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Excerpt from Mr. Punch's Irish Humour: In Picture and Story NO punch artist has done more with Irish humour than Charles Keene. Well over a third of the punch drawings on this subject are from his pencil. Most of the punch artists have made good use of it, Phil May and Mr. Raven-hill in particular. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is...

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Excerpt from Mr. Punch in the HighlandsOf all Mr. Punch's contributors, we may say, without risk Of being invidious, that Charles Keene was by far the happiest in the portrayal of Scottish character. His Highland types are perhaps some what closer to the life than his Lowlanders, but all are invariably touched off with the kindliest humour, and never in any way burlesqued. If his work over shadows that Of the other humorous artists past and pr...

Excerpt from Mr. Punch at the Play: Humours of Music and the Drama Most of the Punch artists of note have used their pencils on the theatre, with theatricals public and private none has done more that Du Maurier. All have made merry over the extravagances of melodrama and "problem" plays, the vanity and the mistakes of actors, actresses and dramatists, and the blunderings of the average playgoer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishe...

Excerpt from The Eighth Book of the Metamorphoses of Ovid (Expurgated Edition): With Introduction and Notes Liber, attributed to this author, is of a later date, this may be due to the fact that we have only an abridgment of the original work, made doubt less at a late period. C. Julius Hyginus was a friend of Ovid's, was librarian of the Palatine Library and, according to Suetonius, was learned in Alexandrian literature. About the Publisher...

Excerpt from Selections Illustrative of Roman Life From the Letters of Pliny: Adapted for the Use of Beginners, With Vocabulary and Notes The Letters of Pliny are among the most interesting records we have of Roman life in the first century A.D. Pliny was born in 61 A.D., of a wealthy and honourable family at Comum. on the Lacus Larius, now the Lago di Como. He is commonly called the younger Pliny, to distinguish him from his uncle, the elder...

Excerpt from The Thirteenth Book the Metamorphoses of Ovid: With Introduction and Notes Publius Ovidius Naso, born at Sulmo, B.C. 43, died at Tomi, A.D. 17, was one of the most prolific poets of his time. His works may be divided into three periods. In the first he treated of love, in the second he wrote on Greek mythology and Italian legends, in the third he laments his sufferings at Tomi, his place of exile on the Black Sea. The Metamorphos...

Excerpt from Sketches of the Greek Dramatic Poets for English Readers The Lectures contained in this volume were delivered in Cork in 1896, and were not originally intended for publication. The first four formed part of a course of Lectures on Greek Poetry, Epic and Dramatic, prepared for the Cork Society for the Extension of University Teaching, and the remaining Lecture, that on the Classical and the Romantic Drama, was written for the Cork...

Excerpt from The Eclogues of Calpurnius Siculus and M. Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus: With Introduction, Commentary, and AppendixThe elegant and scholarly volume that is before us is a model of careful and accurate work. Wide learning is found united with sound common sense, no difficulty is shirked, the thought is never confused, and the exposition is always as clear as daylight - The Irish Times.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hu...

Excerpt from The Orations of Cicero Against Catiline: With Introduction, Notes, Exercises, and Vocabulary My chief Obligations in the notes and in the account of the Catiline conspiracy are to this_ same edition of halm-laubmann. I have also consulted Professor Wilkins' edition based on halm-laubmann, and Up cott's edition, which contains many concise and spirited renderings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousan...

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Excerpt from Manual of Physical Training, Games and Mass Competitions Nerves change in form but not in number, the cells branch out, and the nerves themselves transmit impulses more rapidly. Bones become larger and firmer, and the muscular attach ments roughen and become stronger. 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 o...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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