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This is a short yet comprehensive biography of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German writer, scientist, and a major figure in the world of literature. We learn of his childhood and family background, his education and travels to Italy, his informal, and later formal, marriage to Christiane Vulpius, and the birth of his son August. In the final chapter the author presents a general view of Goethe's work.

The aim of this book is to retell that part of the myth-history of early Ireland which deals with the Tuatha De Dannan, or Fairies. The author has tried to preserve the temper of old Irish writing in both thought and form, to retain as much of the original beauty of phrase and imagery as is consistent with coherent narrative.Contents:The Landing of the DedannansThe Birth of BresThe Unjust KingThe Flight of BresThe Healing of NuadaThe Marvelous CowThe Story of EthneThe New ChampionPreparations for BattleThe Second Battle of MoyturaThe Dagda and His HarpThe Journey of IthThe Passing of the DedannansPronouncing Glossary

CONTENTSJapanese-Russian War, Spring 19041904: Return from Korea - Divorce1905: "Spray" Cruise - Glen Ellen from Napa - Hospital, and Summer at Glen EllenEnd of 1905. 1906. Second Marriage; Lecture Trip1906: Jamaica, Cuba, Florida, New York City1906. Chicago; Return to Oakland; Glen Ellen; Great EarthquakeEnd 1906. 1907/8/9. "Snark" Voyage1907/8/9. Return from "Snark" VoyageEnd 1909. 1910. Return from "Snark" VoyageEnd 1910. Yacht "Roamer"Coaching-Trip, 1911Around Cape Horn, 1912The Bad Year, 19131914: New York; Mexico; "Roamer"1915: "Roamer"; Return to Hawaii; Glen Ellen1916: War: HawaiiThe Last Summer, 1916Nov. 22: The Last DayJack London HoroscopesBibliography of Jack London

An in-depth biography of Joseph II which covers the partition of Poland, the suppression of the Jesuits, the Bavarian succession, his reforms, and foreign affairs. At the time of original publication in 1897, J. Franck Bright was Master of University College, Oxford.

Charles Dickens was pre-eminently the novelist of the law, and his lawyers have a hold upon the public imagination far surpassing that of any other author. Dickens method is not the common one of unreasoning denunciation of a class. He knew better than to represent all lawyers as rogues, for he had the advantage of knowing the legal profession from the inside. He never lays down bad law, and he never credits a member of the legal profession with impossible professional conduct.

Originally published in 1918, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt, this book consists of the text of 65 telegrams which date from 1904 to 1907. The introduction states that these telegrams give "a clear insight into the system responsible for the sinking of the Lusitania, the use of poisonous gases, the violation of Belgium, the enslavement of Jews in German Poland and Lithuania, the spurious promises to Poland, the sending of explosives in German diplomatic pouches to neutral countries to blow up neutral ships, the dissemination of germs to kill cattle and destroy crops, the baby-killing Zeppelin raids, and the policy of 'spurlos versenkt.'"

A historical novel of the 1825 incident in which the rebellious regiments drawn up on Senate Square in St. Petersburg refused to take the oath to the new Tsar. The revolutionary regiments wee commanded by members of the Secret Society, "the best men among the nobles," the first Russian revolutionaries to consciously wage an organized struggle against the regime of autocracy and serf-ownership in Russia. The story of the Decembrists and their immortal deed of valour for the sake of freedom is told by Olga Forsh, venerable Soviet writer, in her book Pioneers of Freedom. The writer has portrayed the leaders and members of the Secret Societies, their amazing fortitude, nobility of character and courage, with affection and sympathy. Olga Forsh is the author of many historical novels, the most popular of which are: Palace and Prison (1923), which went through nearly 20 printings; the trilogy Radischev, about a Russian revolutionary, author of the famous Journey from Petersburg to Moscow; Mikhailovsky Castle, about the talented architect Rossi and his tragic fate; Freedom's Firstlings, about the Decembrists.

An American author whose reputation rests upon his verse and short stories written in African American dialect, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was among the first African American writers to become self-supporting as a writer and to attain national prominence. This book contains his complete poetical works, his best short stories, numerous anecdotes and a complete biography of Dunbar by Lida Keck Wiggins, plus an introduction by William Dean Howells.

