Books published by publisher M.R. James Press

A special-needs baby girl is rescued from theAbandoned Children’s Ward in Bangkok, Thailand andplaced with an American foster family. NicknamedPooh, the fourteen-month-old blossoms underthe care and attention lavished on her. Allowed tothrive at last, Pooh masters several developmentalmilestones, putting her on par with her peers. By thetime her adoption is complete, Pooh is a confidenttwo-year-old who transitions seamlessly to her new life in the United States,where her forever family welcomes her with open arms. Having enrichedthe lives of all who loved her, the foster child named Pooh becomes BrigitCarey, a toddler well on her way to becoming anything she wants to be.

PREFACE.I HAVE often been asked to describe my method of making a capillary electrometer, and my apparatus for the measurement of rapid changes of E.M.P. My aim in this series of articles, written in October, 1895, has been to do so with sufficient fitness to enable anyone possessed of average skill to construct the instrmnent. I have laid most stress on the production and interpretation of the photographic records as illustrating the special charactcristics of the capillary electrometer but it is hardly necessary to point out that it may be used by direct observation with the Wheatstone bridge, or with the potentiometer, instead of a high-resistance galvanometer, and that it may replace the quadrant electrometer in comparing the capacities of condensers. In response to a generally expressed wish, these articles havc been reprinted, as a preliminary to the more complete work upon the subject which I hope to write. The capillary electrometer was invented by Lippmann, and described by him in a thesia published in 1875. Being specially adapted for the study of electromotive changes of short duration, it attracted the attention of physiologists. In 1877 IIarey employed it in investigating the functions of the electrical organ of the torpedo, and succeeded in obtaining photographic record of its indications. In England Prof. Burdon Sanderson used it first in a research by which he proved that the closure of the leaf of tho Venus Fly Trap ia preceded by electrical changes resembling those mhich accompany the contraction of animal muscles. In a lecture delivered before the Royal Institution in 1882 he exhibited photographs of the excursions of the capillary electrometer produced in this way...

What caused the fall of the Roman empire? What did the second amendment to the U.S. constitution mean to the founding fathers? What was the role of black troops in the American Civil War? History in Dispute addresses these heavily debated questions by offering your students different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe. The intent of this biennial series is to provide students with an enhanced understanding of events only summarized in history texts, help stimulate critical thinking and provide ideas for papers and assignments.Each volume in the History in Dispute series has a thematic, era or subject-specific focus that coincides with the way history is studied at the academic level. Each volume contains roughly 50 entries, chosen by an advisory board of historians and academics. Entries begin with a brief overview summarizing the controversy. This introduction is followed by two or more signed, point-counterpoint essays of 1, 500 to 2, 000 words each. Features include excerpts from primary source documents to illuminate the viewpoints presented with each entry; photographs and drawings of individuals, sites, objects or documents pertinent to the event or topic; and a chronological list of events. Volumes include a cumulative subject index.Look for coverage of:World War IICivil and human rightsThe Cold War

The Beast in the Jungle is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally considered one of James' finest short narratives, this story treats appropriately universal themes: loneliness, fate, love and death. The parable of John Marcher and his peculiar destiny has spoken to many readers who have speculated on the worth and meaning of human life. John Marcher, the protagonist, is reacquainted with May Bartram, a woman he knew ten years earlier, who remembers his odd secret: Marcher is seized with the belief that his life is to be defined by some catastrophic or spectacular event, lying in wait for him like a "beast in the jungle." May decides to buy a house in London with the money she inherited from a great aunt, and to spend her days with Marcher, curiously waiting what fate has in store for him. Marcher is a hopeless egoist, who believes that he is precluded from marrying so that he does not subject his wife to his "spectacular fate".He takes May to the theater and invites her to an occasional dinner, but does not allow her to get close to him. As he sits idly by and allows the best years of his life to pass, he takes May down as well, until the denouement where he learns that the great misfortune of his life was to throw it away, and to ignore the love of a good woman, based upon his preposterous sense of foreboding.Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.He is best known for a number of novels showing Americans encountering Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from a character's point of view allowed him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators brought a new depth to narrative fiction.James contributed significantly to literary criticism, particularly in his insistence that writers be allowed the greatest possible freedom in presenting their view of the world. James claimed that a text must first and foremost be realistic and contain a representation of life that is recognizable to its readers. Good novels, to James, show life in action and are, most importantly, interesting.In addition to his voluminous works of fiction he published articles and books of travel, biography, autobiography, and criticism, and wrote plays. James alternated between America and Europe for the first twenty years of his life; eventually he settled in England, becoming a British subject in 1915, one year before his death. James was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916.

PREFACE Girls and boys who read the books of John Burroughs, and grown-up girls and boys as well, usually decide that he would make a jolly outdoor companion, and many of them write and tell him so. They ask all sorts of questions about his youth-where he lived, what he did when he was a boy, what games he played, what sport he enjoyed, what books he read, what studies he liked best, how he came to know so much about birds and animals, and how he Iearned to write about them. This book aims to answer such questions. It also aims to acquaint the reader with significant incidents and experiences in his boyhood and youth as well as to give a picture of him throughout adult life, and in his advanced years. The incidents here related have been told me by Mr. Burroughs himself, and are sanctioned by him. During the midsummer and fall for many years past I have wandered with him over the fields and hills and through the woods where he roamed as a boy. In these rambles he has pointed out the places where the narrated events occurred. He has explained in detaiI the curious and interesting ways and means of long ago-old-time ways which will never come again. And not only in his youthful haunts, but also during many an evening by the fireside at The Nest, he has again recounted the childish recollections, the boyish pastimes, and the youthful dreams recorded here furnishing me also with the information or the records from which I could gather it which has enabled me to picture his adult years before my personal acquaintance with him began. This book was originally intended as a Boys Life of John Burroughs, but as the work neared completion it seemed advisable to arrange it with a view to interesting grown-up boys and girls as well...

This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty, young protégée of Olive's in the feminist movement. The storyline concerns the struggle between Ransom and Olive for Verena's allegiance and affection, though the novel also includes a wide panorama of political activists, newspaper people, and quirky eccentrics.Henry James is best known for a number of novels showing Americans encountering Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from a character's point of view allowed him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators brought a new depth to narrative fiction.