Bücher von William Crary Brownell

French Traits - an essay in comparative criticism is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

French Art - Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Newport (1896) is a historical book written by William Crary Brownell. The book is set in the late 19th century and focuses on the affluent city of Newport, Rhode Island. Brownell provides a detailed account of the city's history, culture, and society during this time. He describes the opulent mansions, the lavish parties, and the exclusive social clubs that defined Newport's elite society. The author also explores the city's maritime history, including its role as a major port for the slave trade. Brownell's writing is rich in detail and provides a vivid picture of the city's past, making this book an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Newport's history or the Gilded Age in general. Overall, Newport (1896) is a fascinating and informative read that offers a unique glimpse into the world of America's wealthiest citizens at the turn of the century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: detached stand-point. It would be idle to pretend that he interpreted New England types with the intimate appreciation of Hawthorne. On the other hand, his detachment being more complete, his portrayal of them often gives them the relief which can only be brought out by the colorless white light of cold impartiality. Occasionally, without doubt, he satirizes rather than depicts them?though more rarely than his heavy touch leads the reader to imagine. But from Wing-and-Wing to Satanstoe the New England contingent of his company of characters is portrayed with a searching and self-justifying veracity, at least as to its essential features; and, as was his habit, discriminatingly portrayed. Ithuel Bolt is certainly one of the notable characters of fiction, and yet he could no more have been born and developed outside of New England than Leatherstocking could have .hailed from Massachusetts. If the Rev. Meek Wolfe in The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish is a caricature, he is fully offset by the fine portrait of the Puritan head of the household. It is difficult now to recall the New England of Cooper's day. Never, perhaps, in the world's history was so much and so wide-spread mental activity so intimately associated with such extreme provinciality. For a miniature portrait of it consult the first pages of Lowell's essay on Thoreau. At present we need to have the eminence of the section recalled to us. Professor Barrett Wendell's engaging Literary History, in which he not only limits American literature ofmuch value to New England, but even tucks it into the confines of Harvard College, is an interesting reminder of days that seem curiously distant. Between 1825 and 1850, at all events, New England, always the apex, had become also the incubus of our civilization, and called loudly fo...