Biographies

Old Times on the Upper Mississippi The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863

George Byron Merrick

Old Times on the Upper Mississippi is a first‑person memoir by George Byron Merrick, a “cub” steamboat pilot…

Montreal from 1535 to 1914. Vol. 3. Biographical

William H. Atherton

The volume is a biographical compendium forming the third part of William H.

Benjamin Franklin

John T. Morse, Jr.

The work is a scholarly biography of Benjamin Franklin, positioned as the opening volume of a larger series…

Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood

James Boswell

James Boswell’s Life of Johnson is an extensive biographical portrait of Samuel Johnson, the eminent…

The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 4 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 4

Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de

The fourth volume of François‑René Chateaubriand’s Mémoires d’outre‑tombe continues the diplomat‑author’s…

France and England in North America, Part III: La Salle, Discovery of The Great West

Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman’s third volume in the “France and England in North America” series offers a detailed…

Memoirs to Illustrate the History of My Time, Volume 1

François Guizot

The work is a sprawling memoir in which François Guizot, a leading statesman of the Restoration and July…

Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Complete Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen

Mme. Campan

The work is a first‑hand chronicle by Madame Campan, the queen’s principal lady‑in‑waiting, documenting the…

Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets

Mrs. Oliphant

The work is a sweeping historical survey of Edinburgh, presented under the banner “Royal Edinburgh: Her…

Herman Melville, Mariner and Mystic

Raymond M. Weaver

Raymond M. Weaver’s work is a scholarly biography that situates Herman Melville within the turbulent currents…

Sir Walter Ralegh: A Biography

W. Stebbing

The work is a scholarly biography of Sir Walter Ralegh, written by William Stebbing and catalogued under…

Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men

Various

The volume is a collection of biographical sketches that celebrate the men who helped shape New Hampshire’s…

All in the Day's Work: An Autobiography

Ida M. Tarbell

All in the Day’s Work is an autobiographical memoir by Ida M.

Aventures d'un Gentilhomme Breton aux îles Philippines

Paul P. de La Gironière

Ce volume est le récit autobiographique de Paul de La Gironière, médecin de marine et colon français, qui…

Life of St. Francis of Assisi

Paul Sabatier

Paul Sabatier’s Life of St. Francis of Assisi is a scholarly biography that weaves together documentary…

As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century

Marian Gouverneur

Marian Gouverneur’s work is a sprawling recollection of American social life in the nineteenth century,…

Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent (vol. 1 of 2)

Alfred von Reumont

Alfred von Reumont’s work is a nineteenth‑century scholarly biography of Lorenzo de’ Medici, the…

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

John Marshall

The volume is a scholarly biography of George Washington, written by John Marshall, and it opens with a…

Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 1 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883

Montefiore, Moses, Sir; Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

The work is a two‑volume diary that records the public and private lives of Sir Moses Montefiere and his wife…

Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy

Walt Whitman

The volume gathers a series of Whitman’s nonfiction pieces, opening with a vivid meditation on the…

Letters of Asa Gray; Vol. 2

Asa Gray

This volume gathers a series of Asa Gray’s letters from the early 1860s, revealing the botanist’s candid…

The World I Live In

Helen Keller

Helen Keller’s The World I Live In is a nonfiction work that blends memoir, philosophical essay, and sensory…

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete

Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de

The work is a sprawling memoir that blends personal grief with courtly reportage.

Lord John Russell

Stuart J. Reid

Stuart J. Reid’s Lord John Russell is a meticulously documented biography of the nineteenth‑century British…