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Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter—continued.
Columbia University. His biographer does full justice to his services
as an educational reformer.
Beethoven, Ludwig van.
Beethoven, the man and the artist as revealed in his own
words; comp. and annotated by Friedrich Kerst; tr. and
ed. with additional notes by H. E. Krehbiel. 1905 92 B383
Little book giving in the composer's own words his opinions on diverse
topics. The quotations are classified and each of them is followed by
a note explaining the circumstances under which the words were
spoken or written.
Betterton, Thomas.
Lowe, Robert VV. Thomas Betterton. 1891. (Eminent
actors.)
92 B468I
This biography of an English actor and dramatist (1635-1710) is as much
a history of the English stage during the restoration as a life of the
leading actor of the time. It describes admirably the conditions of the
theatre in which the comedies of Congreve, Wycherley, Farquhar and
Yanbrugh, and Dryden's dramas were produced.
Blessington, Margaret (Power) Gardiner, countess of.
Madden, Richard Robert. Literary life and correspondence
of the countess of Blessington. 2v. 1855* 92 3548ma
Memoirs of "the most gorgeous Lady Blessington" (1789-1849) interspersed
with letters and sketches of the principal habitues of Gore
house.
Brown, John, of Ossawatomie.
Hugo, Victor. John Brown; [English and French text].
1902 rg2 Bygih
An eloquent letter, addressed to the American people, pleading for the
pardon of John Brown, then condemned to death.
Carew, Bampfylde Moore.
Surprising adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, king
of the beggars; containing" his life, a dictionary of the
cant language and many entertaining particulars of that
extraordinary man. 1812
rg2 C194
Carew (1693—1770?) was an English adventurer whose career was a long
series of swindling and imposture, very ingeniously carried out. Early
in life he joined a band of gipsies and was later elected their king.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.
Calvert, Albert Frederick. Life of Cervantes; with numerous
portraits and reproductions from early editions
of Don Quixote. 1905
92 C334C
"Bibliography of Don Quixote," p.111-133.
"List of bibliographies of Cervantes," p.135-138.
Throws no new light upon Cervantes and contents itself with paraphrasing
the more substantial accounts of Watts and Fitzmaurice-Kelly. To
the scholar its only recommendation will be the 30 or more illustrations
it contains, comprising several portraits of Cervantes, reproductions
of early title-pages and cuts from rare editions. Condensed
from Nation, 1905.
Charles II, king of England.
Airy, Osmund. Charles IT. 1904 92 C375iai
Since Macaulay,. no one has condemned the Restoration court and its
sovereign with more effect than Dr Airy. His view of the king's
character is set forth with fresh force and justified by an overwhelming
weight of evidence. Condensed from Nation, 1904.
Clark, Francis Edward.
Chaplin, William Knight. Francis E. Clark, founder of
the Y[oung] ['[eople's] S[ociety] of C[hristian]
E[ndeavor]
.92 C521C
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