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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.

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

Kobbé immerses into the love lives of seven great composers and gives us some interesting details about the relationships between Mozart and his wife Constance, Beethoven and Therese Brunswick, Felix and Cécile Mendellsohn, Chopin and the Countess Delphine Potocka, Robert and Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt and his Caroline and Richard and Cosima Wagner. His descriptions are as informative as entertaining and will inspire cultural historians, musi...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

Excerpt from My Rosary: And Other PoemsBut after every reading from my own writings which I have given, many of my listeners have asked me where they could procure my poems and stories in collected form. I was obliged to answer that they were scattered through the pages of the various periodicals to which I contribute. I have now, at the instance of several ladies, whose kindness in this matter it would be ungra cions to pass over without my m...

Excerpt from Wagner's Life and Works, Vol. 1: Biography, Bayreuth Echoes, Writings, Critics, Operas Hese volumes are the outgrowth of an analysis of The Ring of the Nibelung, published as apamphlet three years ago. It having passed through four editions, a fifth enlarged and illustrated edition was published last fall. The success of this having proved its usefulness to the lay musical public, the present volumes were under taken. They make p...

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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...

Excerpt from Famous Actors and Their Homes Drew is what is known as a society actor, and his personal knowledge of society and its ways has aided him greatly in acting and dressing society roles. Just as women look up to certain actresses as models in the art of costuming themselves, and copy or try to copy them in their own attire, so to a host of men Drew is a glass of fashion and a mould of form, though men do not set so much store by thes...

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

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...

Kobbé immerses into the love lives of seven great composers and gives us some interesting details about the relationships betweenMozart and his wife Constance, Beethoven and Therese Brunswick, Felix and Cécile Mendelssohn, Chopin and the Countess Delphine Potocka, Robert and Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt and his Caroline and Richard and Cosima Wagner. His descriptions are as informative as entertaining and will inspire cultural historians, music...

The 1905 translation of Wagner's intense letters to the poet Mathilde Wesendonck, muse for one of his greatest operas.

Excerpt from The New Jersey Coast and Pines: An Illustrated Guide-Book (With Road-Maps) His aims to be an accurate descriptive guide-book to the Jersey Coast-from Sandy Hook to Ata lantic City - and to the Jersey Pine Plains. New York City is taken as the starting-point, and the Sandy Hook and Jersey Southern routes as those respectively to the Coast and Pines, although one chapter, for the sake of completeness, describes the all-rail route m...

Excerpt from The Central Railroad of New Jersey: An Illustrated Guide-Book (With Road-Maps) Historical. Matter relating to these sec tions has been carefully collected, and the most striking incidents have been incorpo rated in the work in order that the book may have romantic as well as descriptive and sta tistical interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forg...

Excerpt from The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: 1909When one beholds this City, one is inclined to believe that it is not the City of a particular people, but the Common city of all the peoples of the earth and the center of their commerce.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses ...

Excerpt from Wagner and His Isolde On reading, in the German original, the letters and journals relating to one of the most fascinating episodes in Wagner's career, his romance with Mathilde Wesendonk, who inspired his "Tristan und Isolde, " it seemed to me a foregone conclusion that the book would be translated in its entirety. But as a complete translation could result only in a bulky and somewhat expensive publication, and as, in my judgme...

Excerpt from How to Appreciate Music S trophic and composed through-schubert the first song composer to require considera tion, also the greatest - Early struggles Too poor to buy music paper - Becomes a school-teacher - Impatient under drudgery Publishers hold aloof - Fortune for a song. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reprodu...

Excerpt from Modern Women "Mrs. Graves at home?" "Yes, sir". "Any one with her?" "Mr. Benton, sir. They're upstairs in the library, sir." "Did Mr. Benton's brokers call up from the city?" "Yes, sir." "Did they get him?" "No, sir. He sent word from upstairs there was no hurry, - he would call up the office later himself." "Put some Scotch and carbonic on the table, and let Mrs. Graves know I'm here. He went into the drawing-room. Abo...