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The non-fiction of Henry Adams in one collection with active table of contents.

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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
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The Five of Hearts, who first gathered in Washington in the Gilded Age, included Henry Adams, historian and scion of America's first political dynasty; his wife, Clover, gifted photographer and tragic victim of depression; John Hay, ambassador and secretary of state; his wife, Clara, a Midwestern heiress; and Clarence King, pioneering geologist, entrepreneur, and man of mystery. They knew every president from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt and befriended Henry James, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and a host of other illustrious figures on both sides of the Atlantic. ... Read more

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This book is good for the story of Henry Adams and Clarence King and John Hay which I became interested in after seeing them frequently mentioned in Theodore Roosevelt biographies, but fans of TR will be troubled by some of the out of place criticisms of him, as in the authors next book "When Trumpets Call" she has a decided animosity towards him, like when she criticizes him for for not "facilitating genius" when being painted by John Singer Sargent like John Hay did, a man of "refined tastes" and about "whining"about time taken from his daily fencing matches. I don't know what her problem is but she clearly doesn't understand TR at all.

A Welcome Reissue of an Essential Book AboutHenry Adams
The republication of this fine 1990 volume in a convenient paper edition can only be a matter of joy to students of Henry Adams.This is one of the first books I read about HA, and it has proven to be also one of the most valuable.The focus of the volume is on five individuals who constituted Adams' inner circle after he moved to Washington and came together around 1880.Those being John Hay, former secretary to Lincoln, and eventually Secretary of State, Clara Hay, Clarence King, a prominent geologist, and Henry and Clover Adams.But these folks are only the beginning, as the author also incorporates into her discussion such individuals as Edith Wharton, Henry James, John LeFarge, H.H. Richardson, several presidents, and of course Augustus Saint-Gaudens who eventually crafted the remarkable memorial to Clover Adams situated in Rock Creek cemetery. Many fine illustrations are incorporated, including a number of photographs taken by Clover.One learns a great deal about how Adams lived, worked, conspired and interacted with prominent and challenging individuals. One's understanding of HA is less then complete unless this book has been savored. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Romance / General; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Coming of Age; ... Read more

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Faith and reason clash in this comic masterpiece
A neglected comic masterpiece that deserves to be rediscovered, "Esther" features an inspired premise as its plot: a young, free-thinking socialite falls desperately in love with an Episcopal minister. The result is a free-for-all clash of intellects, a confrontation between faith and reason, and the inevitable battle of the sexes.

The marvels of Adams's novel are his remarkably nuanced and fully realized characters. Esther, the free-thinker, wants to share her lover's faith and "is trying to get it by reason"--but doesn't initially understand that a person "can never reason yourself into it." Mr. Hazard, the minister, is confident that he will "succeed in drawing her into the fold, because his lifelong faith, that all human energies belonged to the church, was on trial, and, if it broke down in a test so supreme as that of marriage, the blow would go far to prostrate him forever." Esther's principles of independence and self-education collide with Hazard's desire to steer her into submission as his wife and fellow believer.

But my favorite character is relegated to a supporting role: Catherine, a recent transplant from the frontiers of Colorado, befriends Esther and dazzles New York society with her innocence, naivete, and sincerity. It's never really quite clear, however, whether her simplicity is the genuine article or just a show mocking the pretensions of her admirers. As one of the intellectuals who lightheartedly teases her wonders, there was "a little doubt whether she was making fun of him or he of her, and she never left him in perfect security on this point."

The novel sparkles with banter and quarrels, jokes and ripostes, but any attempt to reproduce the humor in a short review would fall flat: Adams's witticisms are dependent upon context and character. Still, I caught myself laughing out loud often at the book's cleverness and hilarity. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: The Macmillan Company in 1919 in 341 pages; Subjects: History; Science; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy; Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State; History / General; Political Science / General; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy; Political Science / Political Process / General; Science / General; ... Read more

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A biography of Marian ("Clover") Hooper Adams, accomplished photographer, well-known in the cultural circles of Boston, and yet a suicide victim at the age of 42. It is an account of a gifted woman set against the intensely intellectual and moral life of 19th-century Boston and New England. ... Read more

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A lovely, simple biography of a forgotten woman...sad
A very well written, easy-to-read biography for those interested in Henry Adams's wife, who committed suicide amidst the wealth and finery of her husband's successful career. Very interesting story. Wonderful book!

