“At Riverside, Connecticut, between the road and the river, lies an acre of land, long and narrow and tilted up a little toward the west, so that the dwellers by the road at the top may look across the valley to the setting sun. Half...
Very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound -- the tumultuous motion of the heart, and, in my ears, the sound of its beating. Then a pause in which all is blank. Then again sound, and motion, and touch -- a tingling...
When grief shall rend thy heart, seek thine own soul; Shut out life's din, and find that sacred goal. Queen Moo’s Talisman: The Fall of the Maya Empire Alice Dixon Le Plongeon (1851-1910) New York: Peter Eckler, Publisher, 1902 First edition Alice Dixon Le Plongeon was an English photographer, amateur archaeologist,...
As if some little Arctic flower Upon the polar hem – Went wandering down the Latitudes Until it puzzled came To continents of summer – To firmaments of sun – To strange, bright crowds of flowers – And birds, of foreign tongue! – Emily Dickinson The Northwest Passage was the name given to the...
Rare Books salutes The Great American Read by inviting you to visit the Special Collections Reading Room on level 4 of the J. Willard Marriott Library to hold first editions of some of the classics included on the 100 list....
“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” — William James The Principles of Psychology William James (1842-1910) New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890 First edition, first state Rare Books is pleased to announce the anonymous donation of this first edition of...
“He is a traitor to his race, who does not feel that all within the circle of humanity are his brothers and sisters — that their wrongs are his wrongs, and that his cup is dashed with the bitterness which overflows from theirs. While a...
“Oh, the sea is so full of a number of fish, If a fellow is patient, he might get his wish!” McElligot’s Pool Dr. Seuss New York: Random House, 1947 First edition This is the first of Dr. Seuss’s books to be illustrated in full color. Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss,...
“this is how it is longing sets in as days shorten and nights, well, nights shoulder their way right into day. it helps to have a sense of humor, a big stack of cordwood, skis waiting for snow, a book and a chair, some paper to draw on, cloth to stitch with thread: threads to tie it...
“She noticed that the girls and boys in the books were not altogether like the girls and boys who played with her in the Square and came to tea with her. The children in the books were wonderfully brave and clever; and when they were...