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Essays of Schopenhauer

Essays of Schopenhauer

by Arthur Schopenhauer

Essays of Schopenhauer, is written by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer whose career best work is noted as The World as Will and Representation. He was influenced by philosophers like Buddha, Plato and Immanuel Kant and eventually he chose the path of Atheism. He called himself as Buddhist and Kantian. His pessimistic philosophie..

Filipino Popular Tales

Filipino Popular Tales

by Dean S. Fansler

Filipino Popular Tales is a collection of popular folk tales from the Philippine archipelago, collected and edited with comparative notes by Dean Spruill Fansler, whose notable writings include Exercises in English Form and Diction for Study and Practice, Manual of the Principles of the English Form and Diction, and Metrical Romances in the Philipp..

The Blue Fairy Book

The Blue Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang

The Blue Fairy Book is part of the twelve volumes of fairy tales collections collected, edited and retold by the Scottish author Andrew Lang.  Though he has been a novelist, poet and literary critic, ironically he has been remembered for the works he did not write.    The Blue Fairy Book contains wide range of tales from many origi..

Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience

Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience

by William Blake

Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is a collection of poems by the English Painter who had been largely recognized after his death.    His idiosyncratic views were made him to be criticized as mad by his contemporaries, however his expressiveness and creativity highly regarded by later day critics. Some of his widely recognized..

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India -Volume I of IV

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India -Volume I of IV

by R.V. Russell

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India is written by Rboert Vane Russell in four volumes, this being the first volume work.  This book is the result of the arrangement made by the Government of India, on the suggestion of the late Sir Herbert Risley, for the preparation of an ethnological account dealing with the inhabitant..

The Stones of Venice  Volume I ( of 3 )

The Stones of Venice Volume I ( of 3 )

by John Ruskin

The Stones of Venice is in depth exploration of Venetian art and architecture written by the English writer of Victorian era John Ruskin who has multifaceted personalities as historian, watercolourist, patron, philanthropist and  a social thinker.  Among his many writings notable one are The Poetry of Architecture, The King of the Golden ..

Struwwelpeter -  Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

Struwwelpeter - Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

by Heinrich Hoffmann

Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures is an illustrative story book written for children by the German psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffmann who is remembered for his work of portraying children misbehaving with illustrative pictures.  This book contains a collection of ten stories portraying the fictional characters Shock-headed Peter, Cru..

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English

by Walter W. Skeat

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English is co-authored by REV. A. L. MAYHEW of Oxford and REV. WALTER W. SKEAT of Cambridge University. Middle English describes dialects of English Language roughly during the period 12th and 15th Century.  As mentioned in the preface of the book by Prof. Skeat, that undoubtedly Dr. Mätzner’s Dictionary of Middl..