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Cecil's Own Book

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Ann Hawkshaw


Ann Hawkshaw's fourth and final collection was published privately and named for her young grandson, Cecil Wedgwood. Written for children, t…

Two Cumberland Ballads

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John Stagg


Two narrative ballads, based on local lore, by the Cumberland poet John Stagg. In 'The Hermit of Rockcliffe', a young fugitive takes refuge …

Manchester Poetry

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James Wheeler


Manchester's first published anthology of locally-written poetry was compiled by editor James Wheeler to show that Manchester, 'the most mec…

'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf: Contemporary Reviews (1927)

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Various


Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse was published in May 1927 in both Britain and the United States. The publication of Mrs. Dalloway a year …

Poems of Emile Verhaeren

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Emile Verhaeren


A selection of poems from Belgian symbolist poet Émile Verhaeren, translated from French by Alma Strettell. Most of the poems selecte…

Every Man His Own Art Critic

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Patrick Geddes


This collection includes two texts written to accompany two blockbuster art exhibitions: Every man his own art critic at the Manchester Exhi…

The Blue Review, Number 1

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Various


The Blue Review was a short lived monthly journal published in London between May and July 1913. The successor to Rhythm, The Blue Review wa…

Dr. Adriaan

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Louis Couperus


The fourth and final book in Louis Couperus' Books of the Small Souls quartet. Ten years have passed since the conclusion of The Twilight of…

The Blue Review, Number 3

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Various


The Blue Review was a short lived monthly journal published in London between May and July 1913. The successor to Rhythm, The Blue Review wa…

John Bull's Vineyard: Australian Sketches

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Hubert de Castella and Hubert De Castella


An account of the origins of the wine industry in Victoria, Australia. Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Hubert de Castella was one of a numbe…

Sydney Past and Present

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John Arthur Barry


An account of the early history of Sydney, Australia's first colonial city. Best known for his collection of light-hearted yarns, Steve Brow…

War Impressions: Being a Record in Colour

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Mortimer Menpes


A personal account of the second Boer War by Australian expatriate artist Mortimer Menpes. Menpes travelled to South Africa as a corresponde…

Songs for the Millions, and other poems

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Benjamin Stott


Born in Manchester, and a bookbinder by trade, Benjamin Stott was an active trade unionist and member of the Chartist movement. Songs of the…

Geraldine Jewsbury in Jerrold's Shilling Magazine, 1846-47

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Geraldine Jewsbury


'The most striking feature in the present day, far more than that of railways even, is the utter chaos into which all previously received pr…

Art in Australia, No. 1, 1916

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Various


In 1916, three prominent identities in the Sydney art world - Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens and Charles Lloyd Jones - got together to pu…

Song of Myself

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Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's best known poem - a vast and multitudinous celebration of American life in which the 'myself' of the title becomes at one wit…

The Blue Review, Number 2

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Various


The Blue Review was a short lived monthly journal published in London between May and July 1913. The successor to Rhythm, The Blue Review wa…

Art in Australia, No. 2, 1917

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Various


In 1916, three prominent identities in the Sydney art world - Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens and Charles Lloyd Jones - got together to pu…

The Evergreen, A Northern Seasonal. Spring 1895

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William Sharp


The Evergreen was a short lived seasonal magazine, edited by William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) and published by Patrick Geddes, which proposed a…

Poems by Charles Harpur

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Charles Harpur


Charles Harpur was arguably the first major Australia-born poet, best known for Australia-themed poems such as 'The Kangaroo Hunt' and the '…

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