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An Enemy of the People

Henrik Ibsen

An Enemy of the People is an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen wrote it in response to the public outcry against his previous play, Ghosts, which challenged the hypocrisy of 19th-c..

An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism

Martin Luther

An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism is a handbook for the catechetical class: an outline and analysis for the pastor's oral instruction, and a summary for the catechumens' study and review at h..

Beautiful Joe - An Autobiography

Marshall Saunders

Beautiful Joe was a dog from the town of Meaford, Ontario, whose story inspired the bestselling 1893 novel Beautiful Joe, which contributed to worldwide awareness of animal cruelty. Beautiful Joe..

Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1

Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1 is a travel work written by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle, who was an officer of the British army active in Upper Canada.Very surprising it see..

Lady Merton, Colonist

Mrs. Humphry Ward

Lady Merton, Colonist is a fiction story written by Mary Augusta Ward CBE, a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. She worked to improve education for the poor and she..

Legends of the Middle Ages

H. A. Guerber

The object of this work is to familiarize young students with the legends which form the staple of mediaeval literature. While they may owe more than is apparent at first sight to the classical writin..

Letters from an American Farmer

J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur

Hazlitt wrote that of the three notable writers whom the eighteenth century had produced, in the North American colonies, one was "the author (whoever he was) of the American Farmer's Letters." Crevec..

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 02 (of 10)

Giorgio Vasari

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 02 (of 10) written by Giorgio Vasari, an Italian painter, architect, writer, and historian, most famous today for his Lives of th..