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The Fantasy Fan , Volume 2, Number 1, September 1934
by Charles D. HornigJust because there are no stories in this issue is no indication that we have ceased to publish them. During the past year we have given you brand-new masterpieces by the inimitable Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August W. Derleth, Eando Binder, R. H. Barlow, and other great writers, and have many on hand to use during the m..
The Fantasy Fan, Volume 2, Number 2, October 1934
by Charles D. HornigWith this issue, we are dedicating each number to someone or something. H. P. Lovecraft, one of the greatest writers of the weird alive today, well deserves the honor of being the first, with a story and long instalment of his "Supernatural Horror in Literature" for October. The November issue will be dedicated to Clark Ashton Smith, December to Ed..
The Fantasy Fan, Volume 2, Number 5, January 1935
by Charles D. HornigArthur B. Reeve, creator of the famous scientific-sleuth, Craig Kennedy, makes his bow to Weird Tales readers with a novelette in the May issue!... Jack Binder, brother of the popular author Eando Binder, will do most of the illustrating for Weird commencing with the April number.... C. L. Moore has pulled a "Clark Ashton Smith" and has drawn the i..
The Gibson Book - Vol. II
by Charles Dana GibsonThe Gibson Book: A Collection of Published Works of Charles Dana Gibson. Vol. IICONTENTS:A WIDOW AND HER FRIENDSTHE SOCIAL LADDERTHE WEAKER SEXEVERYDAY PEOPLEOUR NEIGHBORS(In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers] clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.)..
Sir George Etienne Cartier - His Work for Canada and His Services to Montreal
by John BoydThe greatest work in which Cartier participated, and in which it is freely acknowledged he played a determining part, was of course the establishment of Confederation. The idea of a union of all the provinces of British North America did not originate with Cartier, any more than it originated with Macdonald, Tupper, Tilley, Brown or the other great..
The Fantasy Fan, Volume 2, Number 6, February 1935
by Charles D. HornigThis, the February 1935 number, is the last issue of THE FANTASY FAN. The life of TFF has extended over exactly one and a half years—since September 1933, and during that time we have learned that there are not enough lovers of weird fiction who are interested enough in the subject to pay for a fan magazine. We may call it an experiment that failed..
Magic Shadows - The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures
by Martin QuigleyThe art of magic shadows, which just before the dawn of the twentieth century evolved into the modern motion picture, was born three centuries ago, at Rome. There Athanasius Kircher, a German priest, first showed his invention, the magic lantern, to friends, and enemies, at the Collegio Romano, where he was a professor of mathematics.The world prem..
The Trinity Archive, Vol. I, No. 7, May 1888
by Trinity CollegeOne individual can’t select for another the books best adapted to the mental growth of that person; individuality of taste is an idiosyncrasy of the human race. Give a person free access to a well-regulated library, and you need not fear but that person will suit himself. Let the flocks graze at will upon the verdant plains where grow the herbs bot..