A Text-Book of the History of Painting - A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke
Excerpt: The origin of painting is unknown. The first important records of this art are met with in Egypt; but before the Egyptian civilization the men of the early ages probably used color in ornamentation and decoration, and they certainly scratched the outlines of men and animals upon bone and slate. Traces of this rude primitive work still remain to us on the pottery, weapons, and stone implements of the cave-dwellers. But while indicating the awakening of intelligence in early man, they can be reckoned with as art only in a slight archæological way. They show inclination rather than accomplishment—a wish to ornament or to represent, with only a crude knowledge of how to go about it.
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Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery - Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery by A. G. Payne
Excerpt:
The Guardian says: “An excellent work, which should be in the hands of every housekeeper, is CASSELL’S BOOK OF THE HOUSEHOLD. Here we find the most varied information and the soundest of advice
Light, Life and Love Light, Life and Love - Light, Life, and Love by William Ralph Inge
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TO most English readers the "Imitation of Christ" is the representative of mediaeval German mysticism. In reality, however,
this beautiful little treatise belongs to a period when that movement had nearly spent itself
BlackBerry Pearl Video: Night of the Living Dead Night of the Living Dead
In this classic yet still creepy horror film, strangers hold up in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse and battle constant attacks from dead locals who have been brought back to life by mysterious radiation
New Etext of Bible New Etext of Bible - New Etext of Bible King James Version
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This version of the King James Bible was created by taking several public domain copies and painstakingly comparing them to find all
the differences, and selecting the most common version. Each of the differences was also compared to printed versions for verification
A Comparative View of Religions A Comparative View of Religions - A Comparative View of Religions by Johannes Henricus Scholten
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The conception of religion presupposes, a, God as object; b, man as subject; c, the mutual relation existing between them
The Complete Book of Cheese The Complete Book of Cheese - The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown
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Cheese market day in a town in the north of Holland. All the cheese-fanciers are out, thumping the cannon-ball Edams and the millstone Goudas with their bare red knuckles, plugging in with a hollow steel tool for samples
Astral Worship Astral Worship
by J. H. Hill
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In an article, entitled "Then and Now," published in the December number, 1890, of "The Arena," its author, a distinguished Unitarian D.D. of Boston, Mass., says
Simple Italian Cookery Simple Italian Cookery - Simple Italian Cookery by Antonia Isola
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CONTENTS
Soups
Macaroni and other Pastes
Rice, Etc