Category Archives: Non-fiction
Recollections of Life in Ohio, from 1813-1840
Author(s): William Cooper Howells Recollections of Life in Ohio is the autobiography of William Cooper...
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915
Author(s): Anonymous The title is, I think, self explanatory. The nurse in question went out...
Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer
Author(s): Alice Dunbar Nelson Ms. Pinckney says in her “Forward” to this book the following:...
Gossip in a Library
Author(s): Edmund Gosse A collection of informal essays about books in his library. He combines...
Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings
Author(s): Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer This is a book of recipes for ice cream, water...
Dr. Allinson’s cookery book
Author(s): Thomas Richard Allinson This is a cookbook promoting vegetarian recipes. The author of the...
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume II, From the Death of Alexander I until the Death of Alexander III (1825 – 1894)
Author(s): Simon Dubnow Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in...
Hero Tales from American History
Author(s): Theodore RooseveltHenry Cabot Lodge Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the...
Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years’ Experience
Author(s): Ike Matthews No big city without rats, particularly back in Ike Matthews’ time. The...
Frederic the Great
Author(s): Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay’s review essay on Frederick the Great of Prussia is found...
Living Animals of the World, Volume 1: Mammals
Author(s): Various The Living Animals of the Natural World, subtitled “a popular Natural History”, proposed...
Byways Around San Francisco Bay
Author(s): W. E. Hutchinson California, the land of sunshine and roses, with its genial climate,...
Life of Charlemagne
Author(s): Notker the Stammerer Notker’s work consists of anecdotes relating chiefly to the Emperor Charlemagne...
Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 2.
Author(s): Aesop A celebration of all the wonderful dialects and accents found within the LibriVox...
Pearls
Author(s): William John Dakin “The use of pearls as jewels and their recognition as objects...
Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland
Author(s): Felix Mendelssohn A collection of the letters which Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy wrote while in Italy...
Dissertation on Oriental Gardening
Author(s): William Chambers A little essay on the Chinese style of gardening, as opposed to...
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Two (1880-1889)
Author(s): Mark TwainThe New York Times This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain...
Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire
Author(s): Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet An aristocratic Frenchwoman’s personal...
Letters on an Elk Hunt
Author(s): Elinore Pruitt Stewart This is a sequel to Letters of a Woman Homesteader in...
History of California: The Spanish Period
Author(s): Charles Edward Chapman If you have ever wondered why Spain (and not Japan, which...
History of the United States, Vol. V: Sectional Conflict & Reconstruction
Author(s): Charles Austin BeardMary Ritter Beard Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of...
Handful of Stars
Author(s): Frank W. Boreham This is the second of a five volume series called “Texts...
Bible Passages Collection 001
Author(s): King James Version (KJV)Douay-Rheims Version (DRV)English Revised VersionOpen English BibleJohn Grosse BibleUpdated King James...
Every Man His Own Art Critic
Author(s): Patrick Geddes This collection includes two texts written to accompany two blockbuster art exhibitions:...
Popular History of Ireland, Book 01
Author(s): Thomas D’Arcy McGee Thomas D’Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of...
Last of the Great Scouts
Author(s): Helen Cody Wetmore A biographical account of the boy who became “Buffalo Bill” written...
Mexico and the United States: a Story of Revolution, Intervention and War
Author(s): Frederick Starr Starr, being an anthropologist and a historian, visited Mexico extensively. As he...
Queen Victoria
Author(s): E. Gordon Browne This book is about the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to...
Memories of Childhood’s Slavery Days
Author(s): Annie L. Burton This is a short and simple, yet poignant autobiography of Annie...