Monatsarchive: März 2018

Auld Licht Idylls

Publiziert am 7. März 2018 von Jazzybee

Auld Licht Idylls – James M. Barrie

A collection of stories of Scottish life, charmingly written, full of the grace and humor that characterize this writer’s productions. If there is a drawback to the pleasure of reading them, it is the want of a glossary to give the benighted English reader some notion of the meaning of Scotch “wut.” We regard the ‘Auld Licht Idylls’ as having paved the way for Mr. Barrie’s subsequent books. The Auld Lichts were a section of godly professors who seceded from a secession. They prided themselves on the purity of their gospel faith, on the consistency of their walk and conversation, and above all on the stringency of their ceremonial observances. That they could … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis

Publiziert am 7. März 2018 von Jazzybee

Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis – J. Fletcher Williams

The recounting of events which have transpired in our own neighborhood is the most interesting of all history. There is a fascination in the study of the intermingled fact and fiction of the past which is heightened by a familiarity with the localities described. The river which flows through our native village acquires a new interest when, in imagination, we see the Indian canoe on its surface and the skin-covered tepee on its banks, as in days of yore. Log cabins, straw roofs, and the rude “betterments” of the hardy pioneer, are the next changes on the scene, followed soon by mushroom towns, some of which perish as quickly … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On Jeremiah 10 – 19

Publiziert am 6. März 2018 von Jazzybee

John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On Jeremiah 10 – 19 – John Calvin

The Commentaries On Jeremiah, like those on The Minor Prophets, were delivered as Lectures In The Theological School At Geneva, taken down by some of the Pupils, and afterwards read to Calvin, and corrected. We find in them the production of the same vigorous and expansive mind: The Divine Oracles are faithfully explained, the meaning is clearly stated, and such brief deductions are made as the subjects legitimately warrant. Though the Lectures were extemporaneously delivered, there is yet so much order preserved, and such brevity, clearness, and suitableness of diction are found in them, that in these respects they nearly equal the most finished compositions of Calvin as … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Canons Of Dordrecht

Publiziert am 6. März 2018 von Jazzybee

The Canons Of Dordrecht – Synod of Dordrecht

The Canons of Dordrecht is the judgment of the National Synod held in the Dutch city of Dordrecht in 1618-19. Today, these canons are part of the Three Forms of Unity, one of the confessional standards of many of the Reformed churches around the world, including the Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, and North America. Their continued use as a standard still forms an unbridgable problem preventing close cooperation between the followers of Jacob Arminius, the Remonstrants, and Dutch Reformed Churches.

The Canons Of Dordrecht

The Canons Of Dordrecht

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The Canons Of Dordrecht.

ISBN: 9783849672720.

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Basics on the Canons (from wikipedia.com)

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The Red Fairy Book

Publiziert am 5. März 2018 von Jazzybee

The Red Fairy Book – Andrew Lang

In his “Blue Fairy-Book” Mr. Andrew Lang did not exhaust the fairy treasury, and in this companion volume he has collected many attractive tales. They are mainly from Madame d’Aulnoy and other French sources, the Norse and the unfailing German. Mr. Lang has condensed the story of “Sigurd” from William Morris’ version of the ” Volsunga Saga.” The “Twelve Dancing Princesses,” the “Death of Koschei the Deathless,” the “Master Thief,” “Kari Woodengown,” “Dapplegrim,” ” Minnikin,” and ” Rapunzel ” are among the less familiar tales here.

The Red Fairy Book

The Red Fairy Book

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The Red Fairy Book.

ISBN: 9783849673048.

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Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books (from Wikipedia):

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The Pink Fairy Book

Publiziert am 5. März 2018 von Jazzybee

The Pink Fairy Book – Andrew Lang

With “The Pink Fairy Book” Mr. Lang has exhausted the primary colors without coming to an end of his store of fairytales. This time he has gone further afield, though without finding much that is new. Japan yields a few; and other sources which we do not remember in the earlier books have been drawn upon. Generally, however, it is from the folklore of European nations, and from that most admirable of story-tellers, Hans Christian Andersen, that we get the best things. It is true that, as Mr. Lang remarks, Andersen ” wants to ‘ point a moral’ as well as “adorn a tale,” whereas the true fairy-story should not have any more … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Crimson Fairy Book

Publiziert am 5. März 2018 von Jazzybee

The Crimson Fairy Book – Andrew Lang

A storyteller’s night without one of Mr. Andrew Lang’s books of fairy tales would be but a dull affair. This one is ” The Crimson Fairy Book “, made up of some three dozen tales chosen, as in previous collections, from the folk-lore of all nations, and adapted and translated mainly by Mrs. Lang.

The Crimson Fairy Book

The Crimson Fairy Book

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The Crimson Fairy Book.

ISBN: 9783849673024.

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Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books (from Wikipedia):

Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Animal Story Book

Publiziert am 2. März 2018 von Jazzybee

The Animal Story Book – Andrew Lang

If anyone believes that style does not appeal to the young readers, let him open Mr. Andrew Langs “The Animal Story Book”, and read to any intelligent child of nine years Dumas’ description of Mysouf I., Mysouf II., and Pritchard, and note how soon Dumas becomes a living personality to the child. Then let him turn and read, out of the same book, the account of ” Cowper and his Hares.” Bess and Puss and Tiney were doubtless as interesting in their way as the dogs and cats and monkeys owned by Dumas; but the child does not care for them – he begs you to read more from Dumas. Young as the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Reincarnation – A Study In Human Evolution

Publiziert am 2. März 2018 von Jazzybee

Reincarnation – A Study In Human Evolution – Theophile Pascal

It it more than 1500 years since the decision of the Council of 543 a.d. condemned to oblivion sublime teachings which ought to have been carefully preserved and handed down to future generations as a beacon amid social reefs; teachings that would have uprooted that frightful egoism which threatens to annihilate the world, and instilled patience into the hearts of such as were being crushed beneath the wheel of the cosmic law, by showing them the scales of Justice inclining to the side filled with their iniquities of bygone times; teachings which would have been welcomed by the masses, and the understanding of which would not have called for any … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Redburn – His First Voyage

Publiziert am 1. März 2018 von Jazzybee

Redburn – His First Voyage – Herman Melville

Redburn is a semi-autobiographical novel concerning the sufferings of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. This theme of a youth confronted by realities and evils for which he is unprepared-or incorrectly prepared by both family and American institutions-is a prominent one in Melville’s works.

Redburn - His First Voyage

Redburn – His First Voyage

Format: Paperback

Redburn – His First Voyage.

ISBN: 9783849672997.

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Plot summary of Redburn (from Wikipedia):

Unable to find employment at home, young Wellingborough Redburn signs on the Highlander, a merchantman out of New York City bound for Liverpool, England. Representing himself as the “son of a gentleman” and … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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