Duclos was in his time, as much as his contemporaries Diderot or Voltaire, one of the great personages of the republic of letters; he was, more than any other writer, loaded with titles and honors. He became in turn mayor of Dinan, deputy to the Etats of Brittany, member of the Académie Française when about forty years of age, historiographer of France, then finally, in 1775, secrétaire perpétuel of the Académie. In his capacity of historiographer, he had access to all the departments of the administration and specially had at his disposal the papers of the library of the minister of Foreign Affairs. On the death of Saint-Simon many manuscripts containing secrets of State were seized and from these Duclos drew most interesting Memoirs; those of the Regency written in a lively and at times remarkable style sustain the interest throughout. Apart from the secret papers from which he drew, his own experiences were of service to him, for having been born in 1704, and having died at the age of sixty-eight, he had seen the times and the changes of which he speaks. "I have personally known," he says in his own Introduction to the Memoirs, "the greater number of those of whom I shall have occasion to speak; I have lived with several of them, and, having played no part, am able to judge the actors."

The circumstances surrounding Lafcadio Hearn's life and work impart a particular interest and charm to his correspondence. He was, as he himself imagined, unfitted by personal defects from being looked upon with favor in general society. This idea, combined with innate sensitive shyness, caused him, especially towards the latter years of his life, to become more or less of a recluse, and induced him to seek an outlet in intellectual commune with literary comrades on paper.

CONTENTSGenealogy - In Search of A Career (1552-1581) - Royal Favour (1581-1582) - Offices and Endowments (1582-1587) - Virginia (1583-1587) - Patron and Courtier (1583-1590) - Essex. The Armada (1587-1589) - The Poet (1589-1593) - The Revenge (September 1591) - In the Tower. The Great Carack (1592) - At Home; and in Parliament (1592-1594) - Guiana (1594-1595) - Cadiz. The Islands Voyage (1596-1597) - Final Feud with Essex (1597-1601) - The Zenith (1601-1603) - Cobham and Cecil (1601-1603) - The Fall (April-June, 1603) - Awaiting Trial (July-November, 1603) - The Trial (November 17) - Its Justice and Equity - Reprieve (December 10, 1603) - A Prisoner (1604-1612) - Science and Literature (1604-1615) - The Release (March, 1616) - Preparing for Guiana (1616-1617) - The Expedition (May, 1617-June, 1618) - Return to the Tower (June-August, 1618) - A Moral Rack (August 10-October 15) - A Substitute for a Trial (October 22, 1618) - Ralegh's Triumph (October 28-29, 1618) - Spoils and Penalties - Contemporary and Final Judgments - Index

The author of this book has traveled extensively in many desert and semi-desert territories of the U.S.S.R., Morocco, Tunisia, the Egyptian region of the U.A.R., Pakistan and India where he realized the importance of water for the reclamation of vast areas of arid and semi-arid lands. During his visits the author became acquainted with the theory and practice of land irrigation in many countries of North Africa and Asia. The present book is the first attempt at generalizing the vast amount of material dealing with the hydrogeology of the irrigated lands of the arid zone of North Africa and Asia, stretching from the African coastline of the Atlantic Ocean to the central parts of Asia. Outlined in this book are the origin and distribution of saline lands in the deserts of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Iran Highlands, Middle Asia, China and Mongolia. A description is given of the surface waters in irrigated areas of the arid zone together with the sources, movement and draining, infiltration, condensation and evaporation of water in the desert and semi-desert territories. The book gives a sketch of the regime of free ground waters in irrigated areas and methods of studying it, problems of water balance and its forecasting, based on experimental research and simple theoretical calculations. Principles of the hydrogeological division of irrigated lands into districts and basic measures to prevent their salinization are also given. The book can serve as a textbook for engineer-hydrogeologists, melioration specialists and students at specialized hydrogeological and agricultural institutes and schools.

It is important to have complete knowledge of a man who throughout a long life, sacrificed himself for what was, perhaps, the most fertile idea of modern times - the regeneration of nations by elementary education; a man who, passionately loving the people in spite of their ignorance and vices, sought to teach and raise them even before they had made themselves feared; a man who, in his ardent desire to help humanity, became, in turn, theologian, lawyer, agriculturalist, manufacturer, author, journalist, and schoolmaster; a man who, amid flattery from kings and people, never swerved a moment from his course; a man, finally, whose bold and original genius was, to the very last, combined with the openness, simplicity, and absolute trust of a child.

