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A biography focusing on the childhood of the man who turned down the field command of the United States Army and became the leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

In this charming and thought-provoking 1926 volume, Arthur Gray, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1912 to 1940, explored the possibility that William Shakespeare spent his formative years at Polesworth Hall in the Forest of Arden, perhaps serving as a page boy. The Forest of Arden once stretched from just north of Stratford-upon-Avon to Tamworth, and covered what is now Birmingham; Polesworth, near Tamworth, was the home of Sir Henry Goodere and the centre of the famed 'Polesworth Circle'. This splendid focus of creative and cultural activity would have offered the young William exposure to the finest minds, a wonderful education and valuable introductions. Sir Henry, who evidently knew John Shakespeare in Stratford, was certainly patron of many young writers and musicians, including the eminent Elizabethan poet, Michael Drayton. If Gray is correct, Drayton would have been a contemporary of Shakespeare's at Polesworth.

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 reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

Ancestral Haunts collects two rare volumes of classic ghost stories: The Stoneground Ghost Tales (1912) by E. G. Swain, and Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye (1919) by Arthur Gray, Master of Jesus College (Cambridge). These stories show the influence of M. R. James, but each author retains a distinctive voice and style, and both will be enjoyed by those who read classic supernatural tales.

Tee erfreut sich seit vielen hundert Jahren grosser Beliebtheit. Die Anfange der ausgepragten Teekultur finden sich in China, wo zum ersten Mal Pflanzenblatter zu dem aromatischen Getrank gebraut wurde. Auf dem Seeweg kam der Tee aber recht bald nach Europa, wo er sich zunachst als eine Art Arznei bewahren musste, bevor er vor allem in englischen Adelskreisen zum Genussmittel avancierte. Das vorliegende Buch aus dem Jahr 1903 beschreibt sowohl die Geschichte des Tees als auch typische regionale Zubereitungsarten, und geht uberdies auf seine kulturellen Bedeutungen ein. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine englischsprachige Ausgabe