnessing to that continuity of ideas which is obscured by familiarity or ignored by prejudice. Had more illustrations been drawn from sources alike prolific, the evidence would have been swollen to undue dimensions without increasing its significance; as it is, repetition has been found needful here and there, under the difficulty of entirely detaching the arguments advanced in the two parts of this work. Man's development, physical and psychical, has been fully treated by Mr. Herbert Spencer, Dr. Tylor, and other authorities, to whom students of the subject are permanent debtors, but that subject is so many-sided, so far-reaching, whether in retrospect or prospect, that its subdivision is of advantage so long as we do not permit our sense of interrelation to be dulled thereby. My own line of argument will be found to run for the most part parallel with that of the above-named writers; there are divergences along the route, but we reach a common terminus. E. C London, March 1885. Contents: PART I. MYTH: ITS BIRTH AND GROWTH. I. Its Primitive Meaning — II. Confusion of Early Thought between the Living and the Not Living — III. Personification of the Powers of Nature — (a) The Sun and Moon — (b) The Stars — (c) The Earth and Sky — (d) Storm and Lightning, etc — (e) Light and Darkness — (f) The Devil — IV. The Solar Theory of Myth — V. Belief in Metamorphosis into Animals — VI. Totemism: Belief in Descent from Animal or Plant — VII. Survival of Myth in History — VIII. Myth Among The Hebrews — IX. Conclusion PART II. DREAMS: THEIR PLACE IN THE GROWTH OF BELIEFS IN THE SUPERNATURAL. I. Difference between Savage and Civilized Man — II. Limitations of Barbaric Language — III. Barbaric Confusion between Names and Things — IV. Barbaric Belief in Virtue in Inanimate Things — V. Barbaric Belief in the Reality of Dreams — VI. Barbaric Theory of Disease — VII. Barbaric Theory of a Second Self or Soul — VIII. Barbaric Philosophy in "Punchkin" and Allied Stories — IX. Barbaric and Civilized Notions of the Soul's Nature — X. Barbaric Belief in Souls in Brutes and Plants and Lifeless Things — XI. Barbaric and Civilized Notions about the Soul's Dwelling Place — XII. Conclusions from the Foregoing — XIII. Dreams as Omens and Media of Communication between Gods and Men

Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave, with a Full Description of the Underground Railroad, was published in San Francisco by the Women's Union Print, in 1873. (108 pages)Contains an Interactive Table of ContentsThe Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.Preface:...THE Author, thinking an account of his life and experience would be of service to persons into whose hands it might fall, has, by the advice of some of his friends, come to the conclusion to narrate, as correctly as possible, things that he encountered and that came under his notice during a period of some forty-five years. He hopes, after a perusal of his first attempt, the reader will pardon him for any errors which may have been committed; and if I can only think that any good may have grown out of my adventures, I shall then consider that I have commenced to answer the end I and all human beings were created for — having lived that the world may be bettered by me.Excerpts:...When I arrived at my mother's house, I met my stepfather in the yard cutting wood, and I asked him if Mrs. Jourden was at home? He said, "Yes;" and asked me in. I went in and sat down by the door. My mother asked me my name. I answered, "James Williams." She said. "Come to the fire and warm yourself!" I said, " No; that I was not cold." After sitting there awhile, I asked her if she had any children. She said, "Yes;" and named one boy that belonged to William Hollingsworth, in Elkton. I asked if she had any more. She named my sister that belonged to Thomas Moore, of Elkton, Vic, that had run away and was betrayed by a colored man, for the sum of one hundred dollars. I had a brother that went with my mother when she run away from Maryland. She did not say anything about him, but spoke of John Thomas. I asked her if she would know him if she saw him. She said, "Yes." I said, "Are you sure that you would know him?" She answered, "Yes; don't you think I would know my own child?" And becoming somewhat excited, she told me that I had a great deal of impudence, and her loud tone brought her husband in, and he suspicioned me of being a spy for the kidnappers. He came with a stick and stood by the door, when an old lady, by the name of Hannah Brown, exclaimed: "Aunt Abby, don't you know your own child? Bless God, that is him." Then my mother came and greeted me, and my father also. My mother cried, "My God, my son, what are you doing here?" I said, "that I had given leg-bail for security."...The time arrived and Pete bade farewell to slavery, resolved to follow the North Star, with his pistol in hand, ready for action, After traveling about two hundred miles from home, he unexpectedly had an opportunity of using his pistol. To his astonishment, he suddenly came face to face with a former master, whom he had not seen for a long time. Peter desired no friendly intercourse with him whatever, but he perceived that his old master recognized him, and was bent on stopping him. Pete held onto his pistol, but moved as fast as his wearied limbs would allow him, in an opposite direction. As he was running, Pete cautiously cast his eye over his shoulder, to see what had become of his old master, when, to his amazement, he found that a regular chase was being made after him. After this signal leg-victory, Pete had more confidence in his understanding than he had in his old pistol, although he held on to it until he reached Philadelphia, where he left it in possession of the secretary of the Committee of the Underground Railroad. Pete was now Samue

