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Collected from the people and retold by Leland (Hans Breitmann). This book consists almost entirely of legends or traditions of a varied character, referring to places and buildings in Florence…
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Professor Charles Godfrey Leland
Its accuracy is disputed by some, while others consider it a vital resource for studying and understanding Italian witch folklore of the 19th century. What is certain is that this…
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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books…
Was the west coast of North America visited by travelers from China in the depths of antiquity? Ancient Asian documents provide extraordinary evidence that they did. For this intriguing 1875…
The Etruscans are one of history’s great mysteries – a sophisticated society that flourished at the heart of the Classical world and then vanished, leaving relatively few archaeological remains and…
This is the case in Tartary, Africa, among the Eskimo, Lapps, or Red Indians, with all of whom the sorcerer, voodoo or medaolin, has the eye of the fascinator, glittering…
Title: Ye Sneak yclepid Copperhead: a satirical poem.
Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
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Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 contains a…
Title: Fusang or the discovery of America by Chinese Buddhist priests in the fifth century. [Containing the narrative of Hoei-Shin, with comments by … C. F. Neumann; a letter from…
Title: The Egyptian Sketch-Book.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries holding over…
A collection of folk-tales and legends referring to places and buildings in Florence, such as the Cathedral and Campanile, the Signoria, the Bargello, the different city gates, ancient towers and…
The text is a composite. Some of it is Leland’s translation into English of an original Italian manuscript, the Vangelo (gospel). Leland reported receiving the manuscript from his primary informant…
Heinrich Heine,Charles Godfrey Leland
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
Mary Alicia Owen,Charles Godfrey Leland
This remarkable collection takes us more deeply into the tradition of folklore than those which are made on the Grimm principle of ‘pleasing tales for the nursery’. It is entertaining…
Heinrich Heine
Contents: Florentine Nights; The Memoirs Of Herr Von Schnabelewopski; The Rabbi Of Bacharach And Shakespeare’s Maidens And Women. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come…
Mary Alicia Owen
Voodoo Tales As Told Among The Negroes Of The Southwest: Collected From Original Sources is a book compiled by Mary Alicia Owen. The book is a collection of stories and…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
The Family Life of Heinrich Heine is a biographical work written by Ludwig Von Embden. The book provides a comprehensive account of the life of Heinrich Heine, a German poet…
Voodoo Tales As Told Among The Negroes Of The Southwest is a book that contains a collection of stories about voodoo as it is practiced among African Americans in the…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
Edgar Wakefield Hassler,Charles Godfrey Leland,Charles Norton Ironside
Charles Godfrey Leland,W R Baird,J H Vincent
Part One Containing, The Mastery Of Memorizing, Part Two Containing, Quickness Of Perception.
Wilhelm Humboldt, Fre
The unfinished novel by German writer Heinrich Heine (1799-1856) describes the life of Rabbi Abraham and his wife Sara at the end of the Middle Ages in the small town…
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was a German poet and author of prose.
Voodoo Tales As Told Among The Negroes Of The Southwest: Collected From Original Sources is a book written by Mary Alicia Owen. The book is a collection of stories and…
James Russell Lowell,Charles Godfrey Leland,Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Comprising Specimens Of The Best And Most Humorous Productions Of The Popular American And Foreign Poetical Writers Of The Day.
Charles Godfrey Leland
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1869 Original Publisher: T.B. Paterson
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