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Biographies of poets are often rich in human interest, manuals of literary history can be full of broad insight and suggestive parallels. But it is all too easy to let the study of French poetry drift towards lives, loves and -isms and away from the appreciation of its supremely creative use of language. Born of the belief that the proper study of poetry is the poem itself, this book seeks to concentrate on the poetic process at work on the pa...

It is important to have complete knowledge of a man who throughout a long life, sacrificed himself for what was, perhaps, the most fertile idea of modern times - the regeneration of nations by elementary education, a man who, passionately loving the people in spite of their ignorance and vices, sought to teach and raise them even before they had made themselves feared, a man who, in his ardent desire to help humanity, became, in turn, theologi...

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Swift as a hardworking clergyman, caring for the poor, upholding a standard of decency in worship which was then almost unknown, practicing habits of prayer which he carefully concealed from the eyes of his friends - such is the theme of this book, which, omitting the well-worn subjects dear to the literary critic, succeeds in giving a new picture of the man himself. The real purpose of these chapters is to give an outline of Swift's religious...

This is a short yet comprehensive biography of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German writer, scientist, and a major figure in the world of literature. We learn of his childhood and family background, his education and travels to Italy, his informal, and later formal, marriage to Christiane Vulpius, and the birth of his son August. In the final chapter the author presents a general view of Goethe's work.

Diary of a Criminologist was written amidst the everyday hustle and bustle of crime detection (in the Soviet Union). "I look back on my years as a criminologist with a warm feeling of gratitude, for I am indebted to them for many of my themes, situations, characters and plots.

This manual provides guidance for the design and construction of coastal residential structures able to resist damage from flood, wind, and erosion hazards. Included herein are discussions of new residential structures - principally detached single-family, attached single-family (townhouse), and low-rise (three-story or less) multifamily houses. Non-residential structures of similar sizes, loads, and construction can also be considered by inte...

This is an authentic and comprehensive record of the trial (November 1980 - January 1981) of the two counter-revolutionary cliques of Lin Biao and Jiang Qing. Here one will find:An account of the major crimes of the Gang of Four and other principal defendants, and of the disasters they brought to the country and people during the "cultural revolution, "Highlights of court hearings and court debates, Documents: Indictment and Verdict, Names of ...

The biography of the criminal known as the "King of the Lags" a late 19th century London thief and murderer, musician and lover of animals, a ferocious killer who preached pacifism, and one of the greatest criminals in history. Respected by day as the pillar of middle-class piety, by night he plundered the homes of the wealthy. Originally published in 1911.

This volume presents some of the finest of the myths and legends with which the story of Ireland begins. The book is a representative one on the subject, by describing briefly the chief periods of Irish romance.Contents:Irish Myth and LegendLegends of the Earliest ColonistsThe Gaelic OlympusThe Fate of the Children of LirThe Red Branch CycleThe Fate of the Sons of UsnachThe Gaelic IliadThe Fianna EirinnLove Stories of the Heroic TimesMemorials...

Most people know their "Robinson Crusoe, " and have heard of the author Defoe. But how many of us have heard even the name of Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner? or have read his quaint Journal of a cruising voyage round the world in 1712. Yet it was this Woodes Rogers who not only discovered the original Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk, but after making a "note of him when found" upon the island of Juan Fernandez, at once proceeded to make very practica...

The aim of this book is to retell that part of the myth-history of early Ireland which deals with the Tuatha De Dannan, or Fairies. The author has tried to preserve the temper of old Irish writing in both thought and form, to retain as much of the original beauty of phrase and imagery as is consistent with coherent narrative.Contents:The Landing of the DedannansThe Birth of BresThe Unjust KingThe Flight of BresThe Healing of NuadaThe Marvelous...

Senior's Political Economy, published in 1836, has hitherto been regarded as the quintessence of his literary productions. Economists have generally mistakenly taken it for granted that with the publication of that work the author's economic contributions prematurely came to an end. These original documents, constituting the author's matured views on the general principles of economics, have been carefully arranged in logical sequence and embo...

The biography of Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) - orator, statesman, author and political figure, by President Theodore Roosevelt. This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries, Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College, Guide to the Study of the United States of America, and Literature of American History.

Theodore Roosevelt has produced an animated and intensely interesting biography of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), the early American politician, businessman, diplomat and statesman who was the New York representative to the Continental Congress, This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries and the Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College.

Comte de Mirabeau (Honore Gabriel Riquetti, 1749-1791), a French revolutionary leader, was the most important figure in the first two years of the French revolution. The two representative Frenchmen of the eighteenth century are Voltaire and Mirabeau. Voltaire was the last great influence of the old order, and Mirabeau the first of the new. Voltaire, more than any other one man, undammed the torrent of Revolution. Mirabeau used all the strengt...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.

Heraldry has been defined by one writer as the shorthand of history, and for the full appreciation of the meaning of countless devices in medieval illuminations, stained glass, on monuments and seals, etc., it is altogether indispensable. There are chapters on the value of heraldry to genealogist and historian, arms borne on shield, earliest devices of a structural origin, guiding rules and phraseology, blazoning of arms and animals used as ch...

CONTENTSD'Alembert: The Thinker (1717-1783)Diderot: The Talker (1713-1784)Galiani: The Wit (1728-1787)Vauvenargues: The Aphorist (1715-1747)D'Holbach: The Host (1723-1789)Grimm: The Journalist (1723-1807)Helvétius: The Contradiction (1715-1771)Turgot: The Statesman (1727-1781)Beaumarchais: The Playwright (1732-1799)Condorcet: The Aristocrat (1743-1794)Index

With the appearance of The Cats' Bridge in 1890, the critics began to admit there had come into the literary arena a man sufficiently original to erect his own standard. Hermann Sudermann (1857 - 1928) dominated the German stage for nearly a quarter century, and was considered one of the greatest figures in contemporary German literature. He studied philosophy and history at Konigsberg University, and continued to write right up to his death, ...