Palmer Cox 671q3r
Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture written by Palmer Cox who is the author of “QUEER PEOPLE,” “THE BROWNIES,” ETC., ETC. Not only is truth stranger than fiction, but it is funnier also. Just as some men have no eye for colors, but are color blind; so some men have no eye for fun, but are fun blind. Happy is the man who can see the hum.. 1m214y
Francis Adams 655d3z
It would be absurd to suppose that it will not seem clear, to whatever readers this little book may find here, that one of the principal characters of the Dialogue is a man for whom we all, I think, feel more interest, iration, and respect than any other among us. That this is so in reality, I must beg to deny, and I hope that, when I state that..
William Hazlitt 4p1l53
Poetry is the language of the imagination and the ions. It relates to whatever gives immediate pleasure or pain to the human mind. It comes home to the bosoms and businesses of men; for nothing but what so comes home to them in the most general and intelligible shape, can be a subject for poetry. Poetry is the universal language which the heart..
Charles D. Hornig 1h545r
Once upon a time, a year ago last summer, to be more specific, I had money to burn, but rather than burn it, I decided to launch an attack upon the fantasy-loving public in the form of a fan magazine. You've guessed it—the result was none other than THE FANTASY FAN. I placed enough capital in the venture to start it off. Needless to say, I was disa..
Alexander Fraser Tytler 5o315q
Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, author of the present essay on Translation, and of various works on Universal and on Local History, was one of that Edinburgh circle which was revolving when Sir Walter Scott was a young probationer. Tytler was born at Edinburgh, October 15, 1747, went to the High School there, and after two years at Kens..
Meredith Nicholson 5v5466
In the re printings of a book of this character it would be possible to revise and rewrite in such manner as to conceal the errors or misjudgments of the author. It seems, however, more honest to permit these impressions to stand practically as they were written, with only a few minor corrections. It was my aim to make note of conditions, tendencie..
Jr. Horatio Alger 106k58
Nearly all the dialogues in the present collection were originally contributed to a juvenile magazine in New York. Many of them have been used at exhibitions in different parts of the country, and met with a degree of favor which has led to their publication in this more permanent form. While intended for representation, it is hoped that readers ma..
Arthur Jerome Eddy 4b372a
Cubists and Post-impressionism is a short work written by Arthur Jerome Eddy, the author of “Delight, the Soul of Art,” “Recollections and Impressions of James A. McNeill Whistler,” etc.The young sculptor looks at the chaste perfection of Greek sculpture and says, “What is the use? I will do something different.” The young painter looks at the grea..