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The Kama Sutra

By Vatsyayana

Translated from the Sanscrit

In Seven Parts, with preface and introduction.

In the literature of all countries there will be found a certain number of works treating especially of love. Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and from various points of view. In the present publication it is proposed to give a complete translation of what is considered the standard work on love in Sanscrit literature, and which is called the 'Vatsyayana Kama Sutra, ' or Aphorisms on Love, by Vatsyayana.

While the introduction will bear with the evidence...

The Poetic Edda

"A Collection of Norse Poems"

Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes

By Henry Adams Bellows

Two Volumes in One

American Scandinavian Foundation

The Poetic Edda is the modern attribution for an unnamed collection of Old Norse poems. Several versions exist, all consisting primarily of text from the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript known as the Codex Regius. The Codex Regius is arguably the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends, and from the early 19th century onwards has had a powerful influence on later...