Download or read book A Treasury of English Literature Classic Reprint written by Kate Mary Warren and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treasury of English Literature But, beyond these aims, it is hoped that the present book may fill a place as an English anthology representing more fully than has yet been attempted in a brief selection, the course of our literature (with the exception of the Drama) from the earliest time to the eighteenth century; and a special feature has been made of Old and Middle English writings before the time of Chaucer. The Treasury forms a complete work in it self and can be used apart from its connexion with the Primer of English Literature. No extracts from the Drama proper have been included, except in one case as an example of Marlowe's mighty line. It seems almost impossible, from the very nature of that form of art, to represent it at all justly in brief passages. Moreover, the work of selection from our dramatic literature is being done by others at the present time, to say nothing of the classic volume of Elizabethan specimens given to us by Charles Lamb. The selections in this Treasury end with the poetry of Burns, though originally it was intended to bring them up to 1832, where the Primer itself ends. It was found, however, that this would make the book too large for its purpose, without adding much to its usefulness, since there are already many good selections from the later authors. The writers included and the order and proportionate importance assigned to them follow, as a rule, the arrangement of the Primer, though now and then an author has been represented who is not named there, or, if named, is only glanced at without distinctive criticism. 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.

Download or read book A Treasury of English Literature written by Kate M. Warren and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treasury of English Literature: Elizabethan Literature The present volume is occupied with Elizabethan literature, but excluding the drama. This may seem, at first, rather like presenting the play of Hamlet with the Prince of Denmark left out; yet it seemed better to leave the drama alone. One cannot represent the full and rushing life of Elizabethan comedy and tragedy, the unfolding of plot, the clash and development of character - that which is, in fact, the essence of drama - in a few detached scenes. One can represent the poetical skill of the dramatist, and in this light, as lyric poets, Shakespeare, Mar lowe, Ben Jonson, Chapman and other writers of plays will be found in this collection. To Spenser ample space has been given; which is fitting, because not only is he by far the greatest of the non-dramatic Elizabethan poets, but his influence on literature and in the making of poets has extended down to our own day. 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.

Download or read book A Treasury of English Literature Vol 1 written by Kate M. Warren and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treasury of English Literature, Vol. 1: Selected and Arranged With Translations and Glossaries; Origins to Eleventh Century The present volume consists of English prose and verse up to the time of William the Conqueror. Among this early work that of Cynewulf, the most remarkable and individual Old English poet known to us by name, is represented with as much fullness as could be allowed in these limited pages. It may not here be out of place to remind readers of Tenny son's fine rendering of the Battle of Brunanburh, of which poem only a fragment could be given in this book. 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.

Download or read book A Treasury of English Prose Classic Reprint written by Logan Pearsall Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treasury of English Prose Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the Company of Heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glorious Name; evermore praising Thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and Earth are full of Thy Glory: Glory be to Thee, O Lord most High. Amen. 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.

Download or read book The Oxford Treasury of English Literature Vol 1 written by Grace Eleanor Hadow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Oxford Treasury of English Literature, Vol. 1: Old English to Jacobean Sackville. But in the first place the early lyrics are difficult to read, and all the best of them have been made accessible in the Oxford Book of English Verse. It has therefore seemed enough for our purpose to select those which most clearly exhibit the different modes of expression and to leave the task of further investigation to the reader. In the second place Grower and Lydgate are absolutely necessary as offsets to Chaucer: and the examples quoted from them have been selected with as much reference to his work as to their own real interest and value. And thirdly, Sackville, needed for a due appreciation of Spenser, deserves full inclusion on his own account, both for the severity of his style and for the special way in which he illustrates the effect of the Italian Renaissance. Indeed we are far more concerned to regret the poets whom we have been obliged to omit than to apologize for any whose writings we have here inserted. 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.

Download or read book A Treasury of English Literature written by Kate M. Warren and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02 with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treasury of English Literature: From the Beginning to the Eighteenth Century; Selected and Arranged With Translations and Glossaries The Editor has made the translations and glossaries attached to the Old and Middle English specimens, but for some details of arrangement and type she wishes to confess her debt to Mr. Quiller-couch, Whose delightful Oxford Book of English Verse has given her suggestions. 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.

