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		<title>The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
by O. Henry
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it
was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the
grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one&#8217;s cheeks burned
with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing
implied. Three times Della [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biographical Sketch of Henry David Thoreau by R.W. Emerson 1863</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HENRY D. THOREAU.
1863
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
BY R.W. EMERSON.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU was the last male descendant of a French ancestor who
came to this country from the Isle of Guernsey. His character exhibited
occasional traits drawn from this blood in singular combination with a
very strong Saxon genius.
He was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on the 12th of July, 1817. He was
graduated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NARRATIVE
OF THE
LIFE OF DAVID CROCKETT,
OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

I leave this rule for others when I&#8217;m dead, Be always sure you&#8217;re right—THEN GO AHEAD!
The Author.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
SIXTH EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA.
E. L. CAREY AND A. HART.
BALTIMORE:
CAREY, HART &#38; CO.
1834.
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1834,
By David Crockett,
In the Clerk&#8217;s Office of the District Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pocahontas - A Poem by Virginia Carter Castleman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[POCAHONTAS
A Poem By Virginia Carter Castleman
To Anita.
DEDICATION.
  Virginia! Mother State&#8211;thy name beloved
  By every patriot for its music sweet&#8211;
  I lay this lowly tribute at thy feet,
  One leaf, perchance, upon thy wreath of fame.
  V.C.C.
POCAHONTAS.
  (A descriptive narrative poem in eight parts.)
  1. The Little Princess.
  2. The Wizard.
  3. Smith and Newport.
  4. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jane Austen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Clara H. Whitmore writes about Jane Austen&#8217;s (1775-1817) style of writing in Woman&#8217;s Work in English Fiction, 1910, Chapter X - pages 157-178)
Jane Austen
If in this age of steam and electricity you would escape from the noise of the city, and experience for an hour the quiet joys of the English countryside, at a time when a [...]]]></description>
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