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Contents Include: Expression Tempo Conventional Alterations of Rhythm Ornamentation Figured Basses Positions and Fingering The Musical Instruments of the Period

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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His knowledge of the English countryside is extraordinary he can not only name the trees and flowers, the birds and beasts of every district, but he can tell what every village is built of and why' The Manchester Guardian

With an Introduction by D.H. Lawrence. (Awarded the Nobel Prize 1928). An unusual book, both in its story and its setting in a remote Sardinian hill village, half civilised and superstitious. The action of the story takes place so rapidly and the actual drama is so interwoven with the mental conflict, and all so forced by circumstances, that it is almost Greek in its simple and inevitable tragedy

This early work by Anna Katharine Green was originally published in 1891 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Old Stone House and Other Stories' is one of Green's collections of short stories. Anna Katharine Green was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1846. She aspired to be a writer from a young age, and corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson during her late teens. When her poetry failed to gain recognition, Gree...

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This vintage book contains the first volume of William Morris's 1896 novel, "The Well at the World's End". It is a fantasy novel that, along with Morris's other work, "The Wood Beyond the World" (1894), inspired the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien. It is the story of Ralph of Upmeads, a son of a king who sets out, against his parents' desires, to seek out the fabled "Well at the World's End", a magical well that will give those who drink of it go...

A fantasy of life amongst the monks and friars of 16th-century France which remains a satirical and comic classic. Rabelais espouses a positive view of life in which tolerance, goodness, understanding and wisdom are opposed to dogmatism, pride and cruelty. The dazzling and exuberant moral stories of Rabelais (c. 1471-1553) expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque ...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The five plays in this volume, Sejanus, The Alchemist, Volpone, Every Man in his Humour, and Bartholomew Fair - fairly represent the range and variety of Jonson's work as a playwright. The texts have been modernized from authoritative editions. Each play is preceded by a facsimile title page.Keywords: Bartholomew Fair Five Plays Sejanus Volpone Alchemist Playwright Every Man Facsimile Humour

One of the philosopher's most studied works, the Nicomachean Ethics, is here made available in the same translation in the World's Classics. Notes of primarily textual importance have been omitted, leaving only those of more general philosophical interest the index has been adapted for this edition and there is a new Introduction by the translator. Though Aristotle at hisdeath left other ethical works, and this book is therefore called after i...

This volume contains forty fascinating essays written by Bernard Shaw. Taken in combination, his essays aim to provide a representative cross-section of English theatre history in the late-nineteenth century. The first chapter explores Shaw's skill as a critic, highlighting his extraordinary body of knowledge. The rest of the essays deal with such playwrights as Shakespeare, Ibsen, Wilde, and Pinero, and such players as Irving, Ellen Terry, Mr...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the inner workings of a watch, with information on the mechanics of clockwork lever escapements, cylinder escapements, verge escapements, shockproof escapements, and their maintenance and repair. Although old, the information contained herein is timeless and will be of considerable utility to anyone with an interest in the internal machinations of time pieces. The chapters of this book includ...

Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Contents Include: Plums and Damsons - Origin, Cultivation, Select List of Varieties, Forced Plums, Japanese Plums, Apricots - Origin, Cultivation Out-of-doors, List of Varieties. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

This antiquarian volume contains John Galsworthy's 1920s novel, 'Tatterdemalion'. A wonderful example of Galsworthy's masterful fiction-writing prowess, this novel is a veritable must-read for fans of his work, and it would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. The chapters of this book include: The Grey Angel, Defeat, Flotsam and Jetsam, The Bright Side, The Recruit, The Dog It Was That Died, In Heaven and Earth, The Mother Stone, The ...

Originally published in 1914. Contents Include The Medici in Florence The Renaissance in Florence Lorenzo Il Magnifico The Renaissance in Rome Baldassare Castiglione and the Women of the Renaissance The Cynics and the Swashbucklers of the Renaissance The Fruits of the Renaissance The Renaissance of the Northern Races The French Renaissance The English Renaissance Books Recommended

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.