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According to Wikipedia: "John Gay (30 June 1685 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names."

From near the beginning: "It was for an age of faith, for a people whose credulity was fed on such prodigies and whose imagination glowed at such wonderful portents, that Shakespeare wrote, weaving into the realities of sense those awful mysteries of the supernatural which hovered not far away from every Englishman of his time."

A very short book, and a fairly early one of the author's. The subject matter is the early days of the Reformation, and the time at which the Roman Church was trying to prevent ordinary people from reading the Bible in general, and the Gospels in particular. The Woodcutter with his son and his donkey...

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte...

According to Wikipedia: "Luise Mühlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (18141873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

According to Wikipedia: "Luise Mühlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (18141873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

According to Wikipedia: "Luise Mühlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (18141873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

According to Wikipedia: "Luise Mühlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (18141873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

According to Wikipedia: "Luise Mühlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (18141873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

According to Wikipedia: "Luise Mühlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (18141873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

According to Wikipedia: "Luise Mühlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (18141873), a German writer best known for her works of historical fiction."

Overview of life in Egypt around 1900. Chapter titles include: Cairo, The Nile, The Monuments, The People, and The Desert.

Persian tale told by an Englishman, first published in 1895.

Etymology for children, first published in 1918. "Nearly all children must remember times when a word they know quite well and use often has suddenly seemed very strange to them. Perhaps they began repeating the word half to themselves again and again, and wondered why they had never noticed before...