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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The achievements of the polymath Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913)
spanned banking, politics, science and philanthropy. First
published in 1914, this two-volume biography by Horace G.
Hutchinson (1859-1932) traces Lubbock's extraordinary life and
career. Hutchinson, who knew his subject in later years, paints a
highly favourable portrait of Lubbock's varied accomplishments.
Notably, Lubbock became a partner of his father's bank at
twenty-two, a Member of Parliament in 1870, and in 1900 received
the title of Baron Avebury. Tutored in natural history by Charles
Darwin in his youth, he remained fascinated by evolutionary theory:
it influenced his archaeological and anthropological work,
including Pre-Historic Times as Illustrated by Ancient Remains
(1865) and The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition
of Man (1870), both reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.
Volume 1 covers Lubbock's early childhood and private education,
his introduction to banking, and Darwin's influence on his passion
for science.
The achievements of the polymath Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913)
spanned banking, politics, science and philanthropy. First
published in 1914, this two-volume biography by Horace G.
Hutchinson (1859-1932) traces Lubbock's extraordinary life and
career. Hutchinson, who knew his subject in later years, paints a
highly favourable portrait of Lubbock's varied accomplishments.
Notably, Lubbock became a partner of his father's bank at
twenty-two, a Member of Parliament in 1870, and in 1900 received
the title of Baron Avebury. Tutored in natural history by Charles
Darwin in his youth, he remained fascinated by evolutionary theory:
it influenced his archaeological and anthropological work,
including Pre-Historic Times as Illustrated by Ancient Remains
(1865) and The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition
of Man (1870), both reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.
Volume 2 focuses on Lubbock's later life, with Hutchinson remarking
that by seventy Lubbock was still politically active and in good
health.
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Cricket (Paperback)
Horace G Hutchinson; Various
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R736
Discovery Miles 7 360
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1901 Edition.
With Many Accounts of Experiences Sent by Correspondents and Two
Chapters Contributed Mainly from the Journals of the Psychical
Research Society on Telepathic and Premonitory Dreams.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
With Many Accounts of Experiences Sent by Correspondents and Two
Chapters Contributed Mainly from the Journals of the Psychical
Research Society on Telepathic and Premonitory Dreams.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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Golf (Paperback)
Horace G Hutchinson
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R1,088
Discovery Miles 10 880
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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With Contributions By Lord Wellwood, Sir Walter Simpson, Arthur
James Balfour, Andrew Lang, H. S. C. Everard And Others. This
scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint
Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of
rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this
title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections
such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures,
markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our
control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it
available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and
promoting the world's literature.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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