Biography & Autobiography
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Female Warriors, Vol. 1 (of 2)Female Warriors, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, from the Mythological Ages to the Present Era.WERE it not for fear of Mrs. Grundy, whose awful visage is to the modern Briton what the Gorgon's head was to the ancient...
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My Friend Annabel LeeMy Friend Annabel LeeBUT the only person in Boston town who has given me of the treasure of her heart, and the treasure of her mind, and the touch of her fair hand in friendship, is Annabel Lee. Since I looked for no friendship...
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The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Volumes One and TwoThe Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Volumes One and Two - Written by HerselfHarriette Wilson, the daughter of John and Amelia Dubochet, was born in London on February 22, 1786. Her birth is recorded in the Parish Register of St. George, Hanover Square, and her...
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Bits of BlarneyBits of BlarneyMy Dear Sir:The deified heroes of the Norse mythology are believed to spend their afternoons in drinking something stronger than lemonade out of their enemies' skulls, and some ill-natured persons, seizing on the idea, have declared that publishers use the skulls of...
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I, Mary MacLane: A Diary of Human DaysI, Mary MacLane: A Diary of Human DaysSo assayed I begin to write this book of myself, to show to myself in detail the woman who is inside me. It may or it maynt show also a type, a universal Eve-old woman. If it...
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Historic Girlhoods, Part OneHistoric Girlhoods, Part One These stories in general follow the actual records of history, but in a few cases, where little was known of certain girls, the author has felt at liberty to add incidents illustrating the characters and the times. The old Italian...
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A Pickle for the Knowing OnesA Pickle for the Knowing Ones Timothy Dexter, the author of the following curious and unique production, entitled "A Pickle for the Knowing Ones," which is here re-printed verbatim et spellatim from the original edition, was born in Malden, January 22, 1747. Having served...
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The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson Compiled From Family Letters and ReminiscencesThe Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson Compiled From Family Letters and ReminiscencesI do not in this volume write of Jefferson either as of the great man or as of the statesman. My object is only to give a faithful picture of him as he...
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Wilderness, A Journal of Quiet Adventure in AlaskaWilderness, A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska Most of this book was written on Fox Island in Alaska, a journal added to from day to day. It was not meant for publication but merely that we who were living there that year might...
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Marie TarnowskaMarie Tarnowska On the morning of September 3rd, 1907, Count Paul Kamarowsky, a wealthy Russian nobleman, was fatally shot in his apartments on the Lido in Venice by an intimate friend, Nicolas Naumoff, son of the governor of Orel. The crime was at first...
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Cox—The ManCox—The ManNever has there been a presidential election when so many voters were undecided as to what to do. This especially applies to a great group of Republicans who favor the United States joining the League of Nations on some such basis as Governor...
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The Lumberjack Sky PilotThe Lumberjack Sky PilotBY THE REV. JOHN E. BUSHNELL, D. D. It has long been felt by those familiar with the human side of the forest life that its call should be heard, and that the efforts of devoted hearts to minister to the...
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Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, ambassador, author and conjurerMemoirs of Robert-Houdin, ambassador, author and conjurerA MAN may not only take his own life, by writing his autobiography, without committing felo de se, but may carry himself into future time by producing a book which the world will not willingly let die. This...
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The Mystery of Mary StuartThe Mystery of Mary StuartMr. Carlyle not unjustly described the tragedy of Mary Stuart as but a personal incident in the true national History of Scotland. He asked for other and more essential things than these revelations of high life. Yet he himself wrote...
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Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 2Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 2Transcriber's Notes: Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. Ellipses match the original. Greek words that may not display correctly in all browsers are transliterated in the text like this: . Position...
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Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 1Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 1Transcriber's Notes: Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. Ellipses match the original. Greek words that may not display correctly in all browsers are transliterated in the text like this: . Position...
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Les Peintres ProvençauxLes Peintres Provençaux - Loubon et son temps - Aiguier - Ricard - Monticelli - Paul GuigouIl faut cultiver notre jardin. (Voltaire.) A l'Exposition centennale de l'art franais, les peintres provenaux remportaient, l'an dernier, des avantages marqus, mme triomphaux, dans la glorieuse bataille artistique...
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The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6WITH the exception of the last two chapters, these three volumes were printed at the same time with the first three volumes of The Story of my Life in 1896, therefore many persons are spoken of in them...
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Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 3 (Vol. 10 - 13)Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 3 (Vol. 10 - 13)Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Retraite Nohant.Travaux...
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The Unmasking of Robert-HoudinThe Unmasking of Robert-HoudinTHIS book is the natural result of the moulding, dominating influence which the spirit and writings of Robert-Houdin have exerted over my professional career. My interest in conjuring and magic and my enthusiasm for Robert-Houdin came into existence simultaneously. From the...
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