Biographies

Jane Austen's sailor brothers: Being the adventures of Sir Francis Austen, G.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet and Rear-Admiral Charles Austen

Hubback, J. H. (John Henry); Hubback, Edith C.

The work is a family‑produced biography that intertwines the naval careers of Sir Francis Austen, G.C.B.,…

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 24

Robert Louis Stevenson

This volume gathers the letters and diary entries of Robert Louis Stevenson during the years 1882‑1884, a…

The pillow-book of Sei Shōnagon

Sei Shōnagon

The Pillow‑Book of Sei Shōnagon is a courtly miscellany from tenth‑century Heian Japan, compiled by the…

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2

Rupert Hughes

The volume is a biographical sketch that treats the life of Franz Liszt as a series of romantic episodes,…

Albert Dürer

T. Sturge Moore

The work is a scholarly appreciation of Albrecht Dürer, written by T.

Personal reminiscences of Henry Irving

Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker’s “Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving” is a memoir‑style portrait of the celebrated Victorian…

Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.

Henry Reeve

The work is a two‑volume memoir and correspondence of Henry Reeve, a 19th‑century British journalist and…

The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912

L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone

The work is a memoir‑style chronicle by L. de Hegermann‑Lindencrone, written from the perspective of a…

The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story

Frank Harris

Frank Harris’s work is a biographical‑critical study that treats William Shakespeare not merely as a…

Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers."

Bradlaugh, Charles; Collins, Anthony, active 19th century; Watts, John

The work is a biographical sketch of celebrated freethinkers, assembled from the 19th‑century English volume…

The remains of the late Mrs. Richard Trench: Being Selections From Her Journals, Letters, & Other Papers

Melesina Chenevix St. George Trench

The work is a posthumous compilation of the papers of Melesina Chenevix St George, later Mrs Richard Trench,…

The Note-Book of an Attaché: Seven Months in the War Zone

Eric Fisher Wood

The Note‑Book of an Attaché is a first‑hand wartime memoir that blends personal diary entries with a…

Giorgione

Herbert Frederick Cook

Herbert Frederick Cook’s monograph on Giorgiri­one is a scholarly survey that opens with a candid appraisal…

A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

James E. Seaver

This work is a biographical narrative of Mary Jemison, a white woman captured by the Seneca in the…

Eminent Authors of the Nineteenth Century: Literary Portraits

Georg Brandes

Georg Brandes’s Eminent Authors of the Nineteenth Century is a collection of nine revised essays that…

Autobiography and Selected Essays

Thomas Henry Huxley

The volume gathers Thomas Henry Huxley’s autobiographical sketch together with a selection of his essays,…

Isaac Watts; His Life and Writings, His Homes and Friends

Edwin Paxton Hood

The work is a biographical tribute to Isaac Watts, the 18th‑century hymn‑writer and theologian, penned by…

Sir Henry Irving—A Record of Over Twenty Years at the Lyceum

Percy Fitzgerald

Percle Fitzgerald’s “Sir Henry Irving, A Record of Over Twenty Years at the Lyceum” is a detailed,…

The Life of Tolstoy: First Fifty Years Fifth Edition

Aylmer Maude

The work is a biographical study of Leo Tolstoy that begins with a straightforward statement of purpose: the…

Joel Chandler Harris' life of Henry W. Grady including his writings and speeches

The Sunny Side of the Street

Marshall P. Wilder

Marshall P. Wilder’s The Sunny Side of the Street is a sprawling anthology of wit, anecdote, and personal…

A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum

Joel Benton

This work is a nineteenth‑century biography of Phineas Taylor Barnum, written by Joel Benton.

The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838

James Gillman

James Gillman’s work is a biographical memoir that seeks to honor Samuel Taylor Coleridge by weaving together…

Recollections of a Busy Life: Being the Reminiscences of a Liverpool Merchant 1840-1910

Sir William Bower Forwood

The work is an autobiographical memoir of Sir William Bower Forwood, a Liverpool merchant whose life spanned…