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Author: Hasting D'Oyly Publisher: ISBN: 9781330831151 Category : Languages : en Pages : 178
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Excerpt from Tales Retailed of Celebrities Others When I began to compile some of the following tales, my intention was to have them printed for private circulation among my relatives and friends. I have, however, been persuaded by some of my friends to offer them to the public; otherwise I should not have ventured to do so. With the exception of the first tale, and one or two of the others, the rest all relate to incidents which came under my own observation during a lifetime of over fourscore years. I can only hope that you may be able to find some of these tales of some little interest; and if this little book results in enabling you to "while away the time" now and then, and to get some little amusement therefrom, I shall be satisfied, and pleased that I accepted my friends' advice to get it published. They are simple tales mostly such as are told in ordinary after dinner chit-chats round the fire, over a good cigar and a glass of good wine, when young men tell tales of present-day happenings to be capped by older men's tales of the "good old times." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Hasting D'Oyly Publisher: ISBN: 9781330831151 Category : Languages : en Pages : 178
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Excerpt from Tales Retailed of Celebrities Others When I began to compile some of the following tales, my intention was to have them printed for private circulation among my relatives and friends. I have, however, been persuaded by some of my friends to offer them to the public; otherwise I should not have ventured to do so. With the exception of the first tale, and one or two of the others, the rest all relate to incidents which came under my own observation during a lifetime of over fourscore years. I can only hope that you may be able to find some of these tales of some little interest; and if this little book results in enabling you to "while away the time" now and then, and to get some little amusement therefrom, I shall be satisfied, and pleased that I accepted my friends' advice to get it published. They are simple tales mostly such as are told in ordinary after dinner chit-chats round the fire, over a good cigar and a glass of good wine, when young men tell tales of present-day happenings to be capped by older men's tales of the "good old times." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Adjunct Professor of Music Stanley Scott Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781331428572 Category : Languages : en Pages : 326
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Excerpt from Tales of Bohemia, Taverns, and the Underworld: Stories and Sketches of People Famous, Infamous, and Obscure This is a collection of yams from real life: yams told on that undefined borderland known as Bohemia; in the bars of town and country inns, and around those obscure sections of British and cosmopolitan capitals collectively and rather vaguely termed "The Underworld." They are stories retailed by men and women who lounge about to pass their leisure hours, watching life go by; tales of famous people related by onlookers less famous; sketches of real life as it presents itself in the raw, in all its ungarnished drama, pathos, and humour; incidents knocked up against while travelling through Europe; yams of behind the scenes - Paris, London, Berlin, Leipzig, Brussels, Naples, Rome, and Monte Carlo. This collection is intended to be neither particularly clever nor particularly profound, but merely a realistic portrait of a certain aspect of life drawn for the scrutiny of those people who have the breadth of view to interest themselves in things alien to their own sphere. In fiction, humanity is, of necessity, usually retouched. In literature-proper, books are generally written with a purpose - social, acquisitive, moral, reformative. This is only a heterogeneous collection of yams picked up by the wayside of life. As such, and pretending to no other qualities, let it take its chance, as real life takes its chance, incomprehensible, illogical, and elemental as many of its stories are. The author is simply recording, as faithfully as he may, some of those unrehearsed plays which enact themselves behind the arena of that circus: the everyday world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Diane Johnson Publisher: New York Review of Books ISBN: 1681374463 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 273
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A classic of alternative biography and feminist writing, this empathetic and witty book gives due to a "lesser" figure of history, Mary Ellen Peacock Meredith, who was brilliant, unconventional, and at odds with the constraints of Victorian life. “Many people have described the Famous Writer presiding at his dinner table. . . . He is famous; everybody remembers his remarks. . . . We forget that there were other family members at the table—a quiet person, now muffled by time, shadowy, whose heart pounded with love, perhaps, or rage.” So begins The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives, an uncommon biography devoted to one of those “lesser lives.” As the author points out, “A lesser life does not seem lesser to the person who leads one.” Such sympathy and curiosity compelled Diane Johnson to research Mary Ellen Peacock Meredith (1821–1861), the daughter of the famous artist Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866) and first wife of the equally famous poet George Meredith (1828–1909). Her life, treated perfunctorily and prudishly in biographies of Peacock or Meredith, is here exquisitely and unhurriedly given its due. What emerges is the portrait of a brilliant, well-educated woman, raised unconventionally by her father only to feel more forcefully the constraints of the Victorian era. First published in 1972, Lesser Lives has been a key text for feminists and biographers alike, a book that reimagined what biography might be, both in terms of subject and style. Biographies of other “lesser” lives have since followed in its footsteps, but few have the wit, elegance, and empathy of Johnson’s seminal work.
Author: David A. Van Wie Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 081176821X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 225
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Storied Waters chronicles the author’s six-week odyssey from Maine to Wisconsin and back to explore and fly fish America’s most storied waters and celebrate the writers and artists who made them famous. In a 5,000-mile odyssey covering over 50 locations in eight states, Van Wie follows and fishes in the footsteps of giants from Thoreau to Hemingway, Robert Traver to Corey Ford, Louise Dickinson Rich to Aldo Leopold to Winslow Homer and many more. Storied Waters provides a virtual roadmap through 200 years of fly-fishing literature and a literal roadmap—complete with local fishing tips—to the hallowed waters of our sport. In each chapter, informative sidebars detail fishing spots, best times to fish, major hatches, and other intel. Storied Waters is a grand vicarious adventure, driving the backroads for weeks at a time exploring beautiful places, and meeting fascinating people who share a common interest. With an easy, conversational writing voice enhanced with spectacular photographs, Van Wie relates an eclectic mix of travel narrative, natural history, and fishing tips and advice, as well as a deep (but sometimes humorously irreverent) appreciation for the writers who have created such a rich legacy of stories about fishing over the past 200 years.
Author: John Mandeville Publisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1647980542 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 291
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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville is the chronicle of the alleged Sir John Mandeville, an explorer. His travels were first published in the late 14th century, and influenced many subsequent explorers such as Christopher Columbus.
Author: Lloyd Alexander Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR) ISBN: 142996197X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 116
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A companion book to The Chronicles of Prydain, this collection of short stories revisits beloved characters and reveals more about the history of the magical land of Prydain. Here, readers will find Dallben, destined to be an enchanter; Angharad, a princess of the House of Llyr; Kadwyr, the rascal crow; and Medwyn, the mystical protector of all animals. They'll learn the grim history of the sword of Dyrnwyn and even find out how Fflewddur Fflam came by his enchanted harp. How did Coll rescue Hen Wen when she disappeared at the hand of Arawn, Lord of the Land of Death? Find the answer to this question and many more, in The Foundling: And Other Tales of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander.
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