Biography Books

Narratives of Colored Americans

Abigail Mott

Lindley Murray, the Grammarian, and author of several excellent School and Reading books, in his last Will bequeathed certain funds to Trustees in America, his native country, for several benevolent o..

Sir George Etienne Cartier - His Work for Canada and His Services to Montreal

John Boyd

Cartier was the leader of the Quebec wing of the Coalition Ministry. He was a delegate to the Charlottetown Conference, as well as a member of the Quebec Conference. He took a leading part in the Conf..

The Rising Son

Wm. Wells Brown

Several of the biographical sketches are necessarily brief, owing to the difficulty in getting correct information in regard to the subjects treated upon. Some have been omitted on account of the same..

Biographical catalogue of the portraits at Weston, the seat of the Earl of Bradford

Mary Louisa Boyle

In this last work, to other stumbling-blocks has been added the pressure of ill-health and deep sorrow; against these obstacles I have fought as stoutly as I could, cheered on by the hope of giving sa..

Men, Women, and Books

Augustine Birrell

Swift has unhappily written some abominable verses, which ought never to have been set up in type; but the ‘Legion Club,’ the verses on his own death, ‘Cadenus and Vanessa,’ the ‘Rhapsody on Poetry,’ ..

Narrative of Henry Box Brown

Henry Box Brown

My book will present, if possible, the beautiful side of the picture of slavery; will entertain you with stories of partial kindness on the part of my master, and of comparative enjoyment on my own pa..

A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon Bayley

Solomon Bayley

Solomon is in connexion with that body of Christians, called Methodists; and my last communication from him, sufficiently evinces on what grounds he has believed himself called to the ministry. From t..

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal Vol. 1 (of 3)

James Montgomery

It should not be overlooked, in mitigation of her occasional asperities, that, Madonna Gemma being the near kinswoman of Corso Donati, Dante's most formidable and inveterate rival in the party feuds o..