Artchaeology 02 (Illustrated)

Ecclepto:Press is a publisher of eclectic artifacts unearthed from the public domain. Drawing on centuries of creative works, each issue in our Artchaeology series introduces readers to a diverse mixture of literature, performing and visual arts, and scanned facsimiles of out of print books, documents and magazines. Every issue of Artchaeology features: * Biographical introductions of the authors, artists and the works included * Text enhanced with relevant period photographs and artwork * Facsimiles of rare printed works for viewing on eReaders * Images of the original illustrations * Simple Table of Contents that allows you to skip the introductions and get right to the works In this issue: * The complete book of Mary Austin’s lyrical American Southwest essays "The Land of Little Rain" * H.P. Lovecraft’s harrowing fantasy classic "The Call of Cthulhu"
 * Out of this world Pen and Ink illustrations by Virgil Finlay * "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For" by Henry David Thoreau excerpted from his literary classic “Walden” * František Drtikol’s very rare 1929 portfolio ‘Les Nus’ * Major General Smedley D. Butler’s anti-war speech "War Is A Racket" * Mark Twain’s compilation of anti-religion short stories and essays "Letters From the Earth" * A facsimile of the August 1915 magazine "Others: A Magazine of the New Verse Vol. 1 No. 2" featuring works by Amy Lowell, Alanson Hartpence, William Carlos Williams, Skipwith Cannell, Robert Carlton Brown and Wallace Stevens.

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