Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 110

by Various

15 chapters3h 4mEnglish

About this book

Political history figured large in volume 110 of the Short Nonfiction Collection, with reader chosen topics ranging from the Scottish Declaration of Arboarth (1320), to the battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797), early exploration of the North Pacific ocean, Thomas Jefferson's last testament, and Abraham Lincoln's character and legacy. Other readers chose scientific topics: repeating cycles in British climate, ink blot personality testing, animal suicide, cholera transmission, and theories about sleep. Summary by Sue Anderson

Chapters (15)

1Abraham Lincoln: 100th Anniversary of His Birth; Address by President Roosevelt (1909)

607

2Abraham Lincoln: A Man of Simple Habits (1901)

151

3Abraham Lincoln: Autobiographical Sketch (1859)

298

4Abraham Lincoln: Five Star Mother (1864)

120

5Broke His Back: Sad Accident to an Inmate of the Soldiers' Home (1893)

271

6A Cycle of 18 Years in the Seasons of Britain (1842)

1813

7The Declaration of Arbroath (1320)

541

8Defeat of Cape St. Vincent, Memorial of the French to the Spanish, (1797)

291

9Defeat of Cape St. Vincent, Spanish Answer to the French (1797)

423

10Geographical Knowlege of the North Pacific Ocean at the Beginning of the 18th Century (1922)

622

11On the Mode of Communication of Cholera (1849)

2828

12Sleep and the Theories of Its Cause (1898)

1022

13A Study of Imaginations (1898)

869

14Suicide of Animals (1885)

589

15Thomas Jefferson's Will (1826)

597

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 110

About this book

Chapters (15)

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