The Prince And The Pauper: A Tale For Young People Of All Ages

History

TWAIN,MARK

Europe

Jupiter

an illustrated history by mary hillier / 904041328 / Toys / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / dust jacket / 20 x 26 cm / 200 .pp /

Automata & mechanical toys: An illustrated history

Hillier, Mary

<p>This 125 page book details the history of mid-nineteenth century "penny dreadfuls" which provided escapist reading for working class youth. "Some of the lurid tales issued in penny parts followed in the tradition of the Gothic romances of the eighteenth century; others were inspired by gallows literature - the broadsheets and the spurious criminal biographies and death-cell confessions that were hawked around at public hangings. The 'dreadfuls' were published strictly for profit, and a successful tale would be spun out for hundreds of episodes, with horror piled on horror to hold the interest of the semi-literate readers. In this entertaining book, the author focuses on some of the most famous 'dreadfuls'. Dyed-in-the-wool villains, real and imaginary, are brought to vivid life, among them Varney the Vampyre, Sawney Beane the Man-Eater, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber, Dick Turpin, Jack Sheppard, Charles Peace, and Spring-Heeled Jack. Also examined are the rousing boys' stories which replaced the 'dreadfuls', featuring such heroes as Jack Harkaway, the resourceful schoolboy adventurer. We enter the world of the enterprising publishers who did not scruple to plagiarize popular novels and who having made a fortune, then became pious and respectable. The text is complemented by examples of the woodcuts which, always melodramatic and often borrowed from earlier, quite different stories, helped coax hard-earned pennies from prospective readers' pockets. This is a fascinating glimpse into a now largely forgotten world where nameless horrors stalked and where virtue triumphed only after copious and gloatingly described blood-letting."</p>

Penny Dreadfuls and Other Victorian Horrors

Michael Anglo

A Servant of Many Masters: The Life and Times of Carlo Goldoni

HOLME, Timothy

Saucy seaside postcards: An illustrated disquisition

Literature & Fiction

Wykes, Alan.

Erotica

London 1978 1st Jupiter. Dedicated to L. Ron Hubbard. In French and English. Folio, 116pp., color photo illustrations of sculpture, hardcover. Fine, no DJ.

Imaginary images

Reference

Morris, Gloria

Catalogs & Directories

London pride

Travel

Aubrey Noakes

Service newspapers of the Second World War

Anglo, Michael

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...agaite, her soul was forced to be off." A hymn by the late Dr. Faber, now very popu-lar, is unquestionably founded on this ancient superstition, and is probably an unconscious revival of early dissenting reminiscences. " Hark! hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling O'er earth's green fields and ocean's wave-beat shore: How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling Of that new life when sin shall be no more! " Onward we go, for still we hear them singing, Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come: And through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing, The music of the Gospel leads us home. Angels of Jesus, Angels of Light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night." An idea which I have myself consciously adopted in a hymn on the severing of Jordan (People's Hymnal, 3), upon the principle which led the early Christians to adopt the figure of Orpheus as a symbol of Christ. " Sweet angels are calling to me from yon shore, Come over, come over, and wander no more." The music which our English dissenters consider as that of angels' singing, is attributed by the Germans to the Elves, and their song is called Alpleich or Elfenreigen. Children are cautioned not to listen to it, or believe in the promises made in the weird spirit-song. If they hearken, then Frau Holle, the ancient goddess Hulda, takes them to wander with her in the forests. A young man heard the music, and was filled with an irresistible longing to be with Dame Nolle. Three days after he died, and it was said of him, " He preferred the society of Frau Hulda to heaven, and now till the judgment he must wander with her in the forest5." In like manner, in Scandinavian ballads,.ve are told of youths who were allured away by the sweet strains of the Elf maidens6. Their music is...

Curious myths of the Middle Ages

Politics & Social Sciences

Baring.Gould, S

Social Sciences

Gustave Courbet: His Life and Art

LINDSAY,Jack

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