Literary And Social Essays. George William Curtis
We Americans laugh at ancestors; and if the best of them came back again, we should be as likely to laugh at his wig as listen to his wisdom. And in our evanescent houses and uneasy life we would no more have ancient ranges of family pictures than
Japhet in Search of a Father. Captain Frederick Marryat
1896. Marryat, English novelist who began writing after a distinguished career in the British Navy. The book begins: Those who may be pleased to honor these pages with a perusal, will not be detained with a long introductory history of my birth,
Barnaby Rudge. Charles Dickens
As soon as the business of the day was over, the locksmith sallied forth, alone, to visit the wounded gentleman and ascertain the progress of his recovery. The house where he had left him was in a by-street in Southwark, not far from London Bridge;
The People Of The Mist. H. Rider Haggard
The dwarf saluted and went. ""Ah!"" he said to himself as he waddled down the hill where he hoped to find game, ""ah! you do not fear men dead or living--overmuch; yet, Otter, it is true that you are better here in the sun, though the sun is hot,
Count Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV. Francis Parkman
1900. Parkman, American historian, studied and wrote about the history of Canada and the early Northwest. Parkman writes in the preface that the events recounted in this book group themselves in the main about a single figure, that of Count
Something Else Again. Franklin P. Adams
Книга представляет собой репринтное издание 1920 года (издательство "Garden City, New York [etc.] Doubleday, Page & company").
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The Round Year. Edith M. Thomas
Книга представляет собой репринтное издание 1888 года (издательство "Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company").
The Soul Stealer. C. Ranger-Gull
Pathway of Life: Teaching Love and Wisdom, by Leo Tolstoy. Книга представляет собой репринтное издание 1906 года (издательство "London, F.V. White").
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Pietro Ghisleri. F. Marion Crawford
1892. With frontispiece. F. Marion Crawford was one of the more famous authors in the English-speaking world at the time of his death in 1909. He wrote over forty novels, most of which were in the style of disposable romances popular at the time.