Biography Books

Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification

Samuel Butler

This second edition of Luck, or Cunning? is a reprint of the first edition, dated 1887, but actually published in November, 1886.  The only alterations of any consequence are in the Index, which ..

Memoir of John Lothrop Motley

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Memoir here given to the public is based on a biographical sketch prepared by the writer at the request of the Massachusetts Historical Society for its Proceedings. The questions involving controv..

Famous Affinities of History - The Romance of Devotion. Volume 4

Lyndon Orr

Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 4 by Lyndon Orr.Dean Swift And The Two EsthersPercy Bysshe Shelley And Mary GodwinThe Story Of The CarlylesThe Story Of The HugosThe ..

Famous Affinities of History - The Romance of Devotion. Volume 1

Lyndon Orr

Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 1 by Lyndon Orr.The story of Antony and Cleopatra Abélard and Héloïse Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Leicester Mary Queen ..

Famous Affinities of History - The Romance of Devotion. Volume 2

Lyndon Orr

Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 2 by Lyndon Orr.The Empress Catharine And Prince PotemkinMarie Antoinette And Count FersenThe Story Of Aaron BurrGeorge Iv. And Mrs. Fitzh..

Famous Affinities of History - The Romance of Devotion. Volume 3

Lyndon Orr

Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 3 by Lyndon Orr.The Wives Of General HoustonLola Montez And King Ludwig Of BavariaLeon Gambetta And Leonie LeonLady Blessington And Count ..

Seven Wives and Seven Prisons

L. A. Abbott

SOME one has said that if any man would faithfully write his autobiography, giving truly his own history and experiences, the ills and joys, the haps and mishaps that had fallen to his lot, he could n..

Starr King in California

William Day Simonds

This book is the result of the author's strong desire to know the truth relative to a critical period in the history of California, and a further strong desire to deal justly by the memory of a man re..