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Cover of Washington Irving's Fiction: 7 Books
by Washington Irving
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This file includes: Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey, Old Christmas, Bracebridge Hall, The Crayon Papers, Knickerbocker's History of New York, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, and Tales of a Traveller. According to Wikipedia: "Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 November 28, 1859) was an American author,...
Cover of Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick
by Mrs. F. Beavan
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

First published in 1845. "Gleaned from actual obsrvation and experience during a residence of seven years in that interesting colony." The book begins: "These sketches of the Backwoods of New Brunswick are intended to illustrate the individual and national characteristics of the settlers, as displayed...
Cover of Slave Narratives: Kansas
by Library of Congress
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

First-Hand Accounts of Slavery in America. With active Table of contents. Hundreds of former slaves were interviewed during the depression as part of the WPA project sponsored by the Library of Congress. This file includes all parts dealing with former slaves in Florida. Other files, published separately,...
Cover of The Pursuit of God
by A.W. Tozer
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Aiden Wilson Tozer (April 21, 1897 - May 12, 1963) was an American Christian pastor, preacher, author, magazine editor, Bible conference speaker, and spiritual mentor. For his work, he received two honorary doctorate degrees. Hailing from a tiny farming community in western La...
Cover of The Story of the Hymns and Tunes
by Hezekiah Butteworth
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"When the lapse of time and accumulation of fresh material suggested the need of a new and revised edition of Mr. Hezekiah Butterworth's _Story of the Hymns_, which had been a popular text book on that subject for nearly a generation, the publishers requested him to prepare such a work, reviewing the...
Cover of American Lutheranism: both volumes
by F. Bente
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German Reformer Martin Luther. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched the Protestant Reformation and, through the reactions...
Cover of A Set of Rogues
by Frank Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Pirate history, first published in 1895. "CHRISTOPHER SUTTON, JOHN DAWSON, THE SEÑOR DON SANCHEZ DEL CASTILLO DE CASTELAÑA AND MOLL DAWSON. Their Wicked Conspiracy, and a True Account of their Travels and Adventures. THE MARRIAGE OF MOLL DAWSON BY SINFUL MEANS TO A WORTHY GENTLEMAN OF MERIT; HER FALL,...
Cover of Slave Narratives: Ohio
by Library of Congress
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

First-Hand Accounts of Slavery in America. With active Table of contents. Hundreds of former slaves were interviewed during the depression as part of the WPA project sponsored by the Library of Congress. This file includes all parts dealing with former slaves in Florida. Other files, published separately,...
Cover of Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
by W. J. Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"The purpose of this volume is to offer to the English reader a short study of the lyric drama in Italy prior to the birth of opera, and to note in its history the growth of the artistic elements and influences which finally led the Florentine reformers to resort to the ancient drama in their search...
Cover of The Violin: Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
by George Hart
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"It is in connection with the Italian divisions of the book that the reader will discover, I venture to hope, information which he will regard as interesting in its character, besides being of somehistorical value. The greater part of this new matter has been obtained from original MSS. belonging to...
Cover of Great Violinists and Pianists
by George T. Ferris
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Chapters cover violinists and pianists, Viotti, Ludwig Spohr, Nicolo Paganini, de Beriot, Ole Bull, Muzio Clementi, Moscheles, the Schumanns and Chopin, Thalberg and Gottschalk, and Franz Liszt.
Cover of The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, volume 2 of 2
by Rupert Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Chapters cover, Orland di Lassus, Percell, Stradella, Palestrina, Bach, Haydn, Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Mendelssohn, and Chopin.
Cover of On Conducting
by Richard Wagner
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813, Leipzig, Germany 13 February 1883, Venice, Italy) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as they were later called). Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner...
Cover of Purcell
by John F. Runciman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Henry Purcell 10 September 1659 (?)[2] 21 November 1695, was an English Baroque composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements but devised a peculiarly English style of Baroque music."
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