CONTENTSMontaigne the ManMontaigne the PhilosopherBibliographical NoteIndex

Marie Thérése Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princess de Lamballe, was fated to be not only an eye-witness but a victim of the Reign of Terror. She was born in Turin in 1749, was married in 1767 to Stanislaus, Prince of Lamballe and son of the Duke of Penthiévre, which brought her into the relationship of sister-in-law to the Duke of Orléans. Her husband died within a year, leaving her, as she expresses it, "a bride when an infant, a widow before I was a mother or had a prospect of becoming one." A marriage was proposed between the Princess and Louis XV, but it fell through. In her retirement she gained the friendship of Marie Antoinette, who appointed her superintendent of the royal household on the accession of Louis XVI. This official connection grew into a sisterly intimacy of the most cordial kind. Their youth of brilliant promise was soon overshadowed by ominous troubles. The lighter temperament of the Queen was happily balanced by the philosophic gravity of the Princess, who foresaw the bitter fruits of the conditions in which her royal mistress had been reared and would not radically change. This journal-record of experiences and reflections is as pathetic a tale as has ever been told.

Joseph Rickaby (born 1845) contributed several important publications to English neo-Scholastic literature. In 1906 he gave an annotated translation of the Summa contra Gentiles. In the same year he published this work, Free Will and Four English Philosophers (Hobbes, Locke, Hume and Mill), in which he defends the freedom of the will against the determinist theories of these philosophers. His method is to quote a passage from the philosopher under examination and then to discuss it.

A book of the author`s thoughts on the history of the world, with inclusion of some remarkable predictions for the future. Includes chapters on war - Western Asia, the Persians, Carthage and Rome, the Arabs, etc; religion - Arabian, Mecca, Israelites, the Jews, etc; liberty - Ancient Europe, the German Invasion, the Portuguese Discoveries, Abolition, etc.; and intellect. This classic work first published in 1872. Reade was an explorer and a disciple of Darwin who acknowledged that Descent of Man had left him little to say `respecting the birth and infancy of the faculties and affections'. His The Martyrdom of Man, an essay in `Universal History', dealing with war, religion, liberty, and intellect, was informed not only by Darwin, but the many other authors listed in the introduction . Reade declared his own atheism in defiance of 'the advice and wishes of several literary friends and his publisher.' The book takes us from Africa and throughout the world. Winwood Reade (1838-1875) was an atheist, traveler, and controversialist who traveled extensively through Africa, covered the Ashanti War, wrote against Roman Catholicism and other established forms of religion.

The dramatic end to the Cold War has added a new perspective to most non-proliferation issues, and added new ones. In addition to a wide selection of historical documents, this factbook includes data and discussions of a wide variety of technical and political topics. The work was prepared by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress for the United States Senate, and has an introduction by Senator John Glenn."Halting the global spread of nuclear explosive devices has been a goal of American policy for over half a century. It predates even the first detonation of such a device in 1945. There is no weapon on earth that matches the instantaneous destructive power of the Bomb, which can devastate whole cities in the blink of an eye. Nonproliferation counted then and counts all the more today as a top national security priority."- John Glenn

Sergei Eisenstein is arguably the most important single figure in the history of movies. He was certainly the most versatile. The director of the masterpieces Battleship Potemkin and Alexander Nevsky, Eisenstein also wrote ground-breaking essays on film art and taught classes on motion picture production. In this book Eisenstein writes about film directing.

CONTENTSEmpiricism and IdealismScience and Nature - The Phenomenology of ThoughtGreek PhilosophyThe Last Epoch of Ancient ScienceScholasticismDescartes and BaconBacon and His School in EnglandRealism

In the first rank of French statesmen and diplomats of the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century stands Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, who for more than half a century, under the most opposite political regimes, was involved in all the important affairs of his country, and played a great part in all the contemporaneous history of Europe.The memoirs were collected from the French National Archives by Leon Vallee, Librarian of the Bibliotheque Nationale.

