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John Marshall and the Constitution, a Chronicle of the Supreme Court

Edward Samuel Corwin

Voltaire: A Sketch of His Life and Works

Wheeler, J. M. (Joseph Mazzini); Foote, G. W.

Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals

Thomas Moore

Twenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical Notes

Jane Addams

Robert Burns: How To Know Him

William Allan Neilson

Alfred Tennyson

Andrew Lang

The Book of Missionary Heroes

Basil Mathews

Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 2 (of 3)

Ireland, John; Nichols, John

Ross's Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, 1810-1813

Alexander Ross

Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi

Giorgio Vasari

Henry D. Thoreau

F. B. Sanborn

Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography

Washington Irving

Cover of The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3
Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War
which Established the Independence of his Country and First
President of the United States

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 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

Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris

Henry Du Pré Labouchere

Prose remains of Arthur Hugh Clough, with a selection from his letters and a memoir

Arthur Hugh Clough

Cover of The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. II (of VI), "To Paris and Prison"
The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. II (of VI), "To Paris and Prison" The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings

Giacomo Casanova