Remembered for both his satirical and serious work, Robert Barnabas Brough (1828 60) was a playwright, journalist, poet and founder member of the Savage Club. Built around a series of inspired etchings by the celebrated artist George Cruikshank (1792 1878), this is a delightful fictional biography, 'from authentic sources', of that most colourful of Shakespeare's characters. We hear how our hero was descended from the great Saxon leader Hundwulf Falstaff, how the name is a corruption of 'False-thief', of his adventures with his beloved Prince Hal, and of Christmas 1412 with the Whittington...
Remembered for both his satirical and serious work, Robert Barnabas Brough (1828 60) was a playwright, journalist, poet and founder member of the Sava...
John Ayrton Paris (1785 1856), writer and physician, became a member of the Linnean Society in 1810, and served as president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1844 until his death. Intended for children and originally composed for the author's family, this three-volume work about science was first published in 1827. Dedicated to the writer Maria Edgeworth (1768 1849) and with illustrations by George Cruikshank (1792 1878), it aims 'to blend amusement with instruction', since youth, as Paris writes, 'is naturally addicted to amusement'. Topics covered in Volume 2 include the collision of...
John Ayrton Paris (1785 1856), writer and physician, became a member of the Linnean Society in 1810, and served as president of the Royal College of P...
John Ayrton Paris (1785 1856), writer and physician, became a member of the Linnean Society in 1810, and served as president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1844 until his death. Intended for children and originally composed for the author's family, this three-volume work about science was first published in 1827. Dedicated to the writer Maria Edgeworth (1768 1849) and with illustrations by George Cruikshank (1792 1878), it aims 'to blend amusement with instruction', since youth, as Paris writes, 'is naturally addicted to amusement'. Topics covered in Volume 3 include optical...
John Ayrton Paris (1785 1856), writer and physician, became a member of the Linnean Society in 1810, and served as president of the Royal College of P...
John Ayrton Paris (1785 1856), writer and physician, became a member of the Linnean Society in 1810, and served as president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1844 until his death. Intended for children and originally composed for the author's family, this three-volume work about science was first published in 1827. Dedicated to the writer Maria Edgeworth (1768 1849) and with illustrations by George Cruikshank (1792 1878), it aims 'to blend amusement with instruction', since youth, as Paris writes, 'is naturally addicted to amusement'. Topics covered in Volume 1 include momentum,...
John Ayrton Paris (1785 1856), writer and physician, became a member of the Linnean Society in 1810, and served as president of the Royal College of P...
From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes & deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk & fairy stories full of giants & dwarfs, witches & princesses, magical beasts & cunning children.
From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes & deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk & fairy stories full of gi...
