Biographical Books, 1876-1949


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"This book is a companion volume to Biographical books, 1950-1980, completing a comprehensive one hundred and five year bibliography of biographical and autobiographical works published or distributed in the United States"--Preface.







Educational Courant


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The Seven Songs of Merlin


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This bestselling story continues the adventures and training of a young Merlin, who is destined to become the greatest wizard of all time. Illustrations.







The Sleeping Sphinx


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Returning from the war, Don Holden discovers that his best friend's wife has died under mysterious circumstances




Meditations


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First published in 1920, this volume contains a selection of meditations by the French poet Alphonse de Lamartine (1790 1869), chosen and edited by the Cambridge scholar Hugh Fraser Stewart. Each of the twenty poems is presented in the original French with source attribution given in the footnotes. A short introductory note in English provides a background to the poems and offers some thoughts by Dr Steward on Lamartine's standing as a poet and political figure."