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Originally published in 1928, this book contains a translation of
Virgil's Aeneid into English verse. Salt retains the half-lines
present in the Latin original, and uses a variety of rhyming
schemes to convey the sense as well as the literal meaning of the
epic. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in
Virgil and the history of the transmission of his most famous work.
Henry Salt abandoned his mastership at Eton in the 1880s to devote
himself to causes including vegetarianism, socialism, animals'
rights, conservation and prison reform. In 1890 he published the
initial version of Thoreau's "Life". With the help of American
friends, he revised the book and published it anew in 1896. This
third version is Salt's final reading of Thoreau based on works
published up to 1908, including Thoreau's complete "Journal".
Combining a narrative of Thoreau's life with a treatment of his
ideas and writings, it is a penetrating study of Thoreau, which
stresses his distinctive individuality. Through analysis of the
text and a concise biography, the editors illustrate Salt's growth
as a scholar and his changing views on Thoreau and Thoreau's
philosophy. The introduction details Salt's stylistic improvements
to the 1908 edition as well as the inclusion of anecdotes and facts
gathered from Samuel Arthur Jones, F.B. Sanborn, Ernest W. Vickers,
Raymond Adams, Fred Hosmer and Gandhi. This book is suitable for
scholars of Thoreau and readers interested in Thoreau, American
Transcendentalism or American literature.
Killing for Sport was previously published in 1915 at a time when
widespread attention was being drawn to questions concerning the
land, it was especially fitting that the part played by the
sportsman should not be overlooked, and that not only the cruelty,
but the wastefulness of the practice of breeding and killing
animals for mere amusement, should be made clear. By including in
this volume a number of recent essays, the work of several writers
(each of whom is responsible only for the views expressed by
himself), it has been possible to present the subject of sport as
regarded from various standpoints. The book, in fact, is the first
one in which the humanitarian and economic objections to
blood-sports have been adequately set forth.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1894 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1914 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
No Englishman did more in the nineteenth century to advance the
literary reputation of Henry David Thoreau than Henry S. Salt. A
biographer and literary critic as well as a remarkable reformer,
Salt participated broadly in his era's movements for social change,
abandoning his mastership at Eton in the 1880s to devote himself to
causes including socialism, vegetarianism, animals' rights,
conservation, and prison reform.
In 1890 Salt published the initial version of Thoreau's Life.
With the help of American friends, he revised the book and
published it anew six years later. The present volume is the third
version of the biography, completed in 1908 but never published in
Salt's lifetime.
Combining a concise narrative of Thoreau's life with a
perceptive treatment of his ideas and writings, Salt's work stands
as a penetrating study of Thoreau that stresses his distinctive
individuality. Through an astute analysis of the text and a concise
biography, the editors illustrate Salt's growth as a scholar and
his changing views on Thoreau and Thoreau's philosophy.
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