Books with author Scott W. Gilbert

Excerpt from Princess Ida: Or Castle AdamantSearch throughout the panorama For a Sign of royal Gama, Who to-day should cross the water With his fascinating daughter Ida is her name.Some misfortune evidently Has detained them - consequently Search throughout the panorama For the daughter of King Gama, Prince Hilariou's flame!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.

Little Leather Library series; Bab Ballads by W. S. Gilbert. 91 pp; illustrated. The Little Leather Library was a series of miniature, abridged leatherbound volumes of famous speeches and works by classic literary authors. The leather covers were uniform in style and color. They were stamped with the title and author's name printed inside identical floral borders. The series was founded around 1914 and continued to be sold until 1923. Expect the pages near the covers to be age tanned by the leather.

The Ducal Palace on the right FIAMETTA, GIULIA, ViTTOR iA, and other Contadine discovered each tying a bouquet of roses. CHORUS OF CONTADINE List and learn, ye dainty roses, Roses white and roses red, Why we bind you into posies Ere your morning bloom has fled. By a law of maidens making, Accents of a heart thats aching, Even though that heart be breaking, Should by maiden be unsaid; Though they love with love exceeding, They must seem to be unheeding Go ye then and do their pleading, Roses white and roses red! Fiametta. Two there are for whom, in duty, Every maid in Venice sighs Two so peerless in their beauty That they shame the summer skies.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)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