The Art-Idea. Sculpture, painting, and architecture in America. Edited by Benjamin Rowland, Jr.

May 16th, 2012

The Art-Idea. Sculpture, painting, and architecture in America. Edited by Benjamin Rowland, Jr.

Harvard Library Bulletin April 1970 Volume XVIII: Number 2

May 11th, 2012

Harvard Library Bulletin April 1970 Volume XVIII: Number 2

An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species

May 7th, 2012

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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. 1810 Excerpt: … Tartars are a taller, and a much stouter race than the Laplanders, and the most northern tribes of Asiatics. Some of the Tartar hordes, and particularly the Tschutski inhabiting the north-eastern extremities of the Asiatic continent, are said to be distinguish… More >>

An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species

Learning to Love

May 2nd, 2012

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Balances the relationship of faith to the public and private self…. More >>

Learning to Love

Union Pamphlets of the Civil War, 1861-1865. Two Volume Set

April 28th, 2012

Union Pamphlets of the Civil War, 1861-1865. Two Volume Set

From Scotland to Silverado: Comprising The Amature Emigrant: “From the Clyde to Sandy Hook,” “Across the Plains,” The Silverado … Essays on California

April 24th, 2012

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, From Scotland To Silverado, Harvard University Press, 1966… More >>

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The Scarlet Letter

April 19th, 2012

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Hawthorne’s greatest romance, The Scarlet Letter, is often simplistically seen as a timeless tale of desire, sin, and redemption. In his introduction, Michael J. Colacurcio argues that The Scarlet Letter is a serious historical novel. If Hawthorne’s fiction rigorously and faithfully subjects Hester and Dimmesdale to the limits of seventeenth-century possibility, it nonetheless looks forward to the better, brighter world of Margaret Fuller and Fanny Fern, of Cha… More >>

The Scarlet Letter

The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It

April 6th, 2012

The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It

Etchings of a Whaling Cruise

April 2nd, 2012

Etchings of a Whaling Cruise

Johnson After Three Centuries: New Light on Texts and Contexts

March 24th, 2012

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Johnson After Three Centuries: New Light on Texts and Contexts examines several aspects of Johnson’s career through fresh perspectives and original interpretations by some of the best-known and widely-repsected scholars of our time. Included are essays by James Basker, James Engell, Nicholas Hudson, Jack Lynch, and Allen Reddick. … More >>

Johnson After Three Centuries: New Light on Texts and Contexts