Books with author Charles Edward Birt

Excerpt from A Venetian Study in Black and WhiteStrange, Van, very, very strange. You are not well. You need fresh air and phosphates. You must become dis illusioned of these unreasonable fictions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

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Excerpt from The New York Hooroarer: A Story of Newspaper Enterprise, Containing a Visit to the Infernal Regions and ReturnThe heathen worship gods of wood and lead. And Christians worship god with wooden head.It has been said that I have treated in a light and frivolous manner that which should have elicited seriousness. I reply - not forgetting the inalienable rights of others as well as my own -that if I believe that there is not in existence a place answering to a literal, material carbon-consuming hell, should not that lingering remnant of Paganism, or rather its belief, be treated with frivolity and laughed out of existence As one paper pointed out, in a leading article, that Dante treated the subject seriously - Mr. Edwards has made a joke of it. Certainly, Dante's conceptions were in accord with the spirit of the age in which he lived, but in this age of progress, thinkers of all classes recognize the doct1ine as moribund, and will welcome the laugh that accompanies its kick out of existence.Quite lateby a Methodist minister, and Pastor of a New York church, said to me I believe as you do, and thousands more believe like you; but you are outspoken and we are not. Why, he added, I would not deny to some of my people the solid com fort they get out of their belief in a literal hell, for anything, my friend.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The New York Hooroarer: A Story of Newspaper Enterprise, Containing a Visit to the Infernal Regions and ReturnThe heathen worship gods of wood and lead. And Christians worship god with wooden head.It has been said that I have treated in a light and frivolous manner that which should have elicited seriousness. I reply - not forgetting the inalienable rights of others as well as my own -that if I believe that there is not in existence a place answering to a literal, material carbon-consuming hell, should not that lingering remnant of Paganism, or rather its belief, be treated with frivolity and laughed out of existence As one paper pointed out, in a leading article, that Dante treated the subject seriously - Mr. Edwards has made a joke of it. Certainly, Dante's conceptions were in accord with the spirit of the age in which he lived, but in this age of progress, thinkers of all classes recognize the doct1ine as moribund, and will welcome the laugh that accompanies its kick out of existence.Quite lateby a Methodist minister, and Pastor of a New York church, said to me I believe as you do, and thousands more believe like you; but you are outspoken and we are not. Why, he added, I would not deny to some of my people the solid com fort they get out of their belief in a literal hell, for anything, my friend.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

A story of Niagara - To which Are Appended Reminiscences of a Custom House Officer is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1870. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

The writer of the little rhymes contained in this booklet is well aware that poetry, like music and painting, is an art with distinctive technique. He furthermore recognizes the fact that as one may be musical but not a musician, and artistic and not a painter or sculptor, so one may be poetic but not a poet. At the risk of appearing most deliciously naive to the critical reader, he would say that he is most profoundly ignorant both of the art and the technique of poetry. From childhood the writer has had a certain native gift for rhyming, which has been a source of innocent diversion both to himself and his friends. On one depressing occasion only has he sought wider publicity through editorial introduction, and then his fruits of poetic genius were returned to him most graciously and cheerfully with humiliating promptitude. He is cheered, however, by the reflection that not all flowers grow in greenhouses, and that there is one rebellious little star that is the despair of orthodox astronomers owing to its apparent defiance of Newtons laws. Is it not possible, then, that there may be poems that, like Topsy, jest growed, in defiance of the critical autocracy? CHARLES EDWARD STOWE. San Ysidro Ranch, Montecito, January, 1920. About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org