Biography & Autobiography
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Historic Shrines of AmericaHistoric Shrines of America - Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them NotablevCircular tours have long been popular in England. There was a timeas there will be a time againwhen American visitors felt that to...
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Ecce Homo! Or, A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of NazarethEcce Homo! Or, A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth - Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels ALTHOUGH the writings of the New Testament are in the hands of every one, nothing is more uncommon than to find the professors...
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Famous American StatesmenFamous American Statesmen"With the great, one's thoughts and manners easily become great; ... what this country longs for is personalities, grand persons, to counteract its materialities," says Emerson. Such lives as are sketched in this book are a constant inspiration, both to young and...
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Women Painters of the WorldWomen Painters of the World - From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day WHAT is genius? Is it not both masculine and feminine? Are not some of its qualities instinct with manhood, while others delight us with...
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Canute the Great, 995 (circa)-1035, and the Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking AgeCanute the Great, 995 (circa)-1035, and the Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking AgeToward the close of the eighth century, there appeared in the waters of Western Europe the strange dragon fleets of the Northmen, the "heathen," or the vikings, as they called...
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Life and Writings of Maurice MaeterlinckLife and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"Maurice Maeterlinck.Il dbuta ... dans La Pliade par un chef-d'uvre: Le Massacre des Innocents. Albert Mockel devint plus tard son patient et infatigable aptre Paris. C'est lui qui nous fit connatre Les Serres Chaudes et surtout cette Princesse Maleine...
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Browning and His CenturyBrowning and His CenturyDuring the nineteenth century, which has already receded far enough into the perspective of the past for us to be able to take a comprehensive view of it, the advance guard of the human race found itself in a position entirely...
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Women of AchievementWomen of Achievement - Written for the Fireside SchoolsThe work of the Fireside Schools was begun in 1884 by Joanna P. Moore, who was born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1832, and who died in Selma, Alabama, April 15, 1916. For fifty years...
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The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern PictsThe Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern PictsAFTER having attempted to write the life of our illustrious St. Patrick, with that of his spiritual daughter Bridget, the saintly patroness of Ireland, it is but meet, and may be expected, that...
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Édes anyaföldem! : Egy nép s egy ember története (2. kötet)Édes anyaföldem! : Egy nép s egy ember története (2. kötet)Gzparipn l ismt a tkozl fiu, bszkn, diadalmasan vgtat Pest fel, mintha nem a Vletlennek, de maga-magnak ksznhetn a feltmadst. Vgtat a sebes szlnl sebesebben, mg a gondolatnl is sebesebben legalbb azt hiszi, hogy...
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Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 TWO VOLUMES IN ONE BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY LAURA E. RICHARDS AND MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY...
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Édes anyaföldem! : Egy nép s egy ember története (1. kötet)Édes anyaföldem! : Egy nép s egy ember története (1. kötet)A magyar nemzet ezerves letnek legszomorubb tavaszn fogtam e knyv irsba: az els fejezetek egy-kt keser kiszlst ez magyarzza. Azzal az rzssel ltem irasztalomhoz, hogy e knyv iri plym utols knyve lesz hallom utn...
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Charles Darwin: His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published LettersCharles Darwin: His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published LettersIn preparing this volume, which is practically an abbreviation of the Life and Letters (1887), my aim has been to retain as far as possible the personal...
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Notable Women Authors of the Day: Biographical SketchesNotable Women Authors of the Day: Biographical SketchesTRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Portraits have been moved from the middle of the chapter to the beginning of the same. Footnotes have been renumbered and moved to the end of the chapter in which they appear. Obvious errors have...
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51 Years of Victorian LifeFifty-One Years of Victorian LifeI was born at Stoneleigh Abbey on October 29th, 1849. My father has told me that immediately afterwardsI suppose next dayI was held up at the window for the members of the North Warwickshire Hunt to drink my health. I...
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The Great Painters' GospelThe Great Painters' Gospel - Pictures Representing Scenes and Incidents in the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ "I am the Light of the World." Holman Hunt. 1827- PICTURES representing scenes and incidents in the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ W A WILDE...
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Nurse and Spy in the Union ArmyNurse and Spy in the Union Army - The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-FieldsNo apology is necessary for adding one more to the numerous War Books which already fill a large space in American Literature; for, to the...
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The Freedmen's BookThe Freedmen's BookI have prepared this book expressly for you, with the hope that those of you who can read will read it aloud to others, and that all of you will derive fresh strength and courage from this true record of what colored...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and AnecdotesThe Life of Benjamin Franklin, Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes "There is no kind of reading more attractive than biography, and, if properly treated, there is none more instructive. It appears, therefore, to be peculiarly fitted to the purposes of education; it readily...
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Adventures in Swaziland: The Story of a South African BoerAdventures in Swaziland: The Story of a South African BoerI was born only a few days trek, or march, from the Swazi border and even as a youth made numerous trips into Swaziland. Through my uncle, Oom Tuys Grobler, known as "The White King...
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