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John L. Stoddard John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10

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Stoddard was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1850. In 1871 he graduated from Williams College. At Williams Stoddard was a member of the fraternity of Delta Psi ( aka St. Anthony Hall). Later he studied two years of theology at Yale Divinity School. After that he taught Latin and French at Boston Latin School.[2] He was proud of his descent from Solomon Stoddard. He began traveling around the world in 1874, and published Red-Letter Days Abroad in 1884. He turned his experiences into a series of popular lectures delivered throughout North America. These lectures were periodically published in book form as John L. Stoddard's Lectures and eventually numbered ten volumes and five supplements (1897-1898).[3] In 1901, Stoddard published a book on Gibraltar.[4] The books include numerous illustrations derived from the immense catalog of photographs taken by Stoddard, and cover every subject, from art and architecture, to archeology and natural history. The books were immensely popular in their day and many copies still survive. Later in life, Stoddard also published poetry, as well as books on religious subjects. Brought up a Protestant, Stoddard was an agnostic for over thirty years, before converting with his wife to Roman Catholicism. In 1922 he published Rebuilding a Lost Faith, a famous work of apologetics which is still in print. The Main Street of Gibraltar - illustrated his 1901 book.[4] Stoddard was a proponent of the restoration of the Jews to Israel. In Volume 2 of his Lectures he told the Jews, “You are a people without a country; there is a country without a people. Be united. Fulfill the dreams of your old poets and patriarchs. Go back, go back to the land of Abraham.”[5] A sentiment popularized as "A land without a people for a people without a land." However, his son Lothrop Stoddard, who remained agnostic after his father's conversion,[6][7] held antisemitic views.[8] During his later life he used his fortune to support his adopted home of Merano, South Tyrol, contributing substantially to the building of its secondary school and to a home for homeless youth, now used as a rehabilitation centre. [mehr]

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ELLIOTT WHITNEY BLIND LION OF THE CONGO

Historisches
Englisch
46939 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...Life For three days after the departure of Captain Mac there was little hunting done. Silent and morose as he often was, the absent explorer more than made up for this in his moments of gayety. His was a strong personality, moreover, and his absence could not but make itself felt keenly. There was plenty to occupy the boys, however. A number of heads and skins had to be prepared and packed. Then there was the native village to visit, and this was a source of never-ending delight. The chief, whose name was Mvita, gave a great feast in honor of the hunters--to which the hunters donated the greater share of the viands--and the moving-picture outfit came into play with brilliant effect. Mr. Wallace took out the boys on a two-days' trip after animal pictures, also. By utilizing the natives of Mvita's village and also the Bantu porters as beaters, a bloodless hunt was held. In this the animals were surrounded and forced to pass before a white-ant hill on which Burt was posted with the camera. Excellent pictures of various antelope, zebra, an old and toothless lion, and an infuriated rhino were obtained. In this way a week was passed, and finally Mr. Wallace announced that on the morrow they would hold another real elephant hunt, as Mvita reported a herd of the giant beasts three miles to the north. As they were leaving camp at dawn, a number of the villagers hastened up, headed by their chief. With anxious face Mvita implored the honor of bearing the guns of one of the white men. John refused him, wishing to save the usual gifts and emoluments of the office. Burt, however, interrupted with a laugh. "Let him carry our guns, uncle! We've never been waited on by a real king before, an' it's somethin' to boast of. He won't steal 'em, will he?..". [mehr]

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JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY PIPES O'PAN AT ZEKESBURY