Excellent bibliography
This book (which began life as a dissertation) will very much interest women's history buffs and students of American literature but is less likely to please physicians or students of abnormal psychology. Clover Hooper comes out of a Boston family almost as intriguing as that of the Adams. She is one of Henry James's ideal American girls, and might have become James's wife had he been inclined to marry. She maintained a glittering establishment while Henry Adams was in Washington, and many of her points of view are reflected in The Education of Henry Adams. Clover's father was her closest intellectual companion and when he died, in her mid 30s, she fell into a depression and within a few months had committed suicide. The Education of Mrs. Henry Adams was published in the late 1970s and includes as complete a bibliography, to that time, as one could wish, including a reference to Susan Phinney Conrad's witty Perish the Thought: Intellectual Women in Romantic America, 1830-1860. ... Read more

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First published anonymously in 1880, the mother of all(American) political novels is the story of Madeleine Lee, a youngwidow who comes to Washington, DC, to understand the workings ofgovernment. "What she wanted was POWER." During the course of thenovel, she sees enough of power and its corruptions to last her alifetime. ... Read more

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Edgy Political Satire
"Democracy - An American Novel" was published anonymously in 1880, and it was not to be revealed until after his death in 1918 that Henry Adams was the author.Henry Adams was son of Charles Francis Adams Sr., who served in the House of Representatives for one term, and then as the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.He was also the grandson of John Quincy Adams and the great grandson of John Adams both of whom held the highest office for one term, so it is hardly surprising that he was familiar with politics.Henry Adams himself was a journalist, acting as the anonymous correspondent for the New York Times while he was there during the time his father was Ambassador. Adams continued as a Journalist after returning to the U.S. switched to being an historian for a while, before continuing to work in both fields after moving to Washington D. C."Democracy" is one of two novels that he wrote, the rest of his works were non-fiction, including his autobiographical work "The Education of Henry Adams" for which he is most well known.

The main focus of the novel is Madeleine Lee, a young widower who moves from New York society to Washington looking for a political gem.The time is shortly after the election of a new President.There are no years given, but based on comments by characters in the novel it would take place around the time it was published, but the characters are fictional even though they reference real politicians from the past.The President is referred to by a nickname of "Old Granite" that the President had, which clearly reveals both Andrew Jackson ("Old Hickory") and Ulysses Grant as two of the people on which he was based.The President is mostly a side-character in this novel though, as the key character to represent the problems with politics is Senator Silas P. Ratcliffe, a man whose political ambition leads to the White House, and he sees Madeline as an asset to help him achieve that goal.

Ratcliffe is the kind of man who goes to church because he needs the church votes, and who can excuse any action by pointing to politicians being a reflection of their society and thus one must first purify society before one can purify politics.Ratcliffe's political nemesis is the new President, though they are of the same party.The President aims to bring Ratcliffe into his cabinet and frustrate him by thwarting his every move, before letting him go.Ratcliffe's moral opponent is John Carrington, a Southern politician from Virginia who fought on the side of the Confederacy.Ratcliffe is extremely powerful, and he artfully works his way to foil both the President and Carrington, but Carrington proves he has a few tricks left as he out maneuvers Ratcliffe in the end.

The discussions in the novel often concern the politics of the time, so it is worthwhile to read up on the history of that period to fully appreciate the novel.Some sections though don't require that, such as the visit to Mount Vernon where the characters are obliged to tear-down the memory of Washington to bring him down to their level.Adams turns the story about the cherry tree on its head as one character describes him as cutting down all his father's fruit-trees in a fit of passion, and then threatening his father with the hatchet.One might think that Henry Adams had become very cynical about politics when reading this novel, but the fact that Carrington is able to influence Madeleine Lee at the end, shows that he had at least some hope left for Democracy.

