Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-1903
Overview
| Works: | 669 works in 2,310 publications in 7 languages and 20,774 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Poetry Folklore Dictionaries Biography History Legends Caricatures and cartoons Personal narratives Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc |
| Roles: | Author, Translator, Editor, Former owner, Signer, Composer, Inscriber, Creator, Compiler |
| Classifications: | PS2242, B |
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Most widely held works about
Charles Godfrey Leland
- Weaving ourselves into the land : Charles Godfrey Leland, "Indians," and the study of Native American religions by Thomas Parkhill( Book )
- Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland( )
- Charles Godfrey Leland : a biography by Elizabeth Robins Pennell( Book )
- John Bunyan and the Gipsies by James Simson( )
- A bibliography of the works of Charles Godfrey Leland by Joseph Jackson( Book )
- Charles Godfrey Leland und sein "Hans Breitmann". : eine Studie by Anton Lang( Book )
- The Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division; or, Three thousand miles in a railway car by Charles Godfrey Leland( Book )
- Charles Godfrey Leland: the eclectic folklorist by Angela-Marie Joanna Varesano( Book )
- The Breitmann ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland( Book )
- "Languages for America" : dialects, race, and national identity in nineteenth-century American literature by Thomas Lee White( )
- "Hans Breitmann" in England and America by Sculley Bradley( Book )
- Recollections of the Rabelais Club by Brander Matthews( Book )
- Charles G. Leland : the man & the myth : journalist, adventurer, folklorist by Gary R Varner( Book )
- by Elizabeth Robins Pennell( )
- Yours truly Charles G. Leland : author of "Meister Karl's Sketch Book," "Mace Sloper" &c( Visual )
- Un rabelaisant Américain, Charles Godfrey Leland by C. H. C Wright( Book )
- Selected art related letters from Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Society Collection by Historical Society of Pennsylvania( )
- Charles Godfrey Leland letters and poems by Charles Godfrey Leland( )
- by Great Central Fair of the United States Sanitary Commission( )
- by Joseph Jackson( )
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Most widely held works by
Charles Godfrey Leland
The Breitmann ballads by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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74 editions published between 1869 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
74 editions published between 1869 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Algonquin legends of New England; or, Myths and folk lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot tribes by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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47 editions published between 1884 and 1998 in English and held by 709 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
47 editions published between 1884 and 1998 in English and held by 709 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A dictionary of slang, jargon & cant, embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, tinker's jargon,
and other irregular phraseology by
Albert Barrère(
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43 editions published between 1889 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 670 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
43 editions published between 1889 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 670 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Travel pictures by
Heinrich Heine(
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51 editions published between 1855 and 2000 in English and German and held by 621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Comprises the accounts of four journeys taken at different times in the author's life
51 editions published between 1855 and 2000 in English and German and held by 621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Comprises the accounts of four journeys taken at different times in the author's life
Fusang; or, The discovery of America by Chinese Buddhist priests in the fifth century by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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50 editions published between 1873 and 2019 in English and held by 597 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Each September, up to 5,000 of the most amazing pieces of British architecture, engineering and heritage are opened up to the public. The main event and the focus of the series is the London Open House architecture event, which offers the chance to visit some of the very special buildings, many of which are usually closed to the public. From the Bank of England to a top secret Second World War bunker used by Churchill ; Gladstone's St. Deiniol's Library in Wales to the cutting edge life-saving research laboratories at Queen Mary's University"--Container
50 editions published between 1873 and 2019 in English and held by 597 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Each September, up to 5,000 of the most amazing pieces of British architecture, engineering and heritage are opened up to the public. The main event and the focus of the series is the London Open House architecture event, which offers the chance to visit some of the very special buildings, many of which are usually closed to the public. From the Bank of England to a top secret Second World War bunker used by Churchill ; Gladstone's St. Deiniol's Library in Wales to the cutting edge life-saving research laboratories at Queen Mary's University"--Container
Hans Breitmann's ballads by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
Book
)
55 editions published between 1869 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 581 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
55 editions published between 1869 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 581 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gypsy sorcery and fortune telling : Illustrated by incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, tales by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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33 editions published between 1891 and 2008 in English and held by 471 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
33 editions published between 1891 and 2008 in English and held by 471 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Meister Karl's sketch-book by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
Book
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18 editions published between 1855 and 2012 in English and held by 464 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18 editions published between 1855 and 2012 in English and held by 464 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The English gipsies and their language by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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40 editions published between 1873 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 406 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
40 editions published between 1873 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 406 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Gypsies by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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38 editions published between 1882 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 384 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
