Essays, Letters & Speeches

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843

Various

This volume of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, dated December 1843, presents a scholarly essay that revisits…

The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

Various

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No. 5, published in November 1862, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that…

Cargoes for Crusoes

Grant M. Overton

The work presents itself as a whimsical literary miscellany, introduced by a self‑styled Robinson Crusoe who…

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that gathers…

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.

Various

The volume you hold is a nineteenth‑century issue of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, dated October 1843, and…

Reviews

Oscar Wilde

The volume is a curated collection of Oscar Wilde’s contemporary reviews and essays, assembled by an editor…

Miss Eden's Letters

Emily Eden

Miss Eden’s Letters is a curated collection of the private correspondence of Emily Eden (1797‑1869), a…

The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish

Jonathan Swift

The seventh volume of the Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.

The Perfect Gentleman

Ralph Bergengren

The work is an essay‑like meditation on the elusive ideal of the “Perfect Gentleman,” opening with a witty…

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847

Various

The October 1847 issue of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine presents a miscellany of essays, reviews and…

The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon

The work before you is Francis Bacon’s The Advancement of Learning, a seventeenth‑century treatise that opens…

Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886

Various

Donahoe’s Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1 (January 1886) is a nineteenth‑century periodical that opens with a…

An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females

Catharine Esther Beecher

Catharine Esther Beecher’s “An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American…

At the Deathbed of Darwinism: A Series of Papers

Eberhard Dennert

The work is a scholarly critique of Darwinian natural selection, assembled as a series of papers that were…

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844

Various

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 55, number 344, is a mid‑Victorian periodical that gathers a…

Remarks

Bill Nye

Bill Nye’s “Remarks” is a self‑styled compendium of wit, anecdote, and assorted observations, presented as…

Ariel

José Enrique Rodó

El libro se presenta como una reflexión filosófica sobre la juventud, la democracia y la ética social,…

Woman in the Nineteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman.

Margaret Fuller

The work is a nineteenth‑century treatise on the “sphere, condition and duties” of women, assembled from…

The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Jean de La Bruyère

The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915

Various

The Menorah Journal, Volume 1 (1915) is a collective publication that serves as the official organ of the…

Mark Twain's Speeches

Mark Twain

When Winter Comes to Main Street

Grant M. Overton

The work is a scholarly essay that situates Hugh Walpole’s novels within his own peripatetic life, using a…

The Theosophical Path Illustrated Monthly Volume 1, July-December, 1911

Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

The work is a systematic treatise on aesthetics, in which Friedrich Schiller sets out to define the…