Episodes from an Unwritten History (Classic Reprint)
Episodes from an Unwritten History (Classic Reprint)

Author: Claude Fayette Bragdon

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781330475645

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Excerpt from Episodes From an Unwritten History About two years ago there was slipped under my office door an announcement of a series of lectures to be given under the auspices of the Theosophical Society by one C. Jinarajadasa, of Columbo, Island of Ceylon. On the front page of the folder was his portrait in half-tone: a dusky young gentleman with curly hair, an untroubled intellectual brow, eyes dreamy yet penetrating behind gold-bowed glasses, a sweet mouth, and a firm chin. It was a face to which I took an instant liking, but the announced lectures did not attract me, for they appeared to deal with matters with which I had been long familiar through the theosophical literature I had read when it was first given to the world in the eighties. I had been interested in that literature, but in common with many others I had been deterred from following up my interest by the bad odor which soon afterwards came to be attached to the very word Theosophy by reason of the internecine warfare of the Society, and of the alleged exposure of Madame Blavatsky, its founder, by a member of the London Society for Psychical Research. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Episodes of an Unwritten History
Episodes of an Unwritten History

Author: Claude Bragdon

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2005-11-01

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1596053607

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"Suddenly the thought came into my mind: 'What if this be but hallucination...' -from "The Arabian Nights in New York" The philosophical discipline of theosophy enjoyed a flowering in the late 19th century, a spiritual reaction to the materialism aggressive scientific exploration and the newly ascendant corporate culture seemed to be promoting. In 1910, Claude Bragdon published this overview of the roots of theosophy, and it remains an important document of this influential movement, key reading for anyone interested in the origins and aims of early New Age thought. Though known primarily as an architect and, later, as a stage designer, Bragdon dabbled in mysticism, and brings his well-deserved renown as a delightful, charming writer to this little volume. Other works by Bragdon available from Cosimo Classics: More Lives Than One, The Beautiful Necessity, Architecture and Democracy, and A Primer of Higher Space (The Fourth Dimension). American architect, stage designer, and writer CLAUDE FAYETTE BRAGDON (1866-1946) helped found the Rochester Architectural Club, in the city where he made his greatest mark as a building designer with structures including Rochester Central Station, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the First Universalist Church; he also designed Peterborough Bridge in Ontario. In later life, Bragdon worked on Broadway as scenic designer for 1930s productions of Cyrano de Bergerac and Hamlet, among others.

Episodes (Classic Reprint)
Episodes (Classic Reprint)

Author: G. S. Street

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-21

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780484315784

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Excerpt from Episodes Lord Charles' profession is and was that of living at the rate of twice his income. It is rather a fatiguing profession, and it is to that his friends refer when they say poor Charles has a lot of trouble. On one occasion he contemplated a different profession, almost as Old perhaps, as his own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Episodes in an Obscure Life, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)
Episodes in an Obscure Life, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780428666231

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Excerpt from Episodes in an Obscure Life, Vol. 1 of 3 Young people, I suppose, would reckon me old. At any rate, I remember bloom ing young brides who are now grand mothers, and children that I have nursed have now children of their own; but (if any man can read his own heart) I may honestly say that no proffer of preferment would tempt me to leave the squalid dis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Episodes in an Obscure Life, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint)
Episodes in an Obscure Life, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-30

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780267245079

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Excerpt from Episodes in an Obscure Life, Vol. 2 of 3 Which forms the head of the stairs; and w'atermen are always lounging there with their hands in their pockets, looking with sullen discontent at the splashing steamers which have almost supplanted the wherry. When I first knew Pelican Stairs, however, one of those constrained loungers was a most cheerfully contented old fellow. Having occasion to cross to the Surrey side, I turned down Pelican Lane for the purpose of taking a boat. For a wonder, none of the loungers on the stairs saw me until I came out into the little square, and I was able to take in the picture it pre sented without disturbance. A hale, grey haired, venerable-looking old man, with a wooden leg, was seated, bareheaded, on a low mooring-post. His right arm was raised, and he was addressing a little congregation of watermen and mudlarks. The mudlarks came up in relays from the slash in which they paddled with their trousers rolled up. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Episodes in an Obscure Life, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)
Episodes in an Obscure Life, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780332886596

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Excerpt from Episodes in an Obscure Life, Vol. 3 Of course, it was Matthey who intro duced me to his landlord. Matthey had a very neat, snug little room in Dan's not very neat, snug little house. Dan's old wife had a small brood of orphan grand children to look after - the children of their eldest son. All their children were dead, and they had no one else to help them in looking after these youngsters. Nobody, but Matthey, that is, who would often lend the old woman a sailor's handy hand, when he happened to be at home - would help her in cooking, washing, carpentering, clothes-mending, nursing. Matthey could. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Transient Guest and Other Episodes (Classic Reprint)
A Transient Guest and Other Episodes (Classic Reprint)

Author: Edgar Saltus

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-18

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9781528383769

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Excerpt from A Transient Guest and Other Episodes Had his cork hat been decorated with a canary bird's feather, you would have said a prince stepped from a fairy tale. At his heels was a fox terrier, which he had chris tened Zut. When he wished to be em phatic, however, Zut was elongated into Zut Alors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Oreo
Oreo

Author: Fran Ross

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 2015-07-07

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 081122323X

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A pioneering, dazzling satire about a biracial black girl from Philadelphia searching for her Jewish father in New York City Oreo is raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe, and her Jewish deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant, leaving behind a mysterious note that triggers her quest to find him. What ensues is a playful, modernized parody of the classical odyssey of Theseus with a feminist twist, immersed in seventies pop culture, and mixing standard English, black vernacular, and Yiddish with wisecracking aplomb. Oreo, our young hero, navigates the labyrinth of sound studios and brothels and subway tunnels in Manhattan, seeking to claim her birthright while unwittingly experiencing and triggering a mythic journey of self-discovery like no other.