Maurice Baring brings historical figures and beloved fictional characters to life through their intimate diary entries in this book. Experience the thoughts and emotions of George Washington, Sherlock Holmes, Harriet Shelley, and many others as they recount their extraordinary lives and encounters. From the political intrigues of ancient Rome to...
Sheridan Le Fanu's final novel Willing to Die is an emotionally evocative look at the most vexing of all mysteries: suicide. In what some critics regard as his most ambitious work, Le Fanu leaves behind the sometimes conventional plot constructions of his earlier career and attempts something much more interesting, bringing together a fragmented...
Every member of the family will find here something suited to his years and fancy. A story for little girls, one for boy scouts, a story for grown-ups, a word of advice about giving, a meditation and some personal reminiscences of Christmas in Kansas make up the volume. The book is attractively gotten up making a fit setting for the stories, whi...
'Talk Stoppers' (HW, 25 October 1856). Humorous essay about enemies to the art of conversation. 'A Journey in Search of Nothing' (HW, 5 September 1857). Reflections on the difficulty of enforced idleness.'A Queen's Revenge' (HW, 15 August 1857). Historical account of the murder at Fontainebleu in 1657 of the Marquis Monaldeschi at the instigati...
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