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English Men of LettersSwiftThe chief materials for a life of Swift are to be found in his writings and correspondence. The best edition is the second of the two edited by Scott (1814 and 1824). In 1751 Lord Orrery published Remarks upon the Life and Writings of...
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Dorothy Wordsworth: The Story of a Sister's LoveDorothy Wordsworth: The Story of a Sister's LoveThis little book owes its origin to the fact that, with the exception of Professor Shairp's Sketch contained in the preface to the "Tour in Scotland," no biography or memoir of the subject of it has hitherto...
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AddisonAddisonOf the four English men of letters whose writings most fully embody the spirit of the eighteenth century, the one who provides the biographer with the scantiest materials is Addison. In his Journal to Stella, his social verses, and his letters to his friends,...
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Miss Eden's LettersMiss Eden's LettersIN the autumn of 1913 a Life of Lord Clarendon[1] was published, and among many of his letters were a few written to him by an old friend, Miss Eden. It was thought that a further selection of Emily Edens letters might...
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May Iverson's CareerMay Iverson's Career1 The Commencement exercises at St. Catharine's were over, and everybody in the big assembly-hall was looking relieved and grateful. Mabel Muriel Murphy had welcomed our parents and friends to the convent shades in an extemporaneous speech we had overheard her practising...
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The Friendly Club and Other PortraitsThe Friendly Club and Other PortraitsCitation of authorities, except so far as they appear in the text, has been considered inappropriate in the case of such informal articles as these. It would be ungracious, however, to omit mention of the writer's indebtedness in connection...
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The Life of Daniel De FoeThe Life of Daniel De FoeThe ensuing Life was written for amusement, during a period of convalescence in 1785; and published anonymously by Stockdale, before The History of the Union, in 1786. As the Author fears no reproach for such amusement, during such a...
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L'élite: écrivains, orateurs sacrés, peintres, sculpteursL'élite: écrivains, orateurs sacrés, peintres, sculpteursEn effet, il est surprenant de penser qu'on le conteste encore, que les critiques le dnaturent, que les anthologies le ngligent, qu'on le tient tout au plus pour un pote trange, malsain, strile en tout cas. Mais l'opinion finale...
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William Morris: Poet, Craftsman, SocialistWilliam Morris: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist The personal life of William Morris is already known to us through Mr. Mackails admirable biography as fully, probably, as we shall ever know it. My own endeavour has been to present a picture of Morriss busy career perhaps...
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The Journal of a Disappointed ManThe Journal of a Disappointed Man"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men...
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Kentucky in American Letters, 1784-1912. Vol. 2 of 2Kentucky in American Letters, 1784-1912. Vol. 2 of 2James Newton Baskett, novelist and scientist, was born near Carlisle, Kentucky, November 1, 1849. He was taken to Missouri in early life by his parents. He was graduated from the University of Missouri in 1872, since...
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Kentucky in American Letters, 1784-1912. Vol. 1 of 2Kentucky in American Letters, 1784-1912. Vol. 1 of 2I What is a Kentucky book, is the one great question this work has elicited. Surely a Kentucky book is one written by a Kentuckian about Kentucky or Kentuckians and printed in Kentucky; surely it is...
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Platero y yoPlatero y yoESTE breve libro, en donde la alegra y la pena son gemelas, cual las orejas de Platero, estaba escrito para... qu s yo para quin!... para quien escribimos los poetas lricos... Ahora que va los nios, no le quito ni le pongo...
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Life and Writings of Maurice MaeterlinckLife and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"Maurice Maeterlinck.Il dbuta ... dans La Pliade par un chef-d'uvre: Le Massacre des Innocents. Albert Mockel devint plus tard son patient et infatigable aptre Paris. C'est lui qui nous fit connatre Les Serres Chaudes et surtout cette Princesse Maleine...
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A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British AuthorsA Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British AuthorsTHE favor with which a few articles in the periodical press, similar to those herewith presented, have been received induces the hope that the present volume may prove acceptable. If some popular literary shrines which...
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Literary Shrines: The Haunts of Some Famous American AuthorsLiterary Shrines: The Haunts of Some Famous American AuthorsFOR some years it has been the delightful privilege of the writer of the present volume to ramble and sojourn in the scenes amid which his best-beloved authors erst lived and wrote. He has made repeated...
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Poor RelationsPoor RelationsTHERE was nothing to distinguish the departure of the Murmania from that of any other big liner leaving New York in October for Liverpool or Southampton. At the crowded gangways there was the usual rain of ultimate kisses, from the quayside the usual...
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The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I)The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I)WHEN Henry James wrote the reminiscences of his youth he shewed conclusively, what indeed could be doubtful to none who knew him, that it would be impossible for anyone else to write his life. His life was no...
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Édes anyaföldem! : Egy nép s egy ember története (2. kötet)Édes anyaföldem! : Egy nép s egy ember története (2. kötet)Gzparipn l ismt a tkozl fiu, bszkn, diadalmasan vgtat Pest fel, mintha nem a Vletlennek, de maga-magnak ksznhetn a feltmadst. Vgtat a sebes szlnl sebesebben, mg a gondolatnl is sebesebben legalbb azt hiszi, hogy...
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Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 TWO VOLUMES IN ONE BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY LAURA E. RICHARDS AND MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY...
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