Essays, Letters & Speeches

American literary masters

Leon H. Vincent

Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes

Philip Hale

This volume gathers the programme notes Philip Hale wrote for the Boston Symphony Orchestra over thirty‑two…

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851

Various

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May 1851, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that blends literary…

Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 2 of 3

Marcus Tullius Cicero

This volume presents the seventh through eleventh books of Marcus Tullius Cicero’s Letters to Atticus, a…

First Oration of Cicero Against Catiline with Notices, Notes and Complete Vocabulary

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Haec editio, a JOHN HENDERSON, M.A. compilata, est prima oratio Ciceronis contra Catilinam, iuncta cum…

The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 6 (of 6), Part 1 (Letters, Chronological Table) New Complete Library Edition

The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422‑1509, Volume VI, Part 1 is a scholarly edition of a primary‑source collection…

The women novelists

R. Brimley Johnson

The work is a scholarly survey of women’s contributions to the English novel from the Restoration through the…

American Indian Stories

Zitkala-Sa

The work is a collection of autobiographical sketches and oral‑tradition recordings by Zitkala‑Sa, a Yankton…

A century of English essays: An anthology ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the writers of our own time

This anthology gathers short English essays that aim to capture the everyday life, manners, and countryside…

Russian literature

Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz

The work is a scholarly survey of Russian literature, framed as a lecture series that the author, Petr…

The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I)

Henry James

The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I) gathers the prolific correspondence of the American novelist whose life,…

Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913

Cromer, Evelyn Baring, Earl of

The work is a series of political and literary essays assembled between 1908 and 1913 by Evelyn Baring, Earl…

The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Religion, a Dialogue, Etc.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The volume gathers a selection of Schopenhauer’s later essays, drawn from the collection he titled Parerga…

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 09

Robert Louis Stevenson

This volume gathers a miscellany of Stevenson’s essays, sketches and reflections, many of which first…

The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

The Note‑Books of Samuel Butler are not a conventional narrative but a sprawling, self‑made archive of the…

The Roman Poets of the Republic, 3rd edition

W. Y. Sellar

The work is a scholarly survey of Roman poetry from the early Republic through the closing years of the…

Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2

Thomas Jefferson

This volume gathers a series of letters penned by Thomas Jefferson during his 1786 diplomatic mission to…

Bentley's Miscellany, Volume I

Various

Bentley’s Miscellany, Volume I is a Victorian‑era compendium of prose, poetry and satire assembled by the…

Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

This volume is the first of a two‑part selection of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s private correspondence,…

The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 12 (of 12)

William Hazlitt

The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 12, gathers the final set of essays that complete the English…

All Things Considered

G. K. Chesterton

All Things Considered gathers a series of essays that G. K.

Twice round the clock; or, The hours of the day and night in London

George Augustus Sala

George Augustus Sala’s Twice round the clock; or, The hours of the day and night in London is a nonfiction…

Letters of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

This volume collects the letters Felix Mendelssohn‑Bartholdy wrote between 1833 and his death in 1847,…

Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

The work is a compilation of tablets written by ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá, the son of the founder of the Bahá’í Faith,…