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original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Part Four of a comprehensive collection of Rosa Luxemburg's writing
This 600-page volume of Luxemburg’s Complete Works contains her
writings On Revolution from 1906 to 1909—covering the 1905–06
Russian Revolution, an epoch-making event, and its aftermath. Over
80 per cent of writings on this volume have never before appeared
in English. The volume contains numerous writings never before
available in English, such as her pathbreaking essay “Lessons of
the Three Dumas,” which presents a unique perspective on the
transition to socialism, her “Notes on the English Revolution”
of the 1640s, and numerous writings on of the role of the mass
strike in fomenting revolutionary transformation. All of the
material in the volume consists of new translations, from German,
Polish, and Russian originals.
Sir Henry Holland (1788-1873) was a passionate and intrepid
traveller from a young age. In addition to a distinguished career
as court physician - first to Caroline of Brunswick, then to Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert - he sought to keep two months of each
year free to travel. His trip to Greece formed part of a European
tour that Holland undertook in 1812-13 after having taken his
medical degree at Edinburgh. Holland focuses on the lesser-known
islands and parts of Macedonia and Albania, and gives a unique
first-hand account of the Albanian vizier Ali Pasha (1740-1822),
whom he befriended while visiting his court. The publication of
Holland's travelogue in 1815 enhanced his reputation greatly and he
was elected Fellow of the Royal Society that year. The book
contributed to the early nineteenth-century fascination with Greece
that would later lead Lord Byron to join the Greek War of
Independence.
Sir Henry Holland (1788-1873), physician and travel writer, was one
of the best known and sought-after doctors in nineteenth-century
Britain. He was medical attendant to Queen Caroline, the wife of
George IV, and was appointed physician-extraordinary to Queen
Victoria on her accession in 1837. Holland also counted six British
prime ministers among his patients. He received honorary degrees
from Oxford and Harvard, and served as president of the Royal
Society three times. First published in 1852, Holland's book on
mental physiology explores the medical links between mind and body,
including the ways in which sleep, insanity, memory, age,
instincts, and habits affect the human body and nervous system.
Parts of this work also appeared in Holland's earlier publication,
Medical Notes and Reflections (1839). While many of the theories on
which he writes (such as phrenology) have since been discredited,
Holland's book remains an intriguing insight into Victorian medical
science.
First published in 1872, this memoir recounts the extraordinary
life of Sir Henry Holland (1788-1873), physician, and travel
writer. Holland's first voyage abroad was a four-month trip to
Iceland in 1810, and he went on to traverse much of the globe by
boat, on horseback, and on foot. He journeyed through Europe during
the Napoleonic Wars, survived earthquakes and other disasters, and
was arrested three times during his travels. Holland was also well
known as a society doctor in London, and this work also includes
numerous references to the eminent people Holland treated in a
medical capacity. He was medical attendant to Queen Caroline, wife
of George IV, and was appointed physician-extraordinary to Queen
Victoria in 1837. He also treated six British prime ministers.
Originally written for his friends and children and printed
privately, the book was revised and expanded for publication the
year before Holland died.
This collection is the first of three volumes of the Complete Works
devoted to the central theme of Rosa Luxemburg's life and
work-revolution. Spanning the years 1897 to the end of 1905, they
contain speeches, articles, and essays on the strikes, protests,
and political debates that culminated in the 1905 Russian
Revolution-one of the most important social upheavals of modern
times. Luxemburg's near-daily articles and reports during 1905 on
the ongoing revolution (which comprises the bulk of this volume)
shed new light on such issues as the relation of spontaneity and
organization, the role of national minorities in social revolution,
and the inseparability ofthe struggle for socialism from
revolutionary democracy. We become witness to Luxemburg's effort to
respond to the impulses, challenges, and ideas arising from a
living revolutionary process, which in turn becomes the source of
much of her subsequent political theory-such as her writings on the
mass strike, her strident internationalism, and her insistence that
revolutionary struggle never take its eyes off of the need to
transform the human personality. Virtually all of these writings
appear in English for the first time (translated from both German
and Polish) and many have only recently been identified as having
been written by Luxemburg.
This 600-page volume of Luxemburg's Complete Works contains her
writings On Revolution from 1906 to 1909 - covering the 1905-06
Russian Revolution, an epoch-making event, and its aftermath. Over
80 per cent of writings on this volume have never before appeared
in English. The volume contains numerous writings never before
available in English, such as her pathbreaking essay "Lessons of
the Three Dumas," which presents a unique perspective on the
transition to socialism, her "Notes on the English Revolution" of
the 1640s, and numerous writings on of the role of the mass strike
in fomenting revolutionary transformation. All of the material in
the volume consists of new translations, from German, Polish, and
Russian originals.
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