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Charles Kingsley was an English clergyman, professor, historian and novelist who felt a great concern for social reform, particularly regarding child labor practices. Having read Darwin's «On the Origin of the Species», he was also a proponent of the theory of evolution; however, he credited evolution to God, proposing that science and Christian faith could exist harmoniously. Kingsley encouraged an open-minded attitude, and the willingness to use one's imagination. His 1863 classic, «The Water Babies», is a sort of fairy tale about a boy chimney sweep who drowns in a river, and is there transformed into a «water baby.» The story relates the moral education that Tom receives in a series of adventures and lessons among the community of water babies. Kingsley expresses his concerns with child labor, as well as his ideas on Christian redemption, in this entertaining and somewhat satirical story.

Полный вариант заголовка: «Bijdragen tot den waterstaat der Nederlanden : bijzonder in opzigt tot zeker ontwerp van den inspecteur-generaal J. Blanken J. Z., tot afdamming der river de merwede / door W. B. Donker Curtius».

Полный вариант заголовка: «The battle of Waterloo : containing the accounts published by authority, British and foreign, and other relative documents, with circumstantial details, previous and after the battle, from a variety of authentic and original sources : to which is added, an alphabetical list of the officers killed and wounded, from 15-th to 26-th june, 1815, and the total loss of each regiment, with an enumeration of the Waterloo honours and privileges, conferred upon the men and officers, and lists of regiments, etc. entitled thereto : illustrated by a panoramic sketch of the field of battle, and a plan of the position and movements, with those of the Prussians, traced / by a near observer».

Александр Староверов родился в Москве, до сорока лет занимался бизнесом, потом глубоко и своеобразно осознав мысль, что слово дороже денег, начал писать. Судя по отзывам читателей его романов, писать у него получается. Счастье, считает Александр, это когда получается! Что угодно получается, но особенно – найти в себе человека. Именно это является основной темой книг А. Староверова.