Glimpses of Panama and of The Canal was written by Mary L. McCarty and published in Kansas City, Mo. in 1913. This is a story of her journey from New York to Panama by steamer and is a very detailed account of the work that was going on at the time building The Canal. From a meeting with Col. Goethals, to describing the concrete work underway in the locks. (202 pages)This book also contains 30 illustrations/photos of the Canal Zone taken in during the construction. These are included at the end of the book and are also available for viewing and download at www.digitaltextpublishing.comThe Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available.Excerpts:.....Presently we arrived at Pedro Miguel — in local parlance, Peter Megill — where we were switched to the construction tracks and taken out close to the lock work. There we got out and at last found ourselves face to face with one of the concrete monsters. Here words fail me. "Stupendous" seems to be the favorite adjective with most people and I can't think of a better, but, really, a brand-new one should be coined. Those locks look like the work of giants and as if they would stand forever, "Eternal as the hills," I said to myself, but just then a man of the party remarked, "Well, I suppose some thousands of years hence archaeologists will be digging around here and will come across the remains of these locks and wonder what on earth they were, anyhow.".....One pair of gates were done and closed and as they are seven feet thick and equipped with a hand-rail along the top for the use of the public, we walked across them—an umbrella procession—to the center wall where we could see both sides and get a better idea of the thousand feet of length and the two hundred and twenty feet of breadth of the double chamber. All the locks are double in order that vessels can go in opposite directions at the same time; also, if one is out of commission, the other can be used. Pedro Miguel lock is single in that it will raise and lower ships only one step, of thirty feet. It is the link between the Cut and Miraflores Lake, a small artificial body of water with an area of two square miles, formed by impounding the waters of three small rivers by means of the Miraflores locks and dam......As we stood on the walls we thought of all that had been told us of their construction, and imagined the water rushing in for the first time, through the huge tunnels, eighteen feet in diameter, passing lengthwise of the lock through the center and side walls, then through lateral tunnels which branch out from the first ones at right angles and run under the lock floors, then through openings in the lock floor into the lock chamber. And we pictured to ourselves a great ship coming in, attended by four electric locomotives operating on the walls, two in front towing, one at each side, and two behind, one at each side, to stop her when she gets into proper position......By the time we had gone over all this in our minds we were summoned to climb back into the car and go on, across the bed of the future Miraflores Lake, to the Miraflores locks. These are two in flight and will raise and lower vessels fifty-five feet, in two steps, between the lake and the sea-level end of the Canal, which connects with the Pacific Ocean eight miles away. The work here was just the same as at Pedro Miguel, only there was twice as much of it, and we were still more deeply impressed with the immensity of the task which our country is accomplishing......From here we went on to Balboa, where the Canal enters the ocean, and saw the great dredges at work in the channel and the long, stone breakwater now......

Whale Hunting with Gun and Camera: A Naturalist's Account of the Modern Shore-Whaling Industry, of Whales and their Habits, and of Hunting Experiences in Various Parts of the World. By Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960) who was the Assistant Curator of Mammals, American Museum of Natural History, New York; and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences; Member of the Biological Society of Washington, Etc.. Illustrated with 133 interesting photos. Published in New York and London in 1916. ( 321 pages)Preface (excerpt):...In this book I have endeavored to tell of modern shore whaling as I have seen it during the past eight years while collecting and studying cetaceans for the American Museum of Natural History. This work carried me twice around the world, as well as northward on two expeditions to Alaska, and southward to the tropic waters of Borneo and the Dutch East Indies....I have also tried to give, in a readable way, some of the most interesting facts about whales and their habits, confining myself, however, to those species which form the basis of the shore whaling industry, or are commercially important, and which have come under my personal observation....In all of this work the camera has necessarily played a large part, for it is only by means of photographs that whales can be seen in future study as they appear alive or when freshly killed. It is hardly necessary to say that the photographing has been intensely interesting, and to any one who is in search of real excitement I can heartily recommend camera hunting for whales....It should be understood that this book is in no sense a manual of the large Cetacea. I hope, however, at some future time to write a volume which will treat of this wonderful mammalian order in a less casual way, and thus satisfy a desire which has been ever present in my mind since I began the study of whales.ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS, American Museum of Natural History,New York City. February 8, 1916.Contents:Introduction — Chapter I. My First Whale Hunt — Chapter II. How A Humpback Dives And Spouts — Chapter III. An Exciting Experience In Alaska — Chapter IV. The "Voice" Of Whales And Some Interesting Habits — Chapter V. The Playful Humpback — Chapter VI. Japanese Shore Stations — Chapter VII. A Japanese Whale Hunt — Chapter VIII. Charged By A Wild Sei Whale — Chapter IX. Habits Of The Sei Whale — Chapter X. A Long Blue Whale Chase — Chapter XI. The Largest Animal That Ever Lived — Chapter XII. What Has Become Of The Whale's Legs — Chapter XIII. The Greyhound Of The Sea — Chapter XIV. Ships Attacked By Whales — Chapter XV. Rediscovering A Supposedly Extinct Whale — Chapter XVI. How Killers Tear Out A Gray Whale's Tongue — Chapter XVII. Some Habits Of The Gray Whale — Chapter XVIII. The Wolf Of The Sea — Chapter XIX. A Strange Giant Of The Ocean — Chapter XX. A Deep-Sea Sperm Whale Hunt — Chapter XXI. The Right Whale And Bowhead — Chapter XXII. The Bottlenose Whale And How It Is Hunted — Chapter XXIII. Hunting White Whales In The St. Lawrence River — Chapter XXIV. The Bottlenose Porpoise In Captivity — Chapter XXV. The Blackfish — Chapter XXVI. The Passing Of The Whale — Appendix

Pretty Journal for Cat Lovers. For All Kids and AdultsYou will love this Cat Journal with page after page to keep all your thoughts in. Surprise someone with the perfect affordable gift.A cute cat lovers journal for boys, girls and adults. Graphics inside for cat fansMake notes, travel plans, dreams, goals, happenings, draw doodles or practical things.Organize your thoughts6x9Glossy FinishPerfect Bound

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