Essays Books

On the Popular Judgment

Immanuel Kant

German philosopher Immanuel Kant's philosophical work On the Popular Judgment is a tripartite essay – published variously as “On the Popular Judgment” (J. Richardson trans.), “On the Old Saw..

De Lof der Zotheid

Desiderius Erasmus

De Lof der Zotheid is a Dutch essay translated into English as The Praise of Folly written by Dutch philosopher and Christian humanist Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus...

Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914

Sir Edgar R. Jones

A selection of speeches made for the purpose of illustrating the best rhetorical form of British Oratory has already been published in 'The World's Classics'. The governing principle of this volume is..

An Extract out of Josephus's Discourse to The Greeks Concerning Hades

Flavius Josephus

An Extract out of Josephus's Discourse to The Greeks Concerning Hades is a non-fiction work on Jews antiquities written by Titus Flavius Josephus, a first-century Romano-Jewish historian...

Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn

W. H. Hudson

Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn is a collection of essays  was written by W. H. Hudson, an Argentinian naturalist. These essays are written in beautiful prose and concern a different location i..

Peace Theories and the Balkan War

Norman Angell

Peace Theories and the Balkan War is a political science work written by English writer Sir Ralph Norman Angell and Nobel Peace Prize winner.Mr. Norman Angell's theory was one to enable the citiz..

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 02

Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. He is also known as the father of Modern Skepticism. ..

Selected Lead Articles from The Dawn

Louisa Lawson

Louisa Lawson was an Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist. She was the mother of the poet and author Henry Lawson.Excerpts:"WOMAN is not uncompleted man, but diverse," says Ten..