38 editions published between 1882 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 384 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ye book of copperheads by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
)
12 editions published between 1863 and 2012 in English and held by 330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of cartoons and satirical verses
12 editions published between 1863 and 2012 in English and held by 330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of cartoons and satirical verses
Hans Breitmann's party. With other ballads by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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36 editions published between 1868 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 317 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Humorous poems written in dialect
36 editions published between 1868 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 317 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Humorous poems written in dialect
Etruscan magic & occult remedies by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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14 editions published between 1963 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published between 1963 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pidgin-English sing-song, or, Songs and stories in the China-English dialect. With a vocabulary by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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51 editions published between 1876 and 1996 in 5 languages and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
51 editions published between 1876 and 1996 in 5 languages and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The alternate sex; or, The female intellect in man, and the masculine in woman by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
)
14 editions published between 1904 and 1910 in English and held by 272 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Relive the adventures of Tinker Bell and her fairy friends in this treasure trove of stories based on the Disney Fairies films"--Page [4] of cover
14 editions published between 1904 and 1910 in English and held by 272 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Relive the adventures of Tinker Bell and her fairy friends in this treasure trove of stories based on the Disney Fairies films"--Page [4] of cover
Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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15 editions published between 1902 and 2012 in English and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
15 editions published between 1902 and 2012 in English and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Songs of the sea and Lays of the land by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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23 editions published between 1895 and 2012 in English and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
23 editions published between 1895 and 2012 in English and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The mystic will : a method of developing and strengthening the faculties of the mind, through the awakened will, by a simple,
scientific process possible to any person of ordinary intelligence by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
)
17 editions published between 1907 and 2015 in English and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It is a truth that there is very often an extremely easy, simple and prosaic way to attain many an end, which has always been supposed to require stupendous efforts. In an Italian fairy tale a prince besieges a castle with an army?trumpets blowing, banners waving, and all the pomp and circumstances of war?to obtain a beautiful heroine who is meanwhile carried away by a rival who knew of a subterranean passage. Hitherto, as I have already said, men have sought for self-control only by means of heroic exertion, or by besieging the castle from without; the simple system of Forethought and Self-Su
17 editions published between 1907 and 2015 in English and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It is a truth that there is very often an extremely easy, simple and prosaic way to attain many an end, which has always been supposed to require stupendous efforts. In an Italian fairy tale a prince besieges a castle with an army?trumpets blowing, banners waving, and all the pomp and circumstances of war?to obtain a beautiful heroine who is meanwhile carried away by a rival who knew of a subterranean passage. Hitherto, as I have already said, men have sought for self-control only by means of heroic exertion, or by besieging the castle from without; the simple system of Forethought and Self-Su
Sunshine in thought (1862) by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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8 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Etruscan Roman remains in popular tradition by
Charles Godfrey Leland(
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29 editions published between 1842 and 2015 in English and German and held by 236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
29 editions published between 1842 and 2015 in English and German and held by 236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress)
- Heine, Heinrich 1797-1856 Author
- Barrère, Albert Compiler Author Editor
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins 1855-1936 Author of introduction Author
- Parkhill, Thomas Author
- Neumann, Karl Friedrich 1793-1870 Author
- Huishen active 5th century
- Kennon, Barclay
- Bretschneider, E. 1833-1901
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865
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Associated Subjects
Algonquian Indians Algonquian mythology America American Civil War (1861-1865) Antiquities Authors, American Cant Cheerfulness China Dialect literature, American Discovery and exploration, Chinese England English language--Dialects English language--Slang Europe Europe--Etruria Folklore Fortune-telling German Americans Germany Germany--Harz Mountains Germany--North Sea Coast Great Britain Heine, Heinrich, Humorous poetry, American India Indians of North America Indians of North America--Public opinion Indians of North America--Religion Italy Legends Leland, Charles Godfrey, Magic, Romani Neumann, Karl Friedrich, New England North America Overland journeys to the Pacific Passamaquoddy language Psychology Public opinion Romanies Romanies--Language Romani language Romanticism Sex (Psychology) Stereotypes (Social psychology) Superstition Travel United States United States, West
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Alternative Names
Breitman, Hans
Breitman, Hans 1824-1903
Breitmann, Hans
Breitmann, Hans 1824-1903
Charles Godfrey Leland Amerikaans journalist (1824-1903)
Charles Godfrey Leland giornalista e etnologo statunitense
Charles Godfrey Leland humoriste et un folkloriste américain
Charles Godfrey Leland US-amerikanischer Abenteurer, Journalist und Mythenforscher
Charles Leland
Godfrey Leland, Charles 1824-1903
Leland, Charles G.
Leland, Charles G. 1824-1903
Leland, Charles-Godfrey 1824-1903
Лиланд, Чарльз Годфрей
チャールズ・ゴッドフリー・リーランド
リーランド, チャールズ・G.
查爾斯·里蘭德
Languages
English
(720)
German (6)
Multiple languages (4)
Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (3)
Creoles and Pidgins (2)
French (2)
Low German (1)
German (6)
Multiple languages (4)
Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (3)
Creoles and Pidgins (2)
French (2)
Low German (1)