Classicly Books
Chapters of Opera
Henry Edward KrehbielThe making of this book was prompted by the fact that with the season 1907-08 the Metropolitan Opera House in New York completed an existence of twenty-five years. Through all this period at public re..
Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare by Walter Savage Landor Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare
Walter Savage LandorThe frolic of Shakspeare in deer-stealing was the cause of his Hegira; and his connection with players in London was the cause of his writing plays. Had he remained in his native town, his ambit..
Confessions and Criticisms
Julian HawthorneJulian Hawthorne was practically born to write; after all, his father, Nathaniel, was and remains considered one of America's greatest novelists. While Julian would obviously never reach the same heig..
Confessions of a Young Man
George MooreDear little book, what shall I say about thee? Belated offspring of mine, out of print for twenty years, what shall I say in praise of thee? For twenty years I have only seen thee in French, and in th..
Contemporary American Composers
Rupert HughesOne day there came into Robert Schumann's ken the work of a young fellow named Brahms, and the master cried aloud in the wilderness, "Behold, the new Messiah of music!" Many have refused to accept Bra..
Bunyan Characters (3rd Series)
Alexander WhyteJohn Bunyan’s Holy War was first published in 1682, six years before its illustrious author’s death. Bunyan wrote this great book when he was still in all the fulness of his intellectual power a..
Bunyan Characters (Ist Series)
Alexander WhyteThe word ‘character’ occurs only once in the New Testament, and that is in the passage in the prologue of the Epistle to the Hebrews, where the original word is translated ‘express image’ in our versi..
Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)
Carl Van DorenThe American Novel, published last year, undertook to trace the progress of a literary type in the United States from its beginnings to the end of the nineteenth century; Contemporary American Novelis..