Essays, Letters & Speeches

Essays of Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

The volume gathers the assorted essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, the German philosopher whose reputation rests…

On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature

John Ruskin

On the Old Road Vol. 1 is a miscellany of essays and articles that John Rus‑kin assembled toward the end of…

Creative Unity

Rabindranath Tagore

Creative Unity is a philosophical essay that weaves together Hindu thought, especially the Upanishadic…

De Lof der Zotheid

Desiderius Erasmus

De Lof der Zotheid, beter bekend als Moriae Encomium, is Erasmus’ satirische lofzang op de dwaasheid, een…

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905

Various

Ainslee’s, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 is a periodical anthology that gathers short stories and poetry from the…

The letters of Hart Crane, 1916-1932

Hart Crane

The volume is a collection of Hart Crane’s letters written between 1916 and 1932, assembled to complement the…

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III

John Addington Symonds

The work is a three‑volume travelogue that brings together John Addington Symonds’s earlier essays, “Sketches…

Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare

Leo Tolstoy

The work is a polemical essay in which Leo Tolstoy, writing under the name “Leo, graf,” confronts the…

The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III

Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets

Marsden Hartley

The book is a collection of informal essays by Marsden Hartley that treats art, vaudeville, and poetry as…

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War

Finley Peter Dunne

This work is a collection of humorous sketches by the fictional Irish‑American tavern‑philosopher Mr.

The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852

Various

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle’s On Heroes, Hero‑Worship, and the Heroic in History is a series of lectures that treat “Great…

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, December 1878

Various

The December 1878 issue of Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science presents a sprawling…

The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

Various

The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893, is an illustrated monthly that reads like a leisurely travelogue…

The Foot-path Way

Bradford Torrey

The work is a natural‑history memoir that opens with a vivid tableau of a mixed party of scholars, an…

What's Wrong with the World

G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton’s What’s Wrong with the World is a polemical essay on social problems, launched with a…

Jersey Street and Jersey Lane: Urban and Suburban Sketches

H. C. Bunner

Jersey Street and Jersey Lane: Urban and Suburban Sketches is a series of short, observational vignettes that…

The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) Poetry - Volume 2

Alexander Pope

The second volume of Alexander Pope’s collected works presents a scholarly edition of his poetry, enriched…

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects

Mary Wollstonecraft

This work is a polemical treatise by Mary Wollstonecraft, the eighteenth‑century British writer whose life…

Montaigne and Shakspere

J. M. Robertson

The work is a scholarly essay that investigates the intellectual relationship between William Shakespeare and…

The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1

George Gordon Byron

This volume assembles the surviving letters and journal entries of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron, covering…

The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

Various

The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893, is an illustrated monthly that offers a vivid snapshot of…

Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources

W. A. Clouston

The volume is a curated anthology of aphorisms that draws chiefly from Eastern literary traditions, though it…