This is a volume of selected passages from the extensive diary of General Gordon: the soldier of fortune, whose memoirs are now introduced to the SPALDING CLUB, had been but a short while dead when public attention was turned to the eight or ten thick quartos, in which, for forty years, he had recorded, day by day. the incidents of his eventful life. So early as 1724, a translation of the Journal from its original English into Russian. In printing these selections, an attempt has been made so far to connect them together, by an outline of Gordon's life in the interval, with occasional quotations from some of the more memorable pages of his Journal, such as those in which he notes the beginnings of his intimacy with Peter the Great or chronicles the prompt and vigorous acts by which he quelled the revolt of the Strelitzes.

First published in 1968. This is a volume of selected passages from the extensive diary of General Gordon: the soldier of fortune, whose memoirs are now introduced to the Spadling Club, who had been but a short while dead when public attention was turned to the eight or ten thick quartos, in which, for forty years, he had recorded, day by day, the incidents of his eventful life. So early as 1724, a translation of the Journal from its original English into Russian. In printing these selections, an attempt has been made so far to connect them together, by an outline of Gordon's life in the interval, with occasional quotations from some of the more memorable pages of his Journal, such as those in which he notes the beginnings of his intimacy with Peter the Great or chronicles the prompt and vigorous acts by which he quelled the revolt of the Strelitzes.

One of the attractive features of the great classical ethologists was their readiness to ask different kinds of questions about behavior - and to do so without muddling the answers. Niko Tinbergen, for instance, was interested in the evolution of behavior. But he also had interests in the present-day sur vival value of a behavior pattern and in the mechanisms that control it from moment to moment. Broad as his interests were, he clearly separated out the problems and recognized that questions about the history, function, control, and development of behavior require distinct approaches - even though the answers to one type of question may aid in finding answers to another. The open-minded (and clear-headed) style of ethologists like Tinbergen was based on a recognition that there are diverse ways of usefully con ducting research on behavior. This consciousness has been partially sub merged in recent years by new waves of narrowly focused enthusiasm. For instance, the study of the behavior of whole animals without recourse to lower levels of analysis, and the treatment of sociobiological theories as ex planation for how individuals develop, has meant that the relatively fragile plants of neuroethology and behavioral ontogeny have almost disappeared under the flood."

Title: The history of the war in America between Great Britain and her colonies: from its commencement to the end of the year 1778: i which its origin, progress, and operations are faithfully related, together with anecdotes and characters of the different commanders, and accounts of such personages in Congress as have distinguished themselves during the contest: to which is added, a collection of interesting and authentic papers tending to elucidate the history.Author: Patrick GordonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01499001CollectionID: CTRG95-B9PublicationDate: 17790101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: One of a number of histories of the American Revolution plagiarized from the Annual register, London. Cf. Libby, O.G. "Some pseudo-histories of the American Revolution." Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, v. 13 (1900), p. 419. Attributed to Patrick Gordon in Halkett and Laing. Made up of sheets used first in: Ferguson, T. A complete history of the present civil war between Great Britain and the United Colonies of North America ... London i.e., Dublin]: Printed for J. Hayes, 1779. Cf. Adams, T.R. The American controversy, 1980, no. 79-56. Vol. 1 includes "A new map of North America" and a folded table with lists of His Majesty's forces killed, wounded and missing in the battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and Long Island. Vol. 2, with half-title "Interesting and authentic papers, relative to the contest between Great Britain and her colonies," includes index. Vol. 3, published in 1785, has title: The history of the war in America between Great Britain and her colonies, from its commencement to the conclusion in 1783. ... "In two volumes." Includes index.Collation: 3 v.: map; 21 cm. (8vo.)

Title: The history of the war in America between Great Britain and her colonies: from its commencement to the end of the year 1778: i which its origin, progress, and operations are faithfully related, together with anecdotes and characters of the different commanders, and accounts of such personages in Congress as have distinguished themselves during the contest: to which is added, a collection of interesting and authentic papers tending to elucidate the history.Author: Patrick GordonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01499002CollectionID: CTRG95-B9PublicationDate: 17790101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: One of a number of histories of the American Revolution plagiarized from the Annual register, London. Cf. Libby, O.G. "Some pseudo-histories of the American Revolution." Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, v. 13 (1900), p. 419. Attributed to Patrick Gordon in Halkett and Laing. Made up of sheets used first in: Ferguson, T. A complete history of the present civil war between Great Britain and the United Colonies of North America ... London i.e., Dublin]: Printed for J. Hayes, 1779. Cf. Adams, T.R. The American controversy, 1980, no. 79-56. Vol. 1 includes "A new map of North America" and a folded table with lists of His Majesty's forces killed, wounded and missing in the battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and Long Island. Vol. 2, with half-title "Interesting and authentic papers, relative to the contest between Great Britain and her colonies," includes index. Vol. 3, published in 1785, has title: The history of the war in America between Great Britain and her colonies, from its commencement to the conclusion in 1783. ... "In two volumes." Includes index.Collation: 3 v.: map; 21 cm. (8vo.)

Title: Geography anatomiz'd, or, The geographical grammar: being a short and exact analysis of the whole body of modern geography after a new and curious method: comprehending, I. A general view of the terraqueous globe ...: II. A particular view of the terraqueous globe ...Author: Patrick GordonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04741400CollectionID: CTRG04-B296PublicationDate: 17300101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 20], 416 p., 16] leaves of plates (fold.): maps; 20 cm