Excerpt from Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, Vol. 2 Page sence of thirty years; deep impression made upon me by the tombs of William the Silent and Grotms. Amalgamation of the Russian, British, and American plans (or arbitration. A day in London. Henry Irving m Sanlou's Robespierre good and evil characteristics of the piece, its un historical features. Return to The Hague. The American plan of Special Mediation and Seconding Powers favorably received by the Conference. Characteristics of the amalgamated plan for the ...
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Excerpt from Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, Vol. 2 Page sence of thirty years; deep impression made upon me by the tombs of William the Silent and Grotms. Amalgamation of the Russian, British, and American plans (or arbitration. A day in London. Henry Irving m Sanlou's Robespierre good and evil characteristics of the piece, its un historical features. Return to The Hague. The American plan of Special Mediation and Seconding Powers favorably received by the Conference. Characteristics of the amalgamated plan for the Arbitration Tribunal its re sults. Visit from Count Minister; interesting stories of his life as Ambassa dor at St. Petersburg, the young German savant rescued from Siberia; Monster's quarrel With (iertchakofl', his quotation from the old Grand Duke Michael. Questions in the Conference regarding asphyxiating bombs, etc. Attitude of the American delegates. Question of the exemption of private property from seizure at sea; difiiculty in getting it before the Conference; earnest support given us by the Netherlands and other governments. Talk With the leading Netherlands Delegate, Van Karnebeek. Reasons why South America was not represented in the Conference. Line of cleavage between political parties in the Netherlands. Fears of President mckinley regarding our special mediation proposal. Continuance of hortatory letters and crank ish proposals. Discussion between American and Russian delegates on a fusion of various arbitration plans. Difficulties discovered in our own; alteration in them obtained from the State Department. Support given by Germany to the American view regarding the exemption of private property on the high seas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Good. Commemorative. Good plus. (Pages: 606) Covers faded at top edge, rubs at spine ends, rear endpaper stained. Two volumes in one. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Commemorative Edition. Very good. Two volumes in one: 601and 606pp. Navy blue covers with faded gilt lettering on backstrip. Important American autobiography in the fields of higher education, diplomacy and religion. (loc 891)
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Volume 1: xxi, 605 pp. Gilt upper page edges; very light rubbing to the extremities; the binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Volume 2: xix, 606 pp. Gilt upper page edges; slight wear to the upper cover edges at the fore-corners; the corners are slightly bumped; there is a small dent in the fore-edge of the front cover.
