Correspondence Books
De Profundis
Oscar WildeDe Profundis is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie". In its first half Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventu..
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1
Marcus Tullius CiceroThe object of this book is to give the English-speaking public, in a convenient form, as faithful and readable a copy as the translator was capable of making of a document unique in the literature of ..
Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius CiceroTHE letters of Cicero are of a very varied character. They range from the most informal communications with members of his family to serious and elaborate compositions which are practically treatises ..
Treatises on Friendship and Old Age
Marcus Tullius CiceroMARCUS TULLIUS CICERO, the greatest of Roman orators and the chief master of Latin prose style, was born at Arpinum, Jan. 3, 106 B.C. His father, who was a man of property and belonged to the class of..
Sunday Under Three Heads
Charles DickensSunday Under Three Heads is a book by Charles Dickens. There are few things from which I derive greater pleasure, than walking through some of the principal streets of London on a fine Sunday, in summ..
The letters of Charles Dickens
Charles DickensThe letters of Charles Dickens, of which more than 14,000 are known, range in date from about 1821, when Dickens was 9 years old, to 8 June 1870, the day before he died. They have been described as "i..
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln - Vol 1 (1832-1843)
Abraham LincolnAmerica's 16th and arguably most famous president, Lincoln was the man who held it all together, serving his country through its most divisive moment. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln is a collection t..