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Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables – Aesop The habit of telling stories is one of the most primitive characteristics of the human race. The most ancient civilizations, the most barbarous savages, of whom we have any knowledge have yielded to investigators clear traces of the possession of this practise, The specimens of their narrative that have been gathered […]
Through one administration
Through one administration – Frances Hodgson-Burnett A wonderfully powerful and interesting story of modern life and political intrigues in Washington, full of dramatic intensity and vivid portraiture. As a story of Washington life, dealing largely with what might be called social politics, it is certainly a success. As a society novel, it is indeed quite […]
A Fair Barbarian
A Fair Barbarian – Frances Hodgson-Burnett “Pretty, overdressed, jewel-bedecked Octavia Bassett,“ of Nevada, is one of the most fascinating characters that Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett ever drew. The story of the visit of this dashing young American girl to her father’s sister in the staid, respectable, ultra-conservative English village of Slowbridge, and of the consternation […]
Louisiana
Louisiana – Frances Hodgson-Burnett A lady from New York, whose surroundings have been those chiefly of literature and art, is alone at a North Carolina watering-place, and amuses herself with a new and interesting type of Southern native humanity, a young girl of great beauty and simplicity, but utterly ignorant of the world in which […]
Haworth’s
Haworth’s – Frances Hodgson-Burnett ‚ Haworth’s‘ is a product of genius of a very high order, a piece of work which will hold a permanent place in literature; one of those masterly performances that rise wholly above the plane of light literature upon which novels are generally placed.“—- Evening Post. „It is but faint praise […]
That Lass O’Lowrie’s
That Lass O’Lowrie’s – Frances Hodgson-Burnett The conception of this book is admirable, and it embodies in a most impressive manner a thought, or rather a sentiment, which is not new, but which is widespread and strong, and which has never before been born into flesh and blood. The existence of such a noble soul […]
Thomas Jefferson – His permanent influence on American institutions
Thomas Jefferson – His permanent influence on American institutions – John Sharp Williams Very popularly written, these lectures are seven in number, and treat respectively of Jefferson as revolutionist, democratizer of state institutions, diplomat, democratizer of federal institutions, and president, and of his influence upon freedom of religion in America and upon our educational institutions. […]
A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England Volume 4
A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England Volume 4 – James Savage A genealogical dictionary of our early colonists. Every volume shows three generations of those who came before 1692. Although more than a century has elapsed since the publication of this monumental work, it remains the standard to our day. We […]
A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England Volume 3
A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England Volume 3 – James Savage A genealogical dictionary of our early colonists. Every volume shows three generations of those who came before 1692. Although more than a century has elapsed since the publication of this monumental work, it remains the standard to our day. We […]
A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England Volume 2
A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England Volume 2 – James Savage A genealogical dictionary of our early colonists. Every volume shows three generations of those who came before 1692. Although more than a century has elapsed since the publication of this monumental work, it remains the standard to our day. We […]