Essays, Letters & Speeches

Selections From the Works of John Ruskin

John Ruskin

The volume presents a curated assortment of John Rus‑kin’s writings, chosen to give a faithful impression of…

The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton. Volume I

Mrs. Russell Barrington

The volume is a Victorian‑era biography that blends memoir, correspondence, and critical appraisal of the…

Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2

Edward FitzGerald

This volume gathers the later correspondence of Edward FitzGerald, the Victorian poet and translator best…

A Letter to a Hindu

Leo Tolstoy

The work is a literal translation of Leo Tolstoy’s reply to an inquiry from the editor of Free Hindustan,…

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

The work is a sprawling compilation of Benjamin Franklin’s scientific correspondence and experimental notes,…

The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10

John Dryden

Volume 10 of the first‑collected edition of John Dryden’s works presents a scholarly appraisal of his poem…

Views and Opinions

Ouida

The work is a single‑volume collection of essays by the Victorian novelist Ouida, whose real name was Marie…

Boswelliana: The Commonplace Book of James Boswell, with a Memoir and Annotations

James Boswell

Boswelliana is a scholarly edition of James Boswell’s personal commonplace book, the notebook in which the…

The Unpopular Review Vol. I January-June 1914

Various

The Unpopular Review Vol. I (January‑June 1914) is a collection of essays that wrestles with the…

Essays

Winthrop Mackworth Praed

The volume is a collected edition of the prose writings of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, assembled at the request…

Proverbes sur les femmes, l'amitié, l'amour et le mariage

P.-M. Quitard

Ce volume, signé Pierre‑Marie Quitard, est un recueil de proverbes français consacrés aux femmes, à l’amitié,…

Shadowings

Lafcadio Hearn

The volume is a translation of Japanese folklore and legend, gathered by Lafcadio Hearn under the title…

Shadows and sunbeams: Being a second series of Fern leaves from Fanny's portfolio

Fanny Fern

The work is a collection of short stories and essays by Fanny Fern, published in 1854 as a second series of…

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3

Thomas Henry Huxley

The third volume of Thomas Henry Huxley’s Life and Letters continues the biographer’s chronicle of the famed…

What I Saw in America

G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton’s What I Saw in America is a travel‑essay collection that treats the United States as a…

Philosophy and the Social Problem

Will Durant

Medical Essays, 1842-1882

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes’s Medical Essays, 1842‑1882 gathers a series of lectures and papers that first appeared…

Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems.

Margaret Fuller

Margaret Fuller’s Life Without and Life Within gathers together a varied assortment of reviews, essays, and…

Vignettes of San Francisco

Almira Morey

Almira Morey’s Vignettes of San Francisco is a lyrical travelogue that opens with a fervent declaration of…

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12)

Edmund Burke

The volume gathers a series of Edmund Burke’s parliamentary speeches and accompanying notes from the 1770s,…

夢溪筆談, Volume 01-26

Kuo Shen

William Shakespeare

Victor Hugo

The work is Victor Hugo’s expansive tribute to Shakespeare, framed as “Apropos to Shakespeare.” It begins…

The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1

Daniel Webster

The work is a comprehensive collection of Daniel Webster’s public speeches and legal arguments, assembled to…

The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 3, November, 1834

Various

The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I, No. 3 (November 1834) is a nineteenth‑century American periodical…