Overall I think this is an enjoyable satire, but I was a bit disappointed in the lack of accompanying material in the Penguin Classics edition.Earl N. Harbert's introduction is very good, but there are no notes for the text, and no historical timeline.The lack of notes is the thing I missed the most, as I think the reading experience would have been enhanced with references discussing the political and social issues of the time to which Adams referred.Thus I give this book three stars, but it could easily have been four if the supporting material were better.

Buyer alert
This is a fine novel, but don't buy the 106 p. Feather Trail Press publication unless you enjoy eye strain.The type is tiny (8 pt?). The lines are jammed on the page.Also, besides various typos, the typesetting is strange: for some unknown reason random paragraph breaks are inserted after "Mrs." and "Mr." on occasions too numerous to list. Buy another edition!

Democracy: An Adams takes a satirical look at 1880 Washington DC
Henry Adams was a scion of the famous Adams family which produced two American Preisdents in John and his son John Quincy. Henry Adams (1838-1918) is best known as the author of "Mont Saint Michel", "Chartes" and his influential autobiography, "The Education of Henry Adams.' Adams wrote "Democracy" in 1880 publishing it anonymously. It is his only novel charming us with its wit, elegance and backstage look at corruption in high places in the national capital.
The plot concerns Madeline Lee a wealthy New York socialite. Madeline has lost her husband and her son to diptheria. As a widow she is engrossed in good and philanthropic charities. She is approaching thirty thirsting for a sip from the cup of political power. She and her younger sister the lovely Sybil journey to DC.
Madeline is soon being courted by the corrupt Senator (and later Secretary of the Treasury) the corruptible Silas P. Ratcliff from Illinois. He has presidential aspirations but after his past dirty dealinig is revealed to Madeline she dumps him for a jaunt to Europe. Another man Mr. Carrington a Virginian and Civil War veteran also is in love with her. Their romance is not resolved as the short novel reaches its final page.
One who reads this work will realize that corruption, nepotism and stupidity are not new to American politics! Minor characters such as the humorous Victoria Dare and the British diplomat Lord Skye add humor to the social swirl. Adams charms us with his discussion of the characters visits to the homes of George Washington at Mount Vernon and Robert Edward Lee in Arlington House.
This is one of the best novels ever written dealing with national politics. Henry Adams wrote it with years of experience and knowledge of poltics. It is well worth a close read and is a little gem of a book!

Great book; horrible publisher
Henry Adams' trenchant observations on politics in the 19th century is every bit as relevant today.Fatuous, self-important senators apparently have some shared genetic code that has survived through the ages.

Unfortunately, I bought a soft copy from Cosimo Classics . It is the worst published book I have ever owned.There was at least one typo per page, and the typesetter placed a hard carriage return after "Mrs." most of the time so that a new paragraph started with the name "Lee".The publishing errors were so bad and distracting that I had a hard time finishing the story and I just threw the book away when finished because it wasn't even worth giving away.I'll never make a purchase from these publishers again, but I would recommend the story to anyone.

Great read!
While this book/pamplet was written a good while back in American history it's message still holds true!This is a written look at a period of American history that should never be forgotten. ... Read more

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The relationship, between reader and writer, ofsonandfather, mayhave existed in Queen Elizabeth's time, but is much too close to betrueforours. The utmost that any writer could hope of his readers nowisthattheyshould consent to regard themselves as nephews, and even then he wouldexpectonlya more or less civil refusal from most of them.Indeed, ifhehadreacheda certain age, he would have observed that nephews, as a social class,nolonger read at all, and that there is only one familiar instance recorded ofanephew who read his uncle. The exception tends rather to support therule, sinceit needed a Macaulay to produce, and two volumes to record it. Finally,themetre does not permit it. One may not say: "Who reads me, whenIamashes, ismy nephew in wishes." ... Read more

