Biography & Autobiography
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The Life of John Marshall, Volume 2: Politician, diplomatist, statesman, 1789-1801The Life of John Marshall, Volume 2: Politician, diplomatist, statesman, 1789-1801The decision of the French King, Louis XVI, on the advice of his Ministers, to weaken Great Britain by aiding the Americans in their War for Independence, while it accomplished its purpose, was fatal...
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The Life of John Marshall, Volume 1: Frontiersman, soldier, lawmaker, 1755-1788The Life of John Marshall, Volume 1: Frontiersman, soldier, lawmaker, 1755-1788The work of John Marshall has been of supreme importance in the development of the American Nation, and its influence grows as time passes. Less is known of Marshall, however, than of any of...
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Ole Bull: A MemoirOle Bull: A MemoirIn preparing this memoir my aim has been to use incidents, criticisms, and tributes which brought out characteristic traits, as recognized by others as well as myself, and to supply only what was needed to make the sequence clear. Many poems...
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The ViolinThe Violin - Some Account of That Leading Instrument and Its Most Eminent Professors, from Its Earliest Date to the Present Time; with Hints to Amateurs, Anecdotes, etc. Some Account of That Leading Instrument and Its Most Eminent Professors, from Its Earliest Date to...
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The Syrian ChristThe Syrian Christ This little volume is sent forth in the confident hope that it may throw fresh light on the life and teachings of Christ, and facilitate for the general public the understanding of the Bible. As may be readily seen, from its...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 2 of 2]Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 2 of 2] - With his Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to...
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The PatriarchsThe Patriarchs - Being Meditations upon Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job; The Canticles, Heaven and Earth.Title: The Patriarchs Being Meditations upon Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job; The Canticles, Heaven and Earth. Author: J. G. Bellett Release Date: July 11, 2012...
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History of Cleopatra, Queen of EgyptHistory of Cleopatra, Queen of EgyptIn selecting the subjects for the successive volumes of this series, it has been the object of the author to look for the names of those great personages whose histories constitute useful, and not merely entertaining, knowledge. There are...
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Atrocious Judges : Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of OppressionAtrocious Judges : Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of OppressionHume observes, in his History of England, that among a people who lived in so simple a manner as the Anglo-Saxons, the judicial power is always of greater importance than...
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With Americans of Past and Present DaysWith Americans of Past and Present DaysThis day, thirteen years ago, a new French ambassador presented his credentials. The ambassador was not very old for an ambassador. The President was very young for a president, the youngest, in fact, the United States ever had....
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Peeps at PeoplePeeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington WitherupIt was in the early part of February last that, acting under instructions from headquarters, I set forth from my office in London upon my pilgrimage to the shrines of the...
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Gouverneur MorrisGouverneur MorrisTwo generations ago the average American biographer was certainly a marvel of turgid and aimless verbosity; and the reputations of our early statesmen have in no way proved their vitality more clearly than by surviving their entombment in the pages of the authors...
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Gearr-sgeoil air Sir Seoras Uilleam RosGearr-sgeoil air Sir Seoras Uilleam RosIS toigh le sluagh la-an-diugh a bhith leughadh eachdraidh-beatha dhaoine ainmeil: tha e iomchuidh gu'm bitheadh na Gaidheil cuimhneachail air dilanaich an cinnidh fein, agus tha e 'na aobhar brin cho beag 's a chaidh chur a'n cl mu...
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Women of History: Selected from the Writings of Standard AuthorsWomen of History: Selected from the Writings of Standard AuthorsWomen of History is a further development of the idea which suggested the companion volume, Men of History, viz.: "To exhibit views of the world's great men and women, as set forth in the best...
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William Morris: Poet, Craftsman, SocialistWilliam Morris: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist The personal life of William Morris is already known to us through Mr. Mackails admirable biography as fully, probably, as we shall ever know it. My own endeavour has been to present a picture of Morriss busy career perhaps...
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Heroines of the CrusadesHeroines of the CrusadesTo those whom it has been my privilege and pleasure to lead through the devious and darkened paths of the Past, to all who cordially receive the doctrine that actions and not faint desires for Excellence form the character, I address...
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Sketches of Successful New Hampshire MenSketches of Successful New Hampshire MenThis volume contains portraits and biographical sketches of eighty-eight New Hampshire men whose deserved success in their several callings has made them conspicuous in the professional, business, and political world. It should be the first of a series,the beginning...
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Nicolo Paganini: His Life and WorkNicolo Paganini: His Life and WorkThe author of this work did not live to see the final sheets in print. Although it has not received his revision, yet the book has had careful editing. Mr. Stratton did not undertake the Life of Paganini without...
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Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in IndiaTwelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India - Being Extracts from the Letters of the Late Major W. S. R. Hodson, B. A.It can scarcely be needful to make any apology for offering to the public this record of one who has attracted...
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The Secrets of a SavoyardThe Secrets of a SavoyardLytton represents a distinct type on our musical comedy stage. No other artiste, I think, has quite that gift of wit which makes one not merely a happier, but a better, man for coming under its spell. Its touch is...
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