Fragmented historical notes on war tech and quirks
Recounted fragments describe rejected war engines deemed too destructive, a concealed plan by Dupre, and Louis’s refusal to publish the secret. Also shared are Bishop Selwyn’s canoe incident with a Maori, the monocle’s rise in the English army, and a Glasgow professor’s critique of Scottish wages and education.
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England
Sonia XV
France
Dupre
Louis
London Globe
Haggard's First Success The Incident Inspires Career
A Pall Mall Gazette note recalls Robert Haggard later Sir Henry Alder Haggard's beginnings. While traveling from Norfolk to London he read Treasure Island, doubted the author, and vowed to write a better boys story. Weeks later he produced King Solomon's Mines selling 100,000 copies in five years.
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Sir Henry + Alder Haggard
Hs Brothers
Norfolk
London
Naidi
Thio Skepical
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Waikato
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June
R. E. Palmer CO
Brussels
Carpeta Ingram
Singer Sewing Machines
Globe! Wernickte
R.E. Palmer CO
East Main St
London Lancet
London Spectator
Jensen Bros
E. Main St. Hell
J.P. Woodword
G. W. Capwell
Pond
Church St. Anson
Ofice
Anson C. Greenlee
Sophia E. Greenlee
Yater Rae
Tuiba
Ajac
Corry
Neer Bank
Wwe
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