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Books RSS FeedsHer Uncommon Discoveries of the Divine Perfections and Glory; and of the Excellency of Christ (Edwards) - Her Uncommon Discoveries of the Divine Perfections and Glory; and of the Excellency of Christ (claimed to be an annotated direct transcription from her manuscript, ca. 1742; from a memoir of her husband published 1830), by Sarah Edwards, ed. by Sereno Edwards Dwight (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)...Feed Source: digital.library.upenn.edu The Bloom of Monticello (Sadler) - The Bloom of Monticello (Richmond: Whittet and Shepperson, 1926), by Elizabeth Hatcher Sadler (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)... Sultana's Dream (Hossein) - Sultana's Dream, by Rokheya Shekhawat Hossein (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)... Hopi Nation (Glenn) - Hopi Nation: Essays on Indigenous Art, Culture, History, and Law (2008), ed. by Edna Glenn, John R. Wunder, Willard H. Rollings, and C. L. Martin (PDF files at unl.edu)... Proceedings at the Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York, in Commemoration of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln (Republican Club of the City of New York) - Proceedings at the Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York, in Commemoration of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln, by Republican Club of the City of New York (partial serial archives)... A Bachelor Girl in Burma (Mitton) - A Bachelor Girl in Burma (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907), by G. E. Mitton (page images at Google; US access only)... In India (Mitchell) - In India: Sketches of Indian Life and Travel From Letters and Journals (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1876), by Maria Hay Mitchell (stable link)... Fine Carpets in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Kendrick) - Fine Carpets in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Twenty Examples, Reproduced for the First Time in Colour, of Old Carpets from Persia, India, Caucasia, Armenia, Turkey, China, Spain and England (1924), by A. F. Kendrick and C. E. C. Tattersall (page images at CMU)... A History of French Etching From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day (Leipnik) - A History of French Etching From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day (London: John Lane; New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., c1924), by F. L. Leipnik (page images at CMU)... Delagoa Bay (Monteiro) - Delagoa Bay: Its Natives and Natural History (London: G. Phillip and Son, 1891), by Rose Monteiro (multiple formats at archive.org)... Diet in Sickness and in Health (Hart) - Diet in Sickness and in Health (London: Scientific Press; Philadelphia: W. Saunders, 1895), by Alice Marion Rowlands Hart, contrib. by Henry Thompson (multiple formats at archive.org)... A Lonely Summer in Kashmir (Morison) - A Lonely Summer in Kashmir (London: Duckworth and Co., 1904), by Margaret Cotter Morison (multiple formats at archive.org)... Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, in the Years 1829, 1830, 1831 (Morrell) - Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, in the Years 1829, 1830, 1831 (New York: J. and J. Harper, 1833), by Abby Jane Morrell (multiple formats at archive.org)... Platform Adopted and Speeches made by Messrs. Schurman, Root, Hinman and Whitman, at Carnegie Hall, New York City, September 23rd (Republican Party ) - Platform Adopted and Speeches made by Messrs. Schurman, Root, Hinman and Whitman, at Carnegie Hall, New York City, September 23rd (1913), by Republican Party (N.Y.) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Proceedings of the Reception and Dinner Under the Title of the Spellbinders' Dinner, Delmonico's, New York, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1888 - Proceedings of the Reception and Dinner Under the Title of the Spellbinders' Dinner, Delmonico's, New York, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1888 (c1889) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Remarks of the Hon. Edwin D. Morgan, on Being Called to Preside at the Meeting Held at Cooper Institute, N. Y. city, on the Evening of Oct. 16th, 1867, to Ratify the Republican State Nominations (Morgan) - Remarks of the Hon. Edwin D. Morgan, on Being Called to Preside at the Meeting Held at Cooper Institute, N. Y. city, on the Evening of Oct. 16th, 1867, to Ratify the Republican State Nominations (Washington, DC: Printed at the office of the Great republic, 1867), by Edwin D. Morgan (multiple formats at archive.org)... A Residence at Sierra Leone (Melville) - A Residence at Sierra Leone (London: J. Murray, 1849), by Elizabeth Helen Callander Melville, ed. by Caroline Sheridan