Correspondence Books

Alfred Russel Wallace - Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1

James Marchant

These two volumes consist of a selection from several thousands of letters entrusted to me by the Wallace family and dating from the dawn of Darwinism to the second decade of the twentieth century, su..

An Englishwoman's Love-Letters

Anonymous

It need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to whom they were addressed. But a request, conveyed under circu..

Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888

Frances M.A. Roe

Perhaps it is not necessary to say that the events mentioned in the letters are not imaginary—perhaps the letters themselves tell that! They are truthful accounts of experiences that came into my own ..

Alfred Russel Wallace - Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1

James Marchant

The publication in 1859 of the "Origin of Species" marked a distinct period in the course of Darwin's scientific labours; his previous publications had, in a measure, prepared the way for this, and th..

Arohanui - Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand

Shoghi Effendi

The letters in this compilation were written by various secretaries of the Guardian at his specific direction. Spelling and other inconsistencies are a reflection of the fact that different secretarie..

As A Chinaman Saw Us - Passages from His Letters to a Friend at Home

Anonymous

Since the publication in 1832 of that classic of cynicism, The Domestic Manners of the Americans, by Mrs. Trollope, perhaps nothing has appeared that is more caustic or amusing in its treatment of Ame..

Aurelian

William Ware

This book—a sequel to Zenobia—published nearly ten years ago under the name of 'Probus,' was soon republished, in several places abroad, under that of 'Aurelian.' So far from complaining of the innova..

Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey

Orville Dewey

IT is about twenty-five years since, at my earnest desire, my father began to write some of the memories of his own life, of the friends whom he loved, and of the noteworthy people he had known; and i..