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Washington Irving
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete

In every reader's life there are a few books which seem to come out of nowhere at just the right moment to surprise and delight and affirm your hope that there are still treasures lurking in the double-st…

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Washington Irving
Oliver Goldsmith

About the AuthorWashington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short storie…

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Washington Irving
Tales of a Traveler

Tales of a Traveler, by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1824) is a two-volume collection of essays and short stories composed by Washington Irving while he was living in Europe, primarily in Germany and Paris. Th…

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Washington Irving
The Alhambra

Shortly after completing a biography of Christopher Columbus in 1828, Washington Irving travelled from Madrid, where he had been staying, to Granada, Spain. At first sight, he described it as "a most…

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Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is an 1820 short story by American author Washington Irving contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Ge…

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Washington Irving
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., commonly referred to as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by the American author Washington Irving. It was published serial…

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Wassily Kandinsky, M T H Sadler
Concerning the Spiritual in Art

Excerpt from translator's introduction: ... Picasso and Kandinsky make an interesting parallel, in that they have developed the art respectively of Cezanne and Gauguin, in a similar direction. On the deci…

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Andrew Lang
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

Best known for his collection of fairy tales, Andrew Lang also wrote about other subjects, including ghosts. This is not a collection of ghostly short stories. Rather, it is Andrew Lang's exploration of t…

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Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (c. 1614 - 12 February 1691) served as a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery in Paris. Christians commonly remember him for the intimacy he expressed concerning his r…

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Frederick Marryat
Poor Jack

Poor Jack is a novel by the English author Frederick Marryat, published in 1840.It tells the story of Thomas Saunders, a sailor's son and neglected street urchin struggling to survive in Greenwich, London…

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Frederick Marryat
Snarleyyow; or, The Dog Fiend

An historic novel set in 1699-1700. This book was written in the late 1800's and set in the above mentioned time. This is a mystery with a dash of comedy splashed in. If you don't mind the archaic languag…

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Katherine Mansfield
Bliss and Other Stories

Bliss and Other Stories is a 1920 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield."Prelude" (1918) "Je ne parle pas français" (1917) "Bliss" (1918) "The Wi…

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Katherine Mansfield
In a German Pension

In a German Pension is a 1911 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield; her first published collection. All but three of the stories were originally published in The New Age edited by…

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Katherine Mansfield
The Garden Party and Other Stories

The Garden Party and Other Stories is a 1922 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield."At the Bay" "The Garden Party" "The Daughters of the Late Colonel"…

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Frederick Marryat
Frank Mildmay; Or, the Naval Officer

Captain Marryat was a midshipman under Lord Cochrane during the Napoleonic Wars -- and Lord Cochrane is the real life inspiration for many fictional naval heroes from Horatio Hornblower to Jack Aubrey. Ma…

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Frederick Marryat
Jacob Faithful

Fabulous! Even better than "Mr. Midshipman Easy" ! I think I probably liked this one better because it reminded me so much of Dickens--but Marryat was actually first, and Dickens was a great fan…

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Frederick Marryat
Japhet in Search of a Father

Another great read from the great Captain. Very Dickensian in scope and character. Not set on water!!Not as "moral" as some of the other books (meaning I didn't mark as many pages with "tha…

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Frederick Marryat
Masterman Ready; Or, The Wreck of the "Pacific"

Masterman Ready, or the Wreck of the Pacific is a robinsonade children's novel published in 1841 by Frederick Marryat. The book follows the adventures of the Seagrave family who are shipwrecked at sea, an…

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Frederick Marryat
Mr. Midshipman Easy

Mr Midshipman Easy is an 1836 novel by Frederick Marryat, a retired captain in the British Royal Navy. The novel is set during the Napoleonic Wars, in which Marryat himself served with distinction.Easy is…

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Frederick Marryat
Newton Forster; Or, The Merchant Service

Newton Forster or, the Merchant Service is an 1832 novel by the British writer Frederick Marryat. Like much of Marryat's work it is a seafaring novel about a young man impressed into the Royal Navy during…

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