Polly, an opera : being the sequel to The Beggar's Opera now freely adapted b…

In perusing the lyrics of this play the reader will be distressed by many graceless irregularities of rhythm. A long apprenticeship to the craft of making words fit music has convinced me that the more precisely they follow the musical pattern the more disagreeable they are to read. I trust that the reader whose ear is offended by a line that is too long or by one that slips away tooflowingly w…

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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, Volume 1

A fascinating look at the early life of Abraham Lincoln through his term as Illinois congressman. Writer and poet Carl Sandburg, with an accumulation of historical documents and a storehouse of anecdotes about the object of his keen interest (having grown up in Illinois) paints a compelling picture of the 16th President and the rugged frontier life of the early 19th Century. - Summary by Scotty…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Taming Our Monkey Mind Phyllis Krystal

The Copyright and the Rights of translation in any language ewe Reserved by the Publishers. No part, para, p^sage. text or Sraph^ or artworks of this book should be reproduced, transmitted or utilised, in original language or by tr^l^n, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying recording or by any information, storage and retrieval system, except wUh the express andprio…

Pioneer work for women

A Co-operative Proposal {1875) ; Rescue Work in Relation to Prostitution and Disease (1881) ; Christian Socialism (1882) ; Wrong and Right Methods (1883) ; Criticism of Gronlund's Co-operative Commonwealth of Women (1887) ; Neo-Malthusianism (1888) ; Prevention of Rabies (1891) ; Medical Responsibility (1897) ; The Present Position of the State Regulation of Vice in British India. See also Medi…

Speeches and writings of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

THE Speeches and Writings collected together in this volume is an attempt to record the public activities of a great and noble Indian who has for over quarter of a century been unceasingly and unselfishly labouring for the advancement of his Motherland. In the public life of India and in all its varied activities Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya has been occupying a unique place. As a prominent Cong…