Lyrik und Poesie
Englisch
39711 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
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James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that Riley authored, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". Riley began his career writing verses as a sign maker and submitting poetry to newspapers. Thanks in part to an endorsement from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, he eventually earned successive jobs at Indiana newspaper publishers during the latter 1870s. Riley gradually rose in prominence during the 1880s through his poetry reading tours. He traveled a touring circuit first in the Midwest, and then nationally, holding shows and making joint appearances on stage with other famous talents. Regularly struggling with his alcohol addiction, Riley never married or had children, and created a scandal in 1888 when he became too drunk to perform. He became more popular in spite of the bad press he received, and as a result extricated himself from poorly negotiated contracts that limited his earnings; he quickly became very wealthy. Riley became a bestselling author in the 1890s. His children's poems were compiled into a book and illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Titled the Rhymes of Childhood, the book was his most popular and sold millions of copies. As a poet, Riley achieved an uncommon level of fame during his own lifetime. He was honored with annual Riley Day celebrations around the United States and was regularly called on to perform readings at national civic events. He continued to write and hold occasional poetry readings until a stroke paralyzed his right arm in 1910. Riley's chief legacy was his influence in fostering the creation of a midwestern cultural identity and his contributions to the Golden Age of Indiana Literature. Along with other writers of his era, he helped create a caricature of midwesterners and formed a literary community that produced works rivaling the established eastern literati. There are many memorials dedicated to Riley, including the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. [mehr]

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Frances Theodora Parsons How to Know the Ferns

A Guide to the Names, Haunts and Habitats of Our Common Ferns

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Englisch
33060 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
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rances Parsons redirects here, for those of a similar name, see Francis Parsons (disambiguation) Frances Theodora ParsonsBornDecember 5, 1861New YorkDiedJune 10, 1952Katonah, New YorkFieldsBotanyAuthor abbrev. (botany)F.Parsons Frances Theodora Parsons (née Smith (December 5, 1861 – June 10, 1952), usually writing as Mrs. William Starr Dana was an American botanist and author active in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her first husband, William Starr Dana (marriage 20 May 1884, died 1 January 1890), was a naval officer. She later married (8 February 1896) James Russell Parsons, a politician in the state of New Yorkand later a diplomat. They had a son, Russell. She was an active supporter of the Republican Party as well as the Progressive Party. She was also an advocate of women's suffrage. Her most important botanical work wasHow to Know the Wild Flowers (1893), the first field guide to North American wildflowers. It was something of a sensation, the first printing selling out in five days. How to Know the Wild Flowers garnered favorable responses from Theodore Roosevelt and Rudyard Kipling, among others. The work went through several editions in Parsons's lifetime and has remained in print into the 21st century. Published works by Frances Theodora Parsons (writing as Mrs. William Starr Dana) include: How to Know the Wild Flowers (1893). New York: Charles Scribner's Son's. Illustrations by Marion Satterlee. Plants and their Children (1896) How to Know the Ferns (1899). Author listed as Frances Theodora Parsons. Illustrated by Marion Satterlee and Alice Josephine Smith. The first printing by Toronto: The Publisher's Syndicate Limited; at least seven more printings, 1899-1925 by New York: Charles Scribner's Son's; at least two printings by New York: Dover Books; and one printing, 2005, by Kessinger Publishing. According To Season (1902) Perchance Some Day (1951) autobiography, privately printed. [mehr]

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James Whitcomb Riley A Child-World

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Englisch
22505 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
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James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that Riley authored, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". Riley began his career writing verses as a sign maker and submitting poetry to newspapers. Thanks in part to an endorsement from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, he eventually earned successive jobs at Indiana newspaper publishers during the latter 1870s. Riley gradually rose in prominence during the 1880s through his poetry reading tours. He traveled a touring circuit first in the Midwest, and then nationally, holding shows and making joint appearances on stage with other famous talents. Regularly struggling with his alcohol addiction, Riley never married or had children, and created a scandal in 1888 when he became too drunk to perform. He became more popular in spite of the bad press he received, and as a result extricated himself from poorly negotiated contracts that limited his earnings; he quickly became very wealthy. Riley became a bestselling author in the 1890s. His children's poems were compiled into a book and illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Titled the Rhymes of Childhood, the book was his most popular and sold millions of copies. As a poet, Riley achieved an uncommon level of fame during his own lifetime. He was honored with annual Riley Day celebrations around the United States and was regularly called on to perform readings at national civic events. He continued to write and hold occasional poetry readings until a stroke paralyzed his right arm in 1910. Riley's chief legacy was his influence in fostering the creation of a midwestern cultural identity and his contributions to the Golden Age of Indiana Literature. Along with other writers of his era, he helped create a caricature of midwesterners and formed a literary community that produced works rivaling the established eastern literati. There are many memorials dedicated to Riley, including the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. [mehr]

