The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles
Letters and Journals: "The flesh is frail." 1818-1819
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
"My aim in it has been to convey a juster and less prejudiced notion than prevails at present respecting the Danish and Norwegian conquests." -Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, An Account...
England's Case Against Home Rule
First Principles of the Reformation: Or, The Ninety-five Theses and the Three Primary Works of Luther Translated Into English
In his preface, Maine defines his scope: "...the chief object of the following pages is to indicate some of the earliest ideas of mankind, as they are reflected in Ancient...
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A Treatise on the Augustinian Doctrine of Predestination by James Mozley Bowling, first published in 1883, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of...
Letters and Papers of John Addington Symonds
The Evil Eye: An Account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition
Chapter iv. "Hymns from the Grnth Sahib, and from the Granth of the tenth guru: p. 63-114.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death: Continued by a Narrative of His...
The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death: Continued by a Narrative of His...
Bolingbroke: A Historical Study; and Voltaire in England
The Nicene and Apostles' Creeds: Their Literary History ; Together with an Account of the Growth and Reception of the...
The Movement Towards Catholic Reform in the Early XVI Century
This work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was translated into English in 1840 by Sir Charles Eastlake (1793-1865), painter and later keeper of the National Gallery. Goethe's 1810 work...
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794)
The majestic and sublime Himalayas have long exerted a powerful force on the imaginations of explorers and travelers. Indeed, as a challenge for these adventurous souls, the mountain wilderness that...