Biography & Autobiography
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Memories of HawthorneMemories of HawthorneIt will be seen that this volume is really written by Sophia Hawthorne; whose letters from earliest girlhood are so expressed, and so profound in thought and loveliness, that some will of sterner quality than a daughter's must cast them aside. I...
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The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By HimselfThe History of Thomas Ellwood Written By HimselfThe life of the simple Quaker, Thomas Ellwood, to whom the pomps and shows of earth were nowhere so vain as in association with the spiritual life of man, may serve as companion to another volume in...
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English Men of Letters: ColeridgeEnglish Men of Letters: ColeridgeIn a tolerably well-known passage in one of his essays De Quincey enumerates the multiform attainments and powers of Coleridge, and the corresponding varieties of demand made by them on any one who should aspire to become this many-sided man's...
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Mark TwainMark Twain There are to-day, all over the world, men and women and children who owe a debt of almost personal gratitude to Mark Twain for the joy of his humour and the charm of his personality. In the future they will, I doubt...
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Four YearsFour Years At the end of the eighties my father and mother, my brother and sisters and myself, all newly arrived from Dublin, were settled in Bedford Park in a red-brick house with several wood mantlepieces copied from marble mantlepieces by the brothers Adam,...
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Anne Bradstreet and Her TimeAnne Bradstreet and Her TimeGrave doubts at times arise in the critical mind as to whether America has had any famous women. We are reproached with the fact, that in spite of some two hundred years of existence, we have, as yet, developed no...
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Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 PERHAPS it is not necessary to say that the events mentioned in the letters are not imaginaryperhaps the letters themselves tell that! They are truthful accounts of experiences that came into my own life with the Army...
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Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01A generation born since Abraham Lincoln died has already reached manhood and womanhood. Yet there are millions still living who sympathized with him in his noble aspirations, who labored with him in his toilsome life, and whose hearts...
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The Life of Abraham LincolnThe Life of Abraham LincolnThe question will naturally be raised, Why should there be another Life of Lincoln? This may be met by a counter question, Will there ever be a time in the near future when there will not be another Life of...
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Woman on the American FrontierWoman on the American Frontier - A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic"The history of our race is the record mainly of men's achievements, in war, in...
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Memoir of Father Vincent de Paul religious of La TrappeMemoir of Father Vincent de Paul; religious of La TrappeThe reply of Maximilian to the wealthy courtier who tendered him a goodly purse of gold for a title of nobility, was worthy of that emperor: "I can enrich thee," he said, "but only thy...
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Mrs. ShelleyMrs. ShelleyI have to thank all the previous students of Shelley as poet and mannot last nor least among whom is my husbandfor their loving and truthful research on all the subjects surrounding the life of Mrs. Shelley. Every aspect has been presented, and...
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Life of Harriet Beecher StoweLife of Harriet Beecher Stowe - Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward StoweAt my suggestion and with what assistance I have been able to render, my son, Ross Charles Edward Stowe, has compiled from my letters and journals, this...
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FieldingFieldingFrom a critical point of view, the works of Fielding have received abundant examination at the hands of a long line of distinguished writers. Of these, the latest is by no means the least; and as Mr. Leslie Stephen's brilliant studies, in the recent...
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The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes BoothThe Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes BoothOne year ago the writer of the letters which follow, visited the Battle Field of Waterloo. In looking over many relics of the combat preserved in the Museum there, he was particularly interested in the files...
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The Adventure of Living : a Subjective AutobiographyThe Adventure of Living : a Subjective AutobiographyIt is with great pleasure that I accept Major Putnam's suggestion that I should write a special preface to the American edition of my autobiography. Major Putnam, I, and the Spectator, are a triumvirate of old friends,...
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Chaucer's Official LifeChaucer's Official LifeIn making reference to books and manuscripts, I have attempted to use abbreviations which seem, reasonably clear. Perhaps the least intelligible are C. R. which stands for Close Rolls, and L. R. which stands for Life Records of Chaucer (Chaucer Soc.) Wherever...
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Our Friend John BurroughsOur Friend John Burroughs We all claim John Burroughs as our friend. He is inextricably blended with our love for the birds and the flowers, and for all out of doors; but he is much more to us than a charming writer of books...
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Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own WordsBeethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 6546 Author: Beethoven, Ludwig van Release Date: Sep 1, 2004 Format: eBook Language: English Contributors Editor: Kerst, Friedrich, 1870-1961 , Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923
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The Log-Cabin Lady — An Anonymous AutobiographyThe Log-Cabin Lady — An Anonymous Autobiography The story of The Log-Cabin Lady is one of the annals of America. It is a moving record of the conquest of self-consciousness and fear through mastery of manners and customs. It has been written by one...
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