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Siegfried Freudenfels Flovelys Children´s Picture Book of love

A children´s picture story about friendship

Kinder- und Jugendbuch
Englisch
3151 Wörter
Ab 3 Jahren
188
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Children's Book: Flovely´s Children´s Picture Book of love „Flovely loves you!“ is a lovingly illustrated Boost-book for young children. Clear images in flat design and simple rhymes that can easily be remembered and repeated make this book a constructive and cheerful children's book. The book tells three stories! This well-designed and inspiring children’s picture story, delivers recipe for becoming a good friend, and is an ideal picture book for the whole family or to read to your children at bedtime. This inspirational bedtime picture book for children ages 3-8, tells the story of true friendship. This picture book story is about Flovely, a cute creature from a beautiful country in the clouds. Friendship, love and well-being are important themes in this story. A recommended book, not only as a "bedtime story". In addition this book includes the story: “Flovely – Adventures in the Land of Castles”. Flovely appreciates the small reader to develop a positive self-awareness. This story may be ideal for reading to your kids at bedtime. It is suitable as a read-aloud book for preschoolers or as a beginning reader book for older children! Review: "helps to teach children an important social skill" "an entertaining way to teach children why they should forgive and respect others" About the author:The author Siegfried Freudenfels has been working as an illustrator for children's books for over 10 years. In 2010, his first free ebook, a new edition of famous children's classics, was published as a free children's book. The works soon became known and apart from further Good Night stories for children, children's games and lullabies appeared, also as free ebooks. The collection now comprises over 20 children's books for digital reading devices. More matching books by the author:"Adventures in Castleland - a bedtime picture book for boys and girls - a free ebook for kids""Flovely on the flower meadow - A story about true friends and deep friendship - ebook for free""Flovely Adventures on the houseboat - A funny story to read aloud or read to yourself - Read it free"These books can be found as free ebooks! [mehr]

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Siegfried Freudenfels Flovely children´s book of bedtime stories

The best ebook for kids of bedtime stories - Why we sleep

Kinder- und Jugendbuch
Englisch
3925 Wörter
Ab 3 Jahren
147
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A cute Good-Night preschool bedtime picture book for children: "Flovely children´s book of bedtime stories” is a lovely children's book with a nice design and simple rhymes that can easily be remembered and repeated. Before going to sleep many children like attention, care and a cuddle. This book is the perfect companion for this important ritual at the end of the day. Clear images in colourful "material design" make the story understandable for small readers and provide a calming effect. The history of the book aims at giving the child a positive feeling of safety. Themes like love, friendship and security are discussed in the book and illustrated with child-friendly pictures. With light-footed rhymes and high-stepping illustrations, this tale is gentle inspiration for every child with dreams of greatness. + the children´s book "Flovely builds a tree house"In short, this is an ideal bedtime book for children from kindergarten to primary school age. About the author:The author Siegfried Freudenfels has been working as an illustrator for children's books for over 10 years. In 2010, his first free ebook, a new edition of famous children's classics, was published as a free children's book. The works soon became known and apart from further Good Night stories for children, children's games and lullabies appeared, also as free ebooks. The collection now comprises over 20 children's books for digital reading devices. More matching books by the author: "Flovely on the flower meadow - A story about true friends and deep friendship - ebook for free" "Adventures in Castleland - a bedtime picture book for boys and girls - a free ebook for kids" "Flovely Adventures on the houseboat - A funny story to read aloud or read to yourself - Read it free" Tags: Children's books, children story books, bedtime story book, children books, bedtime stories for kids, animal stories, good night books, books for free, free book, for free, books for toddlers, free children´s book, kids books, kids tablet, adventures for readers, sleep aid, game kids free, ebook reader for kids free, free ebooks, Why we sleep [mehr]

