Essays & Short Works
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 2 Number 1 April 1890.: * On the Telegraphic Determinations of Longitude by the Bureau of Navigation* Re…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…
Some Articles About Mark Twain
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Sarah Knowles Bolton, Charles Hopkins Clark, William M. Clemens and Edmund Yates
"Samuel Langhorne Clemens", "Mark Twain At Home", "Youth of Mark Twain" & "Mark Twain Gossip"Pub…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 3, articles published in 1891 and 1892. South America: Annual Address by the President, Gardiner G. Hubb…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…
Satires and Profanities
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George William Foote
"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…
The Holiday Round
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A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne, popularly known as A. A. Milne, is best known – perhaps to most people only known – for his children’s book, Winnie th…
Collection
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This is what people were reading in 1903, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction articles. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine Volume 4, articles published in 1892 and 1893.The Evolution of Commerce: Annual Address by the President, G…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the discovery of X-rays, earthquak…
Three Essays
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James Freeman Clarke
Three diverse essays on souls in animals, a comparison of Buddhism and Christianity, and individualism in religion. Born in Hanover, New Ham…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the English countryside; William R…
It's a Good Old World
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Bruce Barton
In this collection of essays, Bruce Barton, considered to be among the most influential advertising men of the 20th century, uses history, r…
Excursions
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Henry David Thoreau
Excursions is an 1863 anthology of several essays by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The anthology contains an introduction …
Is Shakespeare Dead?
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Mark Twain
A short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Mark Twain. It explores the controversy over the authorship of the Shakespearean li…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include astronomy, religion, United States…
On Everything
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Hilaire Belloc
Hillaire Belloc of French by birth, British by naturalization was a diverse and prolific writer of the early 20th century. His writing runs…
Girl Scout Collection
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These articles, pamphlets, and stories relating to the Girls Scouts of America touch on the history, activities, ideals, and traditions of t…
An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind
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Dr. Benjamin Rush
Written when the United States extended only to the Mississippi River, by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, this short …