Norton (multiple formats at archive.org)... Sketches (Republican Party ) - Sketches: Judiciary Candidates (1903), by Republican Party (Cook County, Ill.) Campaign Committee (multiple formats at archive.org)... Speech by Harvey S. Brown, of San Francisco (Brown. Harvey S.) - Speech by Harvey S. Brown, of San Francisco: California and the Democracy (San Francisco: Republican State Central Committee, 1860), by Brown. Harvey S. (multiple formats at archive.org)... Speech of Hon. Daniel Clark, of New Hampshire, on the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution, Forever Prohibiting Slavery in the United States, and All Places Under Their Jurisdiction (Clark) - Speech of Hon. Daniel Clark, of New Hampshire, on the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution, Forever Prohibiting Slavery in the United States, and All Places Under Their Jurisdiction (1864), by Daniel Clark (multiple formats at archive.org)... Speech of Major Gen'l John A. Rawlins, Chief of Staff, U. S. A. (Rawlins) - Speech of Major Gen'l John A. Rawlins, Chief of Staff, U. S. A.: General Grant's Views in Harmony With Congress (1868), by John A. Rawlins (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Supreme Court and Dred Scott (Gooch) - The Supreme Court and Dred Scott (1860), by Daniel W. Gooch (multiple formats at archive.org)... A New View of Statistics (Hopkins) - A New View of Statistics (electronic edition, with external links), by Will G. Hopkins (frame-dependent illustrated HTML at sportsci.org)... Electronic Statistics Textbook (StatSoft ) - Electronic Statistics Textbook, by StatSoft (Firm) (frame-dependent illustrated HTML at statsoft.com)... The U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare (Gates) - The U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare (electronic edition, 2002), by John Morgan Gates (HTML and PDF files with commentary at Wooster)... Documents Illustrating the Impeachment of the Duke of Buckingham in 1626 (Gardiner) - Documents Illustrating the Impeachment of the Duke of Buckingham in 1626 (Westminster: Printed for the Camden Society, 1889), ed. by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (HTML at fooguru.org)... Disunion (Weston) - Disunion: Its Remedy (Washington, DC: Buell and Blanchard, 1860), by George M. Weston (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Great Usurpation (Republican Congressional Committee) - The Great Usurpation: The United States Under the Confederate Senate and House of Representatives, an Oligarchy (1880), by Republican Congressional Committee (multiple formats at archive.org)... Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican Club of Massachusetts) - Henry Cabot Lodge (1922), by Republican Club of Massachusetts (multiple formats at archive.org)... A Primer of Higher Space (The Fourth Dimension) (Bragdon) - A Primer of Higher Space (The Fourth Dimension) (Rochester, NY: The Manas Press, 1913), by Claude Fayette Bragdon (stable link)... Efficiency (Tapper) - Efficiency: Its Spiritual Source (New York: Platt and Peck, c1911), by Thomas Tapper (stable link)... Narrative of a Three Years' Residence in Italy, 1819-1822, With Illustrations of the Present State of Religion in That Country (Martin) - Narrative of a Three Years' Residence in Italy, 1819-1822, With Illustrations of the Present State of Religion in That Country (second edition; Dublin: W. F. Wakeman, 1831), by Selina Martin (page images at Google)... On Sledge and Horseback to the Outcast Siberian Lepers (Marsden) - On Sledge and Horseback to the Outcast Siberian Lepers: Illustrated From Photographs and Drawings (New York: Cassell Pub. Co., c1892), by Kate Marsden (page images at Google; US access only)... My Experiences in Australia (Macpherson) - My Experiences in Australia: Being Recollections of a Visit to the Australian Colonies in 1856-7, by a Lady (London: J. F. Hope, 1860), by Emma Macpherson (page images at Google)... In the Ardennes (Macquoid) - In the Ardennes (London: Chatto and Windus, 1881), by Katharine S. Macquoid, illust. by Thomas Robert Macquoid (multiple formats at archive.org)... Iphigenia at Aulis (Euripides) - Iphigenia at Aulis (London: The Malone Society Reprints, 1909), by Euripides, ed. by Harold Hannyngton Child, trans. by Jane Lumley Lumley (multiple formats at archive.org)... Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenáná (Mackenzie) - Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenáná: or, Six Years in India (secone edition, 2 volumes; London: R. Bentley, 1854), by Helen Mackenzie (stable link)... L'Inconnu (Flammarion) - L'Inconnu: The Unknown (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1902), by Camille Flammarion (multiple formats at archive.org)... "Magyarland" (Mazuchelli) - "Magyarland": Being the Narrative of Our Travels Through the Highlands and Lowlands of Hungary (2 volumes; London: S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1881), by Nina Elizabeth Mazuchelli (stable link)... How I Know That the Dead Are Alive (Paget) - How I Know That the Dead Are Alive (Washington, DC: Plenty Pub. Co., 1917), by Fannie Ruthven Paget (stable link)... Unprotected Females in Norway (Lowe) - Unprotected Females in Norway: or, The Pleasantest Way of Travelling There, Passing Through Denmark and Sweden, With Scandinavian Sketches from Nature (published anonymously; written by Emily and/or Helen; London and New York: G. Routledge and co., 1857), by Emily Lowe and Helen Lowe (page images at Google)... The Voyage of the "Wanderer", From the Journals and Letters of C. and S. Lambert (Lambert) - The Voyage of the "Wanderer", From the Journals and Letters of C. and S. Lambert (London: Macmillan and Co., 1883), by Charles Joseph Lambert and Susan Bath Lambert, ed. by Gerald Young, illust. by R. T. Pritchett (stable link)... Unprotected Females in Sicily, Calabria and on the Top of Mount Aetna (Lowe) - Unprotected Females in Sicily, Calabria and on the Top of Mount Aetna (published anonymously; written by Emily and/or Helen; London and New York: Routledge, Warnes and Routledge, 1859), by Emily Lowe and Helen Lowe (page images at Google)... Selected works and commentary (Khema) - Selected works and commentary, by Ayya Khema (HTML at Access to Insight)... The Story of Our Family (Langton) - The Story of Our Family (1881), by Anne Langton (multiple formats at archive.org)... Emerald Hours in New Zealand (Lowth) - Emerald Hours in New Zealand (Christchurch, NZ et al.: Whitcombe and Tombs, ca. 1906), by Alys Lowth (multiple formats at archive.org)... Fantazius Mallare (Hecht) - Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath (Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1922), by Ben Hecht, illust. by Wallace Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)... Lady Layard's Journal, 1861-1912 (Layard) - Lady Layard's Journal, 1861-1912 (unedited transcript of the original manuscript), by Mary Enid Evelyn Guest Layard (searchable HTML with commentary at browningguide.org)... Churches That Abuse (Ronald M. Enroth) - Churches That Abuse (c1992), by Ronald M. Enroth (HTML at Evangelical Christian Library)... Recovering From Churches That Abuse (Ronald M. Enroth) - Recovering From Churches That Abuse (c1994), by Ronald M. Enroth (HTML at Evangelical Christian Library)... Love Your Work (McKenna) - Love Your Work: Your Daily Work Can Be a Great Spiritual Resource (c1990), by David L. McKenna (HTML at Evangelical Christian Library)... Ten Years' Wanderings Among the Ethiopians (Hutchinson) - Ten Years' Wanderings Among the Ethiopians: With Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the Civilized and Uncivilized Tribes, From Senegal to Gaboon (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861), by Thomas J. Hutchinson (page images at Google)... Impressions of Western Africa (Hutchinson) - Impressions of Western Africa: With Remarks on the Diseases of the Climate and a Report on the Peculiarities of Trade Up the Rivers in the Bight of Biafra (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1858), by Thomas J. Hutchinson (page images at Google)... Can Woman Regenerate Society? (Dryden) - Can Woman Regenerate Society? (London: John W. Parker, 1844), by Anne Richelieu Lamb Dryden (page images at Google)... West African Scenes (Roe) - West African Scenes (London: Elliott Stock, 1874), by Henry Roe (stable link)... Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger (Lander) - Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger (3 volumes; London: J. Murray, 1832), by Richard Lander and John Lander (stable link)... Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, Performed in His Majesty's Ships, Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826, Under the Command of Capt. F.W. Owen, R.N. (Boteler) - Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, Performed in His Majesty's Ships, Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826, Under the Command of Capt. F.W. Owen, R.N. (2 volumes; London; R. Bentley, 1835), by Thomas Boteler (stable link)... The Journal of Mrs. Fenton (Fenton) - The Journal of Mrs. Fenton: A Narrative of Her Life in India, the Isle of France (Mauritius) and Tasmania During the Years 1826-1830 (London: Edward Arnold, 1901), by Mrs. Fenton (page images at Google; US access only)... Fernando Po Mission (Roe) - Fernando Po Mission: A Consecutive History of the Opening of Our First Mission to the Heathen, With Notes on Christian African Settlers, African Scenery, Missionary Trials and Joys (London: Elliott Stock, 1882), by Henry Roe (stable link)... Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando Po, Princes Island, etc. etc. (Holman) - Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando Po, Princes Island, etc. etc. (second edition; London: G. Routledge, 1840), by James Holman (page images at Google)... Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea (Brayman) - Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea: Being Remarkable Historical Facts, Gathered From Authentic Sources, ed. by James O. Brayman (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... Enquire Within Upon Everything - Enquire Within Upon Everything (89th edition; London: Houlston and Sons, 1894) (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... The Former Philippines Thru Foreign Eyes (Craig) - The Former Philippines Thru Foreign Eyes (originally published 1916), ed. by Austin Craig (Gutenberg text)... Hallowe'en at Merryvale (Burnett) - Hallowe'en at Merryvale (c1916), by Alice Hale Burnett, illust. by Charles F. Lester (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... Christmas Holidays at Merryvale (Burnett) - Christmas Holidays at Merryvale (c1916), by Alice Hale Burnett, illust. by Charles F. Lester (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)... A Day at the County Fair (Burnett) - A Day at the County Fair (c1916), by Alice Hale Burnett, illust. by Charles F. Lester (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... An Arboreal Song of the Alameda (The Beautiful Way) (Field) - An Arboreal Song of the Alameda (The Beautiful Way) (1878), by Mary Hannah Bacon Field (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Attitude of National Parties in Respect to a Pacific Railroad (Republican Association of Washington) - The Attitude of National Parties in Respect to a Pacific Railroad (Washington, DC: Buell and Blanchard, 1859), by Republican Association of Washington (multiple formats at archive.org)... "By and By" (Field) - "By and By": or, Harry Leonard (New York: Ward and Drummond, 1888), by Mary Hannah Bacon Field (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Chicago Copperhead Convention (August 29, 1864) (Republican Congressional Committee) - The Chicago Copperhead Convention (August 29, 1864): The Treasonable and Revolutionary Utterances of the Men Who Composed It, Extracts From All the Notable Speeches Delivered In and Out of the National "Democratic" Convention (1917 reprint; originally published 1864), by Republican Congressional Committee (multiple formats at archive.org)... Democracy Alias Slavery (McKean) - Democracy Alias Slavery: Speech of Hon. Jas. B. McKean, of New York. Delivered in the U. S. House of Representatives, June 6, 1860, by Jas. B. McKean (multiple formats at archive.org)... "I Didn't Hear" (Field) - "I Didn't Hear": or, Alice Leonard (New York: Ward and Drummond, 1888), by Mary Hannah Bacon Field (multiple formats at archive.org)... "I Forgot" (Field) - "I Forgot": or, Will Leonard (New York: Ward and Drummond, 1888), by Mary Hannah Bacon Field (multiple formats at archive.org)... Illinois Party Platforms, 1914, With Select Bibliographies of Available Material on File in the Legislative Reference Bureau, Relating to the Subjects Enumerated Therein (Illinois. General Assembly. Legislative Reference Bureau) - Illinois Party Platforms, 1914, With Select Bibliographies of Available Material on File in the Legislative Reference Bureau, Relating to the Subjects Enumerated Therein (1914), by Illinois General Assembly Legislative Reference Bureau (multiple formats at archive.org)... Kate Thurston's Chautauqua circles (Field) - Kate Thurston's Chautauqua circles (second edition; Meadville, PA: Flood and Vincent, 1893), by Mary Hannah Bacon Field (multiple formats at archive.org)... History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 (Davis) - History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 (1893), by Winfield J. Davis (multiple formats at archive.org)... Selections from Poems by Mary Field, With Biographical Sketches (Field) - Selections from Poems by Mary Field, With Biographical Sketches (San Diego: Printed for Private Circulation, 1914), by Mary Hannah Bacon Field, ed. by Mabel Field Hastings (multiple formats at archive.org)... Spain and Its Colonies (Root) - Spain and Its Colonies (London: Simpkin, Marshall, Kent, and Co., 1898), by J. W. Root (multiple formats at archive.org)... State Platforms of the Two Dominant Political Parties in Indiana, 1850-1900 (Henry) - State Platforms of the Two Dominant Political Parties in Indiana, 1850-1900 (1902), ed. by William Elmer Henry (multiple formats at archive.org)... Esoteric Christianity (Besant) - Esoteric Christianity: or, The Lesser Mysteries (second edition; London and Benares: Theosophical Pub. Soc., 1905), by Annie Wood Besant (Gutenberg