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The New Revelation

The New Revelation

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The New Revelation is an essay written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in book form by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. on 29 april 1918. The book was sur-titled What Is Spiritualism?, and sub-titled: Can we, or can we not, speak with our beloved dead? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle answers YES. Many more philosophic minds than mine have thought over the reli..

Italian Hours

Italian Hours

by Henry James

Italian Hours is a book of travel writing by Henry James published in 1909. The book collected essays that James had written over nearly forty years about a country he knew and loved well. James extensively revised and sometimes expanded the essays to create a more consistent whole. He also added two new essays and an introduction.Italian Hours end..

The Game of Logic

The Game of Logic

by Lewis Carroll

The Game of Logic is a book written by Lewis Carroll, published in 1886. In addition to his well-known children's literature, Carroll was an academic mathematician who worked in mathematical logic. The book describes, in an informal and playful style, the use of a board game to represent logical propositions and inferences. Carroll incorporated the..

The Hunting of the Snark -  An Agony in Eight Fits

The Hunting of the Snark - An Agony in Eight Fits

by Lewis Carroll

The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is a poem written by English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorized as a nonsense poem. Written from 1874 to 1876, the poem borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his children's novel Through the Looking-Glass (1871). As f..

Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

by Lewis Carroll

Phantasmagoria is a poem written by Lewis Carroll and first published in 1869 as the opening poem of a collection of verse by Carroll entitled Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. The collection was also published under the name Rhyme? And Reason? It is Lewis Carroll's longest poem. Both the poem and the collection were illustrated by A. B. Frost...

Feeding the Mind

Feeding the Mind

by Lewis Carroll

Feeding the Mind is a note on his books written by Lewis Carroll himself. The history of this little sparkle from the pen of Lewis Carroll may soon be told. It was in October of the year 1884 that he came on a visit to a certain vicarage in Derbyshire, where he had promised, on the score of friendship, to do what was for him a most unusual favour—t..

Rhyme? And Reason?

Rhyme? And Reason?

by Lewis Carroll

Rhyme? And Reason? is a collection of verses written by Lewis Carroll. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson,, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of world-famous children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy...

A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys

A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851) is a children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales. The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story, the frame story being that a Williams College student, Eustace Bright, is telling ..