Essays, Letters & Speeches

The New-York Weekly Magazine, or Miscellaneous Repository Forming an Interesting Collection of Original and Select Literary Productions in Prose and Verse

The New‑York Weekly Magazine, or Miscellaneous Repository, is a late‑eighteenth‑century American periodical…

The Defendant

G. K. Chesterton

The work is a collection of essays by G. K. Chesterton, presented under the provocative title The Defendant.

Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star: War-time Editorials

Theodore Roosevelt

The Art of Letters

Robert Lynd

The Art of Letters is a scholarly collection of essays by Robert Lynd that gathers together his previously…

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851

Various

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15 (August 1851) presents a richly detailed essay on the early…

Modern Essays

The volume presents a self‑conscious anthology of contemporary essays, assembled by an unnamed anthologist…

The Catholic World, Vol. 13, April to September, 1871

Various

The Catholic World, Vol. 13 (April‑September 1871) is a nineteenth‑century Catholic periodical that gathers a…

張載集

Zai Zhang

Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals

Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore’s “Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6” is a biographical compilation that intertwines Byron’s own…

Five Years of Theosophy

Five Years of Theosophy is a memoir‑style treatise that records a former disciple’s observations on occult…

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters

Sand, George; Flaubert, Gustave

This volume presents the translated correspondence between George Sand and Gustave Flaubert, a twelve‑year…

The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842

Lamb, Charles; Lamb, Mary

The Works of Thomas Hood; Vol. 01 (of 11) Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, With All the Original Illustrations

Thomas Hood

The first volume of Thomas Hood’s collected works presents a sweeping anthology that mixes comic and serious…

Adventures and Enthusiasms

E. V. Lucas

A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners

Charlotte Biggs

The work is a collection of letters written by an English lady who lived in France during the turbulent years…

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12)

Edmund Burke

The volume gathers a series of Edmund Burke’s political papers and reflections dated between 1792 and 1793, a…

The Path of the Law

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The work is a scholarly treatise on the nature of law, presented as a systematic introduction to legal study.

The Catholic World, Vol. 18, October, 1873, to March, 1874. A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science

Various

How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays

Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s “How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays” is a collection of observations on the craft of…

Marcel Proust, an English Tribute

The work is an essay‑like tribute that gathers the reflections of English critics, translators, and friends…

The Library and Society: Reprints of Papers and Addresses

The volume is a collected series of papers and addresses that trace the emergence of the modern public…

A Minor War History Compiled from a Soldier Boy's Letters to "the Girl I Left Behind Me": 1861-1864

Martin A. Haynes

This work is a personal chronicle assembled from the letters of Martin A.

Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O

Modern Eloquence, Volume II gathers a curated selection of after‑dinner speeches that were deemed the finest…