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Legend Land
Legend Land is a collection of some of the OLD TALES told in those Western Parts of Britain served by the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, now retold by LYONESSE | |
Supplement to "Punch", 16th December 1914 The Unspeakable Turk | |
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 | |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue | |
The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 02, February 1895. Byzantine-Romanesque Doorways in Southern Italy | |
Coffee Break Collection 012 - The Performing Arts
This is the twelfth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to hear a whole story and only have a few minutes to devote to listening. The theme for this collection is "The Performing Arts", with works about theatre, music, dance, and film! Summary by Rosie. | |
Dial, May 1920
An example of one of the leading literary magazines of the early 20th Century. Poetry by e.e. cummings and Louise Bryant , a short story by Sherwood Anderson, a memoir of the late poet James Flecker, theater and book reviews by Gilbert Seldes, and other critical works. | |
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
This publication of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society of the Black Hills presents the history and description of one of the most iconic colossal sculptures of the world. Originally conceived by Doane Robinson of South Dakota, the memorial was designed by renowned sculptor, Gutzon Borglum who also gave oversight of the construction along with his son Lincoln. It depicts four U.S. Presidents – Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt. - Summary by Larry Wilson | |
Art in Australia, No. 1, 1916
In 1916, three prominent identities in the Sydney art world - Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens and Charles Lloyd Jones - got together to publish Australia's first art magazine. Their aim was to make the work of Australian artists know to the Australian public, and, through high quality reproductions, to give an idea of its quality to those who were unable to see the originals. All of the 102 issues of Art in Australia, published between 1916 and 1942 have now been made available, complete with illustrations, on the National Library of Australia's Trove web site... | |
Art in Australia, No. 2, 1917
In 1916, three prominent identities in the Sydney art world - Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens and Charles Lloyd Jones - got together to publish Australia's first art magazine. Their aim was to make the work of Australian artists known to the Australian public, and, through high quality reproductions, to give an idea of its quality to those who were unable to see the originals. All of the 102 issues of Art in Australia, published between 1916 and 1942 have now been made available, complete with illustrations, on the National Library of Australia's Trove web site... |
By: Vernon Lee (1856-1935) | |
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Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion | |
Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life |
By: Victor Appleton (1873-1962) | |
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Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X
If you haven't come across the 200-book series about Tom Swift Jr, this book would be an interesting one to start with. The series is aimed at the young adult readership, probably male, and the young adolescent hero, Tom Swift Jr is the son of Tom Swift Sr. The books portray the perennially 18-year-old Tom, a tall and angular youngster, possessed of a very high intelligence and presence of mind. Regular characters include his parents, younger sister Sandy, best buddy Bud Barclay, his regular date Phyllis Newton, and the comic roly-poly Chow Winkler... |
By: Vitruvius Pollio | |
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An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author |
By: W. B. | |
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The Elephant's Ball, and Grand Fete Champetre Intended as a Companion to Those Much Admired Pieces, the Butterfly's Ball, and the Peacock "At Home." |
By: W. B. Cramp | |
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Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales |
By: W. C. (William Crary) Brownell (1851-1928) | |
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French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture |
By: W. F. (William Francis) Dawson | |
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Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries |
By: W. H. Inglis | |
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A report of Major Hart's case, of rice-frauds, near Seringapatam |
By: W. H. Peel | |
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Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice |
By: Walter Crane (1845-1915) | |
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Line and Form (1900) | |
A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden | |
The Song of Sixpence Picture Book |
By: Walter Crum Watson | |
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Portuguese Architecture |
By: Walter George Bell (1867-1942) | |
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Tower of London
A short book, whose chapters were originally published in The Daily Mail, which explores the history and facts of each of the structures that make up the Tower. - Summary by Janet 99 |
By: Walter Pater | |
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Appreciations, with an Essay on Style
Appreciations, with an Essay on Style, is a collection of Walter Pater's previously-published essays on literature. The collection was well received by public and critic since its first edition, in 1889. The volume includes an appraisal of the poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, first printed in 1883, a few months after Rossetti's death; an essay on Thomas Browne, whose Baroque style Pater admired; and a discussion of Measure for Measure, one of Pater's most often reprinted pieces. The second edition, published in 1890, had a few modifications, and is the basis for all other editions of the book. | |
The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry | |
The Renaissance: studies in art and poetry | |
Greek Studies: a Series of Essays |
By: Washington Irving (1783-1859) | |
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The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards
This is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. Irving lived at the Alhambra Palace while writing some of the material for his book. In 1828, Washington Irving traveled from Madrid, where he had been staying, to Granada, Spain. At first sight, he described it as "a most picturesque and beautiful city, situated in one of the loveliest landscapes that I have ever seen." He immediately asked the then-governor of the historic Alhambra Palace as well as the archbishop of Granada for access to the palace, which was granted because of Irving's celebrity status... |