CONTENTSV . Shcherbina. G. V. Plekhanov's Views of Aesthetics (Introduction)SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS Volume VGl. I. Uspensky [1888]S. Karonin [1890]N. I. Naumov [1897]A. L. Volynsky. Russian Critics. Literary Essays [1897]V . G . Belinsky's Literary Views [1897]N . G . Chernyshevsky's Aesthetic Theory [1897]Unaddressed Letters [1899-1900] . Translated by A. Fineberg First Letter Second Letter Third Letter Fourth LetterNotes for a Lecture on Art [1904]French Drama and French Painting of the Eighteenth Century from the Sociological Viewpoint [1905]The Proletarian Movement and Bourgeois Art [1905]Henrik Ibsen [1906]On the Psychology of the Workers' Movement (Maxim Gorky, The Enemies) [1907]The Ideology of Our Present-Day Philistine [1908]Tolstoy and Nature [1908]"Within Limits" (A Publicist's Notes) [1910]Karl Marx and Lev Tolstoy [1911]Doctor Stockmann's Son [1910]Dobrolyubov and Ostrovsky [1911]Art and Social Life [1912-13]. Translated by A. FinebergNotesName IndexSubject IndexIndex of G. V. Plekhanov's Writings Included in the Present Five-Volume Edition of the "Selected Philosophical Works"

CONTENTSM. Iovchuk. G. V. Plekhanov and His Writings on the History of Philosophical Thought in Russia (Introduction) SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS Volume IVI. Works on N. G. Chernyshevsky N. G. Chernyshevsky. Introduction [To the 1894 German Edition of the Book] N. G. Chernyshevsky [1890] [Addenda for the German Edition of the Book N. G. Chernyshevsky (1894)] N. G. Chernyshevsky [1909] Part one. N. G. Chernyshevsky's Philosophical, Historical and Literary Views Section One. N. G. Chernyshevsky's Philosophical Views Section Two. N. G. Chernyshevsky's Historical Views Section Three. N. G. Chernyshevsky's Literary Views Chernyshevsky in Siberia [1913]II. Works on V. G. Belinsky Belinsky and Rational Reality [1897] V. G. Belinsky Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky (1811-48) [1909] On Belinsky [1910]III. Works on A. I. Herzen A. I. Herzen and Serfdom [1911] A. I. Herzen's Philosophical Views [1912] Speech by A. I. Herzen's Graveside in Nice. April 7,1912IV. Reviews P. Y. Chaadayev. On M. Herschensohn's Book the History of Young Russia. On M. Herschensohn's Book Historical Notes. On V. Y. Bogucharsky's Book A. I. Herzen.NotesName IndexSubject Index

CONTENTSA. Maslin, G. V. Plekhanov's Criticism of Idealism and Defence of Marxist Philosophical Ideas in His Writings of 1904-13 [Preface to the Third Edition of Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific]Synopsis of Lecture "Scientific Socialism and Religion"Translator's Preface to the Second Edition of F. Engels' Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German PhilosophyPatriotism and SocialismOn A. Pannekoek's PamphletReply to Questionnaire from the Journal Mercure De France on the Future of ReligionJoseph DietzgenFundamental Problems of MarxismTwenty-fifth Anniversary of the Death of Karl MarxMaterialismus Militans (Reply to Mr. Bogdanov) First Letter Second Letter Third LetterOn Fr. Lütgenau's BookHenri BergsonOn Mr. V. Shulyatikov's BookOn the So-Called Religious Seekings in Russia First Article. On Religion Second Article. Once More on Religion Third Article. The Gospel of DecadenceOn M. Guyau's BookOn W. Windelband's BookCowardly IdealismOn the Study of PhilosophyScepticism in PhilosophyOn Mr. H. Rickert's BookOn E. Boutroux's BookFrench Utopian Socialism of the Nineteenth CenturyUtopian Socialism in the Nineteenth Century A. British Utopian Socialism B. French Utopian Socialism C. German Utopian SocialismPreface to A. Deborin's Book: an Introduction to the Philosophy of Dialectical MaterialismFrom Idealism to Materialism. (Hegel and Left Hegelians. -David Friedrich Strauss. - the Brothers Bruno and Edgar Bauer -Feuerbach)NotesIndices

