Pictures of Old England

THE } following Pictures of Old England were originally "^sketched by the author with the view of more clearly^illustrating to his countrymen his History of England in the Middle Ages1, a work which is admitted by all who are capable of forming an opinion on the question to be characterized by impartial truthfulness and by indefatigable industry in the research of minute documentary evidence. T…

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cdl; americana

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Beauty and the laws governing its development : with suggestions on education…

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The cathedral psalter : containing the psalms of David together with the cant…

he Chants in this Collection have been arranged with the following main principles in view : — (i) That single or double Chants should be used according to the character and construction of each Psalm. See Psalms xv. (single) ; xxiv. (double). (2) That the construction of each Psalm should as far as possible govern the antiphonal arrangement ; e.g., if the parallel or antithesis occu…

Sir Frank Lockwood : a biographical sketch

I HAVE felt from the first that the task friendship has allotted to me is one it is almost impossible to discharge to anybody's satisfaction. To write a short sketch of some one of brilliant parts but obscure destiny, whose life's story was ' a fragment known to few,' who never had justice done to him, and over whose new-made grave a great silence brooded, would be (so at least I have often tho…

The Sun-flower, or, Poetical blossoms

Henry Banks, though very young, ^ Will never do what's rude or wrong ; Hj^ When spoken to, he always tries ^g To give the most polite replies. Their ink about them, heedless, throw ; 3E $ But he, though young, has learned to 5 X think $ 5 That clothes look spoiled with spots j 3 of ink. 3 ^jg Pen laps some little boy may ask, jg jg If Henry always learns his task ; e/io With pleasu…

The Pathfinder

Natty Bumppo goes by many names: La Longue Carabine, Hawk Eye, Leatherstocking, and in this tale, The Pathfinder. Guide, scout, hunter, and when put to it, soldier, he also fills a lot of roles in pre-Revolution upstate New York. An old friend, Sergeant Dunham of the 55th Regiment of Foot, asks him to guide his daughter through the wilderness to the fort at Oswego where Dunham serves. With the …

A theory of the genetic basis of appeal in literature

Possibly the most clearly distinguishing feature of the psychology of our time as compared with that of a generation ago is the relative by greater importance accorded the subject of psychic growth. The older psychology for the most part contented itself with defining a variety of terms which popular speech had already devised to name such different aspects of psychic life as the general consci…

Letters on demonology and witchcraft

Origin of the general Opinions respecting Demonology among Mankind — The Belief in the Immortality of the Soul is the main Inducement to credit its occasional re-appearance — The Philosophical Objections to the Apparition of an Abstract Spirit little understood by the Vulgar and Ignorant — The situations of excited Passion incident to Humanity, which teach Men to wish or apprehend Superna…

The Best Church Hymns

This 1898 book is the result of a survey of 107 hymn-books. The thirty-two hymns are ranked in order of popularity. The texts in this recording are said only, not sung, along with a few explanatory notes for each hymn (some footnotes, not all, here recorded). The texts are preceded by two essays concerning hymns and their standards. Benson (1855-1930) was an American Presbyterian minister who e…