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2 THE DEGRADATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC DOGMA
Hence he would surround himself with different defences, all of them calculated to repel tactless advances, and on these defences few of us cared to intrude. Personally I at least, always avoided them.
One of these was that, when his wife died, in 1884, he insisted that he also died to the world. In plain English, business bored him, and he threw ail such details on us vulgarians who were, in his judgment, fit for no better. Probably he was right. Also he dearly loved paradox, and nothing amused him more than propounding something which he knew would startle his guests or rouse in them the spirit of contradiction. Some of these paradoxes he has related in his "Education." Perhaps his favorite, and the one he was always venting on me to see how I would take it, was the proposition that the man, especially the soldier, is a coarse brute, and the woman intellectually his superior ; whence he deduced his peculiar cult of the Virgin, as an ide

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CONTEXTS; IxTnODUCTOHT NOTE; The Heritage or Henry Adams; The Tendency of History ; A Letter to American Teachers of History The Problem The Solutions ; The Rule of Phase applied to History

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Brooks Adams is not Henry Adams
First of all, the book is miserably printed.Especially the inner margins are essentially non-existent.I can't believe a better photocopy process is too expensive or not possible.

Much of this is an introduction by Brooks Adams that is interesting mainly for what it reveals about Brooks.He's influenced by his brother's writings, but doesn't have the sharpness of mind that Henry had.

The problem with Henry Adams's writings on making a science of history---the main topic of the essays published here---is his misunderstanding of the scientific process and his use of physical principles as if they were something more than just metaphors.He died too soon to have absorbed the operationalist influence of the Vienna philosophers.His arguments are empty because issues in history are not amenable to operational definition, so his whole project fails on this ground at least.He also interprets evolution as progress---a mistake a lot of people have made.

Henry Adams is entertaining, as always, even when he's out of his depth scientifically.There's something of this pseudo-science in The Education, but it's only a bit of what he has to say;the rest is absolutely charming. ... Read more

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Henry Adams, great-grandson of John Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, and author of the Pulitzer Prize--winning The Education of Henry Adams, is often overlooked as a serious political thinker. Many scholars have dismissed his writings as cynical and bitter while others regard him as a mere observer of American politics, accepting Adams's description of himself as a "stable-companion to statesmen." A Political Companion to Henry Adams suggests that he was far more.

In this provocative collection, editor Natalie Fuehrer Taylor presents works by some of the leading political thinkers in America today -- scholars who challenge conventional judgments about the life and work of Henry Adams and credit him with revealing key insights into the nation's evolving democracy.

A Political Companion to Henry Adams fills a long-standing gap in scholarship that has devoted little attention to Adams's political thought, offering a nuanced appreciation of his musings on the human condition and political life at the eve of the twentieth century.

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The naturalist tradition in American fiction was a product of the tremendous changes wrought in late nineteenth-century America by the development of science and technology and by the intellectual upheavals associated with the ideas of Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud. This book is an account of naturalism, perhaps the strongest and most influential intellectual tradition or, as Harold Kaplan would argue, mythology to affect modern American literature and culture.

Kaplan approaches the naturalist writers through a study of Henry Adams. He sees in Adams the paradigmatic intelligence of his time a prophetic mind, though not a seminal one and a man absorbed with the twin notions of power and order. Adams’s major work illustrates the joining of a literary imagination and moral temperament with an almost obsessive response to the science, economic life, and politics of his world. Adams’s work exemplifies what Kaplan calls the myth of metapolitics a view of human struggle and fate profoundly dominated by naturalist concepts of power.

Kaplan then turns to the fascination that power in its various manifestations material, moral, social, political held for writers such as Dreiser, Norris, Crane, and others. Their dramatic plots, characters, and allegorical images are examined in detail. In wider reference, this book should concern those who are interested in problems of modern ethics and politics in the effort to harmonize concepts of value with images of power and natural order.

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A parallel presentation of three of the most widely respected commentaries ever written.

A convenient method for comparing the comments and opinions of several Bible scholars without having to resort to many volumes.

