Non-fiction Books

Amiel's Journal - The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Henri Frédéric Amiel

In this second edition of the English translation of Amiel’s “Journal Intime,” I have inserted a good many new passages, taken from the last French edition (Cinquiéme édition, revue et augmentée.) But..

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844

Various Authors

The Englishman who, however well inclined to defer to the wisdom "of former ages," should throw a glance at the stern realities of the past, as connected with the history of his country, will be littl..

The Arena, Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897

Various Authors

The twenty-seven respectable citizens of New York who, in 1792, met under a buttonwood tree in front of the premises now known as Number 60 Wall Street, and formed an association for the purchase and ..

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859

Various Authors

Late in the autumn of 1836, an Austrian brig-of-war cast anchor in the harbor of New York; and seldom have voyagers disembarked with such exhilarating emotions as thrilled the hearts of some of the pa..

Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog

Sofronio G. Calderón

Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog Con partes de la oracion y pronunciacion figuradaLanguage and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaEnglish language -- Dictionaries..

The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates

Xenophon

This translation of Xenophon’s “Memorabilia of Socrates” was first published in 1712, and is here printed from the revised edition of 1722.  Its author was Edward Bysshe, who had produced in 1702..

The Problems of Psychical Research

Hereward Carrington

The present edition of this book is to some extent an abridgement of the first edition, which appeared some seven years ago. I have, for instance, omitted a number of "cases" which were originally inc..

The Autobiography of Madame Guyon

Jeanne Motte Guyon

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) (April 13, 1648 - June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. Quietism was considered heretical ..