Books with author John Mathew

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere -- including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry, and more -- with a focus on especially difficult-to-find works by lesser-known, historically neglected writers.The Corvey library was built during the last half of the 19th century by Victor and his wife Elise, both bibliophiles with varied interests. The collection thus contains everything from novels and short stories to belles lettres and more populist works, and includes many exceedingly rare works not available in any other collection from the period. These invaluable, sometimes previously unknown works are of particular interest to scholars and researchers.European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes: * Novels and Gothic Novels* Short Stories* Belles-Lettres* Short Prose Forms* Dramatic Works* Poetry* Anthologies* And moreSelected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study, providing never before possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical periods.Additional MetadataPrimary Id: B0155102PSM Id: NCCOF0063-C00000-B0155102DVI Collection Id: NCCOC0062Bibliographic Id: NCCO002635Reel: 309MCODE: 4UVCOriginal Publisher: Printed for T. EgertonOriginal Publication Year: 1815Original Publication Place: LondonOriginal Imprint Manufacturer: Printed by C. Roworth

Excerpt from The Robin Hood Garlands and Ballads, Vol. 1 of 2: With the Tale of the Lytell Geste; A Collection of All the Poems, Songs, and Ballads Relating to This Celebrated Yeoman; To Which Is Prefixed His History and Character, Deduced From Documents Hitherto UnrevisedOrford, who in his Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III, thus explains the difficulties of a writer who attempts to detect the generally received errors of his predecessors.Everything beyond that short period to which well-attested annals reach, is naturally obscure; and immense space is no doubt left for invention to occupy. Nations, as well as individuals, with a vanity iosepa rable from human nature, have filled that void with events calculated to display its own antiquity and lustre. But history, which ought to record truth and to teach wisdom, often sets out with retailing fictions and falsehoods.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 History of Mr. John Decastro and His Brother Bat, Commonly Called Old Crab, Vol. 1 of 3: The Merry Matter Written by John Mathers, the Grave by a Solid GentlemanHonour to suggest: your being present at certain passages and transactions gave your lordship an advantage over us, and we take it very kind in you thus to have given us the benefit of it. Notwithstanding, however, your lordship's com munications, there still remain some gaps in our history, which we hope, in some future edition of it, to have it in our power to fill up. Your lordship has done us the honour to say in your letter, that you not only give us your permission, but very much wish that the work be.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 Robin Hood Garlands and Ballads, With the Tale of the Lytell Geste, Vol. 1 of 2: A Collection of All the Poems, Songs, and Ballads Relating to This Celebrated Yeoman; To Which Is Prefixed His History and Character, Deduced From Documents Hitherto UnrevisedRitson in his modern and more elaborate Life has ascribed to him, the Editor is aware that he has many popular prejudices and prepossessions to con tend against in the credulity of the former class.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.