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The Annals of My Village: Being an of Nature, for Every Month in the Year. E-book. Formato PDF Author Of Select Female Biography   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The following pages are a faithful transcript of much personal observation; they are presented to the public with a sincere desire to interest the dwellers among rural scenes in the birds, the flowers, and other natural objects that surround them, and in the changes of the seasons.

Infantry Tactics for Schools. E-book. Formato PDF Author Of School Amusements   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Tms Manual is designed for the use of teachers and scholars in public and private schools. Its instructions are founded with care upon the authorized text-books. It professes to contain little more than the teachings Of. An experienced drill master, written out fully and clearly, and accompanied by ample illustrations. A few Of the illustrations are original, and will prove valuable, it is hoped, in elucidating some Of the intricacies Of Company movements.

Alexander Mackay: Missionary Hero of Uganda. E-book. Formato PDF Author Of The Story Of Stanley   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

From the first, young Mackay gave proofs of great cleverness. When only three years old he could read the New Testament quite easily, and at seven he was reading the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Paradise Lost, and other equally difficult works. Much of his education was carried on while walking in the open air with his father; and many a problem of Euclid was demonstrated on the dusty roads, and botanical specimens examined, to the great wonderment of the Simple villagers. At an early age Mackay was unusually skilful in draw ing maps, and also in working a small printing-press. Sir Roderick Murchison made him a present of a book called Small Beginnings; or, The Way to get on: and this book had the c?ect of stirring in the boy's mind desires after the accomplishment of something great.