Books with author John Matthew

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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.

This is a picture story book for children learning how to read English. The story is fun to read and full of interesting facts. The book includes quiz and activity pages to keep readers occupied, learning and having fun for hours after the story is finished.This is the first book by Matthew Buchanan, who has been a teacher of English as a second or alternative language for more than 25 years.Although this book is designed for non-native English speaking children aged 5 -12 learning to read English, it is also suitable for native English speaking kids, aged 4 - 8.This book is designed for kids to learn to read THEMSELVES.The story begins with a young kangaroo named Joey getting lost in Japan. Joey meets Mister Kushida as they experience an adventure and form a friendship, before Mister Kushida devises a plan to help get Joey home to Australia.The book is designed to give young learners of English confidence in reading, with simple and repetitive sentences and a story that is easy to understand, aided by illustrations. A story of friendship, kindness and diplomacy. This is the perfect bedtime story that highlights good characteristics that sometimes go unnoticed in today's societies.Young learners can practice writing the vocabulary in the back pages. Quiz and activity pages include fun ways to learn interesting facts on animals, geography, Japanese food and more.(e-book version includes extra educational pop ups!)Read more about the book and the author @ MISTERKUSHIDA.COM

Excerpt from The Text of the Canterbury Tales, Vol. 4: Studied on the Basis of All Known Manuscripts; Text and Critical Notes, Part II For the Squire's Headlink (f 1-8) see the Merchant Endlink Squire Headlink, which have been treated to gether in Vol. III. The Squire's Tale is in all relatively complete mss except Ad2 801 t. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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 historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ... match by this method, which will be ascertained by the hen sweeping her tail, nodding her head, &c. which is called shewing. OF THEIR DUNG. Their dung is so valuable, and in so great requisition, that if it is preserved genuine, and as little straw and other rubbish as possible suffered to get amongst it, tanners and others will give five shillings per sack for it, and will fetch it whenever they are informed there is any ready for them. It is used by the tanners to separate the hair from the hides, being of an extremely hot nature, and answering their purpose better than most other things they make use of. It is also an excellent manure for cold, wet, and clayey land, and if it could be procured in any quantity, the farmers of such sorts of land would give almost any price for it. OF THEIR DISEASES. The Almond Tumblers are not naturally liable to many diseases; the majority of those which do attack them, I attribute to a want of sufficient cleanliness, and good management in their masters, but if taken care of in these respects, they will live nine or ten years, and sometimes longer, and are generally taken off at last by the moult. The first and most fatal that has come under my observation is, what is commonly understood and called by the name of the Canker. This disorder is very much confined to the young birds in the nest, and does not very frequently attack the old ones, and as it originates in the oesophagus or throat, it seems to me to arise from the putrefaction of a redundancy of the soft meat, and that putrescency communicating itself to the throat, and causing a core, I am inclined to think, it ought with greater propriety to be called a sore throat, and perhaps, from the intolerable fcetor emitted from the throat and crop, not improperly a...