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In these 10 short and witty essays, author Charles S. Brooks (1878-1934) muses on various topics, as wide-ranging as Shakespeare, travelling…

The Mob Violence and the American Negro: My Experience in the Sunny South

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Velley Lester

According to the author of the Preface, "Mr. Lester is also zealous to bring about a better relation and a better understanding between…

Theological Essays

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Charles Bradlaugh

Charles Bradlaugh was an English political activist and atheist who founded the National Secular Society in 1866. In the 23 "Theologica…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 068

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Various

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain. "The Regulation of Time" and "Uniform Standard Time" are two of seve…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 078

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Various

Twenty short nonfiction works, chosen by the readers. "That thing up there on the stand with the American flag on top is a machine gun,…

Fabian Essays in Socialism

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George Bernard Shaw

The Fabian Society is a British institution, which, though radical, advocated social reform through legislative rather than revolutionary me…

The Rhythm of Life and Other Essays

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Alice Meynell

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085

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Various

"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …

Essays in Idleness

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Agnes Repplier

Agnes Repplier was a popular and highly regarded essayist of the late 19th and early 20th century, who was also well known on the lecture ci…

Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 007

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Various

This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). Al…

The Colour of Life

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Alice Meynell

This is a collection of essays by English poet and author Alice Meynell. The essays in this volume share a dream-like quality, as they explo…

On

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Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc, French by birth, British by naturalization, was a diverse and prolific writer of the early 20th century. His writing runs th…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 088

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Various

"With opinions, possession is more than nine points of the law. It is next to impossible to dislodge them." Woodrow Wilson's Study…

The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

This post-humous collection of stories, sketches and essays by celebrated quintessential New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne gives us gli…

Gossip in a Library

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Edmund Gosse

A collection of informal essays about books in his library. He combines commentary, translations, and humorous asides about authors and thei…

Силуэты русских писателей, Выпуск 3

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Yuly Aykhenvald

Бесконечно преданный русской литературе, Юлий Айхенвальд видел писателя как уникальную личность и не признавал литературных школ и течений. …

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 079

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Various

"It was about the month of May...that I received information ...that two photographs of fairies had been taken in the North of England …

G.K. Chesterton in The Bibliophile Magazine

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G. K. Chesterton

Two essays/articles by G.K. Chesterton, published in 'The Bibliophile' magazine in 1908. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Wonderful London

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Anonymous

"Wonderful London, its lights and shadows of humour and sadness". (That's the full title of the book.) A collection of short essay…

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