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By: George Henry Borrow (1803-1881) | |
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Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society |
By: William Cobbett (1763-1835) | |
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Rural Rides
William Cobbett: 1763-1835 English farmer, journalist and politician. His book Rural Rides collects together the articles published in his Political Register between 1822 and 1826, reflecting conditions of farmers and labourers in the English countryside, together with his views on the necessary actions for remedy and the shortcomings of government in this regard. Although this sounds amazingly dry, his forthright personality, original views and conversational tone, as well as the startling relevance of many of his topics to current political and social issues, give Rural Rides the immediacy and liveliness of a 19th century blog. |
By: Charles James Lever (1806-1872) | |
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Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General |
By: Bradford Torrey (1843-1912) | |
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A Florida Sketch-Book
This is a series of late-19th Century essays about Florida’s flora & fauna written by a Massachusetts-based naturalist. |
By: Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) | |
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The Buried Temple |
By: Louis Becke (1855-1913) | |
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The Beginning Of The Sea Story Of Australia 1901 | |
The South Seaman An Incident In The Sea Story Of Australia - 1901 | |
The Americans In The South Seas 1901 |
By: Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) | |
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Laugh and Live
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Baghdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. His book, Laugh and Live, is a book about positive virtues and advice for leading a good, healthy, and successful life. An advisory about this book is in order. Published in 1917, it was written at a time when “men went to work, women kept house, and supported their man”... |
By: Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) | |
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Industrial Conspiracies |
By: Northern Nut Growers Association [Editor] | |
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Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 |
By: William Hazlitt (1778-1830) | |
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Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners |
By: Vernon Lee (1856-1935) | |
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Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life |
By: H. Bolingbroke Mudie (1880-1916) | |
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The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 1 | |
The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 4 | |
The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 3 | |
The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 5 | |
The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 2 |
By: Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944) | |
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Cobb's Bill-of-Fare |
By: James Anthony Froude (1818-1894) | |
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Short Studies on Great Subjects |
By: John Fiske (1842-1901) | |
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The Unseen World and Other Essays |
By: Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) | |
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Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American |
By: Lord Redesdale (1837-1916) | |
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Tales of Old Japan
Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1603 - 1868). It contains a number of classic Japanese stories, fairy tales, and other folklore; as well as Japanese sermons and non-fiction pieces on special ceremonies in Japanese life, such as marriage and harakiri, as observed by Lord Redesdale. The best know story of these is "The Forty-seven Ronins" a true account of samurai revenge as it happened at the beginning of 18th century Japan... |
By: Agnes Repplier (1855-1950) | |
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Americans and Others
A collection of sometimes biting, always clever commentaries on some of life's foibles -- as apt today as when Ms. Repplier wrote them in 1912. Though less know to modern readers, Repplier was in her prime ranked among the likes of Willa Cather. Note: Section 13 contains the word niggards. I put it in print here so that it will not be mistaken for a racial epithet when heard. (written by Mary Schneider) |
By: Kate M. Foley | |
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Five Lectures on Blindness
The [five] lectures were written primarily to be delivered at the summer sessions of the University of California, at Berkeley and at Los Angeles, in the summer of 1918. . . they are the outgrowth of almost a quarter of a century spent in work for the blind, and were written from the standpoint of a blind person, seeking to better the condition of the blind. They were addressed not to the blind, but to the seeing public, for the benefit that will accrue to the blind from a better understanding of their problems. (Extract from the Forward by Milton J. Ferguson) |
By: Arthur Christopher Benson (1862-1925) | |
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At Large | |
Escape, and Other Essays |