Download or read book The Oxford Treasury of English Literature Vol 3 written by G. E. Hadow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Oxford Treasury of English Literature, Vol. 3: Jacobean to Victorian We wish to Offer all cordial thanks to Mr. Bertram Dobell for permitting us to include in this volume two examples from Thomas Traherne. The dis covery of this author, who stands with Vaughan at the centre Of seventeenth-century mysticism, is one of the signal services which Mr. Dobell has conferred on the study of English Literature. 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.

Download or read book HarperCollins Treasury of Picture Book Classics written by Various and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2002-10-15 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From early, beloved classics such as Goodnight Moon and Harold and the Purple Crayon to such recent treasures as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and Pete's a Pizza, this collection assembles twelve of the greatest picture books ever published. Parents can share the joy of introducing young children to many timeless favorites that have already enchanted millions of readers. This volume offers a wonder-filled opportunity for preschoolers and families to own and share "the best of the best." All royalties for HarperCollins Treasury of Picture Book Classics: A Child's First Collection will be donated to First Book, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their own new books. The primary goal of First Book is to work with existing literacy programs to distribute new books to children who, for economic reasons, have little or no access to books. In this way, First Book effectively leverages the heroic efforts of local tutoring, mentoring, and family literacy organizations as they work to reach children who need help the most. First Book distributes millions of books to hundreds of thousands of children nationwide each year. For more information on First Book, please visit www.firstbook.org.

Download or read book A Treasury of English Verse Classic Reprint written by Adam Luke Gowans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treasury of English Verse Ere on my bed my limb God grant me grace my 0 God! Preserve my mother In strength and health for many a year; And, 0! Preserve my father too, And may I pay him reverence due; And may I my best thoughts employ To be my parents' hope and joy; And, 0! Reserve my brothers both From e doin s and from sloth, And may we ways love each other, Our friends, our father, and our mother And still, 0 Lord, to me impart An innocent and grateful heart, That after my great sleep I may Awake to Thy eternal day! Amen. 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.

Download or read book A Treasury of English Literature Vol 4 written by Kate M. Warren and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treasury of English Literature, Vol. 4: Bacon to Milton This book is the fourth of a series of six volumes which form, all together, an anthology of English verse and prose from the earliest time up to Burns. The whole has been already published in one volume under the title of A Treasury of English Literature, but for the convenience of students and classes who may wish to study separately a particular epoch, this edition in six books has been prepared. The selections in each volume of the series represent a period of literature, and, so far, form a whole. For an account of the aims of the complete anthology readers are referred to the Editor's Preface which, together with Mr. Stop ford Brooke's Introduction, is printed at the beginning of this book. The present volume begins with the Authorized Version of the Bible and ends with Milton. It will be seen that prose now takes a more prominent place than in the earlier books. An age which produced such prose writers as Lord Bacon, Sir Thomas Browne, Jeremy Taylor and Bunyan, to name only these four, may be forgiven if its poets (always excepting Milton, whose soul was, like a star and dwelt lost by degrees the Eliza bethan charm and developed those metaphysical qualities which were soon to bring about, for a time, the death of true poetry. But the metaphysical poets included in this volume are of a high order, and sometimes peculiarly beautiful to see them at their worst, and to understand why they came to an end, the reader should consult Johnson's Life of Cowley. 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.

Download or read book A Treasury of Children s Literature written by Armand Eisen and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1992 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of traditional and original stories and poems by such authors as Aesop and Lewis Carroll, including excerpts from "The Wind in the Willows" and "Peter Pan."

Download or read book English Literature Classic Reprint written by Julian W. Abernethy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Literature The prime object of a textbook of literature is to encourage and facilitate the study of the literature itself; to give hints and suggestions that Will lure students to a love of great books and bring into their lives the delight, inspiration, and high enthusiasms that come from an intimate association With the choicest minds of the 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.

Download or read book Treasury of Classic Stories written by IglooBooks and published by Igloo Books. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of timeless tales is the perfect way to introduce 6 of the best-loved stories ever. Retold specially for children and brought to life with stunning illustrations, the whole family will want to share these classics together again and again.

