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Aristotle on the art of poetryAristotle on the art of poetry In the tenth book of the Republic, when Plato has completed his final burning denunciation of Poetry, the false Siren, the imitator of things which themselves are shadows, the ally of all that is low and weak in...
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NonsenseorshipNonsenseorship At current bootliquor quotations, Haig & Haig costs twelve dollars a quart, while any dependable booklegger can unearth a copy of "Jurgen" for about fifteen dollars. Which indicates, at least, an economic application of Nonsenseorship. Its literary, social, and ethical reactions are rather...
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The Adventure of Living : a Subjective AutobiographyThe Adventure of Living : a Subjective AutobiographyIt is with great pleasure that I accept Major Putnam's suggestion that I should write a special preface to the American edition of my autobiography. Major Putnam, I, and the Spectator, are a triumvirate of old friends,...
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Public Speaking: Principles and PracticePublic Speaking: Principles and PracticeHappily, it is no longer necessary to argue that public speaking is a worthy subject for regular study in school and college. The teaching of this subject, in one form or another, is now fairly well established. In each of...
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Half-Hours with Great Story-TellersHalf-Hours with Great Story-Tellers - Artemus Ward, George Macdonald, Max Adeler, Samuel Lover, and OthersA few days before, a notable miracle had been wrought in the neighborhood; and in those times miracles were not so common as they are now; no royal balloons, no...
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The Naturalist in NicaraguaThe Naturalist in Nicaragua"In the spring of this year (1874) he read a book which gave him great pleasure, and of which he often spoke with admiration, "The Naturalist in Nicaragua," by the late Thomas Belt. Mr. Belt, whose untimely death may well be...
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English literary criticismEnglish literary criticismIn England, as elsewhere, criticism was a late birth of the literary spirit. English poets had sung and literary prose been written for centuries before it struck men to ask themselves, What is the secret of the power that these things have...
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Masterpieces of American Wit and HumorMasterpieces of American Wit and HumorMore than half a dozen years have passed since Mr. Andrew Lang, startled for once out of his customary light-heartedness, asked himself, and his readers, and the ghost of Charles Dickensall three powerless to answerwhether the dismal seriousness of...
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God and My NeighbourGod and My Neighbour INFIDEL! I put the word in capitals, because it is my new name, and I want to get used to it. INFIDEL! The name has been bestowed on me by several Christian gentlemen as a reproach, but to my ears...
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Das hohe Ziel der Erkenntnis: Aranada UpanishadDas hohe Ziel der Erkenntnis: Aranada Upanishadksha, Erscheinung. Grundbedeutung der Wurzel ksh (ks, k), Licht, Schein; in Ableitungen und Zusammensetzungen: erschauen, sichtbar werden, zutage treten, erscheinen. * Derselbe Laut in derselben Bedeutung ist auch in slawischen Sprachen erhalten (russisch: -). Hierzu wolle man die...
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The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth?The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth?The following work offers in book form the series of studies on the question of the historicity of Jesus, presented from time to time before the Independent Religious Society in Orchestra Hall. No effort has been...
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Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3ALADDIN LEADS THE PRINCESS INTO THE PALACE (Color Plate) Arthur Henderson FRONTISPIECE JOHN'S PUMPKIN Lucille Enders THE GRYPHON After Sir John Tenniel ALICE SAT STILL After Sir John Tenniel THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE After Sir John Tenniel AND TURNS OUT HIS...
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Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2KAY AND GERDA AT PLAY AMONG THE FLOWEBS (Color Plate) Arthur Henderson AESOP (Halftone) .. From Painting by Velasquez THE OWL .. Herbert N. Rudeen THE SPARROW AND THE EAGLE .. Herbert N. Rudeen INFANT JOY .. Lucille Enders JAPANESE...
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Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, HungarianStories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, HungarianOn a time it happened that the light-house keeper in Aspinwall, not far from Panama, disappeared without a trace. Since he disappeared during a storm, it was supposed that the ill-fated man went to the very edge...
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Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and ItalianLiterary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and ItalianAncient Greek philosophy was divided into three sciences: Physics, Ethics, and Logic. This division is perfectly suitable to the nature of the thing, and the only improvement that can be made in it is to add the...
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An Adventure with a Genius: Recollections of Joseph PulitzerAn Adventure with a Genius: Recollections of Joseph PulitzerIn the course of my wanderings about the labyrinth of life it has been my good fortune to find awaiting me around every corner some new adventure. If these have generally lacked that vividness of action...
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A Defence of Poetry and Other EssaysA Defence of Poetry and Other Essays The dialogue entitled The Banquet was selected by the translator as the most beautiful and perfect among all the works of Plato. [Footnote: The Republic, though replete with considerable errors of speculation, is, indeed, the greatest repository...
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Writing for VaudevilleWriting for VaudevilleCan you be taught how to write for vaudeville? If you have the native gift, what experienced writers say about its problems, what they themselves have accomplished, and the means by which it has been wrought, will be of help to you....
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Evolution of Expression — Volume 1Evolution of Expression — Volume 1Teach me, then, To fashion worlds in little, making form, As God does, one with spirit,be the priest Who makes God into bread to feed the world. Richard Hovey. The revised edition of the "Evolution of Expression" is issued...
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Bulfinch's MythologyBulfinch's MythologyThose who have investigated the origin of the romantic fables relating to Charlemagne and his peers are of opinion that the deeds of Charles Martel, and perhaps of other Charleses, have been blended in popular tradition with those properly belonging to Charlemagne. It...
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