Biographies

Memoirs

Charles Godfrey Leland

The work is an autobiographical memoir by Charles Godfrey Leland, a 19th‑century American writer and scholar.

Paul Jones

Hutchins Hapgood

This work is a concise, scholarly biography of John Paul Jones, the 18th‑century naval commander whose life…

The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood

The volume gathers the poetic output of Thomas Hood, the English poet whose life unfolded against a backdrop…

Memories and Adventures

Arthur Conan Doyle

Memories and Adventures is a sprawling autobiographical memoir by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the celebrated…

Lives of alchemystical philosophers To which is added a bibliography of alchemy and hermetic philosophy

Waite, Arthur Edward; Barrett, Francis

The work is a scholarly compilation that updates the 1815 anonymous volume “The Lives of Alchemystical…

Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth, With a Catalogue of His Works

John Nichols

The work is a nineteenth‑century compilation by John Nichols that began as a brief memoir of the artist’s…

History of Julius Cæsar, Vol. 1 of 2

Emperor of the French Napoleon III

Monarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date

Edw. Le Roy Rice

The work is a scholarly catalogue of American minstrel performers, tracing the art from its early star…

The Letters of William James, Vol. 1

William James

The book is a curated collection of William James’s personal correspondence, assembled by an editor who began…

Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01

Nicolay, John G. (John George); Hay, John

The work is a comprehensive, multi‑volume biography of Abraham Lincoln compiled by his close associates John…

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians

Elbert Hubbard

The volume is a series of compact biographical sketches that take the reader into the homes and formative…

Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard

This volume gathers excerpts from the most representative works of Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish thinker…

A Yankee doctor in paradise

S. M. Lambert

The work is a memoir of Dr. S. M. Lambert, a United States physician who spent much of his career in the…

Auguste Rodin

Rainer Maria Rilke

The work is an essay‑like tribute by Rainer Maria Rilke to the sculptor Auguste Rodin, first published in a…

Memoir of Jane Austen

James Edward Austen-Leigh

James Edward Austen‑Leigh’s work is a biographical memoir that gathers together the scattered testimonies,…

Patrick Henry

Moses Coit Tyler

The work is a scholarly biography of Patrick Henry, the fiery Virginian orator of the Revolutionary era,…

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 1 (of 3)

Montgomery, James; Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

The work is a biographical compendium that gathers together the lives of notable Italian, Spanish, and…

Mary Boyle, her book

Mary Louisa Boyle

The work is a posthumous collection of Mary Louisa Boyle’s own writings, assembled by a close family member…

Alcuin of York: Lectures delivered in the cathedral church of Bristol in 1907 and 1908

G. F. Browne

The work is a scholarly compilation of George Forrest Browne’s lectures on the life and writings of Alcuin of…

Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4

Thomas Jefferson

This volume gathers a series of Thomas Jefferson’s private letters and memoranda, drawn from the “Memoir,…

Robert Browning

Edward Dowden

The work is a scholarly biography that treats Robert Browning not merely as a historical figure but as the…

China under the Empress Dowager: Being the history of the life and times of Tzŭ Hsi

Bland, J. O. P. (John Otway Percy); Backhouse, E. (Edmund), Sir

This volume is a scholarly biography of Empress Dowager Cixi, presented as a chronological study of her life…

The life of Friedrich Nietzsche

Daniel Halévy

The work is a scholarly essay by Daniel Halévy that treats Friedrich Nietzsche not as a systematic…

Napoleon's Marshals

R. P. Dunn-Pattison

The work is a scholarly study of the men Napoleon appointed as Marshals of France, tracing their origins,…