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Excerpt from Una and the LionShe had disarmed all opposition, all sectarian zealotism, so that Roman Catholic and Unita rian, High Church and Low Church, all liter ally rose up and called her blessed. Church wardens led the way in the vestry-meeting which was held in her honor after her death, and really affecting speeches, made while moving the resolution of condolence (no mere form) to her family, were the tribute to her public service. All,...

Excerpt from Army Sanitary Administration and Its Reform Under the Late Lord HerbertThe total mortality at home stations, from all diseases, is now actually less (by above one per thousand per annum) than was formerly the mortality from consumption and chest diseases alone. The reduction in deaths from consumption has been as remarkable: in some arms one-half, in others two-thirds of the mortality from this fatal disease has disappeared.About ...

Excerpt from The Beauties of England and Wales, or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Vol. 13: Embellished With Engravings, Part IThe county of Souzase'r, has been more successful. It is the great mart of fashion - the splendid summer te sort of the gay and the rich, and the constant residence of a very large portion of our English nobility and gentry. And yet even this county did not find an ade...

Excerpt from The Ejected of 1662 in Cumberland and Westmorland, Vol. 1 of 2: Their Predecessors and SuccessorsThe particular attention of the reader is called to the Appendices and other matters at the end of the book. Much of the information given there is of the utmost importance. It supplements and occasionally modifies the text and should be read in conjunction with it. It came to hand too late to be embodied in the work proper, but I felt...

The story of the world's longest running musical, examining its unique and enduring appeal while showcasing memorabilia from the production such as annotate scripts, original costume sketches and scene design notes for the 2012 film.

Excerpt from A Portraiture of Methodism: Being an Impartial View of the Rise, Progress, Doctrines, Discipline, and Manners of the Wesleyan Methodists, In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a LadyTo the Methodists in general, I may safely appeal for the faithfulness of the fol lowing Portraiture. They Will perceive that I have never blamed their community, either individually or collectively, Without also awarding them their due degree of praise...

Excerpt from Contributions Towards the History of Early English Porcelain: From Contemporary SourcesTo be viewed at the Time of Sale, which will begin exactly at Twelve o'clock.Catalogues to be had gratis in a few Days at George's Coffee House the upper end of the Haymarket at Clifford's Inn coffee-house, Fleet-street and at the Place of Sale.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find mor...

Excerpt from The Church Plate of the County of Dorset: With Extracts From the Returns of Church Goods by the Dorset Commissioners of Edward Vi, 1552Guest, Esq., of Bere Regis. Nos. 10, II, 12 and 16, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge, Sherborne, and Cerne, by the Rev. C. H. Mayo, of Long Burton, who personally made the original returns for the parishes in the Stalbridge and Cerne Portions. Nos. 1 3, 14, 15 and I7, Sturminster Newton, Bere Regis, Poole, ...

Excerpt from Lancashire Nonconformity, or Sketches, Historical Descriptive, of the Congregational and Old Presbyterian Churches in the County: The Churches of the Blackburn DistrictIt is necessary to repeat what has been so often said, in one way or another, that this work does not seek to supersede (even if that were possible) Doctor Halley's Lancashire Nonconformity. The two works proceed along different lines, and will be found to be mutual...

Excerpt from The Story of the Lancashire Congregational Union, 1806-1906: Centenary Memorial Volume, Prepared at the Request of the UnionOf portraits, letters, etc., illustrating old time Nonconformist Church life, which he has been diligently collecting for many years, whilst the pastors and deacons of the Grosvenor Street and Cavendish Street Churches respectively afforded every facility for consulting the important documents in their posses...

Excerpt from A Cycle of SonnetsHen did Soul first meet Soul? Ah, who shall say? Remembrance doth not garner in one glance, Yet was her first sheaf stored when on life's way Thy Spirit call'd to mine - no sport of chance, No idle paintedjoys that met to wend Twin-bubbles on Time's river - From Soul-trance Together woke, togethe'r still must grow Through pain of longing, nearer some far end Decree of Destiny, full well I know 'tis Love Himself m...

Excerpt from The Beauties of England and Wales, or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Vol. 13: Part IIT his church contains several neat monuments, both ancient and modern. One of them is remarkable for its elegance. It is built of white and Sienna marble, and was erected in honour of Henry W'aterland, LL. D. Prebendary of Bristol, who died in the year 1779. The inscription is too long to be quot...

Excerpt from Behramji a Biographical a SketchThe most interesting portions of this book are those which give us a peep into an Indian home - that of Mr. Malabari and his family, revealing the life of the young reformer, his aspirations, the weakness and the strength of his character, the in¿uence of women on his youthful training, his devotion to their cause in after life. We see how much he owed to his mother, a remarkable woman, of strong wi...

Excerpt from Verses Wise and OtherwiseTuning a leafy lyre Even the winds conspire So to augment the quire On a May morning.See through the meadow grass Shepherd boys wending, Whistling the while they pass To their ¿ocks tending.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 state-of...

Excerpt from Practice in Weaving and Loom-Fixing: A Complete Manual for the Weave-RoomSunless you have one or two unsightly pieces of picking-stick to brace it down, the chances are that you will have to crawl under the loom very often to tighten the box and bark your knuckles. File across the ribs until your straight-edge shows them to be even, care being taken lest you get them slanting from either side.Fitting the pin - In 'putting the box ...

Excerpt from A Portraiture of the Roman Catholic ReligionI take myself bound to charge no man to be of a ieligiod which he demeth. Baxter.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 state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whil...

Excerpt from A Portraiture of Methodism: Being an Impartial View of the Rise, Progress, Doctrines, Discipline, and Manners of the Wesleyan MethodistsIt has ever been my object to state, rather than to controvert or defend, the opinions and practices of the Methodists and here in, I conceive, in part, lies the merit of my book above others who have attempted the same subject.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of ...

Excerpt from The Beauties of England and Wales, or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Vol. 13: Part IIn closing this volume, it is necessary I should state that mr. Rylance, with whose name the subscribers have already been made acquainted, extended his la bours to the end of the shropshire account only. I engaged that Gentleman to make an actual survey of this interesting county, and from the fr...

The world knows Florence Nightingale as "the lady with the lamp"-the revered founder of nursing as a respectable profession for women. But few people are aware that Nightingale's career began only after years of struggle to free herself from her suffocating Victorian family. In this surprisingly passionate feminist essay (a "brilliant polemic, " states Martha Vicinus), Nightingale denounces the lives of idleness she and other women of her clas...

Excerpt from The Beauties of England and Wales, or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Vol. 13: Embellished With Engravings, Part IIThe church' is a stately building, one hundred and Meaty feet long, and fifty-mo wide. It consists of a nave, chancel}, side aisles, and a pouch, enhattled at the ¿ip, and dmdmen'd) with a variety of handsome pinnacles. The tower, which rises at the west end, is one o...