Category Archives: Short non-fiction
Philippics
Author(s): Marcus Tullius Cicero A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a...
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
Author(s): Edmund Burke There can be no hesitation in according to him a station among...
The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Author(s): Various During the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, newspaper reporters in the...
The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2
Author(s): Various This is the second issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011
Author(s): Various A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays,...
The Reader’s Digest, Volume 1, Issue 1
Author(s): Various Thirty one articles each month from leading magazines – Each article of enduring...
The Reader’s Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2
Author(s): Various Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines – Each article of enduring...
The World’s Best Orations, Volume 3
Author(s): Various Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an...
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2
Author(s): Various These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project...
Readings from Modern Mexican Authors
Author(s): Frederick Starr Starr visited Mexico in 1894 and became acquainted with a wide array...
Mornings at Bow Street
Author(s): John Wight This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns....
All Things Considered
Author(s): G. K. Chesterton Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the...
Abraham Lincoln’s Inaugural Addresses
Author(s): Abraham Lincoln Lincoln’s first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the...