Minnesota and the Far WestW. Blackwood and Sons, 1855 - 306 sivua Oliphant acted as secretary to Lord Elgin during the negotiation at Washington of the reciprocity treaty with Canada. He then accompanied Lord Elgin to Quebec. There he was appointed superintendent of Indian affairsE, and made a journey to Lake Superior and back by the Mississippi to Chicago. |
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Sivu 11 - PEOPLE'S EDITION, 31s. 6d. Life of John Duke of Marlborough. With some Account of his Contemporaries, and of the War of the Succession.
Sivu 9 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, illustrating, in a Series of Original Designs, the Elementary Facts of Geology, Hydrology, Meteorology, and Natural History.
Sivu 1 - It is just one of those books which will best serve to show men how minute is the provision which has been made for human support, and that if the laws prescribed by Nature are duly observed, she, on her part, will see to it that her functions are performed with fidelity and success.
Sivu 243 - The proceeds of all lands that have been, or may hereafter be, granted by the United States to the State for the support of a university, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called "The University Fund...
Sivu 306 - Humour of a kind most rare at all times, and especially in the present day. runs through every page, and passages of true poetry and delicious versification prevent the continual play of sarcasm from becoming tedious."— Literary Gasette.
Sivu 11 - OF ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, From the Fall of Napoleon to the Accession of Louis Napoleon.
Sivu 9 - They are as superior to all School Atlases within our knowledge, as were the larger works of the same Author in advance of those that preceded them.
Sivu 5 - THE BOOK OF THE FARM. Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairymaid, and forming a safe Monitor for Students in Practical Agriculture. By HENRY STEPHENS, FRSE 2 vols. royal 8vo, £3, handsomely bound in cloth, with upwards of 600 Illustrations. " The best book I have ever met with."— Professor Johnston.
Sivu 306 - Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers' — a volume of verse which shows that Scotland has yet a poet. Full of the true fire, it now stirs and swells like a trumpet note — now sinks in cadences sad and wild as the wail of a Highland dirge.