Non-fiction Books

Anne Bradstreet and Her Time

Helen Campbell

Anne Bradstreet and Her Time is a biographical work by Helen Campbell, an American author, editor, social and industrial reformer, as well as a pioneer in the field of home economics. Her Househo..

A Text-Book of the History of Painting

John Charles Van Dyke

The object of this series of text-books is to provide concise teachable histories of art for class-room use in schools and colleges. The limited time given to the study of art in the average education..

Baltimore Catechism, No. 4

Thomas L. Kinkead

Baltimore Catechism, No. 4  is a book on Christianity written by Thomas L. Kinkead. An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine for the Use of Sunday-School Teachers and Advan..

The Life of Kit Carson

Edward S. Ellis

Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more th..

The Compleat Angler

Izaak Walton

The Compleat Angler is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton did not profess to be an expert with the fly, but in the use of the live worm, the grasshopper and the ..

Palmistry for All

Cheiro

Palmistry for All is a bokk written by William John Warner, popularly known as Cheiro, was an Irish astrologer and colorful occult figure of the early 20th century. His sobriquet, Cheiro, derives from..

The Lobster Fishery of Maine

John N. Cobb

For some years past the condition of the lobster fishery of New England has excited the earnest attention of all interested in the preservation of one of the most valuable crustaceans of our country. ..

The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52

Louise Amelia

The Shirley Letters, written in the pioneer days of 1851 and 1852, were hailed throughout the country as the first-born of California literature. Mrs. Clappe, their author, was the one woman who depic..