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Handel, Georg Friedrich—continued.
v.8-9. Belshazzar; an oratorio.
V.IO-II. The Messiah; an oratorio.
v. 12. Chamber duets and trios.
v.i3. Samson; an oratorio.
v.i4. Judas Maccabeus; an oratorio.
Robertson, W. Graham.
Old English songs and dances, decorated by W. G. Robertson.
1902 qr7844 R54
Illustrated in color.
Seidel, Johann Julius.
The organ and its construction; a systematic handbook for
organists, organ builders, &c; tr. fr. the German. 1855.. . 786.6 S45
Amusements
Archer, William.
English dramatists of to-day. 1882
792 A67e
Contents: Introduction.—Playwrights of yesterday.—Albery, James.—
Broughton, F. W.—Burnand, F. C.—Byron, H. J.—Gilbert, W. S.—
Grundy, Sydney.—Howard, Bronson.—Jones, H. A.—Meritt, Paul.—
Merivale, H. C.—Pinero, A. W.—Reece, Robert.—Sims, G. R.—Smith,
S. T.—Tennyson, Alfred.—Wills, W. G.
Mr Archer writes in the tone of pessimism now current when the English
drama is discussed. He has a knowledge of the French stage and
some familiarity with the modern drama of Italy, Germany and
Scandinavia. The book besides being agreeable reading has a pleasant
literary flavor and is commendably accurate. Condensed from
Athenaeum, 1882.
Baldwin, William Charles.
African hunting and adventure from Natal to the Zambesi
including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari desert, etc. from
1852 to i860. 1894 799 B19
Unstudied and entertaining account of eight years of hunting and adventure
in South .Africa.
Literature
Ainger, Alfred.
Lectures and essays. 2V. 1905
824 A29
v.i. The three stages of Shakspeare's art: Spring (1591-1598); Summer
(1598-1605); Autumn (1605-1612). — The ethical element in
Shakspeare. — Sir John Falstaff. — Euphuism, past and present. —
Swift, his life and genius.—Some leaders in the poetic revival of
1760-1820 : Cowper; Burns; Scott.—Mrs Barbauld.—The children's
books of a hundred years ago.
v.2. The letters of Charles Lamb.—How I traced Charles Lamb in
Hertfordshire.—Nether Stowey.—Coleridge's Ode to Wordsworth.—
The death of Tennyson.-—The secret of charm in literature.—The influence
of Chaucer upon his successors.—The illiterate peasant.—Some
aspects of Mr Stephen Phillips's new tragedy [Paolo and Francesca].
—Mr Dickens's amateur theatricals.—Charles James Mathews.—True
and false humour in literature.—Sir George Rose.—The art of conversation.—The
teaching of English literature.—Books and their uses.
[Benson, Arthur Christopher.]
The thread of gold, by the author of "The house of quiet."
1906 824 B44t
Striking collection of varied yet kindred essays having one dominant impulse,
the perception of spiritual beauty. It is a book which may be
called visionary, but the vision is by no means incapable of adjusting
itself to the "plain facts" of life. Condensed from Outlook (Eng.),
1905.
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