Author: George Frederick Kunz
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
"Shakespeare and Precious Stones" by George Frederick Kunz. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Shakespeare and Precious Stones
Author: George Frederick Kunz
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
"Shakespeare and Precious Stones" by George Frederick Kunz. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
"Shakespeare and Precious Stones" by George Frederick Kunz. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Shakespeare and Precious Stones - George Frederick Kunz
Author: George Frederick Kunz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781449996888
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
A passage from the book... As no writer has made a more beautiful and telling use of precious stones in his verse than did Shakespeare, the author believed that if these references could be gathered together for comparison and for quotation, and if this were done from authentic and early editions of the great dramatist-poet's works, it would give the literary and historical student a better understanding as to what gems were used in Shakespeare's time, and in what terms he referred to them. This has been done here, and comparisons are made with the precious stones of the present time, showing what mines were known and gems were worn in Shakespeare's day, and also something of those that were not known then, but are known at this time.The reader is also provided with a few important data serving to show what could have been the sources of the poet's knowledge regarding precious stones and whence were derived those which he may have seen or of which he may have heard. As in this period the beauty of a [8] jewel depended as much, or more, upon the elaborate setting as upon the purity and brilliancy of the gems, the author has given some information regarding the leading goldsmith-jewellers, both English and French, of Shakespeare's age. Thus the reader will find, besides the very full references to the poet's words and clear directions as to where all the passages can be located in the First Folio of 1623, much material that will stimulate an interest in the subject and promote further independent research.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781449996888
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
A passage from the book... As no writer has made a more beautiful and telling use of precious stones in his verse than did Shakespeare, the author believed that if these references could be gathered together for comparison and for quotation, and if this were done from authentic and early editions of the great dramatist-poet's works, it would give the literary and historical student a better understanding as to what gems were used in Shakespeare's time, and in what terms he referred to them. This has been done here, and comparisons are made with the precious stones of the present time, showing what mines were known and gems were worn in Shakespeare's day, and also something of those that were not known then, but are known at this time.The reader is also provided with a few important data serving to show what could have been the sources of the poet's knowledge regarding precious stones and whence were derived those which he may have seen or of which he may have heard. As in this period the beauty of a [8] jewel depended as much, or more, upon the elaborate setting as upon the purity and brilliancy of the gems, the author has given some information regarding the leading goldsmith-jewellers, both English and French, of Shakespeare's age. Thus the reader will find, besides the very full references to the poet's words and clear directions as to where all the passages can be located in the First Folio of 1623, much material that will stimulate an interest in the subject and promote further independent research.
Shakespeare and Precious Stones, Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works
Author: George Frederick Kunz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Precious stones
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Precious stones
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Shakespeare and Precious Stones
Author: George Frederick Kunz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gems in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gems in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
Author: George Frederick Kunz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gems
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gems
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Betty at Fort Blizzard
Author: Molly Elliot Seawell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In this sequel to Betty's Virginia Christmas, Betty and the now Colonel Fortescue have been married for twenty years. Colonel Fortescue, a graduate of West Point, is the post commander at Fort Blizzard, a cavalry post in the Northwest. Their son is at West Point, and they have a 17 year old daughter, Anita. Anita and Lieutenant Broussard, a West Point graduate assigned to the post, begin a courtship to the discomfort of her father Colonel Fortescue. Various complications ensue, including Lieutenant Brossard's posting to the Philippines and his suspected relationship with a private's wife.
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In this sequel to Betty's Virginia Christmas, Betty and the now Colonel Fortescue have been married for twenty years. Colonel Fortescue, a graduate of West Point, is the post commander at Fort Blizzard, a cavalry post in the Northwest. Their son is at West Point, and they have a 17 year old daughter, Anita. Anita and Lieutenant Broussard, a West Point graduate assigned to the post, begin a courtship to the discomfort of her father Colonel Fortescue. Various complications ensue, including Lieutenant Brossard's posting to the Philippines and his suspected relationship with a private's wife.
The Mark of Cain
Author: Carolyn Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Fight for Food
Author: Leon Abel Congdon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Finding of Jasper Holt
Author: Grace Livingston Hill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Book of the Pearl
Author: George Frederick Kunz
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
The preparation of this book has been a joint labor during the spare moments of the two authors, whose time has been occupied with subjects to which pearls are not wholly foreign—one as a gem expert, and the other in the fisheries branch of the American government. For many years the writers have collected data on the subject of pearls, and have accumulated all the obtainable literature, not only the easily procurable books, but likewise manuscripts, copies of rare volumes, original edicts, and legislative enactments, thousands of newspaper clippings, and interesting illustrations, many of them unique, making probably the largest single collection of data in existence on this particular subject. It was deemed advisable to present the results of these studies and observations in one harmonious volume, rather than in two different publications. While the book is a joint work in the sense that each writer has contributed material to all of the chapters and has critically examined and approved the entire work, the senior author has more closely applied himself to the latter half of the text, covering antiquity values, commerce, wearing manipulation, treatment, famous collections, aboriginal use, and the illustrations, while the junior author has attended to the earlier half of the book, with reference to history, origin, sources, fisheries, culture, mystical properties, and the literature of the pearl.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
The preparation of this book has been a joint labor during the spare moments of the two authors, whose time has been occupied with subjects to which pearls are not wholly foreign—one as a gem expert, and the other in the fisheries branch of the American government. For many years the writers have collected data on the subject of pearls, and have accumulated all the obtainable literature, not only the easily procurable books, but likewise manuscripts, copies of rare volumes, original edicts, and legislative enactments, thousands of newspaper clippings, and interesting illustrations, many of them unique, making probably the largest single collection of data in existence on this particular subject. It was deemed advisable to present the results of these studies and observations in one harmonious volume, rather than in two different publications. While the book is a joint work in the sense that each writer has contributed material to all of the chapters and has critically examined and approved the entire work, the senior author has more closely applied himself to the latter half of the text, covering antiquity values, commerce, wearing manipulation, treatment, famous collections, aboriginal use, and the illustrations, while the junior author has attended to the earlier half of the book, with reference to history, origin, sources, fisheries, culture, mystical properties, and the literature of the pearl.