Travels in Arabia - Travels in Arabia by John Lewis Burckhardt
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SOME years have now elapsed since two distinct portions of Burckhardt's works (his Travels in Nubia and Syria) were offered to the public, and most favourably received; their success being insured not only by instrinsic merit, but by the celebrity of their editor as a scholar and antiquary, a traveller and a geographer. It must not however be inferred, from any delay in publishing the present volume, that its contents are less worthy of notice than those parts which have already proved so interesting and instructive to a multitude of readers. It was always intended that this Journal, and other writings of the same lamented author, should issue successively from the press: "There still remain," says Colonel Leake, in his Preface to the Syrian Journal (p.ii.) "manuscripts sufficient to fill two volumes: one of these will consist of his Travels in Arabia, which were confined to the Hedjaz or Holy Land of the Muselmans, the part least accessible to Christians; the fourth volume will contain very copious remarks on the Arabs of the
Desert, and particularly the Wahabys."
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Light, Life and Love Light, Life and Love - Light, Life, and Love by William Ralph Inge
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TO most English readers the "Imitation of Christ" is the representative of mediaeval German mysticism. In reality, however,
this beautiful little treatise belongs to a period when that movement had nearly spent itself
The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916)
by Nikolai Velimirović
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When Count Tolstoi was excommunicated by the Holy Synod of Russia because "he preached the teachings which are contrary to the Christian faith," the world was divided in opinion and sympathy into two parts
Handwork in Wood Handwork in Wood
by William Noyes
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This book is intended primarily for teachers of woodwork, but the author hopes that there will also be other workers in wood, professional and amateur, who will find in it matter of interest and profit
Woman as Decoration Woman as Decoration - Woman as Decoration
by Emily Burbank
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Having assisted in setting the stage for woman, the next logical step is the consideration of woman, herself, as an important factor in the decorative scheme of any setting,—the vital spark to animate all interior decoration, private or public
Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats - Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats by Eliza Leslie
Excerpt:
The following Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats, are original, and have been used by the author and many of her friends
with uniform success
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Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
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The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance
Strong Souls Strong Souls - Life is a gift of very unequal distribution
The Otterbein Hymnal The Otterbein Hymnal - The Otterbein Hymnal by Edmund S. Lorenz
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To he useful, a hymnal must express the peculiar type of Christian life characterizing the denomination it is to serve
