Biographies

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)

Montgomery, James; Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XIV, South Carolina Narratives, Part 4

United States. Work Projects Administration

This volume is the four‑part South Carolina section of the WPA’s “Slave Narratives” series, a folk‑history…

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes 1-6. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, in six richly illustrated volumes, is a scholarly anthology that gathers the…

The Life of Gordon, Volume II

Demetrius Charles Boulger

The work is a biographical study of General Charles George Gordon, focusing on the pivotal years when he left…

The genuine works of Hippocrates, Vol. 1 (of 2): Translated from the Greek, with a preliminary discourse and annotations

Hippocrates

This volume presents a scholarly translation of the authentic Hippocratic treatises, accompanied by a…

Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2)

John Morley

John Morley’s two‑volume work is a scholarly biography that seeks to fill the gap left by earlier,…

Ten Boys from History

Kate Dickinson Sweetser

Kate Dickinson Sweetser’s Ten Boys from History is a compact biographical collection that gathers youthful…

Luca Signorelli

Maud Cruttwell

Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

William R. Lighton

This work is a biographical study of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the joint commanders of the…

The Life and Times of Queen Victoria; Vol. 3 of 4

Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson’s third volume in his four‑part chronicle of Queen Victoria is a dense, encyclopedic account…

Darwin

Gamaliel Bradford

This work is a biographical study of Charles Robert Darwin, written by Gamaliel Bradford.

The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland

Pearson, George; Edwards, Edward

The work is a first‑hand wartime memoir that blends a personal diary with official records to recount the…

The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works

M. de Burigny

The work is a six‑part scholarly biography of Hugo Grotius, the Dutch jurist and theologian of the early…

Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)

James Boswell

The work is the fifth volume of James Boswell’s monumental biography of Samuel Johnson, covering the Scottish…

The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography

David Christie Murray

David Christie Murray’s work is an autobiographical experiment in which the author attempts to chart the…

"Brother Bosch", an Airman's Escape from Germany

Gerald Featherstone Knight

Gerald Featherstone Knight’s “Brother Bosch” is a first‑person wartime memoir that blends combat narrative…

The Greater Love

George T. McCarthy

The Greater Love is a first‑person account by George T. McCarthy, a U.S.

Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of the bluestockings, Volume 2 (of 2): Her correspondence from 1720 to 1761

Mrs. Montagu

This volume gathers the letters of Elizabeth Montagu, the celebrated “queen of the Bluestocking Society,”…

Confessiones

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint

Confessiones sunt opus spirituale sancti Augustini, episcopi Hipponensis, qui vixit inter saecula IV et V.

Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915

G. B. Laurie

This volume is a collection of letters written by Lieutenant‑Colonel George Brenton Laurie, commander of the…

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.

William Still

William Still’s The Underground Railroad is a nineteenth‑century compilation of first‑hand testimonies,…

Hilaire Belloc, the man and his work

Mandell, C. Creighton; Shanks, Edward

The book is a scholarly appraisal of Hilaire Belloc, written by C.

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 2 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

This second volume of Luke Tyerman’s three‑part biography of John Wesley is a chronologically arranged…

Multatuli Onze groote schrijvers, deel 2

Jeanette van den Bergh van Eysinga-Elias

Dit werk is een diepgravende studie van de Nederlandse intellectuele en maatschappelijke situatie tussen 1820…