Sir Joshua Reynolds laid down principles of art from the point of view of a man of genius who had made his power felt, and with the clear good sense which is the foundation of all work that looks upward and may hope to live.
There is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art.
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories brings together thirty-three of H. G. Wells' science fiction and fantasy short stories which were previously published separately in a variety of periodicals.
In America, in 1770, a well-defined aristocracy held control.
Soils and national characters differ; but fairy tales are the same in plot and incidents, if not in treatment.
Nations yet to come will look back upon his history as to some grand and supernatural romance.
The following book consists of brief biographical commentaries about Beethoven, each followed by sections of quotations attributed to the muse.
William Morris was an English writer, architect, and artist and was integral to the birth of socialism in Great Britain.
Buddhism is a religion which must be viewed from many angles.
The industrialist, businessman, and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) established a gospel of wealth that can be neither ignored nor forgotten, and set a pace in distribution that succeeding millionaires have followed as a precedent.
Bob Brown, after living thirty years in as many foreign lands and enjoying countless national cheeses at the source, returned to New York and summed them all up in this book.
Poise is a power derived from the Mastery of Self.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) is remembered best for his sharp wit, his comedic plays and for his contribution to aestheticism and decadence.
The demand for this book has come from the students in the class room who have listened to these lectures on the Great Doctrines of the Bible.
A collection of US inauguration speeches from Washington to Obama.
Ten Days that Shook the World is a first-hand account of Russia's October Revolution of 1917.
Nothing comes amiss in the great business of preparation, if it has been thoroughly well learned.
To summon a dead religion from its forgotten grave and to make it tell its story, would require an enchanter's wand.
In this autobiography, also titled The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Mohandas K. Gandhi recounts his life from childhood up until 1921, noting that my life from this point onward has been so public.
The book called 'The Consolation of Philosophy' was throughout the Middle Ages, and down to the beginnings of the modern epoch in the sixteenth century, the scholar's familiar companion.