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Crusoe's island (1864) contains four short works: (1) Crusoe's island, an account of his visits to Juan Fernandez, the island off the Chilean coast where Alexander Selkirk's experiences are supposed to have been the basis of Defoe's ...

Also reprinted in this volume are James W. Taylor's report upon gold and silver mining East of the Rocky Mountains (p. 323-350) and the Dept. of the Interior's 'Circular in relation to mining claims' (p. 351-357), both of which were omitted ...

Browne had been a shorthand reporter for the U.S. Senate before coming west, and he provides transcripts of the proclamation calling the convention, proceedings of the convention, text of the state constitution adopted by the delegates, and ...