Category Archives: Non-fiction
Appreciations, with an Essay on Style
Author(s): Walter Pater Appreciations, with an Essay on Style, is a collection of Walter Pater’s...
Arabic Primer
Author(s): Sir Arthur Cotton “Languages”, Sir Arthur Cotton writes, “are usually learnt as if it...
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, December 1837
Author(s): Commissioner of Indian Affairs Because the US Constitution gives the power of relating to...
Annual Reports to the Massachusetts Board of Education
Author(s): Horace Mann Horace Mann is called The Father of the Common School and was...
Anti-slavery in America from the Introduction of African Slaves to the Prohibition of the Slave Trade (1619-1808)
Author(s): Mary S. Locke Traces the origins of the abolitionist movement in the North American...
Anton Tchekhov: and other essays
Author(s): Lev Shestov This book was called Nachala i Kontzy when first published in 1908...
Anecdotes of Great Musicians
Author(s): Willey Francis Gates Three hundred anecdotes and biographical sketches of famous composers and performers....
Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
Author(s): Mrs. Robert Lee Stories about unusual interactions between animals and humans that reflect some...
Anglo-American Memories
Author(s): George Washburn Smalley “These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans...
Animal Heroes of the Great War
Author(s): Ernest Baynes This book is written by a man who loved to be around...
And Even Now
Author(s): Max Beerbohm This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm,...
Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy
Author(s): James Moores Ball Vesalius (born in Brussels, 1514-1564) is one of the foundation stones...
Anecdotes of Dogs
Author(s): Edward Jesse “Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than...
Among the Great Masters of the Drama
Author(s): Walter Rowlands In “Among the great masters of the drama; scenes in the lives...
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae
Author(s): Edward Jenner This collection of three publications details Edward Jenner’s investigations into the connection...
An Introduction to the Greek of the New Testament
Author(s): George Lovell Cary A collection of lessons (primarily in grammar) for New Testament Greek...
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 2 (Gray’s Anatomy)
Author(s): Henry Gray Henry Gray’s classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has...
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 3 (Gray’s Anatomy)
Author(s): Henry Gray Henry Gray’s classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has...
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 4 (Gray’s Anatomy)
Author(s): Henry Gray Henry Gray’s classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has...
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 5 (Gray’s Anatomy)
Author(s): Henry Gray Henry Gray’s classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has...
American Postal Service, Second Edition
Author(s): Louis Melius The history of the postal service in the United States goes back...
American State Trials, Volume 1
Author(s): John D. Lawson “A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have...
American Vendetta: A Story of Barbarism in the United States
Author(s): Theron Clark Crawford The phrase “The Hatfields and McCoys” conjures up images of feudal...
Americans and Others
Author(s): Agnes Repplier A collection of sometimes biting, always clever commentaries on some of life’s...
American Men of Action
Author(s): Burton Egbert Stevenson In this book, Burton Egbert Stevenson writes a brief biography of...
American Men of Mind
Author(s): Burton Egbert Stevenson “American Men of Mind” is a collection of short biographies of...
American Beaver and His Works
Author(s): Lewis Henry Morgan A comprehensive study of the behavior of the American beaver, based...
American Bee Journal. Vol. XVII, No. 14, Apr. 6, 1881
Author(s): Various The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in...
American Civil War Collection, Volume 1
Author(s): Various Compilation of American Civil War related poems and short works of literature. Summary...
American Cookery
Author(s): Amelia Simmons American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons, was the first known cookbook written by...