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Chambers Chambers i(A37426 works by) (Organisation) assertion (a.k.a. W. and R. Chambers; W. & R. Chambers; William and Robert Chambers)
Born: Established: 1832 Edinburgh,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
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1 y separately published work icon No, Love Is Not Dead : An Anthology of Love Poetry from Around the World Chris McCabe (editor), United Kingdom (UK) : Chambers , 2021 21062050 2021 anthology poetry

'A powerful new anthology depicting how love over the past two-and-a-half millennia has found its expression in the words of the world's greatest poets. 

'No, Love Is Not Dead is a timely affirmation of the great linguistic diversity of poetry and its ability to express passionate love, the most extreme of human emotions. With influential, award-winning poets including Kim Hyesoon, Laura Tohe and Warsan Shire, and languages ranging from Amharic, Akkadian and Ancient Greek to Yankunytjatjara, Yiddish and Yoruba, this unique anthology engages the reader in reflective tales of unlikely love stories and impossible love, love in a time of politics, surrealist love, visual love and free love, offering an intuitive insight into both historical and present-day perceptions of love across cultures.

'Including over 50 poets, writing on each of the world's continents, this new anthology of poems about love features a diverse range of original poems written in a variety of languages - modern, ancient, endangered and constructed -, accompanied by English translations and commentaries.

'Poets included in the book: Apollinaire; Nicole Brossard; Augusto de Campos; Catullus; Chaucer; Dante; Robert Desnos; Ali Cobby Eckermann; Goethe; Kim Hyesoon; Louise Labe; Federico Garcia Lorca; Vladimir Mayakovsky; Miklos Radnoti; Kutti Ravathi; Sappho; Warsan Shire; Laura Tohe; Marina Tsvetaeva.

'Languages included in the book: Akkadian; Amharic; Ancient Greek; Faroese; French; Galician; German; Hungarian; Italian; Japanese; Latvian; Maori; Persian; Polari; Portuguese; Russian; Sanskrit; Scots; Scottish Gaelic; Serbian; Spanish; Urdu; Welsh; Yoruba.

'Foreword by Laura Tohe, the current Navajo Nation Poet Laureate and Professor Emeritus with Distinction at Arizona State University, who has won awards including the 2020 Academy of American Poetry Fellowship, the 2019 American Indian Festival of Writers Award, and the Arizona Book Association's Glyph Award for Best Poetry.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon A Quintette in Queensland Elinor M. Brent-Dyer , Edinburgh : Chambers , 1951 Z1504264 1951 single work children's fiction children's adventure Story of five childrens' school holidays in Queensland - Dym, Adam and Guy, who are siblings, and Gwynneth and Hugh, their cousins from New Zealand.
1 y separately published work icon Gaunt of the Pearl Seas Patrol James M. Downie , London : Chambers , 1950 Z842145 1950 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Chambers's Encyclopedia London : Chambers , 1950 Z826142 1950 reference
1 y separately published work icon The Green Frog and Other Far-Away Stories Erle Wilson , London : Chambers , 1939 Z1483050 1939 selected work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Life of Adventure in Australasia: First Series London : Chambers , 1936 Z1170321 1936 selected work children's fiction children's adventure
1 y separately published work icon Buckley's Chance and Other Stories of Australasia London : Chambers , 1936 Z873594 1936 anthology
1 y separately published work icon A Schoolgirl's Diary: The Story of Her Holiday beyond the Seas May Baldwin , London : Chambers , 1914 Z1605866 1914 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Hilda's Experiences May Baldwin , London : Chambers , 1913 Z1605827 1913 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The History of the Hoppers : Verses B. Parker , N. Parker (illustrator), London New York (City) : Chambers Frederick A. Stokes , 1912 Z1183757 1912 selected work poetry children's 'Comprises 12 stories in verse, with marginal drawings etc., in which all the characters are kangaroos'. - Kerry White, Australian Children's Books : a bibliography. Vol. 2. Carlton, Vic. : MUP, 1992.
1 y separately published work icon The Lone Patrol John Finnemore , London : Chambers , 1910 Z1293150 1910 single work children's fiction children's

'The author has worked in the boy scout movement to good purpose, and all young people will be deeply interested in the exciting adventtures of the two bush boys and the black boy [sic] who formed the Kangaroo on Lone Patrol is the far North-west of Queensland. Floods, buckjumpers, bushrangers, gold diggers, and myalls all figure prominently in the story, and the principal hero—for there are three—is a remarkably fine specimen of a smart young bushman.'

Source:

'Literature: Publications Received', The Queenslander, 10 December 1910, p.20.
1 1 y separately published work icon Sea Yarns John Arthur Barry , London : Chambers , 1910 Z51270 1910 selected work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Empire's Children John Finnemore , London : Chambers , 1906 Z1119129 1906 selected work children's fiction children's adventure Preface to the 1906 English version states: 'This book aims at giving sketches of youthful life in some of the great countries which constitute our world-wide Empire. In every case the sketch is thrown into the form of a story. Nothing makes a deeper impression on the young mind than that which pleases; and the story is more likely to please than the essay. As in every instance those described are our fellow-subjects, it is hoped that some impression will be given of the vast diversity of race and colour, of climate and custom, found beneath the British flag.' One section is about Australia.
1 y separately published work icon Steady and Strong : Stories Told by G. A. Henty and Others G. A. Henty , W. H. C. Groom (illustrator), London : Chambers , 1905 Z818015 1905 anthology short story
1 1 y separately published work icon Brains and Bravery : Being Stories Told by G.A. Henty, Guy Boothby, L.T. Meade, J. Arthur Barry, Katharine Tynan, H.A. Bryden and Others Brains & Bravery London : Chambers , 1903 Z1937864 1903 selected work children's fiction
1 y separately published work icon Courage and Conflict : A Series of Stories London : Chambers , 1901 Z1754438 1901 anthology children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon A Very Naughty Girl L. T. Meade , London : Chambers , 1901 Z1280695 1901 single work children's fiction children's

'School story set in England about a girl born and brought up in Tasmania.' Source: Australian Children's Books A Bibliography Volume One 1774-1972.(1992): 271.

'Evelyn Wynford, heiress of Castle Wynford, when she arrives from Tasmania at her uncle's house, is wilful, selfish, vain, and unladylike. As the story develops, her aunt, her cousin, and others begin to have a healthy influence over her; then certain serious troubles humble her, and leave her much changed and truly repentant.' Source: publisher's catalogue at the back of The Empire's Children.

1 1 y separately published work icon Nancy's Fancies E. L. Haverfield , Chambers , 1899 Z1833730 1899 single work children's fiction children's
2 y separately published work icon Hunted Through Fiji, or, 'Twixt Convict and Cannibal 'Twixt Convict and Cannibal Reginald Horsley , London : Chambers , 1897 Z1036261 1897 single work children's fiction children's adventure
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