Essays, Letters & Speeches

Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 4 With a Memoir and Index

Thomas Babington Macaulay

The work is a mixed compilation of critical, historical, and miscellaneous essays assembled by Thomas…

The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, and Other Documents Illustrative of His Career

Vespucci, Amerigo; Casas, Bartolomé de las; Columbus, Christopher

The volume is a scholarly collection that brings together the surviving letters of Amerigo Vespucci, the…

William Blake: A Critical Essay

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne’s work is a scholarly supplement to the existing biography of William Blake,…

Representative Men: Seven Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The work is a collection of seven lectures in which Emerson sets out to examine the idea that history and…

Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2

John Wilson

Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 is a collection of essays by John Wilson, published under his…

Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences

Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s essay “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offences” is a polemical work of literary criticism that sets…

Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams

Adams, John; Adams, Abigail

This volume assembles the surviving correspondence between John Adams and his wife Abigail during the…

Excursions, and Poems The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 05 (of 20)

Henry David Thoreau

The volume gathers a varied assortment of Thoreau’s shorter prose and poetry, beginning with the travel essay…

Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

Mary Wollstonecraft

The work is a collection of Mary Wollstonecraft’s letters written during a brief, turbulent stay in Sweden…

The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1 or a collection of speeches, letters, journals, etc. relative to the affairs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Robert Forbes

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An Liu

The Complete Works of Josh Billings

Josh Billings

The Complete Works of Josh Billings gathers the prolific output of Henry W.

The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863

Abraham Lincoln

This volume is a primary‑source collection of Abraham Lincoln’s official papers and writings from 1862‑1863,…

Amours d'Extrême-Orient Illustrations d'après nature par Amédée Vignola

Olivier Diraison-Seylor

Ce volume, signé Olivier Diraison‑Seylor, se présente comme une réflexion esthétique et hygiénique sur la…

Stories of Symphonic Music A Guide to the Meaning of Important Symphonies, Overtures, and Tone-poems from Beethoven to the Present Day

Lawrence Gilman

The book is a practical guide for the concert‑goer who wishes to hear modern orchestral works that tell a…

The Women Who Make Our Novels

Grant M. Overton

The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1

Elizabeth Bisland

The work is a two‑volume biography of Lafcadio Hearn compiled by Elizabeth Bisland and published in 1906.

Plague and pestilence in literature and art

Sir Raymond Henry Payne Crawfurd

Raymond Crawfurd’s Plague and Pestilence in Literature and Art is a scholarly survey that began as the…

The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): The Rights of Man

Thomas Paine

The volume presents Thomas Paine’s “Rights of Man,” the second part of his polemic against Edmund Burke’s…

The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2

Emperor of Rome Julian

The volume presents the second half of Emperor Julian’s collected orations, speeches, and addresses, rendered…

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.

Various

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2 (July 1850) is a periodical essay that opens with a sweeping,…

Prints and their makers: Essays on Engravers and Etchers Old and Modern

Why we should read--

S. P. B. Mais

The work is a self‑conscious essay on reading, framed as a guide to the books the author has found worth…

The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Vol. 2 [of 2]

Percy Bysshe Shelley

The second volume of The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley gathers the writer’s later essays, translations,…