text)... The Danger of Throwing the Election of President into Congress (Field) - The Danger of Throwing the Election of President into Congress: Speech of David Dudley Field, Delivered at Philadelphia, August 20, 1860 (1860), by David Dudley Field (multiple formats at archive.org)... Democracy, the Old and the New (Hickman) - Democracy, the Old and the New: Speech of Hon. John Hickman, of Penn., on the Battle Ground of Brandywine, September 11, 1860 (with the Republican platform; 1860), by John Hickman, contrib. by Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Designs of the Republican Party (Robinson) - Designs of the Republican Party: Speech of Hon. Christopher Robinson, of R. Island, Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 27, 1860 (1860), by Christopher Robinson (multiple formats at archive.org)... El Supremo (White) - El Supremo: A Romance of the Great Dictator of Paraguay (London: T. Fisher Unwin, ca. 1916), by Edward Lucas White (multiple formats at archive.org)... Emancipation and Enfranchisement (Langston) - Emancipation and Enfranchisement: The Work of the Republican Party (1875), by John Mercer Langston (multiple formats at archive.org)... In the House of the Tiger (Knox) - In the House of the Tiger (Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham; New York: Eaton and Mains, c1911), by Jessie Juliet Knox (stable link)... Islands Far Away (King) - Islands Far Away: Fijian Pictures With Pen and Brush (second edition; London: Sifton, Praed and Co., 1921), by Agnes Gardner King (multiple formats at archive.org)... Letters From Muskoka, by an Emigrant Lady (King) - Letters From Muskoka, by an Emigrant Lady (London: R. Bentley and son, 1878), by Harriet Barbara King (HTML at archive.org)... Narrative Lyrics (White) - Narrative Lyrics (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908), by Edward Lucas White (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Song of the Sirens, and Other Stories (White) - The Song of the Sirens, and Other Stories (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1919), by Edward Lucas White (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Face of Manchuria, Korea, and Russian Turkestan (Kemp) - The Face of Manchuria, Korea, and Russian Turkestan (New York: Duffield, 1911), by E. G. Kemp (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Grant and Wilson campaign (Gorham) - The Grant and Wilson campaign: Speech of Hon. Geo. C. Gorham (ca. 1872), by George C. Gorham (multiple formats at archive.org)... Homesteads - Homesteads: The Republicans and Settlers Against Democracy and Monopoly (ca. 1860) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Lands for the Landless (Republican Association of Washington) - Lands for the Landless (1859), by Republican Association of Washington (multiple formats at archive.org)... Malvina Reynolds (Reynolds) - Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems (online edition of complete authorized works), by Malvina Reynolds, ed. by Nancy Schimmel and Charles H. Smith (HTML at wku.edu)... The Campaign Text Book of the Democratic Party of the United States, for the Presidential Election of 1888 (Democratic National Committee ) - The Campaign Text Book of the Democratic Party of the United States, for the Presidential Election of 1888 (New York et al.: Brentano's, 1888), by Democratic National Committee (U.S.) (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Campaign Text Book (Democratic National Committee ) - The Campaign Text Book: Why the People Want a Change (New York et al.: National Democratic Committee, 1880), by Democratic National Committee (U.S.) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Republican Text-Book for the Congressional Campaign, 1910 (Republican Congressional Committee) - Republican Text-Book for the Congressional Campaign, 1910 (1910), by Republican Congressional Committee (multiple formats at archive.org)... Correspondence of Charlotte Grenville, Lady Williams Wynn, and Her Three Sons, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., Charles Williams Wynn, 1795-1832 (Williams-Wynn) - Correspondence of Charlotte Grenville, Lady Williams Wynn, and Her Three Sons, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., Charles Williams Wynn, 1795-1832 (London: J. Murray, 1920), by Charlotte Grenville Williams-Wynn, Watkin Williams-Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, and Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn, ed. by Rachel Frances Marion Leighton (multiple formats at archive.org)... Republican Campaign Text-Book, 1908 (Republican National Committee ) - Republican Campaign Text-Book, 1908 (Philadelphia: Press of Dunlap Printing Co., 1908), by Republican National Committee (U.S.) