The Japanese Fairy Book. Yei Theodora Ozaki
1903. Twenty-two Japanese legends and fairy tales about peasants and kings, good and bad forces, princesses, animals, the sea, and the sky written for children of the West. Книга представляет собой репринтное
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Java Head. Joseph Hergesheimer
1918. American novelist Hergesheimer has been called a naturalist writing of the romantic past. He is also the author of short stories, essays, biographies, and the autobiography, From an Old House. Java Head begins: Very late indeed in May, but
Winter Sunshine. John Burroughs
Cold as the day was (many degrees below freezing), I heard and saw bluebirds, and as we passed along, every sheltered tangle and overgrown field or lane swarmed with snowbirds and sparrows,--the latter mainly Canada or tree sparrows, with a
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In A Walled Garden. Bessie Rayner Belloc
My younger public, having read the foregoing pages, assure me that I have not given a sufficient description of George Eliot herself. One of them even says, ""You have opened a door and shut it in our faces,"" adding that, as I had known her so
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Elements of Natural Philosophy. Le Roy C. Cooley
1873. The great aim of this book is to present the most elementary facts of Natural Philosophy, in such a way as to exercise the child in constantly observing phenomena and in drawing inferences from what he observes. Whenever a child is old enough
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Immortality and the Modern Mind. Kirsopp Lake
1922. This volume represents the Ingersoll Lecture of 1922. The author does not propose to discuss the details of the questionnaire sent out as an attempt to collect information as to the general attitude of educated persons towards the belief in
Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms. Fa Hsien
1877. The narrative of a most extraordinary journey by a Buddhist priest named Fa Hsien who travels from China through India to Ceylon, on to Sumatra and back to China by sea; his object being to obtain copies of the Sacred Books of Buddhism for
Thoughts on Religion. George John Romanes
1895. Romanes, British biologist, was personal friends with Charles Darwin who had substantial influence on his studies. Despite early strong religious beliefs, Romanes was converted to Darwinism. His studies covered three related fields: