Language Books

Aleutian Indian and English Dictionary

Charles A. Lee

The author, in placing this little book before the public, feels that in so doing he adds his mite to the useful and timely literature of the day. The ground has not been covered before, and all trave..

Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi

George Gibbs

The tribe of Clallams, as they are usually called by the residents of Washington Territory—by the neighboring Indians named S'klal´am, and denominated by themselves Nūs-klái yūm—inhabit the southern s..

The Abenaki Indians

Frederic Kidder

The present spirit of inquiry into the early history of New England is bringing forth additional facts and evolving new light, by which we are every day seeing more clearly the true motive and incenti..

The Angel of Death

Johan Olof Wallin

The Angel of Death is a poetry collection written by Johan Olof Wallin, a Swedish minister, orator, poet and later Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden between 1837-1839. He is most rem..

Roget's Thesaurus

Peter Mark Roget

Roget's Thesaurus is a widely used English-language thesaurus, created in 1805 by Peter Mark Roget, British physician, natural theologian and lexicographer. It was released to the public on 29 April 1..

English-Esperanto Dictionary

C. F. Hayes

In response to numerous requests from almost every country in which English is spoken, we have much pleasure in presenting to the public this the first English-Esperanto Dictionary. The demands for su..

The Light of Asia

Sir Edwin Arnold

The Light of Asia is a Buddhism poetry collection written by Sir Edwin Arnold, an English poet and journalist, who is most known for this work The Light of Asia...

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce consisting of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The le..