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Campaign Text-Book of the National Democratic Party, 1896 (Democratic National Committee ) - Campaign Text-Book of the National Democratic Party, 1896 (Chicago and New York: National Democratic Committee, 1896), by Democratic National Committee (U.S.) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Republican Campaign Text-Book, 1904 (Republican National Committee ) - Republican Campaign Text-Book, 1904 (Milwaukee: Press of the Evening Wisconsin Co., 1904), by Republican National Committee (U.S.) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Republican Text-Book for the Congressional Campaign, 1906 (Republican Congressional Committee) - Republican Text-Book for the Congressional Campaign, 1906, by Republican Congressional Committee (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Ruin of the Democratic Party - The Ruin of the Democratic Party: Reports of the Covode and Other Committees (1860) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Speech of Hon. Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, on Amending the Constitution to Prohibit Slavery (Trumbull) - Speech of Hon. Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, on Amending the Constitution to Prohibit Slavery: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 28, 1864, by Lyman Trumbull (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Campaign Text Book of the Democratic Party of the United States, 1904 (Democratic National Committee ) - The Campaign Text Book of the Democratic Party of the United States, 1904 (1904), by Democratic National Committee (U.S.) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Republican Campaign Text-Book, 1912 (Republican National Committee ) - Republican Campaign Text-Book, 1912 (Philadelphia: Press of Dunlap Printing Co., 1912), by Republican National Committee (U.S.) (multiple formats at archive.org)... Republican Campaign Text-Book, 1916 (Republican National Committee ) - Republican Campaign Text-Book, 1916 (1916), by Republican National Committee (U.S.) (multiple formats at archive.org)... What's in a Number? ˇ Donald MacKenzie: The $300 Trillion Question - Judged by the amount of money directly dependent on it, the British Bankers' Association's London Interbank Offered Rate matters more than any other set of numbers in the world. Libor anchors contracts amounting to some $300 trillion, the equivalent of $45,000 for every human being on the planet. It's a critical part of the infrastructure of financial markets but, like plumbing, doesn't usually get noticed. Only a handful of economists, and no other academics, have ever looked in any detail at Libor, and even the financial press didn't show much interest in how Libor is calculated until this spring, when there was sharp controversy over whether these crucial numbers could be trusted. (This article was updated on 23 October.)... Don't Just Do Something, Talk ˇ Slavoj Zizek on the financial crisis - One of the most striking things about the reaction to the current financial meltdown is that, as one of the participants put it: 'No one really knows what to do.' The reason is that expectations are part of the game: how the market reacts to a particular intervention depends not only on how much bankers and traders trust the interventions, but even more on how much they think others will trust them.... Help-Self ˇ Jenny Diski on Alastair Campbell's Dodgy Novel - Campbell's novel is about a psychiatrist who is having a breakdown while helping his patients come to terms with their problems . . . Oh, let me evade for a moment more. Campbell's first book was The Blair Years. That was not a novel, but an account of being spin-doctor supreme in the government of Tony Blair. As Blair's director of communications and strategy and then adviser, Campbell was involved, among much else, in presenting the massaged facts that took us to war, and dealing with the press after the death of David Kelly. He was a gleeful fixer, bully and phrase-maker for a prime minister who had streamlined the Labour Party (as in discarded anything that smacked of socialism) until it was indistinguishable from the Tories, and oversaw a government obsessed with wealth, targets and the corporate organisation of public services. Nothing in his public life inclines me to like him.... I Could Sleep with All of Them ˇ Colm Tóibín on the Mann Family - Thomas and Katia Mann had six children. It was clear from early on that Katia most loved the second child, Klaus, who was born in 1906, and that Thomas loved Erika, the eldest, born in 1905, and also Elisabeth, born in 1918. The other three - the barely tolerated ones - were Golo, born in 1909, Monika, born in 1910, and Michael, born in 1919. Erika remembered a time during the shortages of the First World War when food had to be divided but there was one fig left over. 