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Excerpt from How to Study English Literature: With an Appendix on Fine Passages in Prose and PoetryMore than helter-skelter racing about a field is trained athleticism. To be an athlete you must introduce an intelligent plan into your physical recreations, and in like manner, to be a student you must foster a native bent to investigation and re¿ection by systematic methods.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of r...

Excerpt from Leo Tolstoy: A Biographical and Critical Study One of Tolstoy's English disciples complains that no European writer of eminence has refuted the doctrines of his master. For this absence of a lengthy and adverse criticism there are two reasons. In the first place, no European writer of eminence thinks that Tolstoyism, as a religious and social theory, needs refuting, and, in the second place, if it did happen to call for systemati...

Excerpt from Originality: A Popular Study of the Creative Mind The object of the pages that follow is, first, to show the importance of a study of creative thought and to develop an interest in it, next, to offer some suggestions as to the natural history of mind in its most inspired moments, finally, to institute a regime for the individual whereby he may secure the highest mental efficiency. That the programme is ambitious I know only too ...

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This fascinating book here in its complete and unabridged form makes a worthy addition to the bookshelf of all those interested in this craft. 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

The following pages are based on Brands Popular Antiquities, the edition published in 1841, supplemented by the results of later investigation. My aim has been to deal only with those superstitions and customs which are operative at the present time, and, as far as is possible, to trace these to their original sources. In some cases the task is fairly easy, in others very difficult, whilst in a few instances the prime origin, to use the words ...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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.

This fascinating book here in its complete and unabridged form makes a worthy addition to the bookshelf of all those interested in this craft.Sections include, Superstitions and customs relating to Days & Seasons, Marriage superstitions & Customs, Divination & Omens and Miscellaneous Superstitions & Customs. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. ...