Kessinger Publishing's rare reprints

An exploration of social life and customs in the United States during the Revolutionary period that discusses freemen, bondsmen, crimes, marriages, houses, vocations, dress, diet, recreation, literature, the press, philanthropy, education, religion, and other related topics.

Short biography written by a personal friend and illustrated with black-and-white photographs.

In 1845, Elizabeth Barrett, having succumbed to the fact that she will be a prisoner in her own home due to her father's insistence that his children will never marry, receives a letter of admiration from Robert Browning, and the two engage in a correspondence which makes her debate defying her dad.

Presents a facsimile reprint of Thomas Bulfinch's "Mythology: The Age of Chivalry," which recounts the myths, fables, and legends of ancient cultures from around the world.

Contains adaptations of legends connected to King Arthur and his knights, the knights of English history, and other characters from the Age of Chivalry, including Robin Hood, and the Lady of the Fountain.

Presents English Romantic poet John Keats's "Ode On a Grecian Urn," along with his "Bright Star, Would I Were Steadfast as Thou Art," "Ode to a Nightingale," "To Homer," and others.