'What did my father do? He gave this fig just to me alone . . . the other three children stared in horror, and my father said sententiously with emphasis: "One should get the children used to injustice early."'... Leaving Paradise ˇ Adam Shatz: Iraqi Jews - On 27 April 1950 a man whose passport identified him as Richard Armstrong flew from Amsterdam to Baghdad. He came as a representative of Near East Air Transport, an American charter company seeking to win a contract with Iraq's prime minister, Tawfiq al-Suwaida, to fly Iraqi Jews to Cyprus. Only six weeks earlier, the Iraqi government had passed the Denaturalisation Act, which allowed Jews to emigrate provided they renounced their citizenship, and gave them a year to decide whether to do so. Al-Suwaida expected that between seven and ten thousand Jews would leave out of a community of about 125,000, but a mysterious bombing in Baghdad on the last day of Passover, near a café frequented by Jews, caused panic, and the numbers registering soon outstripped his estimate. The position of the Jews in Iraq had been deteriorating with alarming speed ever since the outbreak of the Arab-Israeli war in 1948: they were seen as a stalking horse for the Zionists in Palestine, and were increasingly re... Diary ˇ Sanjay Subrahmanyam: Another Booker Flop - It is very hard to define or measure class in India, where data on personal income and assets are extremely hard to come by. It is even harder to know for certain what has happened in the past two decades since economic liberalisation was proclaimed. But there are clearly very rich people in the cities now with fancy imported cars, expensive watches and clothes, and showy lifestyles, and they live side by side with slum-dwellers and those who sleep on pavements. There are urban and suburban developments that boast such names as Malibu Towers, Beverly Hills Residence and Bel-Air Estate. This is growth all right, but of a sort that can induce vertigo. It is what Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning The White Tiger is ostensibly about.... Cityphobia ˇ John Lanchester: The Crash - Byron wrote that 'I think it great affectation not to quote oneself.' On that basis, I'd like to quote what I wrote in a piece about the City of London, in the aftermath of the Northern Rock fiasco: 'If our laws are not extended to control the new kinds of super-powerful, super-complex and potentially super-risky investment vehicles, they will one day cause a financial disaster of global-systemic proportions.' The prediction was right, but the tense was wrong. The disaster had already happened, it just hadn't yet played itself out in the markets.... What can Cameron do? ˇ Ross McKibbin: The Tories and the Financial Crisis - In 1931, as the European banking system seemed to be collapsing, the Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter observed that people felt the ground giving way beneath them, and not merely those with bank accounts. Many in Britain and America must be experiencing similar tremors now. Yet, in Britain at least, there are huge differences between 1931 and today.... You'll Love the Way It Makes You Feel ˇ Mark Greif on 'Mad Men' - Mad Men is an unpleasant little entry in the genre of Now We Know Better. We watch and know better about male chauvinism, homophobia, anti-semitism, workplace harassment, housewives' depression, nutrition and smoking. We wait for the show's advertising men or their secretaries and wives to make another gaffe for us to snigger over. 'Have we ever hired any Jews?' - 'Not on my watch.'... Diary ˇ David Runciman: The Problem with English Football - When I was younger I used to support a football team that no longer exists, called Wimbledon FC. They played at Plough Lane, a small, ramshackle ground in an ugly bit of South London (some way off from the Wimbledon where the tennis happens), and they played a rough, rumbustious style of football that didn't endear them to outsiders but warmed the hearts of their fans, especially when it enabled them to turn over fancier, more fastidious teams, who often seemed to perform at Plough Lane as though they had clothes-pegs on their noses.... Hysterical Vigour ˇ Frank Kermode - Roth's young men often come from New Jersey and are the sons of middle-class Jewish fathers: insurance salesmen, say, or jewellers. In this instance the father is a kosher butcher. Marcus helps in the shop, and unless seeking a career in that profession one could hardly want to know more about it than we get from Marcus's description of the day's work. So the story begins and ends in blood.... Letters - The letters page from London Review of Books Volume 30 issue 21... 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