Essays, Letters & Speeches

Montaigne et François Bacon

Pierre Villey

Ce volume est une étude critique qui s’attache à la question de l’influence réciproque entre Michel de…

Areopagitica A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England

John Milton

This work is John Milton’s 1644 parliamentary address defending the freedom to print without prior licensing.

Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities

Russell H. Conwell

Russell H. Conwell’s “Acres of Diamonds” is a lecture‑style treatise that opens with a vivid description of…

Thoughts Out of Season, Part II

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The volume collects the second and third essays of Nietzsche’s Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen, written in the…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 05

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4

Various

The April 1844 issue of The Knickerbocker, or New‑York Monthly Magazine opens with a sweeping essay that…

Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions from Best Authors for Use in Class Room and on the Platform

The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874

Various

The Catholic World, Vol. 19 (April–September 1874) is a scholarly periodical that gathers essays on Catholic…

Petrarch's Letters to Classical Authors

Francesco Petrarca

Petrarch’s Letters to Classical Authors gathers a selection of the Italian poet‑humanist’s imagined…

The Battle of the Books, and other Short Pieces

Jonathan Swift

The work is a satirical essay collection that opens with a sprawling biographical sketch of Jonathan Swift,…

The Letters of Henry James (Vol. II)

Henry James

Literature and Life (Complete)

William Dean Howells

Literature and Life (Complete) gathers the varied essays, sketches, and short stories of William Dean Howells…

Essays in Zen Buddhism: First series

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

The work is a scholarly collection of essays by D.T. Suzuki, originally appearing in The Eastern Buddhist and…

Thistledown: A Book of Scotch Humour, Character, Folk-lore, Story & Anecdote

Robert Ford

Robert Ford’s Thistledown is a wide‑ranging anthology of Scottish wit, assembled to showcase the nation’s…

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes

Robert Green Ingersoll

Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2)

Edward Gibbon

Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753‑1794) Volume 2 gathers the later correspondence of the famed…

United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. Bush

United States. Presidents

The volume is a straightforward compilation of the United States’ presidential inaugural addresses, beginning…

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)

The book is a collection of letters written between 1862 and 1868 by a handful of New‑England volunteers who…

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The work is a series of conversational essays that first appeared in the New‑England Magazine in the early…

The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; On Human Nature

Arthur Schopenhauer

The volume gathers a selection of Schopenhauer’s essays taken from the chapters “Zur Ethik” and “Zur…

Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)

Edward Gibbon

The volume presents the private correspondence of Edward Gibbon, the eighteenth‑century English historian…

The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete

Abraham Lincoln

This volume gathers the writings, speeches, and correspondence of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the…

Without Prejudice

Israel Zangwill

Without Prejudice is an essay‑like work by Israel Zangwill that launches itself in a single, feverish vision.

American nights entertainment

Grant M. Overton

Grant Overton’s American Nights Entertainment is a scholarly miscellany that gathers essays on a handful of…