This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The ABC of Animals by McLoughlin Bros., (1880?) an ABC picture book using an animal for each letter.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The ABC of Animals by McLoughlin Bros., (1880?) an ABC picture book using an animal for each letter.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Career of Columbus by Charles I. Elton (1892), a nonfiction book of the travels of Columbus which includes a map.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Holiday Album: Easy Reading for Children by Sarah S. Baker [1870]. It includes illustrated stories, letters of the alphabet, vocabulary and more.

The complete text of a three-volume edition of Wilson's law lectures, originally published in 1804. In addition to being a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Wilson was the first professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Sunday Alphabet of Animals by Aunt Katie (1861), includes an animal story for each letter of the alphabet.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Adventures of a Soldier Boy by William Martin (1890), tales of the sea and of the British Navy.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's nonfiction book Blue-Jackets of '76 by Frank Dobbins (1888). It is a history of the naval battles of the American revolution and a narrative of the war with Tripoli.

Contains the text of a scholarly article written by English professor Dr. Robert Berry. The article originally appeared in Deep South, a publication of the English department at the University of Otago.

An article by Columbia University historian Eric Foner that discusses how long-standing views of the role of slavery in America began to be challenged during the civil rights era of the 1960s by a new generation of historians, whose work...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Rills from the Fountain by Richard Newton (1866), a book of children's sermons.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Prodigal Son and Other Stories by Cassell & Company (1886) from the series Sunday Readings for Little Folks, a collection of illustrated Bible stories.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Circus Stories: A Visit to the Circus by McLoughlin Bros. (1883), a picture book of poems having to do with the circus.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (c1884), a humorous novel about slavery.

This site contains information regarding the correct usage of parentheses in original material and in quoted material. Examples are included for all points discussed.

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