W. H. D. Rouse

Broschiertes Buch

The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India - Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson

Beschreibung

This whimsical collection of tales is based on the Buddhist collection of J¿taka tales. However, the author confesses to ¿ruthlessly¿ altering them for the amusement of children and occasionally borrowing a ¿phrase or a versicle¿. He opens the book with a warning; ¿To this work I refer all scholars, folklorists and scientific persons generally: warning them that if they plunge deeper into these page, they will be horribly shocked.¿ These wonderful tales are accompanied by many beautiful and intricate black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. An English cartoonist and illustrator, best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated machines ¿ for achieving deceptively simple objectives. Such was (and is) his fame, that the term ¿Heath Robinson¿ entered the English language during the First World War, as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance. Originally published in 1897, we are now republishing it here as part of our ¿Pook Press¿ imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children¿s literature.

Autor

William Henry Denham (W. H. D.) Rouse (1863 - 1950) was a pioneering British teacher who advocated the use of the Direct Method of teaching Latin and Greek. Rouse was born in Calcutta, India on 30 May 1863. When his family returned home on leave to Britain, Rouse was sent to Regent's Park College in London, where he studied as a lay student. In 1881 he gained a scholarship to Christ's College, Cambridge. Rouse gained a double first in the Classical Tripos at the University of Cambridge, where he also studied Sanskrit. He became a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge in 1888. After brief spells at Bedford School (1886-1888) and Cheltenham College (1890-1895), he became a schoolmaster at Rugby School, where he encouraged Arthur Ransome - against his parents' wishes - to become a writer. Ransome later wrote, "My greatest piece of good fortune in coming to Rugby was that I passed so low into the school ... that I came at once into the hands of a most remarkable man whom I might otherwise never have met. This was Dr W.H.D. Rouse." Rouse was appointed headmaster of The Perse School, Cambridge, in 1902. While in charge, he restored it to a sound financial footing following a crisis. As a teacher he believed firmly in learning by doing as well as seeing and hearing: although the curriculum at the Perse was dominated by classics, he urged that science should be learned through experiment and observation. He was a strong personality, described by the archivist of The Perse School as the school's greatest Headmaster: "Rouse was strongly independent to the point of eccentricity. He hated most machines, all bureaucracy and public exams." He retired from teaching in 1928.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pook Press
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9781473334670
• ISBN-10: 1473334675
• Artikelnr.: 46852234