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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT063987'A survey of Moyle-Moss, .. ' has duplicate pagination. The tables have a separate register and are unpaginated.Dublin: printed and sold by William Sleater, for the author; and also sold by Edward Spicer and James Lynch, 1772. 19,2,2, 91]p., plate; 4

When John Bell Hood entered into the services of the Confederate Army, he was 29 years old, a handsome man and courageous soldier, loyal to the ideal of Confederate Independence and eager to fight for it. He led his men bravely into the battles of Second Manassas, Gaines's Mill, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga. He rose fast, attaining the temporary rank of full general, only to fall faster. Hood emerged from the war with his left arm shattered and uselss, his right leg missing, his face aged far beyond his 33 years, and with his military reputation in disgrace. Blamed by contemporaries for contributing to the defeat of his beloved Confederacy, Hood struggled to refute their accusations. His most vehement critic, General Johnston, charged Hood with insubordination while serving under him and, after succeeding him in command, of recklessly leading Confederate troops to their slaughter" and useless butchery." Sherman, too, in his Memoirs, took a harsh view of Hood. Born of controversy, Advance and Retreat is of course a highly controversial book. It is also full of invaluable information and insights into the retreat from Dalton in early 1864, the fighting around Atlanta, and the disastrous Tennessee Campaign in winter of that year. Far from being a careful, sober, objective account, this book is the passionate, bitter attempt of a soldier to rebut history's judgment of himself as general and man.

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It has often been said that string quartets represent a composer's most intimate and personal works, a statement with which I wholeheartedly agree. After listening to string quartets for over 25 years, I have come to believe this humble assembly of two violins, viola and cello somehow manages to express the whole range of human emotional experiences.This Second Edition of the book contains discussions of 360 string quartets by 240 composers, from 1800 through to the present day. It is written for the general or novice string quartet listener and is not an academic treatise - this specialised type of information can be found in a limited format elsewhere. The approach to the quartets is non-technical - they are described as they unfold, and the discussions are mostly concerned with the chronological structure and emotional feeling of the works. There are also references to similar sounding quartets, and influences from other composers, when appropriate.Some musical terms are used and these are defined in a Glossary but I am sure that most readers, even novices, would quickly become familiar with the basic musical vocabulary used in the book. The Glossary is available as a PDF from my website.Most of the popular string quartet repertoire is covered here, but there is also a host of lesser known composers discussed. For those only just embarking on this journey, you will find many wonderful string quartets available by these composers. Sadly, many of them are not frequently recorded, but all of the works covered are available at time of writing. There is much fine music to be found here.Each review comes with information on current availability, mostly via Amazon US and UK. There are also references to internet sites where the works may be heard. These include chamber music blog, earsense, the best organised chamber music site going around, together with Spotify and YouTube.This Second Edition contains assorted images of CDs, string quartet ensembles and classic composers.While it can be read from cover to cover, the book is more designed as a source of information reflecting the depth of the string quartet repertoire. My hope is that readers might find themselves listening to composers who are entirely new to them. While the writing style is personal, almost conversational, it is my ambition to create a useful resource that would enable readers to enter and explore the wonderful world of string quartets.