Download or read book A Household Book of English Poetry Classic Reprint written by Richard Chenevix Trench and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Household Book of English Poetry The first question which I asked myself, when I resumed a purpose long ago entertained, and then for a long while laid aside, of publishing such a selection of English Poetry as the present, was this, namely, whether Mr. Palgrave by his Golden Treasury had not so occupied the ground that there was no place for one who should come after. The selection is one made with so exact an acquaintance with the sources from which such a Trea sury as his should be replenished, with so fine a taste in regard of what should be admitted there, that this was the conclusion to which at the first I was disposed to arrive. But on further consideration I saw reason to change my mind. The volume which I meditated was on so different a scheme and plan from his, that, while no doubt I should sometimes go over ground which he had gone over before, it seemed likely that for the most part our paths would be different, and the poems which I should select not identical with those already chosen by him. This to so great an extent has proved the case, that of more than three hundred pieces which compose this volume, less than sixty have appeared in his. And. 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.

Download or read book The Children s Treasury of English Song Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Francis Turner Palgrave and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Children's Treasury of English Song, Vol. 1 The standard Of merit as poetry (so far as the editor, aided by some friends distinguished by good judgment and scholarship, may have been success ful in preserving it), has excluded a certain number of popular favourites. But the standard of 'suita bility to childhood, ' as here understood, has ex cluded many more pieces pictures Of life as it seems to middle-age - poems coloured by sentimentalism or morbid melancholy, however attractive to readers no longer children - love as personal passion or regret (not love as the groundwork of action) artificial or highly allusive language - have, as a rule, been held unfit. The aim has been to shun scenes and sentiments alien from the temper Of average healthy childhood, and hence of greater intrinsical difficulty than poems containing un usual words. Hence, although the rules of choice have given this book, as compared with many of its predecessors, an unfamiliar air, yet it is believed that the contents will in fact prove ultimately at least as comprehensible to children between the ages Specified. 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.

Download or read book A Treasury of English Literature written by Kate Mary Warren and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treasury of English Literature This book is the last of a series of six volumes which form, all together, an anthology of English verse and prose from the earliest time up to Burns. The whole has been already published in one volume under the title of A Treasury of English Literature, but for the convenience of students and classes who may wish to study separately a particular epoch, this edition in six books has been prepared. The selections in each volume of the series represent a period of literature, and, so far, form a whole. For an account of the aims of the complete anthology readers are referred to the Editor's Preface which, together with Mr. Stopford Brooke's Introduction, is printed at the beginning of this book. The present volume includes specimens of prose and verse from Johnson to Burns. It scarcely needs an introduction, for we are now among the "moderns." Johnson, Goldsmith, Fielding, Burke, Gray, Blake and Burns, to mention only a few of the leaders, are in our company to-day. The verse selections have been chosen partly with the view of giving some slight idea of the earlier part of the romantic movement in poetry, of the struggle of the old classical school of Pope against the young, fresh, varied genius of the poets who began to care for nature and romance, and whose work, at the end of the eighteenth century, triumphed so completely. Among the prose writers the most room has been given to Johnson and Burke. The great novelists have less because they cannot really be represented at all in selection. Their work is more like the drama and needs to be read as a whole to be comprehended. This is especially the case with Fielding. 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.

Download or read book A Concise Treasury of Great Poems English and American written by Louis Untermeyer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Concise Treasury of Great Poems English and American: From the Foundations of the English Spirit to the Outstanding Poetry of Our Own Time; With Lives of the Poets and Historical Settings Selected and Integrated If poetry is the most potent of human communications, it should also be the simplest and the most logical expression. It should, some say, require no particular cogitation, no after thoughts, no exercise of the speculative mind. But poetry, being the product of intuition as well as experience, transcends plain statements; it surpasses fact and leaps ahead of logic. Simple arithmetic to the contrary, a poem is not the sum of its parts. A poem is greater than its parts; it is even something beyond its parts. It is prompted by an idea, enhanced by rhyme, pointed by meter, colored by metaphor. This fusion, this enrichment and intensification, has created a new thing: the poem itself, which is beyond analysis - even, at times, beyond logic. 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.