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By: Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) | |
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The Man In The High-Water Boots |
By: Francis Pretty | |
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Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World |
By: Francis S. (Francis Samuel) Drake (1828-1885) | |
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Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea | |
By: François Crastre | |
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Rosa Bonheur
A Masterpieces in Colour series book. Very informative with a biography and critique of the artist's work and how well she was beloved. |
By: Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart Montespan (1641-1707) | |
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Memoirs of Madame de Montespan |
By: Frank Berkeley Smith (1869-1931) | |
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Real Latin Quarter
"Cocher, drive to the rue Falguière"--this in my best restaurant French. The man with the varnished hat shrugged his shoulders, and raised his eyebrows in doubt. He evidently had never heard of the rue Falguière. "Yes, rue Falguière, the old rue des Fourneaux," I continued. Cabby's face broke out into a smile. "Ah, oui, oui, le Quartier Latin." And it was at the end of this crooked street, through a lane that led into a half court flanked by a row of studio buildings, and up one pair of dingy waxed steps, that I found a door bearing the name of the author of the following pages--his visiting card impaled on a tack... |
By: Frank Bigelow Tarbell (1853-1920) | |
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A History of Greek Art |
By: Fred. W. (Frederick William) Burgess (1855-1945) | |
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Chats on Household Curios |
By: Frederic Maccabe | |
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Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions
This manual offers instructions on how to become a ventriloquist. Starting out from a general introduction of ventriloquism, it explains how sounds are formed in the human body and how the voice is used. It then provides exercises for the budding artist, and a number of dialogues for performances. |
By: Frederica Seeger | |
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Entertainments for Home, Church and School |
By: Frederick Litchfield | |
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Illustrated History of Furniture
From the Earliest to the Present TimeBy Frederick Litchfield.PREFACE.In the following pages the Author has placed before the reader an account of the changes in the design of Decorative Furniture and Woodwork, from the earliest period of which we have any reliable or certain record until the present time. A careful selection of illustrations has been made from examples of established authenticity, the majority of which are to be seen, either in the Museums to which reference is made, or by permission of the owners; and the representations of the different interiors will convey an idea of the character and disposition of the furniture of the periods to which they refer... |
By: Frederick W. Woodhouse | |
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The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains |
By: Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921) | |
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Four Masters of Etching
Frederick Wedmore presents short vignettes of influential artists of the 19th century who were noted for their mastery of etching: Seymour Haden, Jules Jacquemart, J. A. M. Whistler, and Alphonse Legros. - Summary by Larry Wilson |
By: Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) | |
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Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I |
By: Friedrich Kerst | |
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Mozart, The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His name is one of the most recognizable names in history and one of the most enduring of composers. At age 5, this “wunderkinder” took to the stage and began his life as a prolific and celebrated creator-genius of such luminous works the world has not known since. This collection of morsels taken from his personal letters is engaging and gives a look into the mind of the boy wonder. Was he mad? Was he miraculous? |
By: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) | |
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Birth of Tragedy
In this famous early work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, he investigates the artistic characteristics of Apollonian and Dionysian characteristics in Greek art, specifically in Greek tragedy as it evolved. Then he applies his conclusions about Greek tragedy to the state of modern art, especially modern German art and specifically to the operas of Richard Wagner. |
By: G. A. (George Adolphus) Storey (1834-1919) | |
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The Theory and Practice of Perspective |
By: G. E. Mitton | |
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Round the Wonderful World |
By: G. F. (George Forrest) Browne (1833-1930) | |
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Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland |
By: G. F. Young (1846-1919) | |
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Medici, Volume 1
This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zenith of power and influence, to its eventual decay and ruin. It outlines their history in conjunction with the major events of Europe and dwells much on the artists and artworks patronized by the Medici - the impetus of the Renaissance. This first volume brings to life the Renaissance and how Florence, through the Medici, was the epicentre of the movement that spread new learning throughout Europe... |
By: G. H. (George Henry) Palmer (1871-) | |
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Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See |
By: G. R. M. Devereux | |
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The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements |
By: G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin (1879-1965) | |
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Problems in Periclean Buildings |
By: Garrett P. Serviss (1851-1929) | |
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Edison's Conquest of Mars
Edison’s Conquest of Mars, by Garrett P. Serviss, is one of the many science fiction novels published in the nineteenth century. Although science fiction was not at the time thought of as a distinct literary genre, it was a very popular literary form, with almost every fiction magazine regularly publishing science fiction stories and novels. “Edison’s Conquest of Mars” was published in 1898 as an unauthorized sequel to H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, but did not achieve the fame of its predecessor. The book was endorsed by Thomas Edison, the hero of the book — though not by Wells. |
By: Garrett Putman Serviss (1851-1929) | |
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Edison's Conquest of Mars |
By: Gaston Maspero (1846-1916) | |
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Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
A handbook of Egyptian archaeology, issued by the British Museum, considered suitable for British tourists travelling to Egypt in the 19th Century. (Introduction by Timothy Ferguson) |
By: Gene Allen Martin | |
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Make Your Own Hats |
By: Geographical Publishing Co. [Editor] | |
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People's Handy Atlas of the World 1910 Census Edition |
By: George Coffey (1857-1916) | |
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The Bronze Age in Ireland |
By: George Field (1777?-1854) | |
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Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists |
By: George Hamilton | |
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Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora
George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty mutineers and bring them back to England for trial. The commander, Captain Edward Edwards, also was ordered to chart the passage between Australia and New Guinea. While Edwards managed to arrest the mutineers still on Tahiti, he sank the Pandora on a reef near Australia. Hamilton tells this story and also the story of the crew’s fate after the Pandora sank. |
By: George Jack | |
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Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship |
By: George L. Apperson (1857-1937) | |
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The Social History of Smoking
This work tells the history of smoking in England from the social point of view. Thus it does not deal with the history of tobacco growing or tobacco related manufacture, but is rather the story of how smoking has fitted in with the fashions and customs throughout the ages, and the changes in the attitude of society towards smoking. |
By: George Laurence Gomme (1853-1916) | |
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Folklore as an Historical Science |
By: George Manville Fenn (1831-1909) | |
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Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land |
By: George O. Smith (1911-1981) | |
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The Fourth "R" |
By: George Orrin Draper (1884-) | |
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School, Church, and Home Games |
By: George S. (George Searle) Phillips (1815-1889) | |
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A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time |
By: George Sampson (1873-1950) | |
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A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy |
By: George W. Foote (1850-1915) | |
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Comic Bible Sketches Reprinted from "The Freethinker" |
By: George Washington Brooks | |
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The Spirit of 1906 |
By: George Washington Sears (1821-1890) | |
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Woodcraft |
By: George Wood Wingate (1840-1928) | |
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A report on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of the country |
By: Georges Perrot (1832-1914) | |
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A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 |
By: Gilbert Seldes (1893-1970) | |
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Seven Lively Arts
“... But, beside those great men, there is a certain number of artists who have a distinct faculty of their own by which they convey to us a peculiar quality of pleasure which we cannot get elsewhere; and these, too, have their place in general culture, and must be interpreted to it by those who have felt their charm strongly, and are often the objects of a special diligence and a consideration wholly affectionate, just because there is not about them the stress of a great name and authority.” - Summary by Walter Pater |
By: Gilles Corrozet (1510-1568) | |
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The Dance of Death |
By: Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) | |
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most- read work of the older literature of art", "some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art", and "one of the founding texts in art history"... | |
The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) |
By: Giovanni-Andrea Gallini (1728-1805) | |
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A Treatise on the Art of Dancing |
By: Gleeson White (1851-1898) | |
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Children's Books and Their Illustrators | |
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum |
By: Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862-1932) | |
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The Greek View of Life
“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the truth of all existence.”This elegantly-written work provides a splendid introduction to the Greeks of the classic period: how they thought, wrote, and organised their lives and loves. Although it dates from the 1890s, there is very little about it that has dated. To its author’s credit, the subject of “Greek love” is dealt with in a sane and factual context - despite the judicial assassination of Oscar Wilde going on in the background... |
By: Grace Christie | |
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Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving |
By: Grace Wood | |
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The Art of Interior Decoration |
By: Gustav Kobbé (1857-1918) | |
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The Loves of Great Composers |
By: H. E. (Henry Edward) Bird (1830-1908) | |
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Chess History and Reminiscences |
By: H. G. Wells (1866-1946) | |
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Floor Games
H.G. Wells had so much fun playing with his children on the floor of their playroom, he decided to write a jovial little book to inspire other parents in their pursuit of quality time with the kids. While the raw materials available from hobby stores of his day were woefully short of the variety and quality of what can be bought easily now, he and his sons created their own worlds to rule. This short work describes two games of imagination played out upon the floor of his home – an archipelago of islands, and a thoroughly integrated city, conveniently organized with two mayoral positions for his sons “G... |
By: H. M. (Herbert Minton) Cundall (1848-1940) | |
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Masters of Water-Colour Painting |
By: Hagop K. Kevorkian | |
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The Arts of Persia & Other Countries of Islam |
By: Haldane MacFall (1860-1928) | |
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Vigée Le Brun |
By: Hamilton Fyfe (1869-1951) | |
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Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study
A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here at. - Summary by ToddHW |
By: Hannibal Gamon | |
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The Praise of a Godly Woman |
By: Harold Howland (1877-) | |
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Theodore Roosevelt and His Times |
By: Harold Speed | |
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The Practice and Science of Drawing
THE PRACTICE & SCIENCE OF DRAWINGBY HAROLD SPEEDPREFACEPermit me in the first place to anticipate the disappointment of any student who opens this book with the idea of finding wrinkles on how to draw faces, trees, clouds, or what not, short cuts to excellence in drawing, or any of the tricks so popular with the drawing masters of our grandmothers and still dearly loved by a large number of people. No good can come of such methods, for there are no short cuts to excellence. But help of a very practical kind it is the aim of the following pages to give; although it may be necessary to make a greater call upon the intelligence of the student than these Victorian methods attempted... |
By: Harry Alan Potamkin (1900-1933) | |
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Eyes of the Movie
"The movie was born in the laboratory and reared in the counting-house. It is a benevolent monster of four I's: Inventor, Investor, Impresario, Imperialist." So begins Harry Alan Potamkin's The Eyes of the Movie, a posthumously published indictment of Hollywood. It is a savage socialist critique of the film industry, its practices, and products. Potamkin takes aim at the "conservative element" infiltrating Hollywood's dream factory, investigating mainstream cinema's double function as propaganda and "passing amusement." |
By: Harry De Windt (1856-1933) | |
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From Paris to New York by Land |
By: Harry Furniss (1854-1925) | |
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The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 | |
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 | |
M. P.'s in Session From Mr. Punch's Parliamentary Portrait Gallery |
By: Harry Houdini | |
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The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé,
“A complete exposé of the modus operandi of fire eaters, heat resisters, poison eaters, venomous reptile defiers, sword swallowers, human ostriches, strong men, etc.”, [by Harry Houdini, from the subtitle]. |
By: Harry Vardon (1870-1937) | |
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The Complete Golfer |
By: Hartley Withers (1867-1950) | |
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The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See |
By: Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee (1861-1949) | |
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The Tapestry Book |
By: Helen Marshall Pratt | |
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Understanding English Cathedrals: Terminology, Architecture, Organization, And Personnel
This recording comprises chapters from two different works: How To Visit The English Cathedrals by Esther Singleton, and The Cathedral Churches Of England by Helen Marshall Pratt. Each book devotes a chapter to each cathedral, but this recording includes only the introductory chapters of general information. - Summary by David Wales |
By: Henry Adams (1838-1918) | |
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres |
By: Henry Ernest Dudeney (1857-1930) | |
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The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems |
By: Henry Fisk Carlton | |
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The Tree That Saved Connecticut |
By: Henry Frith (1840-) | |
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Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold |
By: Henry H. Windsor (1859-1924) | |
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Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I |
By: Henry Hunt Snelling (1816-1897) | |
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History and Practice of the Art of Photography |
By: Henry J. Ford (1860-1941) | |
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The Book of Romance |
By: Henry James (1843-1916) | |
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The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the “major phase” of James’ career. The Golden Bowl explores the tangle of interrelationships between a father and daughter and their respective spouses. The novel focuses deeply and almost exclusively on the consciousness of the central characters, with sometimes obsessive detail but also with powerful insight. | |
The Real Thing
The Real Thing is, on one level, a somewhat ironic tale of an artist and two rather particular models. Yet it also raises questions about the relationship between the notion of reality in our humdrum world, and the means that an artist must use in trying to achieve, or reflect, that reality. Though the protagonist is an artist and illustrator of books, not a writer, it's not hard to imagine that James has himself, and other writers, in mind. | |
The Tragic Muse | |
Picture and Text 1893 | |
The Outcry | |
The Madonna of the Future | |
The Golden Bowl — Volume 1 | |
The Golden Bowl — Volume 2 | |
The Beldonald Holbein |
By: Henry Neville (1620-1694) | |
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The Isle Of Pines (1668) and An Essay in Bibliography by Worthington Chauncey Ford |
By: Henry Rankin Poore (1859-1940) | |
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Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures |
By: Herbert Corey Leeds (1855-1930) | |
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The Laws of Euchre As adopted by the Somerset Club of Boston, March 1, 1888 |
By: Horatio Alger (1832-1899) | |
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Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune |