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Timbs was born in 1801 in Clerkenwell, London.
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Club Life of London, Volume II (of 2) With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
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Popular errors explained and illustrated
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Popular errors explained and illustrated. 456 Pages.
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Knowledge for the Time : A Manual of Reading, Reference, and Conversation on Subjects of Living Interest, Useful Curiosity, and Amusing Research (Illustrated)
(The great value of contemporary Historythat is, history ...)
The great value of contemporary Historythat is, history written by actual witnesses of the events which they narrate,is now beginning to be appreciated by general readers. The improved character of the journalism of the present day is the best evidence of this advancement, which has been a work of no ordinary labour. Truth is not of such easy acquisition as is generally supposed; and the chances of obtaining unprejudiced accounts of events are rarely improved by distance from the time at which they happen. In proportion as freedom of thought is enlarged, and liberty of conscience, and liberty of will, are increased, will be the amount of trustworthiness in the written records of contemporaries. It is the rarity of these high privileges in chroniclers of past events which has led to so many obscurities in the worlds history, and warpings in the judgment of its writers; to trust some of whom has been compared to reading with coloured spectacles. And, one of the features of our times is to be ever taking stock of the amount of truth in past history; to set readers on the tenters of doubt, and to make them suspicious of perversions; and to encourage a whitewashing of black reputations which sometimes strays into an extreme equally as unserviceable to truth as that from which the writer started.
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Things to be Remembered in Daily Life
(Things to be Remembered in Daily Life by John Timbs)
Things to be Remembered in Daily Life by John Timbs
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School-days of eminent men
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School-days of eminent men. 336 Pages.
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The Romance of London V1
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Strange stories, scenes and remarkable persons of the Great Town. Volume I of II. Originally published 1869.
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Historic ninepins. A book of curiosities, where old and young may read strange matters
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Historic ninepins. A book of curiosities, where old and young may read strange matters 376 pages.
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English Eccentrics and Eccentricities (Illustrated)
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Many books of character have been published which have recorded the acts, sayings, and fortunes of Eccentrics. The instances in the present Work are, for the most part, drawn from our own time, so as to present points of novelty which could not so reasonably be expected in portraits of older date. They are motley-minded and grotesque in many instances; and from their rare accidents may be gathered many a lesson of thrift, as well as many a scene of humour to laugh at; while some realize the well-remembered couplet or the near alliance of wits to madness. A glance at the Table of Contents and the Index to this volume will, it is hoped, convey a fair idea of the number and variety of characters and incidents to be found in this gallery of ENGLISH ECCENTRICS. It should be added, that in the preparation of this Work, the Author has availed himself of the most trustworthy materials for the staple of his narratives, which, in certain cases, he has preferred giving ipsissimis verbis of his authorities to "re-writing" them, as it is termed; a process which rarely adds to the veracity of story-telling, but, on the other hand, often gives a colour to the incidents which the original narrator never intended to convey. The object has been to render the book truthful as well as entertaining.
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Eccentricities of the Animal Creation
(Eccentricities of the Animal Creation. by John Timbs CRI...)
