George Lillie Craik, Pursuit of Knowledge, 1845 vol.III
"The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties; Illustrated by Anecdotes, In Three Volumes. Vol. III", A New Edition, Revised and Corrected by the Author, [George Lillie Craik], published by Charles Knight, London in 1845.
Contents of this volume:
CHAPTER XXIX: Diversities of Intellectual Excellence. Painters - Benjamin West
CHAPTER XXX: Other English Painters: - Spencer; Highmore; Hannam; Wright; Gilpin; Gainsborough; Barry; Lawrence
CHAPTER XXXI: Foreign Painters : - Giotto; Greuze; Ehret; Solario. - Other Cultivators of the Fine Arts; - Canova; Bewick
CHAPTER XXXII: Usefulness of such Encouragements as the Examples here given are calculated to afford to youthful Genius in every Department of Study. Self-educated Poets: - John Taylor; Antonio Bianchi; Ramsay; Bloomfield
CHAPTER XXXIII: H.K. White; Hawkesworth; Goldsmith; Mendelsohn
CHAPTER XXXIV: John of Salisbury; Roger Bacon
CHAPTER XXXV: Progress of Optical Discovery: - Dollond; Ramsden; Herscbel; Thomas Phelps and John Bartlett; Fraunhofer; Palitzch
CHAPTER XXXVI: Discovery and Improvement of the Steam Engine; - James Watt
CHAPTER XXXVII: Sir Richard Arkwright. - The Cotton Manufacture
CHAPTER XXXIII: Invention of the Power-Loom - Dr. Cartwright; W. Edwards; R. Walker
CHAPTER XXXIX: Pursuit of Knowledge by Travellers - Lithgow; Walking Stewart; Athenian Stuart; Niebuhr; Ledyard; Belzoni. Conclusion
George Lillie Craik (1798-1866) was a Scottish writer and literary critic.
He was educated at the University of St. Andrews, and went to London in 1824, where he wrote largely for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. In 1849, he was appointed Professor of English Literature and History at Belfast. Among his books are "The New Zealanders" (1830), "The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties" (1831), "History of British Commerce" (1844), and "History of English Literature and the English Language" (1861). He was also joint author of "The Pictorial History of England", and wrote books on Edmund Spenser and Francis Bacon. His "Sketches of Popular Tumults: Illustrative of the Evils of Social Ignorance" (1837) included an account of the Gordon Riots in which he wrote that many rioters "drank themselves literally dead, and many more, who had rendered themselves unable to move, perished in the midst of flames", and may have influenced Charles Dickens' depiction of the riots in "Barnaby Rudge" (1841).
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Condition Report: Hard boards, original embossed cloth, gold stamped spine [some cloth wear]; 3.3/4" x 6"; "G.W. Birdi [?], Febry 1846" is pen-written inside cover; 244 pages, several wood-cut illustrations, very good condition.
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"The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties; Illustrated by Anecdotes, In Three Volumes. Vol. III", A New Edition, Revised and Corrected by the Author, [George Lillie Craik], published by Charles Knight, London in 1845.
Contents of this volume:
CHAPTER XXIX: Diversities of Intellectual Excellence. Painters - Benjamin West
CHAPTER XXX: Other English Painters: - Spencer; Highmore; Hannam; Wright; Gilpin; Gainsborough; Barry; Lawrence
CHAPTER XXXI: Foreign Painters : - Giotto; Greuze; Ehret; Solario. - Other Cultivators of the Fine Arts; - Canova; Bewick
CHAPTER XXXII: Usefulness of such Encouragements as the Examples here given are calculated to afford to youthful Genius in every Department of Study. Self-educated Poets: - John Taylor; Antonio Bianchi; Ramsay; Bloomfield
CHAPTER XXXIII: H.K. White; Hawkesworth; Goldsmith; Mendelsohn
CHAPTER XXXIV: John of Salisbury; Roger Bacon
CHAPTER XXXV: Progress of Optical Discovery: - Dollond; Ramsden; Herscbel; Thomas Phelps and John Bartlett; Fraunhofer; Palitzch
CHAPTER XXXVI: Discovery and Improvement of the Steam Engine; - James Watt
CHAPTER XXXVII: Sir Richard Arkwright. - The Cotton Manufacture
CHAPTER XXXIII: Invention of the Power-Loom - Dr. Cartwright; W. Edwards; R. Walker
CHAPTER XXXIX: Pursuit of Knowledge by Travellers - Lithgow; Walking Stewart; Athenian Stuart; Niebuhr; Ledyard; Belzoni. Conclusion
George Lillie Craik (1798-1866) was a Scottish writer and literary critic.
He was educated at the University of St. Andrews, and went to London in 1824, where he wrote largely for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. In 1849, he was appointed Professor of English Literature and History at Belfast. Among his books are "The New Zealanders" (1830), "The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties" (1831), "History of British Commerce" (1844), and "History of English Literature and the English Language" (1861). He was also joint author of "The Pictorial History of England", and wrote books on Edmund Spenser and Francis Bacon. His "Sketches of Popular Tumults: Illustrative of the Evils of Social Ignorance" (1837) included an account of the Gordon Riots in which he wrote that many rioters "drank themselves literally dead, and many more, who had rendered themselves unable to move, perished in the midst of flames", and may have influenced Charles Dickens' depiction of the riots in "Barnaby Rudge" (1841).
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) --------- $8.50
Canada: 1st Class (c. 2-6 weeks) - $22.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) --- $27.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original embossed cloth, gold stamped spine [some cloth wear]; 3.3/4" x 6"; "G.W. Birdi [?], Febry 1846" is pen-written inside cover; 244 pages, several wood-cut illustrations, very good condition.
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