Biography & Autobiography
Letters from Great Musicians
The object of this little book is to bring the reader nearer to the great masters in the realm of music, and make him or her acquainted with…
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Letters and excerpts of journals of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley were given to Florence Marshall by her son, Sir Percy Shelley in order to cr…
The Life and Works of Joseph Wright
Joseph Wright, commonly called "Wright of Derby", was an English landscape and portrait painter. In this book, something of an aca…
Journal of Francis Asbury
As one of the first two bishops of the Methodist church in America and one of the most well-known circuit riders during the spread of Method…
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This volume, the second volume of a two-volume set, contains over 125 letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from 1781-1791. It has been…
A Friend of Marie-Antoinette
Charlotte Atkyns (née Walpole) was an English actress. She was widowed while still in her 20s, and became an agent in the French Revo…
Great Men and Famous Women
This is volume 6 in this series about the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent people in history. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Mirrors of Moscow
"Mirrors of Moscow" by Louise Bryant is a collection of journalistic sketches and profiles that examines the political and social …
John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides
“Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms; I confess to…
Rossini
A brief summary of the life of the opera king, Rossini. - Summary by Mozartjr
Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work
Short biographies of doctors who were leaders in their profession. In this collection, we learn about men who developed specialities, of ten…
Caroline the Illustrious
Caroline moved to England from Hanover when her father-in-law became George I and her husband Prince of Wales. She had a tumultuous relation…
Whitman: An Interpretation
"You want to know in a word the sum total of my life philosophy as I have tried to live it and as I have tried to put it in my book. I …
John Hancock
This book sheds light on one of the greatest men in the American history, an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Pa…
Robert Browning
This mystery of the unconscious man, far deeper than any mystery of the conscious one, existing as it does in all men, existed peculiarly in…
A Daughter of the Seine
This biography of Madame Roland was written for young adults but can be equally enjoyed by adult readers. Madame Roland was a key figure in …
Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic
"The purpose of this volume is to tell the story of Cicero's life, and at the same time to set forth from his writings a presentation o…
Life and Times of Joseph Warren
Joseph Warren was one of the popular leaders of Boston during the early stage of the American Revolution. He grasped its basis idea of civil…
Stories of the Lives of Noble Women
The object of the present volume is to illustrate from the Lives of Noble Women those higher qualities which elevate the character of the se…
Hawthorne
A brief biographical sketch and critical analysis of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the preeminent writers of the nineteenth-centu…