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The Prometheus and Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated Into English Verse (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Prometheus and Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated Into English Verse
In the first place, it has no human personages whatever, nor any direct human interest; appealing only to mere mortal sympathies as in behalf of the suffering mediator, friend, and saviour, who is represented as punished by the superior force of Zeus mainly on account of his philanthropic mood. In the second place, it entirely lacks every thing approaching to exterior action, and, indeed, to action at all, except at the very opening of the plot.
Vicissitude there is, indeed, and a directly continuous prog ress toward the final catastrophe of the drama, although that progress is worked out through a train of episodical entrances of persons but slenderly connected with the thread of the piece, and acting the part rather of incidental agents than of characters, in the proper sense of the word.
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The Captains Of The Roman Republic, As Compared With The Great Modern Strategists: Their Campaigns, Character, And Conduct From The Punic Wars To The Death Of Caesar (1854)
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Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America: Illustrated From Nature by the Author 1849
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Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches: Being the Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress, Jr. Pseud., Volume 2
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(This volume includes 4 historical novels about Ancient Ro...)
This volume includes 4 historical novels about Ancient Rome:
A FRIEND OF CAESAR (A TALE OF THE FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC, Time, 50-47 B.C.) By WILLIAM STEARNS DAVIS
THE ROMAN TRAITOR (OR THE DAYS OF CICERO, CATO AND CATALINE) BY HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII BY EDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTON
THE EMPEROR BY GEORG EBERS
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This text constitutes a thoroughly revised and re-written attempt at a historical romance which has at its core the ambition of painting an accurate picture of England’s Great Protector: Oliver Cromwell. In this wonderfully insightful biography, Herbert illustrates that Cromwell was “a man misguided by his own over-boiling zeal, rather than a misleader of men; a chief, driven onward as he instrument of a paramount necessity forcing him to climb the bloody ladder of ambition, rather than a demagogue, a hypocrite and an usurper.” A fascinating account sure to appeal to discerning historians, this scarce text concerning one of England most important historical figures will appeal to a range of readers and deserves a place on any bookshelf. Originally published in 1856, we are proud to republish this book with a new introductory biography of the author.
Frank Forester's Fugitive Sporting Sketches: Being The Miscellaneous Articles Upon Sport And Sporting (1879)
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The complete manual for young sportsmen: with directions for handling the gun, the rifle, and the rod, the art of shooting on the wing, the breaking, ... and sea fishing, etc., etc., etc. … 1856
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The Fair Puritan: An Historical Romance of the Days of Witchcraft (Classic Reprint)
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It may not be denied, however, that soldiers rather than scholars, adventurers rather than statesmen, were her settlers while, in addition to the vast advantage she derived from the character of her first governor, the moderate and admirable Winthrop, Massachusetts had among her founders, many of high endowments, large fortune, and the best education scholars well versed in all the learning of the times; clergy men who ranked among the most eloquent and pious in the realm men equally removed from intolerant bigotry and sectarian license - men equally averse to arbitrary power and democratic anarchy - men, in short, than whom none could be found better suited to their great office, as the forefathers of a mighty nation.
Cambridge was founded almost simultaneously with the city to which it is still the brightest ornament; and it is worthy of remark that the oldest born is yet the most eminent of Ameri can colleges, and that - right consequence of noble causes Boston alone yields as of right to mental power and literary eminence, that social rank which the less elevated spirit of her rivals grants to superior wealth, or to success and enterprise in traffic.
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The fair puritan. An historical romance of the days of witchcraft
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(Great commanders of the legions of the republic
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Great commanders of the legions of the republic
Students of the warfare of the ancient world will find much to engage them in this book which contains descriptions and assessments of the careers of six of the most notable military men who fought in the wars for the expansion of the ancient Republic of Rome. Within its pages are the battles and campaigns of Publius Cornelius Scipio, Africanus, Titus Quincticus Flamininus, Lucius Æmilius Paullus, Caius Marius of Arpinum, Lucius Cornelius Sylla, Felix and of course Caius Julius Caesar. These ‘captains of the Roman Republic’ fought their wars across the known world of their times, from the burning sands of the east, through northern Africa, into the mountains and dark forests of the wild north and through western Europe and across the sea into the British Isles. This is a thorough study of six military lives with detailed information about the armies they commanded and about the enemies of Rome, in all their exotic variety, against whom they struggled. ‘Rome’s Great Soldiers’ will provide essential insights for every student of the period. Previously published as, ‘The Captains of the Roman Republic’.
