Laurence Housman

• May-1886
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Scheherazadè, the heroine of the Thousand and one Nights, ranks among the great story-tellers of the world much as does Penelope among the weavers. Procrastination was the basis of her art; for though the task she accomplished was splendid and memor...

• Mar-2007
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Laurence Housman was born in 1965, the younger brother of British Poet Laureate A.E. Housman. He lived for most of his life with his sister Clemence, also an author, and a talented engraver -- it is Clemence to whom Housman's 1898 book of short st...

• Mar-2007
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

• Feb-2008
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Laurence Housman (1865-1959) was an English playwright. He was born in Worcestershire. After education at local schools, he went to study art at the Lambert School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. He first worked as a book illustrator w...

• Apr-2010
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Stories of the Arabian Nights: Illustrated by Laurence Housman. Drawings by Edmund Dulac.

This stories include: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, The Story of the Wicked Half-brothers, The Story Of The Princess Of Deryabar, The Story Of The ...

• Jan-2012
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...

• May-2013
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The Queen: God Bless Her! Dramatis Personae QUEEN VICTORIA LORD BEACONSFIELD MR. JOHN BROWN A FOOTMAN The Queen: God Bless Her! A Scene from Home-Life in the Highlands The august Lady is sitting in a garden-tent on the lawn of Balmoral Castle. Her pa...

• May-2014
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Herein you will find eighteen tales of THE PRINCE WITH THE NINE SORROWS, A CAPFUL OF MOONSHINE, ROCKING-HORSE LAND, JAPONEL, GAMMELYN THE DRESSMAKER and many more which will keep even the youngest minds occupied for hours. Here you will find stories ...

• Jul-2014
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An Englishwoman's Love-letters is a 1900 novel by Laurence Housman, initially published anonymously. It was a scandal and taboo in its time due to its frankness, which excitement turned to disappointment as the public learned the author was no Englis...

• Oct-2014
• / General Fiction
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

• Dec-2014
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" ...]go there again, and you tell others not to go; and so the place gets a bad name. I've a brother who keeps an inn down at Aberlochy on the coach route, and he tells me that more than half his customers come from outside the locality. QUEEN. Of c...

• / General Fiction
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Laurence Housman (1865-1959) was an English playwright. He was born in Worcestershire. After education at local schools, he went to study art at the Lambert School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. He first worked as a book illustrator w...

• / General Fiction
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Presently the wings of the young ones grew strong; they could begin to fly about; and the parents found time for a return to pleasuring and curiosity-hunting. They began gathering in a wise assortment of broken glass and chips of platter to grace the...

• / Literary
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...