“Simple Italian Cookery” is the latest book to be added to the Library.
Antonia Isola is the author of this wonderful Italian Cook Book, which boast more than 120 easy recipes.
23 vegetables recipes, 20 rice and similar recipes, 18 recipes for pasta, 14 sauces, 12 soups, a dozen egg recipes, 12 recipes for meats, 6 salads, 5 fish, 5 dessert recipes. and a partridge in a pear tree. Just kidding… no recipe for a partridge in a pear tree.
This is a British political poem dedicated to the “House of Peers.” The poem was printed for William Hone in 1821, but the true author is unknown.
Rather than write an introduction this time, I’m just going to copy and paste the preface.
Preface:
The following lines were written under the powerful impulse of feelings which appear to have been almost consentaneous with those of the whole British people. The national spirit has been rouzed against this cruel and unconstitutional attack upon the Queen, with pervasive ardour, which forcibly recalls the language of the Augustan poet:—
“SPIRITUS intus alit, totamque infusa per ARTUS,
MENS agitat MOLEM, et magno se corpore miscet.”
This irresistible movement has been one of LOYALTY, not of FACTION; of love and not of enmity towards the constitution. It is not disputed that factious men exist, who are ready to swell public tumult whenever it arises: but it is mere drivelling, for ministers and their adherents, to talk of “radicalism” and democracy on this occasion. They must know, if they consult the commonest sources of intelligence open to them, that detestation of “The Bill of Pains and Penalties” is rooted beyond all possibility of eradication in the breasts of an overwhelming majority of good men, and faithful subjects.
At the moment when it was determined to send the following “Vision” to the press, a burst of honest exultation has electrified the whole kingdom. [Pg iv] With feelings of solemn gratitude to God, and love for my country, I rejoice not only that the Queen is thus delivered from the fangs of her enemies; but that the King, THE CONSTITUTION, and THE COUNTRY, have been thus, as I do unequivocally believe, rescued from a tremendous explosion, which would at best have been of doubtful issue to our liberties.
Notwithstanding this most happy, this providential result, I have determined still to send out the poem to the public; because it expresses in strong, however inadequate language, sentiments which are essential to our character as a free people, and to the preservation of our justly balanced monarchy.
I have not assumed the FASCIS of satire, without deep conviction that its rods were imperatively called into action: but most gladly shall I reverse them, after the manner of the ancient Lictors, over the obsequies of an administration, which must be now in its death-pangs. May succeeding cabinets be WARNED, not guided, by its example!
Read the complete book/poem here.
Angela is a Victorian love story that takes place in Venice. The story centers around a paralyzed gentleman, and his love for a beautiful young maiden. As with every great story, this one also has an unexpected ending.
Being just over 2,000 words, this short story by Sir William Schwenck Gilbert can easily be read in one setting.
“Angela - An Inverted Love Story” is just one more example of the free to read online literature available at FreeToReadOnline.com
After reading this fantastic book by Sarah Tyson Rorer, you’ll be able to cook your eggs in over 100 different ways.
Who would have thought there was so many ways for cooking eggs? Not me!
Sarah also reveals more than a dozen easy to make and tasty sauces to be served over your eggs. These sauces are also very good in vegetable, meat, pasta and seafood dishes.
Read the complete book “Many Ways for Cooking Eggs” online for free.
I can’t believe it’s been almost two months since I’ve made a post to this blog. Where does the time go? I only make a post when I have something important to say about the FreeToReadOnline.com web site.
It’s not that I’ve forgotten about the site or the blog. I’ve been working on a number of projects, but just haven’t finished any yet. At lest not any that would be very noticeable to the visitors. Hopefully I can complete one of them today.
I have made some behind the scenes changes to the site.
The main one being the Navigation Menu. The site has well over 100 pages. It was becoming very time consuming, whenever a new page or category was added, too change the Navigation on every page.
To counter this problem, a “Drop Down Navigation Menu” written in JavaScript was installed. Now I can just log into the sites administration, editor the one page of Java Script, and the Navigation Menu on all pages is automatically changed.
This is what the Drop Down Menu looks like:
This script can be found at: http://www.thesitewizard.com/
Charles Dickens was an novelist whom within his own lifetime achieved worldwide popularity, and is still considered one of the greatest writers of English Literature.
Dickens published more then a dozen novels, over three dozen short stories, and various plays, poems, and nonfictional works.
“The Declaration of Independence” and the “Constitution of the United States of America” are now accessible at the FTRO website.
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson in June of 1776, the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 of the same year. It was the formal document declaring independence of the American colonies from rule of the British Crown. The Declaration of Independence is a manifestation of the philosophy and ideals of the American people as concerning personal liberty and freedom.
In 1787 the delegates of 12 States spent 4 months (May 14 - September 17) working out the details of the Constitution of the United States. Some of the principal concerns were the amount of power given to the government, the number of congressional representatives for each state, and whether those representatives would be elected by the people or by state legislators.
Read “The Declaration of Independence” online
Download “Declaration of Independence”
Just a short note to let the Edgar Allan Poe fans know that “The Haunted Palace” has been added to the site. This is a poem that was first published in an 1839 issue of The American Museum magazine. Poe latter included it in the well known short story “The Fall of the House of Usher”
I put together my first three ebooks over the past couple of days. It was a lot easier then I’d thought, thanks to the free E-book Template I got from Frank Haywood.
These books can now be downloaded for free at the FreeToReadOnline.com website.
The first is “Aesop’s Fables”. The Tortoise and the Hare, The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, and The Boy Who Cried Wolf are just some of the well known fables by Aesop.
Next is “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”. This is a poem by Oscar Wilde, in memory of Charles Thomas Wooldridge who was hanged at Reading Prison for the murder of his wife on July 7th, 1896.
The last book added was the Charles Dickens novel “A Christmas Carol” A ghostly little Christmas story that you wont be able to put down.
Oscar Wilde wrote “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” about, and in memory of Charles Thomas Wooldridge (C.T.W.)
In Memoriam
C.T.W.
Sometime Trooper of the Royal Horse Guards.
Obiit H.M. Prison, Reading, Berkshire,
July 7th, 1896
Wilde was sentenced to two years in prison for homosexual acts, and was an inmate of Reading Gaol from November of 1895 to May of 1897.
After being convicted of cutting the throat of Laura Ellen (his wife), Wooldridge was imprisoned at Reading Gaol.
On July 7, 1896, at aged 30, Charles Thomas Wooldridge, a former Trooper in the Royal Horse Guards of the British Army, was hanged for the offence of murder.
It is not clear whether Wilde and Wooldridge actually knew each other, or if Wilde was merely an observer of Wooldridge.
Oscar Wilde did not publish this poem in is own name. Instead he had it published using his prison address “C.3.3.”, building C, floor 3, cell 3, at Reading Gaol.
The fact that Wilde never denied being the author of the poem, the name of the poem, the name he used to publish it (C.3.3.), and the overtone of the poem, can only lead to the conclusion that this is not a writing with the public or sales in mind.
This is the writing of an inmate, or former inmate, for the inmates of Reading Gaol.
