Jazzybee Verlag
An Itinerant House And Other Stories
An Itinerant House And Other Stories – Emma Frances Dawson A classic book from 1896 with a terrific assortment of stories. Sections of this book use old English grammar and writing, spotted typos are typically no typos at all. Included are: An Itinerant House. Singed Moths. Biddy Gossips. Biddy Gossips Again. A Stray Reveler. The […]
Typee: A Romance of the South Seas
Typee: A Romance of the South Seas – Herman Melville Typee was Melville’s first book, originally published in London in 1846. Even today it is an absolute classic in travel and adventure literature and is partly based on the author’s actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands. Of course […]
The Sacred Writings of Socrates Scholasticus
The Sacred Writings of Socrates Scholasticus – Socrates Scholasticus This work comprises the ‚Ecclesiastical History‘. Until the beginning of the fourth century historiography remained a pagan science. With the exception of the Acts of the Apostles and its apocryphal imitations, no sort of attempt hadbeen made to record even the annals of the Christian Church. […]
Highland Superstitions
Highland Superstitions – Alexander Macgregor This is Reverend Alexander MacGregor’s excellent work on the superstitions in the British Highlands, containing chapters about general superstitions, druidism, fairies, witchcraft, second-sight, smaller superstitions, hallowe’en, sacred wells and lochs … Format: Paperback. Highland Superstitions. ISBN: 9783849673567. Available at amazon.com and other venues. Culture of the Highlands (from wikipedia.com) […]
Indian Fairy Tales
Indian Fairy Tales – Joseph Jacobs The book contains 29 fairy tales from the Jatakas, or birth stories of Buddha, the fables of Bidpai and from other Sanskrit sources. The stories are humorous and imaginative and preserve the best nursery elements of Hindu folk-tales. Format: Paperback. Indian Fairy Tales. ISBN: 9783849673550. Available at amazon.com and […]
George Eliot’s Life (All three volumes)
George Eliot’s Life (All three volumes) – George Eliot As if a strong, delightful water that we knew only as a river appeared in the character of a fountain; as if one whom we had wondered at as a good walker or inexhaustible pedestrian, began to dance; as if Mr. Bright, in the middle of […]
Poems
Poems – George Eliot As if a strong, delightful water that we knew only as a river appeared in the character of a fountain; as if one whom we had wondered at as a good walker or inexhaustible pedestrian, began to dance; as if Mr. Bright, in the middle of a public meeting, were to […]
Theophrastus Such
Theophrastus Such – George Eliot Wherever Mrs. Eliot places her touch, she leaves the impression of the profound insight, the serene wisdom, the fine observation, and the subtle humor which so graciously signalize her nature. The short essays in this book are stamped with all of the writer’s peculiarities of thought and style, and are […]
Felix Holt
Felix Holt – George Eliot ‘ Felix Holt, the Radical,’ appeared in 1866. The title, and what by courtesy could be regarded as the main plot, have reference to politics, but most of the incidents and illustrations of character relate to religious and social peculiarities rather than to the party feelings of Tories, Whigs or […]
Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda – George Eliot We recognize George Eliot’s distinctive excellences all through: we never detect a flat or trivial mood of mind: if anything, the style is more weighty and piquant than ever, we may even say loaded with thought. Nobody can resort to the time-honourcd criticism that the work would have been better […]