The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees, by Mary Caroline Crawford. Published 1903. ©1902.
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The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees
May 31st, 2007 | Project Gutenberg
1902, 1903, Nonfiction
Society: Its Origin and Development
May 26th, 2007 | Project Gutenberg
1916, Nonfiction
Society: Its Origin and Development, by Henry Kalloch Rowe. Published 1916.
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How To Do It
May 20th, 2007 | Same Today
1876
A Dynamite Ditty
Would you, guided by Old Nick,
March the Rogue’s March double quick,
In a cash-box span and spick,
Ere insured by Messrs. Slick,
Substitute for bullion brick;
Whatsoever ship you pick
Sail not in her–say you’re sick.
Though on deck the crowd be thick,
Why should that your conscience prick?
Hid in clock that will not tick
Till the fatal hammer click,
Dynamite will do the trick.
If by chance of fall or kick
Hatch precociously your chick,
Then, the dust of earth to lick,
Ere your neck the hangman rick,
In your brain a bullet stick.
Anonymous, Baily’s Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 28, No. 193, Page 209. (March 1876.)
Quite an unexpected thing to see in a magazine about hunting and cricket.
I’m not able to figure out exactly which act of terrorism this is deriding. Dynamite was invented in 1866; this event probably took place circa 1875.
[later...]
Ah! As luck would have it, there is a recent book by Ann Larabee which talks about this incident: The Dynamite Fiend:The Chilling Story of Alexander Keith Jr., Nova Scotia Spy, Con-Artist & International Terrorist. You can read more about the book and its Canadian connection here.
Keith apparently was trying to commit insurance fraud; the bomb went off too early, and many dockworkers were killed. Keith shot himself, but remained living for a few days.
Modern Persia
May 18th, 2007 | Project Gutenberg
1897, Nonfiction
Modern Persia, by Rabbi Mooshie G. Daniel. Published 1897.
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Fundamentals of Prosperity
May 17th, 2007 | Project Gutenberg
1920, Nonfiction
Fundamentals of Prosperity: What They Are and Whence They Come, by Roger W. Babson. Published 1920.
Roister Doister
May 8th, 2007 | Project Gutenberg
1553, 1869, Fiction
Roister Doister. Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College, by Nicholas Udall. Edited by Edward H. Arber. Published 1869.
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Chocolate: or, an Indian Drinke
May 3rd, 2007 | Project Gutenberg
1652, Nonfiction
Chocolate: or, an Indian Drinke, by Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma, translated by James Wadsworth. 165[2].
By the wise and Moderate use whereof,
Health is preserved, Sicknesse
Diverted, and Cured, especially the
Plague of the Guts; vulgarly called
The New Disease; Fluxes, Consumptions,
& Coughs of the Lungs, with sundry
other desperate Diseases. By it
also, Conception is Caused,
the Birth Hastened and
facilitated, Beauty
Gain’d and continued.
The Bibliotaph and Other People
May 3rd, 2007 | Project Gutenberg
1899, Nonfiction
The Bibliotaph and Other People, by Leon H. Vincent. Published 1899.