Biography & Autobiography
Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer
As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …
The Boys' Book of Famous Rulers
The aim of this book is to give in as concise manner as possible, consistent with graphic narration and biographical completeness, the most …
The Life that Counts
Borden of Yale '09 is the inspiring biography of William Borden, a young American millionaire. During a trip around the world, Borden commit…
The Story of Pocahontas
This is a historical account of the early years of Pocahontas. She had a significant role in the early interactions between the Indigenous p…
Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
A collection of the letters which Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy wrote while in Italy and Switzerland. Mendelssohn, a multifaceted talent of th…
Story-Lives of Great Musicians
Following the plan of his previous volume of Great Authors, the writer has here endeavoured to weave into more or less story form a few of t…
James B. Eads
Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 p…
Recollections of Johannes Brahms
Albert Dietrich, the German composer and conductor, was a friend of Johannes Brahms and the first part of this book includes vivid recollect…
My Musical Life
This is the autobiography of the Prussian-born American conductor Walter Damrosch. It includes dozens of anecdotes about many of the great m…
Dr. Benjamin Rush
An autobiographical account of Dr. Benjamin Rush, written by himself, containing his views on many subjects including medicine, the American…
Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed
His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the ta…
An Emigrant's Home Letters
Letters written by Henry Parkes to his family in Birmingham, England as he made his way to London and then to Sydney. The letters were gathe…
J.S. Bach
Second volume of an analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's life and musical compositions, and of the artistic, philosophical, and religious wor…
A Life of St. John
This is a thorough treatment of the Apostle John whose life is intertwined with that of Christ, as one of the inner core and as the disciple…
Lapérouse
Biography of the eighteenth century French navigator Lapérouse. - Summary by Barbara Baker
Great Captains Unveiled
"Great Captains Unveiled" by the eminent military historian Sir Basil Liddell Hart comprises the biographies of six commanders who…
Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover
The first of a two volume work looking at the lives of English queens in the Hanoverian period (1714-1901). This volume includes Sophia Doro…
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversation with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of some…
The Lives of the Queens of England
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…
Richelieu
This short biography of the dreaded red eminence, by the Anglo-French writer and educator, Gustave Masson, combines French wit and English c…