Beacon Lights of HistoryCosimo, Inc., 2009 M01 1 - 520 pages First published posthumously in 1902, this collection of the lectures of American historian JOHN LORD (1810-1894) is a charming rummage through 6,000 years of European and American history, exploring the past from "the old pagan civilizations" to modern leaders and cultures on both sides of the Atlantic. This replica edition features all the original illustrations, hard to come by in other recent versions. It will delight both readers of history and lovers of beautiful, classic books. While Volumes 1 through 12 were Lord's work, and the 13th was compiled from his notes, this one features complementary essays from other authors. Volume XIV: "The New Era" covers: [ Richard Wagner: modern music [ John Ruskin: modern art [ Charles Darwin: his place in modern science [ David Livingstone: African development [ Michael Faraday: electricity and magnetism [ and more |
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... Effects of Cross and Self - Fertilization ” ( 1876 ) , and “ The Forma- tion of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms " ( 1881 ) . Ill - health , death , and burial Personality , tastes , and mental characteristics PAGE 142 143 ...
... Effects of Cross and Self - Fertilization ” ( 1876 ) , and “ The Forma- tion of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms " ( 1881 ) . Ill - health , death , and burial Personality , tastes , and mental characteristics PAGE 142 143 ...
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... effects . In both these respects Wagner followed in Weber's footsteps . With the exception of " Rienzi " and " Die Meistersinger , " all of his operas , from the " Flying Dutchman " to " Parsifal , " embody supernatural , mythical ...
... effects . In both these respects Wagner followed in Weber's footsteps . With the exception of " Rienzi " and " Die Meistersinger , " all of his operas , from the " Flying Dutchman " to " Parsifal , " embody supernatural , mythical ...
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... effect if deprived of their assistance . " " " When Wagner wrote his essay on " The Music of the Future " for the Parisians ( 1860 ) he remembered his obligations to the Dresden idol of his boyhood by calling attention to " the still ...
... effect if deprived of their assistance . " " " When Wagner wrote his essay on " The Music of the Future " for the Parisians ( 1860 ) he remembered his obligations to the Dresden idol of his boyhood by calling attention to " the still ...
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... effects that can be produced by musico - dramatic com- binations on the stage , effects of a depth , sincerity , and direct realistic vivacity , such as no other art can produce . I felt quite elated and ennobled during the time that I ...
... effects that can be produced by musico - dramatic com- binations on the stage , effects of a depth , sincerity , and direct realistic vivacity , such as no other art can produce . I felt quite elated and ennobled during the time that I ...
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... effect . " Tichatschek , the famous Dres- den tenor , examined the score , and liked the title rôle ; the chorus director , Fischer , also pleaded for the accept- ance of the opera ; and so at last Wagner got word in Paris that it would ...
... effect . " Tichatschek , the famous Dres- den tenor , examined the score , and liked the title rôle ; the chorus director , Fischer , also pleaded for the accept- ance of the opera ; and so at last Wagner got word in Paris that it would ...
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Finds a patron in Ludwig II of Bavaria | 55 |
Beethoven Schubert and Chopin | 58 |
Ships of low freeboard equipped with revolving turrets 238239 | 238 |
Personality and professional traits 244246 | 244 |
BY W A P MARTIN D D LL D | 255 |
The diplomat Su Wu on an embassy to Turkey | 261 |
trade | 267 |
Hung Chang appears on the scene | 274 |
a soldier General Ward and Chinese Gordon | 279 |
War ended through the agency of Sir Robert Hart | 289 |
BY G MERCER ADAM | 73 |
Birth and youthtime Collingwoods Life and his | 79 |
16 | 91 |
Death and epochmaking influence in modern | 107 |
PAGE | 115 |
His religious attitude that of an agnostic | 122 |
Principles of Biology the data of the development | 128 |
Principles of Psychology the evolution of mind | 134 |
Social evolution equilibriums between constitution | 140 |
Principles of Ethics natural basis for secularization | 143 |
General inductions his Social Statics | 152 |
Observations and experiments on the transmutation | 158 |
His beliefs and agnostic attitude toward religion 170171 | 170 |
Antagonistic views on the immutability of species 176179 | 176 |
that all animal | 180 |
Biological evidence to sustain this view | 187 |
As a scientist Darwin concerned only with truth general | 193 |
Dependence in our modern civilization on the utilization | 199 |
His work 1827 to 1839 when he came to the United | 206 |
A spendthrift in invention versatility and daring 207208 | 207 |
Designs and constructs the steamfrigate Princeton 99 | 215 |
The Destroyer built in connection with | 225 |
His work in improving the motivepower of ships | 232 |
BY CYRUS C ADAMS | 303 |
Youthful career and studies marriage | 313 |
317318 | 319 |
Father Schynses chart | 331 |
Human sacrifices now prohibited and punishable with | 340 |
Future philanthropic work | 347 |
BY WILLIAM HAYES WARD D D LL D | 351 |
Paul Émile Botta and his discoveries in Assyria | 357 |
George Smith and his discovery of the Babylonian | 375 |
The Moabite Stone and work of the English Palestine | 384 |
Dr Schliemanns labors among the ruins of Troy | 386 |
BY EDWIN J HOUSTON PH D | 393 |
His discovery of the relations between light and magnet PAGE | 410 |
Investigation of the phenomena which he calls the | 415 |
His alternatingcurrent transformer | 421 |
His dynamoelectric machine | 427 |
The telephone aid given by Faradays discoveries in | 433 |
Modern powergenerating and transmission plants | 439 |
BY FRANK P FOSTER M D | 447 |
American aid in the treatment of fractures | 469 |
Febrile ailment and coldwater applications | 477 |
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