Biographies

What the Judge Saw: Being Twenty-Five Years in Manchester by One Who Has Done It

Sir Edward Abbott Parry

The work is a memoir‑style sketch that blends legal humor with personal reminiscence, written by Sir Edward…

Émile Zola, Novelist and Reformer: An Account of His Life & Work

Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

This work is a biographical study of Émile Zola, written by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly.

Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1

Ian Hamilton

Ian Hamilton’s Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1 is a first‑hand military journal that blends personal narrative with…

Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship

William Dean Howells

Literary Friends and Acquaintance is a memoir‑essay collection in which William Dean Howells reflects on the…

Gabriele Rossetti: A Versified Autobiography

Gabriele Rossetti

The work is a versified autobiography of Gabriele Rossetti, the Italian poet‑politician and father of Dante…

Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765

James Boswell

James Boswell’s Life of Johnson is a sprawling eighteenth‑century biography that chronicles Samuel Johnson’s…

Concerning Lafcadio Hearn; With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman

George M. Gould

George M. Gould’s work is a scholarly attempt to assemble the scattered facts, letters, and critical…

Pierre Curie

Marie Curie

The book is a biographical tribute to Pierre Curie, written by his wife Marie and framed by an introductory…

Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet

Drouet, Juliette; Guimbaud, Louis

This volume presents a curated selection of Juliette Drouet’s intimate missives to Victor Hugo, accompanied…

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851

Various

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June 1851, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that gathers a…

The Herschels and Modern Astronomy

Agnes M. Clerke

The work is a scholarly biography that traces the lives and scientific contributions of the Herschel family,…

Women of Belgium: Turning Tragedy to Triumph

Charlotte Kellogg

The work is a contemporary account of World War I relief efforts in Belgium, written by Charlotte Kellogg…

Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott

The volume presents a curated collection of letters, journal excerpts, and illustrations that trace the…

Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. 2 (of 2) Or Success, Ideals and How to Attain Them

The volume is a series of conversational sketches that present the lives of notable 19th‑century Americans as…

The Lives of the Saints, Volume 01 (of 16): January

S. Baring-Gould

The work is a scholarly compendium of Christian saints, arranged by the calendar month of January.

The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition) With an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, and Its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including Also a Memoir of Watt

Dionysius Lardner

The work is a comprehensive technical treatise on the steam engine, presented in a systematic,…

Bartholomew de Las Casas; His Life, Apostolate, and Writings

Francis Augustus MacNutt

The work is a scholarly biography of Bartolomé de las Casas, the 16th‑century Dominican friar who championed…

The Story of a Pioneer

Shaw, Anna Howard; Jordan, Elizabeth Garver

The work is a biographical memoir that traces the life of Anna Howard Shaw from her Scottish ancestry through…

Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1

George Otto Trevelyan

The work is a meticulously compiled biography of Thomas Babington Macaulay, the 19th‑century British…

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 08 The Lives of the Poets, Volume II

Samuel Johnson

The volume presents Samuel Johnson’s “Lives of the Poets, Volume II,” a series of biographical sketches that…

Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

Charles Babbage

Passages from the Life of a Philosopher is a self‑styled collection of reminiscences by Charles Babbage, the…

Voltaire

John Morley

The work is a scholarly survey of Voltaire’s life and thought, compiled by John Morley.

Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland

W. H. Davenport Adams

The work is a scholarly survey of the development of magic, alchemy, and witch‑craft in England and Scotland,…

The True Story of My Life: A Sketch

H. C. Andersen

The work is an autobiographical sketch by the Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, presented here in…