Biography & Autobiography

Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland

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Felix Mendelssohn


A collection of the letters which Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy wrote while in Italy and Switzerland. Mendelssohn, a multifaceted talent of th…

My Musical Life

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Walter Damrosch


This is the autobiography of the Prussian-born American conductor Walter Damrosch. It includes dozens of anecdotes about many of the great m…

The Boys' Book of Famous Rulers

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Lydia Hoyt Farmer


The aim of this book is to give in as concise manner as possible, consistent with graphic narration and biographical completeness, the most …

Borden of Yale '09: "The Life that Counts"

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Mrs. Howard Taylor


Borden of Yale '09 is the inspiring biography of William Borden, a young American millionaire. During a trip around the world, Borden commit…

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 2

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William Cabell Bruce


His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the ta…

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