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By: William S. B. Mathews (1837-1912)

Book cover The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations

By: Arthur L. Hayward

Book cover Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences

By: Clement King Shorter (1857-1926)

Book cover Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

By: James Huneker (1860-1921)

Chopin: The Man and His Music by James Huneker Chopin: The Man and His Music

A biography of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist Frédéric Chopin and a critical analysis of his work by American music writer and critic James Huneker.

By: Francis Thompson (1859-1907)

Book cover Shelley; an essay

By: George Iles (1852-1942)

Book cover Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors

The playwright gives a play its plot, characters, dialog and form, but its sense of living reality is conveyed by the art of the actor. This fascinating collection of perspectives on acting is taken from biographies and autobiographies of American, British and Italian actors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. John Wilkes Booth, an actor and the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, is recalled by his brother, the great actor Edwin Booth, and by acclaimed actress Clara Morris. -- Lee Smalley

By: St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1553)

Book cover The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus. It, more than any other work, gives an insight into the spiritual life of St. Ignatius. Few works in ascetical literature, except the writings of St. Teresa and St. Augustine, impart such a knowledge of the soul.The saint in his narrative always refers to himself in the third person, and this mode of speech has here been retained. Many persons who have neither the time, nor, perhaps, the inclination, to read larger works, will read, we trust, with pleasure and profit this autobiography...

By: George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914)

Book cover Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War

By: Lewis E. Jahns

Book cover The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919

By: Ernest Renan (1823-1892)

Book cover The Life of Jesus

By: Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918)

Book cover Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2
Book cover Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1

By: Richard W. Church (1815-1890)

Bacon by Richard W. Church Bacon

This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days ang progresses to his relationships with Queen Elizabeth and James I. It includes accounts of his positions as solicitor general, attorney-general, and chancellor. The book concludes with Bacon's failure, his overall philosophy, and summaries of his writings.

By: Albert Keim (1876-1947)

Book cover Honore de Balzac

By: John T. Morse (1840-1937)

Book cover John Quincy Adams

This biography contains three main sections. the first covers Adams's early years and his time as a diplomat--both in America and overseas. The second tells of his two careers as Secretary of State and President. The last involves his years in the House of Representatives.

By: David Christie Murray (1847-1907)

Book cover Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author
Book cover The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography

By: Elbridge Streeter Brooks (1846-1902)

Historic Girls by Elbridge Streeter Brooks Historic Girls

Twelve short stories of real girls who have influenced the history of their times.

By: John George Nicolay (1832-1901)

Book cover Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1)

This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries.

By: Elbridge Streeter Brooks (1846-1902)

Book cover Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times

By: John G. Lockhart (1794-1854)

Book cover The History of Napoleon Buonaparte

By: Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1865-1940)

Book cover A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

By: John G. Lockhart (1794-1854)

Book cover Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)
Book cover Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)

By: Dillon Wallace (1863-1939)

The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace The Lure of the Labrador Wild

The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi River - Lake Michikamau in Labrador and George River in Quebec. His companions on this journey were his friend, New York lawyer Dillon Wallace and an Indian guide from Missannabie, George Elson. From the start, the expedition was beset with mistakes and problems. Instead of ascending the Naskaupi River, by mistake they followed the shallow Susan Brook. After hard long portaging and almost reaching Lake Michikamau, with food supplies running out, on September 15 at Windbound lake, they decided to turn back...

Book cover The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell

By: Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-1889)

Book cover My Life as an Author

By: Sarah H. (Sarah Hopkins) Bradford (1818-)

Book cover Harriet, the Moses of Her People

By: William Makepeace Thayer (1820-1898)

Book cover From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services
Book cover The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth.
Book cover The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning

By: Lucy Aikin (1781-1864)

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II by Lucy Aikin Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II

Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth from a variety of sources within the monarch's court, compiled and interpreted by Lucy Aikin.


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