Eccentricities of the Animal Creation. by John Timbs CRIOUS creatures of Animal Life have been objects of interest to mankind in all ages and countries; the universality of which may be traced to that feeling which "makes the whole world kin." It has been remarked with emphatic truth by a popular writer, that "we have in the Bible and in the engraven and pictorial records the earliest evidence of the attention paid to Natural History in general. The 'navy of Tarshish' contributed to the wisdom of him who not only 'spake of the trees from the cedar of Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall,' but 'also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes,' to say nothing of numerous other passages showing the progress that zoological knowledge had already made. The Egyptian records bear testimony to a familiarity not only with the forms of a multitude of wild animals, but with their habits and geographical distribution." The collections of living animals, now popularly known as Zoological Gardens, are of considerable antiquity. We read of such gardens in China as far back as 2,000 years; but they consisted chiefly of some favourite animals, such as stags, fish, and tortoises. The Greeks, under Pericles, introduced peacocks in large numbers from India. The Romans had their elephants; and the first giraffe in Rome, under Cæsar, was as great an event in the history of zoological gardens at its time as the arrival in 1849 of the Hippopotamus was in London. The first zoological garden of which we have any detailed account is that in the reign of the Chinese Emperor, Wen Wang, founded by him about 1150 A.D., and named by him "The Park of Intelligence;" it contained mammalia, birds, fish, and amphibia. The zoological gardens of former times served their masters occasionally as hunting-grounds. This was constantly the case in Persia; and in Germany, so late as 1576, the Emperor Maximilian II. kept such a park for different animals near his castle, Neugebah, in which he frequently chased. Alexander the Great possessed his zoological gardens. We find from Pliny that Alexander had given orders to the keepers to send all the rare and curious animals which died in the gardens to Aristotle. Splendid must have been the zoological gardens which the Spaniards found connected with the Palace of Montezuma. The letters of Ferdinand Cortez and other writings of the time, as well as more recently "The History of the Indians," by Antonio Herrera, give most interesting and detailed accounts of the menagerie in Montezuma's park. The buildings belonging to these gardens were all gorgeous, as became the grandeur of the Indian prince; they were supported by pillars, each of which was hewn out of a single piece of some precious stone. Cool, arched galleries led into the different parts of the gardento the marine and fresh-water basins, containing innumerable water-fowl,to the birds of prey, falcons and eagles, which latter especially were represented in the greatest variety,to the crocodiles, alligators, and serpents, some of them belonging to the most venomous species. The halls of a large square building contained the dens of the lions, tigers, leopards, bears, wolves, and other wild animals. Three hundred slaves were employed in the gardens tending the animals, upon which great care was bestowed, and scrupulous attention paid to their cleanliness. To this South American zoological garden of the sixteenth century no other of its time could be compared.
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Club Life of London, Vol. I (of 2) With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
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John Timbs
John Timbs was an English author and antiquary.
Education
He was educated at a private school at Hemel Hempstead. In his sixteenth year he was apprenticed to a druggist and printer at Dorking.
Career
Some of his work was published under the pseudonym of Horace Welby. He had early shown literary capacity, and when nineteen began to write for the Monthly Magazine. A year later he became secretary to Sir Richard Phillips, its proprietor, and permanently adopted literature as a profession.
He was successively editor of the Mirror of Literature, the Harlequin, The Literary World, and sub-editor of the Illustrated London News.
His published works amounted to more than one hundred and fifty volumes. In 1834 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Burial: Street Peter and Street Paul Churchyard, Edenbridge, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England.
Achievements
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He was also founder and first editor of Year-Book of Science and Artist
Works
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Knowledge for the Time : A Manual of Reading, Reference, and Conversation on Subjects of Living Interest, Useful Curiosity, and Amusing Research (Illustrated)
(The great value of contemporary Historythat is, history ...)
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English Eccentrics and Eccentricities (Illustrated)
(Many books of character have been published which have re...)
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The Romance of London V1
(Strange stories, scenes and remarkable persons of the Gre...)
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Things to be Remembered in Daily Life
(Things to be Remembered in Daily Life by John Timbs)
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Popular errors explained and illustrated
(Popular errors explained and illustrated. 456 Pages.)
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Eccentricities of the Animal Creation
(Eccentricities of the Animal Creation. by John Timbs CRI...)
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Club Life of London, Volume II (of 2) With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
(HardPress Classic Books Series)
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Club Life of London, Vol. I (of 2) With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
(HardPress Classic Books Series)
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School-days of eminent men
(School-days of eminent men. 336 Pages.)
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Historic ninepins. A book of curiosities, where old and young may read strange matters
(Historic ninepins. A book of curiosities, where old and y...)
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Knowledge for the Time : A Manual of Reading, Reference, and Conversation on Subjects of Living Interest, Useful Curiosity, and Amusing Research (Illustrated)
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Born
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Died
March 6, 1875 (aged 73) -
Nationality
English