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The Life of Captain James Cook

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Arthur Octavius Kitson


“In publishing a popular edition of my work, Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., it has, of course, been necessary to condense it, but care ha…

Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Tim…

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Frederick Edward Maning


Introduction to Old New ZealandPhilip SteerVictoria University February 2004Frederick Edward Maning is best known as an author, but he was a…

The Greenstone Door

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William Satchell


The Greenstone Door is a historical novel, set between 1830-1860’s New Zealand. The main character, Cedric Tregarthen, is remembering his pa…

Mary Lamb

In Some Eminent Women of our Times

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Millicent Garrett Fawcett


Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical s…

Chapter XXVI

In Demos: A Story of English Socialism

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George Gissing


"Richard Mutimer is delighted to inherit a large fortune. As a socialist, he means to use it well: he will open a factory in which work…

Book 1, Part 1

In Èmile

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Emile, or On Education or Émile, or Treatise on Education (French: Émile, ou De l’éducation) was published in 1762 in F…