Hoch Der Kaiser: Myself Und Gott (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Rose, Alexander McGregor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1334055009 ISBN 13 : 9781334055003

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Herald some few months ago, and which was recited by Captain Coghlan during his famous speech, was written under peculiar circumstances in Montreal in October, 1897. The poem as it was in the original consisted of thirteen verses, not eight, as published throughout the world during the last two years. The occasion upon which the poem was written was the Emperor William sspeech upon the divine right of kings and his own special mission upon earth. At that time A. M. R. Gordon, a Scotchman by birth, and whose real name was A. Mc Gregor Rose, was a member of the Montreal Herald staff. He had been in the habit of writing verses upon different subjects, and was looked upon as a verybright fellow indeed. The city editor, turning to him, said :G ive us a poem, Gordon, on the Emperor. In less than an hours time he turned out thirteen verses, which were entitled by him Kaiser Co., not Hoch der Kaiser. The matter was sent up to the printer just as it was written, and by some mistake the foreman of the composing room only picked up eight verses in type, leaving the other five verses on the galley. The paper went to press and Gordon, who was very particular about his matter being strictly correct, got one of the first copies off the press. He at once saw the mistake and the form was re-cast, not, however, before a few hundred had been sent into the mailing room for the foreign mails. Thus the fact that only eight verses were copied in the papers which printed the poem at the time. In the second edition it was given in full and signed A. M. R. Gordon. A few months ago Gordon smind commenced to fail, and he was finally taken by a few of his newspaper friends to Notre Dame Hospital. For weeks he lay as helpless as a child and unable to recognize any one. Finally he passed away and was buried by those who had enjoyed his society. After this, some inquiries were made as to w
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334055009
• ISBN 13: 9781334055003
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 39
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