The Silent Rifleman: A Tale of the Texan Prairies (Classic Reprint)
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Through this wild paradise the mighty river rolled its pellucid waves, rapid, and deep, and trongs, and as transparent as the purest crystal. Galloping his horse joyously over the rich green turf, the traveller soon reached the river, at a spot where it was bordered by a little beach or margin of pure white sand, as firm, and almost as hard as marble ;and springing into the cool clear water till it laved the heaving flanks of his charger he suffered it to drink long and deep of the pure beverage, which had not touched its thirsty lips since the early morning. This duty done, he returned to the shore, and, selecting an oak tree about two feet in girth, around which the grass grew unusually tall and luxuriant, tied his companion to its stein by the lasso, or cord of plaited hide which was coiled at his saddle-bow. Then, after polishing his accoutrements, as if for parade, he hung his rifle and his broad-sword from the fork of a stunted oak tree, collecting some dry leaves and branches, and, striking a light from the ready flint and steel, soon had a clear bright fire glancing and flashing in a sheltered nook surrounded on all sides but one, that where his horse was tethered, by a dense and impenetrable thicket of bays, prickly pear and holly. Within a few minutes, half a dozen twigs, fixed in the ground about the blazing fire, supported as many steaks of fat venison, each with a biscuit under it imbibing the delicious gravy, and a second with salt and pepper, all of which un usual dainties were supplied from the small valise of the provident and epicurean frontiers-man. While his supper was cooking thus, and sending forth rich and unwonted ordours through the forest, our traveller had prepared his simple couch, spreading his handsome poncho on the deep herbage, with his saddle arranged for his pillow. I f, however, he had hoped to enjoy his coming meal and his
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Warwick Woodlands - Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago
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Henry William Herbert was an English-born American writer and poet. Along with A. D. Patterson he created the American Monthly Magazine in 1833
Background
Henry William Herbert was born on April 7, 1807, in London, England, a descendant of English peers. His father, Rev. William Herbert, son of Henry Herbert, first Earl of Carnarvon, was dean of Manchester, and a noted classicist, linguist, and naturalist; his mother was Hon. Letitia Emily Dorothea, daughter of Joshua, fifth Viscount Allen. The dean was an ardent sportsman and Henry, early taught to ride and shoot, acquired a passionate fondness for outdoor life.
Education
At the University Henry was prominent among the convivially inclined and a member of the Cambridge Yeomanry Cavalry, but graduated B. A. from Caius College in 1830 with a high reputation for scholarship, especially in the classics.
Career
Financial difficulties soon prompted Henry Herbert to leave England for the Continent and in 1831 he came to the United States. Settling in New York, he was for some eight years Latin and Greek preceptor in a school conducted after the Eton plan by Rev. R. Townsend Huddart. As a classical scholar he had few equals in this country, his Prometheus and Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Verse (1849) receiving high praise from Prof. C. C. Felton.
Herbert soon became acquainted with many of the leading writers of the day and began a literary career to which, after giving up teaching, he devoted himself almost exclusively. In a short time he was a well-known character, not only because of his brilliant gifts, but also because of his eccentricities. In 1845 Herbert built a cottage in a wooded retreat on the Passaic River near Newark which he called "The Cedars. ” Here, surrounded by his books and sporting accoutrements, he did much of his writing. His literary output was prodigious and varied. In 1833, with A. D. Patterson, a colleague of his at Huddart’s school, he started the American Monthly Magazine, a rival of the Knickerbocker. He continued as editor until the end of 1835, when a quarrel with Charles Fenno Hoffman, who had become associated with him, caused him to retire. In the meantime, 1835, he had published anonymously his first historical romance, The Brothers, a Tale of the Fronde, which was well received. This was followed by a number of others, several of which went through more than one edition and were republished abroad. In general, however, they were prolix, lacking in imagination and humor, and in their studied fidelity to fact, more historical than romantic.
