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The History Of Sir Richard Calmady
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Lucas Malet
Lucas Malet is the pen name of Mary Kingsley, daughter of Charles Kingsley. She became a hugely successful Victorian novelist, rivalling Rud…
Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences
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H. G. Wells
Select Conversations with an Uncle, published in 1895, was H.G. Wells's first literary publication in book form. It consists of reports of t…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…
The Sandman: His Farm Stories
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William John Hopkins
Delightful short bedtime stories for small children. Not only are the stories entertaining, but they are educational and practical for the d…
The Jim Crow Car; Or, Denouncement of Injustice Meted Out to the Black Race
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John Clay Coleman
"My opposition to injustice, imposition, discrimination and prejudice, which have for many years existed against the colored people of …
From the Easy Chair Vol. 2
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George William Curtis
The second volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the…
Captain Ted
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Mary T. Waggaman
When tragedy hits his family, in the form of a sudden illness to his father, young Teddy Thornton is forced to leave school and find work to…
Old and New Masters
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Robert Lynd
Jane Austen, WB Yeats, Chesterton, Shaw... these are personal and intelligent short essays on a selection of great (and great-ish) writers: …
The Art of Letters
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Robert Lynd
From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his da…
The Tale of Old Mr. Crow
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Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 086
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Various
"The democracy of the future will sicken of a chronic and mortal boredom," was Aldous Huxley's prophecy for the United States in 1…
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O. Henry
O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonder…
Stories of Animal Sagacity
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William Henry Giles Kingston
300+ short stories of how smart and savvy various individual animals have been seen to be, and in most cases a little moral is drawn from th…
The Book of This and That
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Robert Lynd
From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as s…
Socialist Readings for Children
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John Spargo
A collection of readings designed more for youngsters aged 12 or older than for children, in my view. The presentation is idealistic and off…
Biographia Literaria
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 067
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Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Two U.S. Presidents are remembered in "A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madi…
Figures of Several Centuries
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Arthur Symons
Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and cr…
Damn! A Book of Calumny
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H. L. Mencken
Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880 – 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of Ameri…
The Whale
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Ellis Parker Butler
His career spanned more than forty years, and his stories, poems, and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. His work appeared …