How I Found Livingstone

The author's biography is included in this version.

Letters to His Children by Theodore Roosevelt is one of the nonfiction best sellers in 1921. The letters were written by Theodore Roosevelt to his children for the period of over 20 years whenever he was far from them in the Spanish War, or sometimes on a hunting trip. When his children were at school he would constantly send these letters to them with his love. The book shows his deep and abiding affection for his children and family.

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents

CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I.
Natural Conditions
Greek Colonies on the Black Sea
The Scythians
Ancient Traces of Slavonic Race

CHAPTER II.
Hunnish Invasion
Distribution of Races
Slavonic Religion
Primitive Political Conceptions

CHAPTER III.
The Scandinavian in Russia
Rurik
Oleg
Igor
Olga's Vengeance
Olga a Christian
Sviatoslaf
Russia the Champion of the Greek Empire in Bulgaria
Norse Dominance in Heroic Period

CHAPTER IV.
System of Appanages
Vladimir the Sinner Becomes Vladimir the Saint
Russia Forcibly Christianized
Causes Underlying Antagonism Between Greek and Latin Church
Russia Joined to the Greek Currents and Separated from the Latin

CHAPTER V.
Principalities
Headship of House of Rurik
Relation of Grand Prince to the Others
Civilizing Influences from Greek Sources
Cruelty not Indigenous with the Slavs
How and Whence it Came
Primitive Social Elements
The Drujina
End of Heroic Period
Andrew Bogoliubski
New Political Center at Suzdal
...
CHAPTER XXV.
Emancipation a Disappointment
Social Discontent
Birth of Nihilism
Assassination of Alexander II.
The Peasants' Wreath
Alexander III.
A Joyless Reign
His Death

CHAPTER XXVI.
Nicholas II.
Russification of Finland
Invitation to Disarmament
Brief Review of Conditions

SUPPLEMENT.
Conditions Preceding Russo-Japanese War
Nature of Dispute
Results of Conflict
Peace Conference at Portsmouth
Treaty Signed
A National Assembly
Dissolution of First Russian Parliament
Present Outlook

LIST OF PRINCES.

The purpose of this work is to make the world better acquainted with the character of Livingstone. His discoveries and researches have been given to the public in his own books, but his modesty led him to say little in these of himself, and those who knew him best feel that little is known of the strength of his affections, the depth and purity of his devotion, or the intensity of his aspirations as a Christian missionary. The growth of his character and the providential shaping of his career are also matters of remarkable interest, of which not much has yet been made known.

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Thomas Stevens (born 24 December 1854, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England,died London, 24 January 1935, aged 80) was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle. He rode a large-wheeled Ordinary, also known as a Penny-Farthing, from April 1884 to December 1886. He later searched for Henry Morton Stanley in Africa, investigated the claims of Indian ascetics and became manager of the Garrick Theatre in London.

Along the way, Stevens sent a series of letters to Harper's magazine detailing his experiences and later collected those experiences into a two-volume book of which this is Volume I.
 

Pierre-Esprit Radisson (1636–1710) was a French-Canadian fur trader and explorer. He is often linked to his brother-in-law Medard des Groseilliers who was about 20 years older. The decision of Radisson and Groseilliers to enter the English service led to the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Born near Avignon in 1636, he came to New France at an early age. While out duck-hunting he was captured by the Mohawks and adopted by his captors. He learned their language and way of life and joined them in their wars. While out hunting with an Algonquin and three Mohawks the captives killed their captors and escaped but were quickly hunted down. The Algonquin was killed and Radisson was tortured until he was rescued by his Indian 'family'. He later escaped to Fort Orange (Albany) where he served as an interpreter.

Radisson wrote his "Voyages" in 1668/9 in England after a storm prevented him from joining the first expedition to Hudson Bay.

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index

CONTENTS
Parents and Childhood 
II.  Dunfermline and America 
III.  Pittsburgh and Work 
IV.  Colonel Anderson and Books 
V.  The Telegraph Office 
VI.  Railroad Service 
VII.  Superintendent of the Pennsylvania 
VIII.  Civil War Period 
IX.  Bridge-Building 
X.  The Iron Works 
XI.  New York as Headquarters 
XII.  Business Negotiations 
XIII.  The Age of Steel 
XIV.  Partners, Books, and Travel 
XV.  Coaching Trip and Marriage 
XVI.  Mills and the Men 
XVII.  The Homestead Strike 
XVIII.  Problems of Labor 
XIX.  The "Gospel of Wealth" 
XX.  Educational and Pension Funds 
XXI.  The Peace Palace and Pittencrieff 
XXII.  Matthew Arnold and Others 
XXIII.  British Political Leaders 
XXIV.  Gladstone and Morley 
XXV.  Herbert Spencer and His Disciple 
XXVI.  Blaine and Harrison 
XXVII.  Washington Diplomacy 
XXVIII.  Hay and McKinley 
XXIX.  Meeting the German Emperor 
   Bibliography 
   Index