Take one bright morning

There it is in Cookbook short'hand but who'd ever guess that those sixty-eight little words and symbols could lead the way to so much sheer deliciousness? For there's a pie, lady, as is a pie. As every trencherman who dangles his short legs or stretches his long ones under your banquet board is going to testiry

The Rollright Stones : history & legends in prose & poetry

FOR several miles the counties of Oxford and Warwick, are bounded by a narrow straight roadway. From the "Cross Hands" to the Edge Hills, this road follows the northern boundary of the Cotswold country. To the north west lie the fertile valleys and plains of the Warwickshire Feldon country, whilst eastwards the ground gently slopes to the valley of the Cherwell. The ridge thus divides the water…

Supplement to the volume of collected writings, etc.

There are one or two points in the letter of your esteemed correspondent " Lambda " in last week's issue which call for some observation before the subject of the recent Revision of the Ritual is allowed to rest. Being one of an abnormal class which comes under two categories in your correspondent's letter, namely, " blaming the Conference for its insufficient action," and being at the same tim…

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…

Under the Flag: And Somali Coast Stories

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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 Writer and poet Carl Sandburg, with an accumulation of historical documents and a storehouse of anecdotes about the object of his keen interest (having grown up in Illinois) paints a compelling picture of the 16th President and the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…