Biography & Autobiography

Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors

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Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…

Pascal and the Port Royalists

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William Clark


Pascal is of the small number of those [men] in whom the man infinitely transcends his actions. The writings of Pascal are the finest that F…

James B. Eads

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Louis How


Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 p…

J.S. Bach, Volume 2

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Albert Schweitzer


Second volume of an analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's life and musical compositions, and of the artistic, philosophical, and religious wor…

Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study

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Hamilton Fyfe


A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here …

Sir Robert Hart: The Romance of a Great Career

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Juliet Bredon


"Sir Robert Hart: The Romance of a Great Career" by Juliet Bredon is a biographical work that explores the remarkable life of Sir …

Converts from Infidelity, Volume 1

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Andrew Crichton


Converts from infidelity; or, Lives of eminent individuals who have renounced libertine principles and sceptical opinions, and embraced Chri…

A Life of St. John for the Young

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George Ludington Weed


This is a thorough treatment of the Apostle John whose life is intertwined with that of Christ, as one of the inner core and as the disciple…

Personal Recollections of Johannes Brahms

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George Henschel


George Henschel, a well-known pianist, singer, composer, and conductor was close friends with Johannes Brahms from 1874 to 1897 and he provi…

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