Letter to Thomas Spring Rice, Esq. M.P. &c. : on the establishment of a legal provision for the Irish poor, and on the nature and destination of Church property /

Mode of access: Internet.

Diddanwch teuluaidd, neu, Waith beirdd Mon : sef y parchedig Goronwy Owen ... ynghyd a chofion hanesol am feirdd Mon: a gasglwyd o'u llythyrau, &c, trwy gynorthwy Dafydd Thomas ...

Rees, E. Libri Walliae,

The life of Thomas Paine, secretary for foreign affairs to Congress in the American war : author of "Common sense," "Rights of man,"etc. Interspersed with sundry letters, &c. not before published, and containing his last will and testament, verbatim; with notices of the American and French revolutions. Compiled from authentic documents.

Almost the whole of this work is copied verbatim from Sherwin's Life of Paine.

Letters of the Hon. C.F. Cleveland, and Hon. Henry Hubbard, Governors of Connecticut and New Hampshire, to Samuel Ward King, the charter governor of Rhode Island, refusing to deliver up Thomas Wilson Dorr, ...

Also, the letter of the Hon. Marcus Morton, and others, to the Suffrage Clam-bake.

Sir Thomas Browne's Religio medici : Letter to a friend, &c., and Christian morals /

Includes reprints of three earlier title-pages.

The trial of James Thomas Earl of Cardigan : before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in full Parliament, for felony, on Tuesday the 16th day of February 1841. Published by order of the House of Peers.

Mode of access: Internet.

Description of a very beautiful Book of hours; illuminated probably by Hans Memling and Gérard David; now in the possesion of George C. Thomas; with reproductions in photogravure of 11 representative miniatures.

The illuminated manuscript has title: Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae secundum usum romanum, cum calendario.

Carlyle and the London library. Account of its foundation: together with unpublished letters of Thomas Carlyle to W. D. Christie, C. B.: arranged by Mary Christie:

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Conservation genetics of the water mouse, Xeromys myoides Thomas, 1889

The water mouse, Xeromys myoides, is currently recognised as a vulnerable species in Australia, inhabiting a small number of distinct and isolated coastal regions of Queensland and the Northern Territory. An examination of the evolutionary history and contemporary influences shaping the genetic structure of this species is required to make informed conservation management decisions. Here, we report the first analysis undertaken on the phylogeography and population genetics of the water mouse across its mainland Australian distribution. Genetic diversity was assessed at two mitochondrial DNA (Cytochrome b, 1000 bp; D-loop, 400 bp) and eight microsatellite DNA loci. Very low genetic diversity was found, indicating that water mice underwent a recent expansion throughout their Australian range and constitute a single evolutionarily significant unit. Microsatellite analyses revealed that the highest genetic diversity was found in the Mackay region of central Queensland; population substructure was also identified, suggesting that local populations may be isolated in this region. Conversely, genetic diversity in the Coomera region of south-east Queensland was very low and the population in this region has experienced a significant genetic bottleneck. These results have significant implications for future management, particularly in terms of augmenting populations through translocations or reintroducing water mice in areas where they have gone extinct.

Genteel revolutionaries: the lives of Anna and Thomas Haslam

The lives of Thomas and Anna Haslam were dedicated to the attainment of women's equality. They were feminists before the word was coined. In an era when respectable women were not supposed to know of the existence of prostitutes, Anna became empowered to do the unthinkable, not only to speak in public but to discuss openly matters sexual and to attack the double standard of sexuality which was enshrined in the official treatment of prostitutes. Their life-long commitment to the cause of women's suffrage never faltered, despite the repeated discouragement of the fate of bills defeated in the House of Commons. The Haslams represented an Ireland which did not survive them. While they were dedicated to the union with Westminster, they worked happily with those who applied themselves to its destruction. Although in many ways they exemplified the virtues of their Quaker backgrounds, they did not subscribe to any organised religion. Despite living in straitened circumstances, they were part of an urban intellectual elite and participated in the social and cultural life of Dublin for over fifty years. It is tempting to speculate how the Haslams would have fared in post independence Ireland. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington who had impeccable nationalist credentials, was effectively marginalised. It is likely that they would have protested against discriminatory legislation in their usual law abiding manner but, in a country which quickly developed an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic ethos, would they have had a voice or a constituency? Ironically, Thomas's teaching on chastity would have found favour with the hierarchy; his message was disseminated in a simple and more pious manner in numerous Catholic Truth Society pamphlets. The Protestant minority never sought to subvert the institutions of the state, was careful not to criticise and kept its collective head down. Dáil Éireann was not bombarded with petitions for the restoration of divorce facilities or the unbanning of birth control. Those who sought such amenities obtained them quietly 'in another jurisdiction.' Fifty years were to pass before the condom wielding 'comely maidens' erupted on to the front pages of the Sunday papers. They were, one imagines, the spiritual descendants of the militant rather than the constitutional suffrage movement. "Once and for all we need to commit ourselves to the concept that women's rights are not factional or sectional privileges, bestowed on the few at the whim of the many. They are human rights. In a society in which the rights and potential of women are constrained no man can be truly free." These words spoken by Mary Robinson as President of Ireland are an echo of the principles to which the Haslams dedicated their lives and are, perhaps, a tribute to their efforts.