Arts

The Book of Art for Young People

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 06:42:30 +0000

This is a charming book on Art History for everyone. Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in the original text. The authors explain the story behind the paintings, as well as the life, times, and techniques of the artists.

Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 03:31:38 +0000

Reading the Cup is essentially, a domestic form of Fortune-telling practiced at home, and with success by anyone who will take the trouble to master the simple rules laid down in these pages. This is also in the hope that it will provide a basis for much innocent and inexpensive amusement and recreation round the tea table at home, as well as for a more serious study of an interesting subject, that this little guidebook to the science is confidently offered to the public.

Hollywood: Its Morals and Manners

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 01:47:28 +0000

Theodore Dreiser's shocking four part expose on the motion picture industry. In it, he shares his observations from his extended stay in Los Angeles, and gives us an intimate look at the seedier underside of Hollywood. Serialized in Shadowland from November 1921 to February 1922.

History Plays for the Grammar Grades

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 01:43:30 +0000

A collection of 14 short American history plays about famous people for young people.

Pippa Passes

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 23:18:51 +0000

The author described the work as the first of a series of dramatic pieces. The play caused outrage when it was first published, due to the portrayals of disreputable characters, notably the adulterous Ottima and for its frankness on sexual matters.