Criticism Books

Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary

Voltaire

 is an encyclopedic dictionary published by Voltaire in 1764. The alphabetically arranged articles often criticize the Roman Catholic Church, Judaism, Islam, and other institutions. The first edi..

The Writings of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Previou..

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 27 - March 1663-64

Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys FRS was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament who is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man...

Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences

Martin Luther

Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg, under the presidency of the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and..

Le Roman Historique a l'Epoque Romantique - Essai sur l'Influence de Walter

Louis Maigron

Le Roman Historique a l'Epoque Romantique - Essai sur l'Influence de Walter by Louis Maigron...

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama

E. Cobham Brewer

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama is a dictionary of romance literature written by E. Cobham Brewer. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, was the author of A Guide to the Scientific Kn..

Fashions in Literature

Charles Dudley Warner

Fashions in Literature is a literary criticism book written by Charles Dudley Warner, an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: ..

The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes

Various Authors

The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes contains Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection contributed by various authors...