Ralph Adams Cram

Reproduction of the original: The Decadent by Ralph Adams Cram

Reproduction of the original: Towards the Great Peace by Ralph Adams Cram

Three Elements that Will Revitalize Christendom. The title "Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh" means simply this: Gold is the pure, imperishable quality of the monastic ideal, Frankincense the supreme act of worship through the Blessed Sacrament, Myrrh the saving quality of a right philosophy of life that yet must be bitter to the taste of many people. Together they are the three gifts that must again be offered by a world once more led, though now by the red and malefic star of war, to worship and fall down before the Incarnate God so long and so lightly denied.

This special edition of 'Black Spirits & White: A Book of Ghost Stories' was written by Ralph Adams Cram, and first published in 1895, making it over 120 years old. This fiction collection features several short stories with titles like No. 252 Rue M. Le Prince, In Kropfsberg Keep, The Dead Valley - with six stories in total. This old book is a fantastic, rare find and is an essential addition to the libraries of all true Gothic fiction enthusiasts. IMPORTANT NOTE - Please read BEFORE buying THIS BOOK IS A REPRINT. IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL COPY. This book is a reprint edition and is a perfect facsimile of the original book. It is not set in a modern typeface and has not been digitally enhanced. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed. At 'Black Books' we do not use OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to transcribe books from scanned images or other forms of text - this usually results in everything from strange characters to gibberish. We believe that reading an old book, exactly as it was, is the most satisfying way to read it. DISCLAIMER: Due to the age of this book, some methods, beliefs, or practices may have been deemed unsafe, undesirable, or unacceptable in the interim years. In utilizing the information herein, you do so at your own risk. We republish antiquarian books without judgment, solely for their historical and cultural importance, and for educational purposes. If purchasing a book more than 50 years old, especially for a minor, please use due diligence and vet the text before gifting.

Towards the Great Peace is a classic World War One/sociology text by Ralph Adams Cram. World War One was a progressive revelation and disillusionment. Therein, everything so carefully built up during the preceding four centuries was tried as by fire, and each failed--save the indestructible qualities of personal honour, courage and fortitude. Contents: Introduction -- A world at the crossroads -- A working philosophy -- The social organism -- The industrial problem -- The political organization of society -- The function of education and art -- The problem of organic religion -- Personal responsibility.

Ralph Adams Cram, born in New Hampshire in 1863, was an eminent American architect who remains more famous for his works in the field of architecture than for his fiction. He wrote many books on architecture, but only a single, slim volume of ghost stories which were collected in the present volume entitled "Black Spirits and White", originally published in 1895. Cram was much inspired by the tradition of European folk tales, many of which contain elements of the supernatural, and he brings to this tradition his own distinctly modern American slant. The tales have at their heart a naive hero, usually an American abroad in Europe, who embarks on a most foolhardy adventure in spite of the warnings of the locals - usually with dire and horrific consequences. Cram is very strong in his depiction of place, setting and atmosphere, and his tales, like his architecture, are firmly in the Gothic tradition. This collection of six ghost stories is regarded as a classic of nineteenth-century supernatural fiction. The text has been elegantly set anew in Garamond and this volume is probably the finest example of this work currently available in print.

Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams CramSinister stories set in Europe, where evil and lonely souls haunt the living, 'Black Spirits and White' will take you on a journey to the strange and the supernatural. Through Cram's superb flair for atmospheric story-telling, he takes us on a narrative tour of the dark and shadowy world of spirits. With six ghost stories to disquiet your mind, the brilliance of Cram takes us to France, Austria, Italy and Sweden to savour the sad and wretched entities that dwell within the realm of the living and the dead. NO. 252 RUE M. LE PRINCEIN KROPFSBERG KEEPTHE WHITE VILLASISTER MADDELENANOTRE DAME DES EAUXTHE DEAD VALLEYTags: Prime SubscriptionGhost StoriesRalph Adams CramBlack Spirits and WhitePrime LibraryPrime Novels