By: Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) | |
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Published in 1911, Kandinsky's book compares the spiritual life of humanity to a pyramid -- the artist has a mission to lead others to the pinnacle with his work. The point of the pyramid is those few, great artists. It is a spiritual pyramid, advancing and ascending slowly even if it sometimes appears immobile. During decadent periods, the soul sinks to the bottom of the pyramid; humanity searches only for external success, ignoring spiritual forces. |
By: Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) | |
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The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White tells the story of two half-sisters, Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe who were embroiled in the sinister plot of Sir Percival Glyde and Count Fosco to take over their family’s wealth. It’s considered to be one of the first “sensation novels” to be published. Like most novels that fall into this category, the protagonists here are pushed to their limits by the villains before they finally got the justice they deserved. The story begins with Walter Hartright helping a woman dressed in white who turned out to have escaped from a mental asylum... |
By: Willard M. Smith | |
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Gloves Past and Present
From the preface: "For thirty years I have devoted myself to the practical problems of the glove industry, and my connection with one of the substantial firms of master-merchant-glovers in the world has taught me how little gloves are known or appreciated by the millions of persons who buy them and wear them. The pursuit of glove lore--the historic romance of the glove--has long since been with me a selfish recreation. Now I desire to share it, as well as the practical knowledge, with all men and women who have missed seizing upon the real relation which gloves bear to life." |
By: William (Bill) Tatem Tilden (1893-1953) | |
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The Art of Lawn Tennis |
By: William Allan Reed | |
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Negritos of Zambales |
By: William Andrews (1848-1908) | |
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At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History |
By: William Blake (1757-1827) | |
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Illustrations of The Book of Job |
By: William Chambers (1723-1796) | |
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Dissertation on Oriental Gardening
A little essay on the Chinese style of gardening, as opposed to the continental style, which the author finds too formal with too many straight lines, and the English style, about which he is equally disparaging. In his preface, he says that his dissertation is upon "... the Chinese manner of gardening, which is collected from my own observations in China, from conversations with their Artists, and remarks transmitted to me at different times by travellers." "... Their gardeners are not only Botanists, but also Painters and Philosofers... |
By: William Dean Howells (1837-1920) | |
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The Landlord at Lion's Head | |
Coast of Bohemia
William Dean Howells is at his iconoclastic best in this exploration of bourgeois values, particularly in the clash between respectable society and the dubious bohemian world of Art and Poetry. Cornelia Saunders has everything going for her in her middle-class world: comfort, good looks, attentive young men. She seems willing to risk it all for the sake of what might be an artistic Gift, venturing with great trepidation to put her foot over the line into Bohemia to see if it might be the thing for her. Skewering the conventions of sentimental literature as usual, Howells keeps the reader guessing to the end as to the fate of Cornelia and her Gift. |
By: William Edward Parry (1790-1855) | |
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Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage |
By: William Elmer Bachman | |
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The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces |
By: William F. Kirby (1844-1912) | |
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country |
By: William Fairham | |
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Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. |
By: William Graham Sumner (1840-1910) | |
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Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals |
By: William H. (William Henry) Gilder (1838-1900) | |
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Schwatka's Search |
By: William Hanford Edwards | |
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Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball
A book reminiscent of the days when football was gaining popularity in America by MHAIJH85 |
By: William Henry Furness (1866-1920) | |
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Folk-lore in Borneo A Sketch |
By: William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880) | |
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Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries |
By: William Kemp (fl. 1600) | |
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Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich |
By: William Loftus Hare | |
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Watts (1817-1904) |
By: William Martin | |
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The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering |
By: William McDougall (1871-1938) | |
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The Pagan Tribes of Borneo |
By: William Morris (1834-1896) | |
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Signs of Change
In the 1880s William Morris, the artist and poet famously associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, left the Liberal Party and threw himself into the Socialist cause. He spoke all over the country, on street corners as well as in working men's clubs and lecture halls, and edited and wrote for the Socialist League's monthly newspaper. Signs of Change is a short collection of his talks and writings in this period, first published in 1888, covering such topics as what socialism and work should be, and how capitalism and waste developed. | |
Hopes and Fears for Art |
By: William Murray Graydon (1864-1946) | |
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In Friendship's Guise |
By: William Noyes (1862-1928) | |
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Handwork in Wood |