Thomas Hughes: 56 books

A poignant memoir of his late brother George, who was an enormous influence on Hughes, so much so that Hughes based his famous character Tom Brown, of Tom Brown’s School Days, on him. This collection of reminiscences captures the youthful adventures and bonds between two brothers who are also the closest of friends.

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One of the earliest books written specifically for boys, and now considered a classic; this is the tale of young Tom Brown, who attends the influential Rugby School. He is repeatedly bullied by Flashman, a fellow student, but manages to overcome his harassment and mature under the mentoring of the headmaster, Thomas Arnold.

This edition features a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS Preface PART I. EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OF THE ORDER. CHAPTER I. Introduction CHAPTER II. Knight, Pilgrim, and Scholar CHAPTER III. The University of Paris. Rome CHAPTER IV. Colleges as Proposed in the Jesuit Constitution CHAPTER...

Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, and in full-colour, this brand new title provides an accessible introduction and revision aid for medical students and junior doctors. Reflecting the increased profile of Emergency Medicine in clinical practice and the medical school curriculum,...

Dear Mr. Editor-There are few sweeter moments in the year than those in which one is engaged in choosing the vacation hat. No other garment implies so much. A vista of coming idleness floats through the brain as you stop before the hatter’s at different points in your daily walk, and consider the...

Alfred the Great (849-899), King of Wessex, defended his realm against the Vikings and so became “King of the Anglo-Saxons.” The author of Tom Brown’s School Days brings a novelist’s eye to this 1871 biography of the king he considered a model of what a ruler should be, in contrast to conquerors like Caesar or Napoleon.  

Dear C——- So you want me to hunt up and edit all the "Vacuus Viator" letters which my good old friends the editors of The Spectator have been kind enough to print during their long and beneficent ownership of that famous journal! But one who has passed the Psalmist's "Age of Man," and is by no...

Preface This Memoir was written for, and at the request of, the near relatives, and intimate friends, of the home-loving country gentleman, whose unlooked-for death had made them all mourners indeed. Had it been meant originally for publication, it would have taken a very different form. In...

La famille Brown. — Caractère de Tom. — Ses premiers maîtres : Noé, Benjamin. — La grande foire annuelle. — Le Jingling match. — La joute au sabre. — Tom a une préférence marquée pour les jeux où l’on donne et où l’on reçoit des coups, La famille du jeune Tom habitait...

Dear Mr. Editor-There are few sweeter moments in the year than those in which one is engaged in choosing the vacation hat. No other garment implies so much. A vista of coming idleness floats through the brain as you stop before the hatter's at different points in your daily walk, and consider the...

To most people, technology has been reduced to computers, consumer goods, and military weapons; we speak of "technological progress" in terms of RAM and CD-ROMs and the flatness of our television screens. In Human-Built World, thankfully, Thomas Hughes restores to technology the conceptual...