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P. W. Jacob Hindoo Tales Or, The Adventures of Ten Princes

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Englisch
52432 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
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The Sanscrit work entitled "Dasakumaracharitam, or the Adventures of Ten Princes," though printed more than twenty-five years ago, has not, as far as I can ascertain, been translated into any European language. Many parts of it are written in such a turgid "Oriental" style, that a close translation would be quite unsuitable to the English reader. Such passages have therefore been much condensed; others, which are hardly decent—or, as in the speech of the parasite in the last story, tedious and uninteresting, have been omitted; but in general the original has been pretty closely adhered to, and nothing has been added to it. The exact date of the composition of the "Dasakumaracharitam" is not known. It is supposed to have been written about the end of the eleventh century, and was left unfinished by the author; but as the story of the last narrator is almost finished, not much could have been wanting to complete the work, and the reader may easily imagine what the conclusion would have been. Some of the incidents correspond with those of the "Arabian Nights," but the stories on the whole are quite different from anything found there, and give a lively picture of Hindoo manners and morals. Unscrupulous deception, ready invention, extreme credulity and superstition, and disregard of human life, are strongly illustrated. The belief in the power of penance, which was supposed to confer on the person practising it not merely personal sanctity, but even great supernatural powers, was very generally entertained among the Hindoos, and is often alluded to here; as is also transmigration, or the birth of the soul after death in a new body, human or brute. Sufferings or misfortunes are attributed to sins committed in a former existence, and in more than one story two persons are supposed to recollect having many years before lived together as husband and wife. Much use also is made of the agency of supernatural beings; for besides numerous gods, the Hindoos believe, or at least believed, in the existence of innumerable beings, in some degree immortal, but liable to be killed even by men, swarming in the air, generally invisible, but sometimes assuming a human or a more terrible form; occasionally beneficent, but more commonly injurious to human beings. At the time when the original work was written, India appears to have been divided into a large number of small kingdoms or principalities, the rulers of which are here termed "Râja," a word almost adopted into our language, but which. I have rendered by the equivalent and more familiar term "King." The numerous uncouth names, which cannot well be shortened or translated, will, it is feared, cause some annoyance to the reader. As many as possible have been omitted, and of those which occur a list is given in the Appendix, together with a few terms which seemed to require explanation. This will save the reader the trouble of, referring, when a name recurs, to the place where it is first mentioned in order [mehr]

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ABBIE FARWELL BROWN THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS

Religion
Englisch
40144 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
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Abbie Farwell Brown (August 21, 1871 – March 5, 1927)[1][2] was an American author. Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the first of two daughters of Benjamin F. Brown, a descendant of Isaac Allerton, and Clara Neal Brown, who contributed to The Youth's Companion. Her sister Ethel became an author and illustrator under the name Ann Underhill. Her family, for ten generations, had only resided in New England, and Brown herself spent her entire life in her family's Beacon Hill home.[2] Brown was valedictorian of the Bowdoin School in 1886.[2][3] She then attended the Girls' Latin School, where she was friends with Josephine Preston Peabody. She was the driving force behind the newly created school newspaper, The Jabberwock, named by Brown after the poem by Lewis Carroll. They wrote to Carroll for permission to use the name and Carroll wrote back, wishing them "all success to the forthcoming magazine".[4][5] The school, now Boston Latin Academy, still publishes The Jabberwock. After graduating in 1891, she attended Radcliffe College, graduating in 1894.[1][2] While at Girls' Latin School, she was contributing pieces to St. Nicholas Magazine, some illustrated by her sister. Starting in 1898, under the pen name Jean Neal she wrote articles for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. She also wrote a one-act comedy called Quits (1896) set at a women's college.[1][2] The miracles of Saint Werburgh, including her resurrection of a goose, from the Chester Cathedral Her first children's book, The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts (1900) was inspired by her first trip abroad, specifically by the carved choir stalls in Chester Cathedral depicting the life of Saint Werburgh. The book retells Christian stories of the animal encounters of various saints. Brown would write other collections retelling old tales for a contemporary child audience. Her In the Days of Giants (1902) featured stories from Norse mythology and remained a standard text in libraries for several generations. Tales of the Red Children (1909), co-written with James MacIntosh Bell, featured Canadian Indian folklore.[1][2] Original stories by Brown include The Lonesomest Doll (1901), The Flower Princess (1904), John of the Woods (1909), and The Lucky Stone (1914). She wrote several volumes of children's poetry, including A Pocketful of Posies (1901) and Fresh Posies (1908). Her books of adult poetry, including Heart of New England (1920) and The Silver Stair (1926), were less successful.[1][2] Brown wrote song lyrics for the Progressive Music Series by Silver, Burdett and Co. She and composer Mabel Wheeler Daniels wrote the song "On the Trail", which became the official song of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Daniels set Brown's war poem "Peace with a Sword" to music and it was performed by the Handel and Haydn Society in 1917. Brown's only juvenile biography was of a composer, The Boyhood of Edward MacDowell (1924).[2] Brown was active in New England literary life. She edited the 20-volume Youn [mehr]

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William Albert Riley Johanssen Handbook of Medical Entomology

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Englisch
118006 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HANDBOOK OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY *** Produced by Bryan Ness, Iris Schimandle, Brownfox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's Note: Barring some obvious typos, the text has been left as printed. Discrepancies identified are listed at the end of the text. [Illustration: Some early medical entomology. Athanasius Kircher's illustration of the Italian tarantula and the music prescribed as an antidote for the poison of its bite. (1643).] HANDBOOK OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY WM. A. RILEY, PH.D. Professor of Insect Morphology and Parasitology, Cornell University and O. A. JOHANNSEN, PH.D. Professor of Biology, Cornell University [Illustration] ITHACA, NEW YORK THE COMSTOCK PUBLISHING COMPANY 1915 COPYRIGHT, 1915 BY THE COMSTOCK PUBLISHING COMPANY, ITHACA, N. Y. Press of W. F. Humphrey Geneva, N. Y. PREFACE The Handbook of Medical Entomology is the outgrowth of a course of lectures along the lines of insect transmission and dissemination of diseases of man given by the senior author in the Department of Entomology of Cornell University during the past six years. More specifically it is an illustrated revision and elaboration of his "Notes on the Relation of Insects to Disease" published January, 1912. Its object is to afford a general survey of the field, and primarily to put the student of medicine and entomology in touch with the discoveries and theories which underlie some of the most important modern work in preventive medicine. At the same time the older phases of the subject--the consideration of poisonous and parasitic forms--have not been ignored. Considering the rapid shifts in viewpoint, and the development of the subject within recent years, the authors do not indulge in any hopes that the present text will exactly meet the needs of every one specializing in the field,--still less do they regard it as complete or final. The fact that the enormous literature of isolated articles is to be found principally in foreign periodicals and is therefore difficult of access to many American workers, has led the authors to hope that a summary of the important advances, in the form of a reference book may not prove unwelcome to physicians, sanitarians and working entomologists, and to teachers as a text supplementing lecture work in the subject. Lengthy as is the bibliography, it covers but a very small fraction of the important contributions to the subject. It will serve only to put those interested in touch with original sources and to open up the field. Of the more general works, special acknowledgment should be made to those of Banks, Brumpt, Castellani and Chalmers, Comstock, Hewitt, Howard, Manson, Mense, Neveau-Lemaire, Nuttall, and Stiles. To the many who have aided the authors in the years past, by suggestions and by sending [mehr]

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