In his later years Herbert turned to purely historical writings, such as The Knights of England, France and Scotland (1852); and The Captains of the Roman Republic (1854). All the while he was contributing to periodicals and turning out miscellaneous work of various kinds including translations of some of the novels of Eugène Sue and Alexandre Dumas. His poems were numerous and of considerable merit. Selections from them, Poems of "Frank Forester, " with a memoir of the author by Morgan Herbert (Margaret Morgan Herbert Mather) were published in 1888. He consented in 1839 to write a series of articles for the American Turf Register, lately acquired by William T. Porter. In order that they might not interfere with his ambition to be known as a writer of great romances, he concealed their authorship under the pseudonym, Frank Forester. Although of secondary importance in his own estimation, his contributions to the literature of field sports, of which these sketches were the beginning, are the portion of his work which has greatest interest and permanent value. They were published in 1845 under the title, The Warwick Woodlands, or Things as They Were There Ten Years Ago; a second edition, The Warzvick Woodlands, illustrated by the author, appeared in 1851. The background is that of Orange County, New York, country of which Herbert was especially fond. He wrote with enthusiasm and spirit; his characters are skilfully portrayed; humor is not lacking; the descriptions are accurate and vivid; and through all a thread of poetic imagination runs.
In 1846 My Shooting Box and in 1849 The Deerstalkers were issued, both of which had appeared in part in Graham’s Magazine. A work of some scope, Frank Forester’s Field Sports of the United States, and British Proznnces, of North America, was issued in 1849, in two volumes, having appeared in London the previous year under a slightly different title. It has since gone through many editions and is still considered an authority. Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Proznnces of North America was issued in London in 1849 and in New York in 1850. In 1852 he published The Quorndon Hounds; or A Virginian at Melton Mowbray, and in 1857, Frank Forester’s Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British Proznnces of North America, two volumes, a work to which all writers on sport of early times must turn. Many of his writings are illustrated by his own drawings. In 1856 he brought out The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen. As a pioneer in this field he made a distinct contribution both to American literature and to sportsmanship. On May 17, in the Stevens House, New York, Herbert shot himself. His remains were buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, and eighteen years later the Newark Herbert Association erected a simple stone at his grave.
In 1881 Frank Forester’s Sporting Scenes and Characters, two volumes, edited by Will Wildwood, was published, and in 1882, the Life and Writings of Frank Forester, two volumes, edited by D. W. Judd with memoir by Thomas Picton. On October 23, 1920, a memorial to him by the sportsmen of America was unveiled at Warwick, Orange County, New York. In 1930 the Hitchcock edition of his sporting novels was issued.
Quotations:
“I have put forth nothing that I did believe to be false or evil, or anything which I did not believe to be good and true. ”
“All the cuts were drawn by myself, on wood, either from the dead fishes themselves, or from original drawings in the possession of Professor Agassiz. ”
Membership
member of the Cambridge Yeomanry Cavalry
Personality
Happy and companionable as a sportsman, Henry Herbert had unfortunate characteristics which made his social life in general hectic and regrettable, and alienated his friends. He gloried in his English lineage and maintained aristocratic pretensions, was ambitious for literary recognition, sensitive, quarrelsome, and of violent temper; nevertheless, he held tenaciously to certain high standards and in his writing was extremely conscientious. Always a poseur, he attracted attention on the street, usually attired in sporting costume, and bearing a luxuriant moustache - an appendage rather unusual in those days - cavalier boots upon his feet, and massive King Charles’ spurs setting off the whole. Later in life he frequently appeared in a checked suit with a Scotch plaid shawl thrown over his shoulder.
Interests
Herbert took rare and intelligent delight in hunting and fishing expeditions, which consumed much of his spare time.
Connections
In 1839 Henry married Sarah, daughter of John Barker of Bangor, Maine, whom he met while he was on a hunting trip. She died in 1844, leaving him a son, William George, who was later sent to England and remained there. In February 1858, Herbert married Adela R. Budlong of Providence, Rhode Island. Not many weeks afterward she left him.