Facts and fancies for the curious from the harvest-fields of literature

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bombaugh, Charles C. (Charles Carroll), 1828-1906.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Facts and Fancies for the Curious from the Harvest-Fields of Literature" by Charles C. Bombaugh is a collection of literary excerpts and essays compiled in the early 20th century. This work serves as a edifying miscellany, designed to pique the interests of readers with diverse tastes, containing topics ranging from history to language and culture, along with humorous anecdotes. The book aims to present a buffet of literary delights for casual reading, accommodating both knowledgeable scholars and casual literature enthusiasts alike. The opening of the book introduces readers to its purpose, which is to provide a delightful variety of literary insights and curiosities from renowned sources. The compiler reflects on literature's role as a human voice through time and expresses gratitude to those who have contributed to this compilation, resulting in an eclectic and engaging collection. The initial segments delve into subjects such as the Norse discoveries of America, the characteristics of Icelandic sagas, the significance of early European explorers like Leif Erikson, and the foundations of American identity, offering tantalizing glimpses into the rich tapestry of literary history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Americana

Our national airs

Our historic characters

Our wonderlands

Our language

First things

Prototypes

Forecasts

Miscellanea curiosa

Facetiæ

Flashes of repartee

The word-twisting of the punsters

Clever hits of the humorists

The hits of the satirists

Evasions of ambiguity

Comical blunders

Missing the point of the jokes

Even Homer sometimes nods

The stretches of poetic license

Misquotation

Falsities and fallacies

Legendary lore

Parallel passages

The wit of the epigrammatists

Enigmas

Voices from God's Acre

The honeyed phrase of compliment

The mazes of obscurity

Ideal physical proportions

Famous beauties

Female poisoners

Brevities

Toasts and mottoes

Finis coronat opus.

Credits:

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2021-10-14