Biography Books

The Life of Rev. David Brainerd

Jonathan Edwards

There is one thing, easily discernible in the life of Brainerd, which by many may be considered an objection to the extraordinary evidences of his religion and devotion, viz. that he was, by his const..

Autobiography of Mother Jones

Mary Harris Jones

Mother Jones is essentially an individualist. Her own emotions and ideas are so strong that she is sometimes in conflict with others, fighting for the same cause. This too is an old story; the real le..

Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D.

Silas Xavier Floyd

The difficulty of writing good biographies is so great that comparatively few great biographies have been written. All the world is familiar with the unique biography of Johnson by Boswell. It has exc..

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal Vol. 2 (of 3)

James Montgomery

The early years of Galileo were, like those of almost all great experimental philosophers, spent in the construction of instruments and pieces of machinery, which were calculated chiefly to amuse hims..

The Women Who Make Our Novels

Grant M. Overton

An effort has been made to include in this book all the living American women novelists whose writing, by the customary standards, is artistically fine. An equal effort has been made to include all th..

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

James Montgomery

Although this quotation has run to a great lengthy I cannot refrain from adding the ode to the Flower of Gnido. It is more fanciful and airy, more original, yet more classic. Mr. Wiffen's translation ..

Rebels and Reformers - Biographies for Young People

Arthur Ponsonby

There are many books about men of action—soldiers, sailors, and explorers—but it is not so easy to find any simple account of men who have used their minds and their pens, rather than the sword, in th..

Why We Love Lincoln

James Creelman

Perhaps the profoundly tender love which the American people have for his memory is to be explained by the fact that in the secret recesses where every man communes with the highest, bravest and most ..