A handy, manageable, practical and inspiring reference tool for pastors and Bible students.

Includes G. Campbell Morgan's outline of each New Testament book.

Almost 500 additional sources quoted in appropriate sections throughout the volume.

THE ONLY BOOK OF ITS KIND!

Background information, original word definitions, inspirational insights and interesting opinion on every Scripture portion of the New Testament from a wide spectrum of evangelical thought.

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Bethany Parallel Commentary
I have found the Bethany Parallel Commentary of the New Testament to be a highly valuable study aid of the New Testament scriptures.I like the fact that 3 author groups are listed in a single volume as opposed to having three distinct volumes.In addition, there are mnay other notes and inserts from various other authors to assist in Bible study.This book is well worth the purchase.I highly recommend it.

The BEST commentary on the New Testament availble today!
Matthew Henry outdoes himself with this book. One of the worlds famous authors of various commentaries, Mr. Henry brings to life the true meaning of the scriptures. His articulation puts the verses of the New Testamentinto everyday household words that makes it easy for anyone between theages of 8-80 to understand. This powerful adaptation will send chills downyour spine as he brings the text to life! ... Read more

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Henry Adams' letters are one of the vital chronicles of the life of the mind in America. A perceptive analyst of people, events, and ideas, Adams recorded, with brilliance and wit, sixty years of enormous change at home and abroad.

Volume 1 shows him growing from a high-spirited but self-conscious twenty-year-old to a selfassured man of the world. In Washington in the chaotic months before Lincoln's inauguration, then in London during the war years and beyond, he serves as secretary to his statesman father and is privy to the inner workings of politics and diplomacy. English social life proves as absorbing as affairs of state.

Volume 2 takes him from his years as a crusading journalist in Grant's Washington, through his marriage to Clover Hooper and his pioneer work as a history professor at Harvard and editor of the North American Review, to his settling in Washington as a professional historian. There he and his wife, described by Henry James as "one of the two most interesting women in America," establish the first intellectual salon of the capital. This halcyon period comes to a catastrophic close with Clover's suicide.

Volume 3 traces his gradual recovery from the shock of his wife's death as he seeks distraction in travel-to Japan, to Cuba, and in 1891-92 to the South Seas-a recovery complicated by his falling dangerously in love with Elizabeth Cameron, beautiful young wife of a leading senator. His South Seas letters to Mrs. Cameron are the most brilliant of all.

Fewer than half of Adams' letters have been published even in part, and earlier collections have been marred by expurgations, mistranscriptions, and editorial deletions. In the six volumes of this definitive edition, readers will have access to a major document of the American past.

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Must Reading for those interested in Henry Adams
After years of grappling with Henry Adams I am convinced that one cannot really begin to understand him without having read his letters.And what letters they are! Adams as a correspondent is equalled only by Justice Holmes and Isaiah Berlin in my experience.These three volumes, covering 1858-1892, edited by the distinguished Adams scholars J.C. Levenson, Ernst Samuels and others, contain the most extensive collection of Adams letters ever published--some 1857 pages worth.Each letter has been skillfully annotated with useful information.A cast of characters familiar to students of Adams make their appearance--Henry Cabot Lodge, John Hay, Clarence King, Elizabeth Cameron, Clover Adams, George Bancroft, President Eliot of Harvard, and Charles Francis Adams, Senior and Junior, just to name a few. Each volume contains fascinating photographs and other illustrations.For example, Vol. II contains a nice selection of Clover Adams photographs; Vol. III presents some Adams watercolors (reproduced in beautiful color) done under the tutelage of John La Farge while the two toured Polynesia during 1890-91. A comprehensive introductory essay in Vol. I serves as an invaluable preface to these three volumes, as well as the later three volumes which cover the period from 1893-1918. A helpful "Editorial Note" discusses how the material was assembled and organized.A comprehensive index is contained at the end of Volume III.These are truly exceptional works of editorial scholarship, well worthy of Adams and those who seek to understand him.
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