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Essays, Letters & Speeches
Step into a shelf where ideas are weapons, wit is sharpened to a blade, and private letters open hidden doors into history. Here, revolutionaries, skeptics, statesmen, and artists argue over liberty, faith, society, and the self—through thunderous speeches, intimate correspondence, and essays that still spark debate. It’s a collection alive with conviction, controversy, and the electrifying sense that words can change the world.
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics
by Various Authors
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1
by William James
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics
by Various Authors
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915
by G. B. (George Brenton) Laurie
A Chesterton Calendar Compiled from the writings of 'G.K.C.' both in verse and in prose. With a section apart for the moveable feasts.
by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet
by Juliette Drouet, Louis Guimbaud
Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther
by Martin Luther
The Book-Hunter at Home
by P. B. M. (Philip Bertram Murray) Allan
The Catholic World, Vol. 03, April to September, 1866
by Various Authors
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters
by Charles Darwin
The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 06 (1820)
by Various Authors
Debs: His Life, Writings and Speeches, with a Department of Appreciations
by Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) Debs
Household Papers and Stories
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 4 (of 8) The Hour-glass. Cathleen ni Houlihan. The Golden Helmet. The Irish Dramatic Movement
by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
History of English Humour, Vol. 2
by A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan) L'Estrange
No Treason, Vol. VI.: The Constitution of No Authority
by Lysander Spooner
Hours in a Library, Volume 3 New Edition, with Additions
by Leslie Stephen
Mystic Immanence, the Indwelling Spirit
by Basil Wilberforce
L'art ochlocratique: salons de 1882 & de 1883
by Joséphin Péladan
The American Union Speaker
by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.
by Various Authors
American Sketches
by Charles Whibley
Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, April 1885
by Various Authors
Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life
by Ignatius Sancho
In the open : intimate studies and appreciations of nature
by Stanton Davis Kirkham
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1861
by Various Authors
Bunyan Characters (1st Series)
by Alexander Whyte
Stage Confidences: Talks About Players and Play Acting
by Clara Morris
The Little Review, May 1914 (Vol. 1., No. 3)
by Various Authors
Les grotesques de la musique
by Hector Berlioz
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 5, November 1852
by Various Authors
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy
by Finley Peter Dunne
The Fantasy Fan, December 1933 The Fans' Own Magazine
by Various Authors
Artist and Public, and Other Essays on Art Subjects
by Kenyon Cox
Lettres du prince de Metternich à la comtesse de Lieven, 1818-1819
by Fürst von Clemens Wenzel Lothar Metternich
Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's Comedies (1694)
by Lawrence Echard
An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients
by John Ogilvie
A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 2 of 2 Described in a Series of Letters by a Lady
by Augusta Macgregor Holmes
Rubble and Roseleaves, and Things of That Kind
by Frank Boreham
Atheism Among the People
by Alphonse de Lamartine
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 63, No. 388, February 1848
by Various Authors
Miscellaneous Papers
by Charles Dickens
Gesichte: Essays und andere Geschichten
by Else Lasker-Schüler
The Genial Idiot: His Views and Reviews
by John Kendrick Bangs
Letters from France
by C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow) Bean
The Spirit of Christmas
by Henry Van Dyke
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837
by Various Authors
The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers, Sermons XXVI. and XXVII.
by Elihu W. (Elihu Whittlesey) Baldwin, Aaron W. (Aaron Whitney) Leland
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829
by Various Authors
Josh Billings on Ice, and Other Things
by Josh Billings
Educated working women: Essays on the economic position of women workers in the middle classes
by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Collet
Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 01 (of 14), 1898
by Mississippi Historical Society
Expériences et observations sur l'électricité faites à Philadelphie en Amérique
by Benjamin Franklin
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852
by Various Authors
Letters on International Copyright; Second Edition
by Henry Charles Carey
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics
by Various Authors
Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1
by De Witt Clinton Croissant, Edmund Dresser Cressman, Pearl Hogrefe, Arthur Mitchell
Miscellaneous Pieces
by John Bunyan
Strange Teas, Dinners, Weddings and Fetes
by Various Authors
His Majesties Declaration Defended
by John Dryden
The birds of Shakespeare
by Archibald Geikie
Address of President Coolidge before the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America Washington, D. C., May 1, 1926
by Calvin Coolidge
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 481, March 19, 1831
by Various Authors
The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 05 (1820)
by Various Authors
A "Y" Girl in France: Letters of Katherine Shortall
by Katherine Shortall
The Little Review, May 1915 (Vol. 2, No. 3)
by Various Authors
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Birds and Nature Vol. 09 No. 5 [May 1901] Illustrated by Color Photography
by Various Authors
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 558, July 21, 1832
by Various Authors
Deux essais: Octave Mirbeau, Romain Rolland
by Marc Elder
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852
by Various Authors
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829
by Various Authors
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831
by Various Authors
War Taxation: Some Comments and Letters
by Otto H. Kahn
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2
by Various Authors
The Future of English Poetry
by Edmund Gosse
Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885
by Various Authors
Notes and Queries, Number 223, February 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
by Various Authors
A Christmas Gift to the American Home and the Youth of America
by N. P. (Niels Peter) Gravengaard
Népek az ország használatában
by István Tömörkény
The Literary Shop, and Other Tales
by James L. (James Lauren) Ford
Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals
by Henry Frederick Cope
The Cornhill Magazine, February, 1860 (Vol. I, No. 2)
by Various Authors
Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 128, April 10, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
by Various Authors
The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 09 (1820)
by Various Authors
The Bible, King James version, Book 64: 3 John
by Anonymous
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 730 December 22, 1877
by Various Authors
Paysages Passionnés
by Gabriel Faure