Essays & Short Works

Americans and Others

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Agnes Repplier


A collection of sometimes biting, always clever commentaries on some of life's foibles -- as apt today as when Ms. Repplier wrote them in 19…

Figures of Several Centuries

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Arthur Symons


Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and cr…

Insomnia Collection Vol. 005

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Various


Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…

Trivia (1917) And More Trivia (1921)

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Logan Pearsall Smith


Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) was an American-born British essayist who was known for his epigrams and aphorisms, often humorous. This re…

The Fantasy Fan Magazine Presents: Writings of Clark Ashton Smith

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Clark Ashton Smith


Collected here are all of Clark Aston Smith's writings he submitted to The Fantasy Fan Magazine. The Fantasy Fan Magazine was a periodical d…

Brieven van den nutteloozen toeschouwer

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Louis Couperus


Deze serie columns in de vorm van brieven schreef Couperus voor het dagblad Het Vaderland, vanuit Munchen en later vanuit Florence. Ze vers…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054

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Various


Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Science and Exploration--a tribute …

Idle Hours In A Library

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William Henry Hudson


“[these essays on Shakespeare, Pepys, Restoration novels, and bohemianism]—the results of many hours of quiet but rather aimless browsing am…

Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia and Letter to a Friend

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Thomas Browne


Selections from the varied writings of a 17th century English doctor with a well-stocked mind, an interest in the new science of his age and…

The Inner Life

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John Greenleaf Whittier


John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is …

The Ukraine

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George Raffalovich


“We are not the same nation with Russian people,” the statement which all Ukrainians wish to convey to the whole world for centuries. The st…

Elia; and The Last Essays of Elia

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Charles Lamb


Elia and The Last Essays of Elia are two collections of essays written by Charles Lamb. The essays first began appearing in The London Magaz…

Optimism, An Essay

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Helen Keller


Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, …

Christmas Short Works Collection 2006

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Various


LibriVox's 2006 Christmas Collection containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a variety of …

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 05. May 1896

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the May Number. It includes the following articles:* Africa Since 1888, by Hon. Ga…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 066

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Why Women Should Vote" (Jane Addams, 1910) is one of several selections devo…

The Initiates of the Flame

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Manly P. Hall


A book about the spiritual flame that nourishes all created things and the initiates who guard it. It explores the mysteries of alchemy, Egy…

The Scrap Book (volume 1) Sampler

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Various


18 works -- two non-fic articles & one short fiction or poetry each -- from issues March, April, May, June, July, & August 1906 of T…

The Mintage

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Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard is best known as the author of the "Little Journeys To The Homes of Famous People". These 11 short stores show the …

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