CONTENTSB. A. Chagin G. V. Plekhanov's Defence and Substantiation of Dialectical and Historical Materialism in the Struggle Against Revisionism (Introduction)SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS Volume IIEssays on the History of Materialism Preface I. Holbach II. Helvetius III. MarxA Few Words in Defence of Economic MaterialismSome Remarks on HistoryOn the Materialist Understanding of HistoryOn the "Economic Factor" (Final Version)On the Question of the Individual's Role in HistoryOn the Alleged Crisis in MarxismBernstein and MaterialismWhat Should We Thank Him For?Cant Against Kant or Herr Bernstein's Will and TestamentConrad Schmidt Versus Karl Marx and Frederick EngelsMaterialism or KantianismMaterialism Yet AgainReply to an International Questionnaire from the Newspaper La Petite Republique SocialisteThe Philosophical and Social Views of Karl MarxThe Initial Phases of the Theory of the Class StruggleA Critique of Our Critics Part I. Mr. P. Struve in the Role of Critic of the Marxist Theory of Social Development Article One Article Two Article ThreeThe Materialist Understanding of History Lecture One (March8, 1901) Lecture Two (March 15, 1901) Lecture Three (March 23,1901) Lecture FourOn a Book by MasarykThis Thunder Is Not from a Storm CloudOn Croce's Book Karl MarxNotesName IndexSubject Index

CONTENTSV. Fomina, Plekhanov's Role in the Defence and Substantiation of Marxist Philosophy (Introductory Essay)SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS Volume ISocialism and the Political Struggle PrefaceOur Differences Letter to P. L. Lavrov (In Lieu of Preface) Introduction Chapter I. A Few References to History Chapter II. Capitalism in Russia Chapter III. Capitalism and Communal Land Tenure Chapter IV. Capitalism and Our Tasks Chapter V. True Tasks of the Socialists in Russia Chapter VI. ConclusionProgramme of the Social-Democratic Emancipation of Labour GroupSecond Draft Programme of the Russian Social-Democrats A New Champion of Autocracy or Mr. L. Tikhomirov's GriefSpeech at the International Workers' Socialist Congress in Paris (July 14-21, 1889) For the Sixtieth Anniversary of Hegel's Death[Foreword to the First Edition (From the Translator) and Plekhanov's Notes to Engels' Book "Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy"] Bourgeois of Days Gone ByThe Development of the Monist View of History Preface to the Second and Third Editions Chapter I. French Materialism of the Eighteenth Century Chapter II. French Historians of the Restoration Chapter III. The Utopian Socialists Chapter IV. Idealist German Philosophy Chapter V. Modern Materialism ConclusionAppendix I . Once Again Mr . Mikhailovsky, Once More the "Triad"Appendix II. A Few Words to Our OpponentsNotesName IndexSubject Index

A book detailing Walter Wellman's attempts to reach the North Pole. Wellman was a contemporary of Peary who decided after one attempt that the North Pole could never be reached over the ice. He got backing for an attempt to fly there in a primitive dirigible, America. He made two attempts in 1907 and 1909, both unsuccessful. When he learned Cook and Peary were claiming to have reached the Pole he gave up his ambition and tried to cross the Atlantic in the America in 1910. All of these exploits are detailed in this book. Included is interesting technical information on power and equipment of airships and airship construction, and extensive illustrations (mostly photos). Walter Wellman (1858-1934) was born in Mentor, Ohio and founded the Cincinnati Post. He attempted dirigible flights over the North Pole in 1906, 1907, and 1909 and also an Atlantic crossing in 1919. Although all were failures he broke existing records at the time.

Of all the Army Air Forces' many operations in the Second World War, none was more demanding or important than those supporting the activity of resistance groups fighting the Axis powers. The special operations supporting the Yugoslavian partisans fighting the forces of Nazism in the Balkans required particular dedication and expertise. Balkan flying conditions demanded the best of flying skills, and the tenacious German defenses in that troubled region complicated this challenge even further. In this study, Professor William Leary examines what might fairly be considered one of the most important early experiences in the history of Air Force special operations. It is ironic that, fifty years after these activities, the Air Force today is heavily involved in Balkan operations, including night air drops of supplies. But this time, the supplies are for humanitarian relief, not war. The airlifters committed to relieving misery in that part of the world follow in the wake of their predecessors who, fifty years ago, flew the night skies with courage and skill to help bring an end to Nazi tyranny.