A reprint of the 1932 foray into Chinese philosophy. The author puts forward that Chinese philosophy is rhetorical and imaginative rather than logical in its appeal. Its methods are those in some respects of poetry, in other of journalism and political oratory. The Chinese philosopher's aim was to establish a connection between his own opinions and a set of accepted ideas.

Mencius on the Mind: Experiments in Multiple Definition (International Library of Psychology, Philosophy, and Scientific Method.) (English and Chinese Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Mencius

I. A. Richards

Philosophy

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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808-1877) was a famous British society beauty and author of the early and mid nineteenth century. In 1827, she married the Honourable George Chapple Norton, a union which quickly proved unhappy. She turned to prose and poetry as a means of releasing her inner emotions. Her first book, The Sorrows of Rosalie (1829), was well received. Caroline became passionately involved in the passage of laws promoting social justice, especially those granting rights to married and divorced women. Her poems, A Voice from the Factories (1836), and The Child of the Islands (1845), had as their object the furtherance of her political views. Her efforts were largely successful in bringing about needed legislation. Primarily because of her intense campaigning, Parliament passed the 1839 Infant Custody Bill and the 1857 Divorce Act. At the same time, she continued to write in order to generate an income. Novels from her later life were Stuart of Dunleath (1851), Lost and Saved (1863), and Old Sir Douglas (1867).

English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century

Caroline Norton

Coeducation in Its Historical and Theoretical Setting

Reginald Snell

Social Sciences

Alexei the gangster

IUrii Pavlovich German

[W]e must be content to study in the microcosm of ordinary crime those instincts, selfish, greedy, brutal which, exploited often by bad men in the so-called cause of nations, have wrought such havoc to the happiness of mankind. It is not too much to say that in every man there dwell the seeds of crime; whether they grow or are stifled in their growth by the good that is in us is a chance mysteriously determined. As children of nature we must not be surprised if our instincts are not all that they should be. -from the Introduction Writing in the sobering aftermath of World War I, Irving's famed 1918 treatise on some of the most infamous murderers of his day is powerfully fueled by the then newfound recognition that the evil men do is not limited to criminals. But this remains, nevertheless, a hugely entertaining narrative of such villains as Charles Pearce, the "outstanding popular figure in nineteenth-century crime," a professional burglar brought down by a crime of passion; Robert Butler, who "desire[d] to acquire things by a short cut, without taking the trouble to work for them honestly"; the gentleman murderer Professor John W. Webster; and H. H. Holmes, who was "completely insensible to all feelings of humanity." Crime buffs and readers of 19th-century history will find a gruesome delight in these Remarkable Criminals. British author HENRY BRODRIBB IRVING (1870-1919) studied law at Oxford University, but turned to writing about legal matters only after a long, acclaimed career as an actor on the British stage. He also wrote Studies of French Criminals of the Nineteenth Century.

Book of Remarkable Criminals

Henry Brodribb Irving

Seven Women Against the World (Pioneers of the woman's movement)

Biographies & Memoirs

Margaret L. Goldsmith

Reference & Collections

Published in 1790, this book follows the first 21 years of the author's life. The hero has an unhappy childhood amid parental discord, is apprenticed to a pietistic hatmaker, is sent away to school, runs away from school to go on to the stage but fails as an actor. The book leaves his problem unsolved, but is also an exploration of fiction as psychological process, and one of the great 18th-century autobiographies.

Anton Reiser: A Psychological Novel (Classics of European Literature) (English and German Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Karl Philipp Moritz

History & Criticism

Napoleon an Original Compilation (The Hyperion library of classic American comic strips)

Clifford McBride

Arts & Photography

Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., limited [etc.] Publication date: 1911 Subjects: Composition (Music) Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

Musical Composition (Encore music editions)

Charles Villiers Stanford

Music

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