Biographies

Asser's Life of King Alfred

John Asser

Asser’s Life of King Alfred is a medieval chronicle that purports to be a contemporary account of the…

Great Indian Chief of the West; Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk

Benjamin Drake

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that sets out to chronicle the Sauk and Fox peoples,…

The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6

Augustus J. C. Hare

The work is the fourth volume of Augustus J. C. Hare’s autobiographical series, published in London in 1900.

Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784

James Boswell

James Boswell’s fourth volume of Life of Johnson is a biographical compilation that gathers, in Boswell’s own…

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851

Various

This volume of The International Magazine offers a mid‑nineteenth‑century survey of literature, art, and…

McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908

Various

This volume is a first‑hand chronicle of a theatrical troupe’s eight trans‑Atlantic tours between 1883 and…

Benjamin Franklin: Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes

Benjamin Franklin

This volume is a scholarly anthology that gathers the most extensive selection of Benjamin Franklin’s…

Plantation sketches

Margaret Devereux

Margaret Devereux’s Plantation Sketches is a modest collection of reminiscences that began as bedtime stories…

Overbeck

J. Beavington Atkinson

This work is a scholarly biography of the German painter Johann Friedrich Overbeck, presented as the first…

Robert Boyle: A biography

Flora Masson

Flora Masson’s biography of Robert Boyle is a meticulously documented scholarly work, anchored in a wealth of…

John Knox

A. Taylor Innes

The work is a scholarly biography of John Knox, the Scottish reformer born around 1514, assembled from the…

The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham College, Oxford; Master of Trinity College, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester

P. A. Wright Henderson

This work is a modest tribute to Wadham College on the occasion of its three‑centenary, penned by Wright…

Cleveland Past and Present: Its Representative Men Comprising Biographical Sketches of Pioneer Settlers and Prominent Citizens

The work is a biographical compendium that tells the story of Cleveland’s growth through the lives of its…

The journal of George Fox, vol. 2 of 2: Being an historical account of his life, travels, sufferings, and Christian experiences.

George Fox

The work is a two‑volume historical journal that records the life, travels, sufferings and Christian…

Nero Makers of History Series

Jacob Abbott

This volume is the second in Jacob Abbott’s “Nero Makers of History” series, a scholarly narrative that seeks…

The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 1

Miss Pardoe

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical biography by Julia Pardoe, presented in two volumes and published…

Stephen Arnold Douglas

William Garrott Brown

The work is a nineteenth‑century biography of Stephen A. Douglas, written by William Garrott Brown, and it…

The Life of That Wonderful and Extraordinarily Heavy Man, Daniel Lambert From His Birth to the Moment of His Dissolution; With an Account of Men Noted for Their Corpulency, and Other Interesting Matter

Anonymous

The work is a nineteenth‑century chapbook that chronicles the life of Daniel Lambert, the famously massive…

The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick"

Nat Love

The work is an autobiographical memoir of Nat Love, the African‑American cowboy who earned the nickname…

The Life of Gordon, Volume I

Demetrius Charles Boulger

The work is a biographical study of General Charles George Gordon, the celebrated British officer of the…

Noveller

Minna Canth

Denna samling korta berättelser, skriven av Minna Canth, presenterar en livsskildring som sträcker sig från…

The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years

Ida Husted Harper

This volume is a contemporary biography of Susan B. Anthony, compiled by Ida Husted Harper while Anthony was…

A Retrospect

James Hudson Taylor

A Retrospect is a first‑person narrative that traces the author’s spiritual journey from childhood skepticism…

Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work

Johann Nikolaus Forkel

This work is a scholarly biography of Johann Sebastian Bach written by his first biographer, Johann Nikolaus…