Category Archives: Non-fiction
Rambler’s Lease
Author(s): Bradford Torrey The writer of this little book has found so much pleasure in...
Handbook of Cookery for a Small House
Author(s): Jessie Conrad This book of British recipes and cooking advice was compiled by Jessie...
Love Romances of the Aristocracy
Author(s): Thornton Hall There are countless romances set in the British upper class, but the...
Hero Tales from History
Author(s): Smith Burnham This volume celebrates stories of great heroes from the pages of history...
History of England, from the Accession of James II – (Volume 2, Chapter 06)
Author(s): Thomas Babington Macaulay This chapter starts from about 1685. James is on the throne...
Houses of Lancaster and York with the Conquest and Loss of France
Author(s): James Gairdner The Wars of the Roses took place during the last phase of...
Historical Backgrounds of the Great War; The War: Its Origins and Warnings
Author(s): Frank James Adkins Author Frank J. Adkins, a lecturer at Cambridge University, arranged a...
History Of England
Author(s): Charles William Chadwick Oman A one-volume survey of the history of England from Celtic...
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No 1, January 1900
Author(s): Various “Birds and All Nature” was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing...
Dr. Benjamin Rush, A Memorial 1
Author(s): Dr. Benjamin Rush An autobiographical account of Dr. Benjamin Rush, written by himself, containing...
Essays on Paul Bourget
Author(s): Mark Twain Collection of short essays concerning French novelist and critic Paul Bourget. Included:...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2
Author(s): Giorgio Vasari The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from...
Guy Fawkes; or, A Complete History of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605
Author(s): Thomas Lathbury Though the particulars connected with the Gunpowder Treason may be perused in...
Everybody’s Cat Book
Author(s): Dorothy Bevill Champion Dorothy Bevill Champion, originally from Surrey, England, of a family established...
Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography
Author(s): King James Version (KJV)John Mark “Jesus of Nazareth, a Biography, by John Mark,” recognizes...
Mozart’s Youth
Author(s): Franz Hoffmann This short account of the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is part of...
Making a Rock Garden
Author(s): Henry Sherman Adams A short look at building a rock garden, right from the...
Religio Journalistici
Author(s): Christopher Morley The great Canadian journalist and humorist ruminates and reflects upon his life...
Bill Nye’s Funniest Thoughts
Author(s): Bill Nye Bill Nye was a famous American humor columnist in the middle 1800’s....
Lives of Two Cats
Author(s): Pierre Loti An English translation of Pierre Loti’s charming 19th century memoir of his...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Author(s): Maisie Ward This is the first and only authorized biography of G.K. Chesterton, written...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (version 2)
Author(s): Frederick Douglass Published in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American...
Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout
Author(s): J. W. Buel BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS...
Bible (KJV) NT 16: 2 Timothy
Author(s): King James Version (KJV) The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy, usually referred to...
Happiness: Essays on the Meaning of Life
Author(s): Carl Hilty A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain...
Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Author(s): William Godwin William Godwin writes a tell-all about his ex-wife one year after her...
Great Epochs in American History, Volume III
Author(s): Francis Whiting Halsey This is the third volume in ten volume series of great...
Canada: The Empire of the North
Author(s): Agnes C. Laut Canada’s past is more dramatic than any romance ever penned. ....
George Müller of Bristol
Author(s): Arthur T. Pierson George Muller was a great hero of faith. His greatest aim...
Essays on Things
Author(s): William Lyon Phelps William Lyon Phelps was founder of the Pundits, a secret society...