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Athletics and Games of the Ancient Greeks

Few kinds of labor develop the body in a symmetrical manner. This is true even in an elementary division of labor. The carpenter and the blacksmith usually have strong, large shoulders and arms, but small and weak legs. The farmer, from excessive bending over his work, loses, in a greater or less degree, his elasticity of body, and often becomes st..

Narratives of Colored Americans

by Abigail Mott

Lindley Murray, the Grammarian, and author of several excellent School and Reading books, in his last Will bequeathed certain funds to Trustees in America, his native country, for several benevolent objects, including the gratuitous distribution of "books calculated to promote piety and virtue, and the truth of Christianity."The Trustees have had "..

Josiah Allen's Wife as a P. A. and P. I.

by Marietta Holley

My companion, Josiah, knew that my book was all finished and completed, and so one lovely day about half past four, P. M. in the afternoon, when he see me walk with a firm and even step up to the mantletry piece and take down my bottle of ink and my steel mounted pen, he says to me:“What are you goin’ to writin’ on now, Samantha?”Says I mildly, “I ..

Granada and the Alhambra

by Albert Frederick Calvert

Granada and the Alhambra: A brief description of the ancient city of Granada, with a particular account of the Moorish palace.Although the admission may be construed by the censorious as betraying a lack of becoming diffidence, I am tempted to believe that no apology will be demanded for the publication of this volume by that section of the reading..

The Arnold Bennett Calendar

by Arnold Bennett

Enoch Arnold Bennett was born at Hanley-in-the-Potteries (one of the “Five Towns” frequently appearing in his writings) on 27th May 1867. He was educated at the endowed Middle School, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and matriculated in the London University. From school he went into the office of his father, who practised as a solicitor at Hanley, and stayed..

Cubists and Post-impressionism

by Arthur Jerome Eddy

Cubists and Post-impressionism is a short work written by Arthur Jerome Eddy, the author of “Delight, the Soul of Art,” “Recollections and Impressions of James A. McNeill Whistler,” etc.The young sculptor looks at the chaste perfection of Greek sculpture and says, “What is the use? I will do something different.” The young painter looks at the grea..

The Fantasy Fan , Volume 2, Number 1, September 1934

by Charles D. Hornig

Just because there are no stories in this issue is no indication that we have ceased to publish them. During the past year we have given you brand-new masterpieces by the inimitable Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August W. Derleth, Eando Binder, R. H. Barlow, and other great writers, and have many on hand to use during the m..

The Fantasy Fan, Volume 2, Number 2, October 1934