Project Gutenberg 2021-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 1054 Bombaugh, Charles C. (Charles Carroll) 1828 1906 Bombaugh, Charles Carroll Bombaugh, C. C. (Charles Carroll) Facts and fancies for the curious from the harvest-fields of literature : $b A melange of excerpta 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. 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) "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.) Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Literary curiosa PN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 1266720 2025-07-26T09:41:18.057886 text/html 1268474 2024-10-18T16:44:38 text/html 830047 2025-07-26T09:41:41.603801 application/epub+zip 820346 2025-07-26T09:41:22.463856 application/epub+zip 586717 2025-07-26T09:41:20.182888 application/epub+zip 1427598 2025-07-26T09:41:59.490720 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1090417 2025-07-26T09:41:38.843780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 857629 2022-09-29T21:41:01.204062 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1043648 2025-07-26T09:41:14.565924 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1023532 2024-10-18T16:44:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16746 2025-07-26T09:41:59.720669 application/rdf+xml 9810 2025-07-26T09:41:20.429869 image/jpeg 1856 2025-07-26T09:41:20.305864 image/jpeg 753798 2025-07-26T09:41:18.154939 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog