Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 George F. Cooledge & Brother Redfield & Savage
Published / Created:
[between 1844 and 1871?]
Call Number:
Shirley 2398
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Christmas primer. and School primer
Description:
Imperfect: cover slightly mutilated with some loss of text., Printed in blue ink., Publisher's advertisements: p. [2] of cover, [2] p. at beginning, [2] p. at end and p. [4] of cover., Some illustrations signed by Alexander Anderson., and The same text was also published by George F. Cooledge as The Christmas primer.
Publisher:
Published by Geo. F. Cooledge & Brother, booksellers and publishers, 323 Pearl Street, proprietors of the copyright of Webster's Elementary spelling book. (Copyright secured.) Stereotyped by Redfield & Savage, N.Y.,
Our eternity., Unknown guest., and Wrack of the storm.
Description:
Binding design, signed D[backward D], by Decorative Designers., Bookplate of Leonard and Lisa Baskin. Inscribed: A very Merry Christmas 1917 to Faith from Russell., Introduction -- Our injustice to death -- Annihilation -- Communications with the dead -- The fate of our consciousness -- Two aspects of infinity -- Our fate in those infinities -- Conclusions -- The knowledge of the future -- Heroism -- On rereading Thucydides -- The dead do not die. -- In memoriam -- The life of the dead -- The war and the prophets -- The will of earth -- When the war is over., The "essays ... are taken [from] Our eternity, The unknown guest and The wrack of the storm"--P. vii., and Translated from the French.
Publisher:
Dodd, Mead and Company,
Subject (Topic):
Future life, Parapsychology, and Parapsychology--Research
"All the stories in this book were done by Mrs. Lang, out of the old romances"--Preface by Andrew Lang, p. viii., "The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass."--T.p. verso., Leaves of plates accompanied by protective sheets., and Publisher's advertisment for the Fairy book series: p. [ii].
Publisher:
Longmans, Green and Co.,
Subject (Name):
Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill., Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, ed., Lang, Mrs., Longmans, Green, and Co., publisher, and Plimpton Press, printer