Edvard Grieg. E-book. Formato PDF Henry Theophilus Finck   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Surely no apology is needed for the appearance of this volume. The number of Grieg's admirers is legion, yet up to the present time there has been no book in English (or even in German) to which they could go for information regarding his life, his personality, and his works. The French have been somewhat more fortunate, for they have had, since 1892, Closson's excellent brochure; even that, however, has only forty pages about Grieg, with a few paragraphs on his life. Schjelderup's "Edvard Grieg og hans Vaerker " (1903) exists, so far, only in Norwegian. It devotes much less space to the composer's life than to his works, of which it contains some admirable analyses. Grieg himself, although a keen and entertaining writer, has told the public very little about himself and his works. Brilliant offers for an autobiography have been made him, but, partly from disinclination, partly because of persistent ill-health, he has not accepted them. Letters he has written in abundance; one of his friends, Mr. Feddersen, has over a hundred of them ; but almost the only ones of his letters which have been made public are the few included in this volume.Under these circumstances, and in view of the fact that Grieg has led a secluded life in the Far North, it is perhaps not surprising that no elaborate biography has heretofore been attempted. I myself was under the impression, when Mr. Lane first asked me to write this monograph, that it would be a little difficult to find the material for it.

Gardening With Brains: Fifty Years Experiences of a Horticultural Epicure. E-book. Formato PDF Henry Theophilus Finck   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Everybody has heard of the great English artist who, when asked what he mixed his paints with, replied, I mix them with brains, sir. There is an old story about a poor widow who went to her pastor and complained that, al though she prayed every day for a good crop, her garden refused to yield it. After inspecting her soil the pastor remarked: My dear madam, prayer is the greatest thing in the world, but you must also use the brains the good Lord gave you. Your garden needs fertilizer. Cantaloupes, writes Robert Welles Ritchie in the Country Gentleman, are not a cheap crop — not a hit-and-miss crop. Brains, infinite patience, money, and then some more brains go into the rearing of it. The same is true of most other crops, useful or ornamental. If carried on with intelligence, gardening is a succession of delicious thrills.

Food and Flavor: A Gastronomic Guide to Health and Good Living. E-book. Formato PDF Henry Theophilus Finck   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

T is not often that an author is so fortunate as to have a subject which is of vital importance to everybody, without exception. Everybody eats, and everybody wants to enjoy his meals; yet few know how to get the most benefit and pleasure out of them. The French are far ahead of us in this respect; they are a nation of gastronomers, understanding fully the impor tance to health and happiness of raising only the best foodstuffs, cooking them in savory ways and eating them with intelligence and pleasure. One of the main objects of the present volume is to show that we have the material for the making of an even more gastro nomic nation than the French are, and that Americans, especially if caught young, can be taught to eat in a leisurely way and to refuse to accept anything that lacks appetizing ?avor.