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Jones, Henry Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Jones, Henry Arthur, 1851–1929, English playwright. His reputation was first established with the melodrama The Silver King (with Henry Herman; 1882). Strongly influenced by the great…Jaja
(Encyclopedia) JajaJajajäˈjə [key], fl. 1869–87, Nigerian merchant prince. A former slave, he became an important trader in Bonny in the 1860s as a middleman between the coastal markets and the…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: The Renunciation, I
by Rabindranath Tagore III It was a night of full moon early in the month of Phalgun. The youthful spring was everywhere sending forth its breeze laden with the fragrance of mango-…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: The Devotees, I
by Rabindranath Tagore III At a time, when my unpopularity with a part of my readers had reached the nadir of its glory, and my name had become the central orb of the journals, to be…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Vision, I
by Rabindranath Tagore III When I was a very young wife, I gave birth to a dead child, and came near to death myself. I recovered strength very slowly, and my eyesight became weaker and…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Vision, V
by Rabindranath Tagore IVV I found out after this that there were constant interruptions in my husband's professional duties. He refused all calls from a distance, and would hurry away…Opobo
(Encyclopedia) OpoboOpoboōpōˈbō [key], town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta. It is a palm-oil collection center and has fishing and boatbuilding industries. Opobo was founded in 1869 by a group…Bel and the Dragon
(Encyclopedia) Bel and the Dragon, customary name for chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel, a passage included in the Septuagint and the Apocrypha. It was written possibly in the 1st cent. b.c. as a…Thousand and One Nights
(Encyclopedia) Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Nights, series of anonymous stories in Arabic, considered as an entity to be among the classics of world literature. The cohesive plot device…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: The Babus of Nayanjore, I
by Rabindranath Tagore III Once upon a time the Babus of Nayanjore were famous landholders. They were noted for their princely extravagance. They would tear off the rough border of their…Trending
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