Memoirs
- Voices from the Battlefield
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Voices of War: Memoirs from the Battlefield
- Voices of Faithful Servants
- Faithful Journeys: Christian Memoirs
- Voices of Resilience
In Our Convent Days
With her usual wit and charm, Ms. Repplier recalls her days at Eden Hall, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Torresdale, north of Philadelph…
The Dread Apache
Excerpt which contains the opinions and biographical accounts from the author: "A short time ago, idling through a collection of early-…
Extreme Christianity
G. K. Chesterton said, "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried."
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A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar
As a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 assigned to Marine Corps headquarters, English sailed to the…
Jabez
The Old Testament of the Bible contains many mysterious passages. In 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, we find a short prayer uttered by an obscure man:
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The Complete Works of George Savile
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the Hou…
A Young Girl's Diary
The diary of an upper middle class Austrian girl, this book describes her life between the ages of eleven and fourteen. It's a coming of age…
Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army
This memoir dating from 1812ff, but only published in 1840s is a strikingly profound contrast with our modern materialism and comfort. It is…
My First Book
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…
Kings, Queens and Pawns
A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Po…
J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time
William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean
How We Elected Lincoln
Dittenhoefer as a young man campaigned for Lincoln in 1860 and was an elector for Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. Born in Cha…
High altars
A first-hand account of World War I, with detailed descriptions of scenes from the front. - Summary by Victor Dorff
Autobiography of an Actress
Anna Cora Mowatt was the author of the first Broadway comedy hit written by a woman. Her 1845 play “Fashion” is still performed today. She w…
With the Turks in Palestine
While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a litt…
Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay
An review essay of "Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay". The Edinburgh Review, January, 1843. Reprinted in vol. iii of Macaulay'…
A Handy Guide for Beggars
"Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pe…
Prisoner for Blasphemy
George William Foote, a British secularist, was convicted and imprisoned on the charge of blasphemy after founding "The Freethinker&quo…
Secrets of the Friendly Woods
Rex Brasher is best known for his having painted in watercolor a complete set of all the extant American birds during his lifetime. This is …
Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball
This book is an autobiographical account by one of baseball's legendary names. Ruth writes about his introduction to the game in his youth i…