Essays Books

Certain Personal Matters

H. G. Wells

One of the humorous works of Science fiction novelist H. G. Wells, this light-hearted  "Certain Personal Matters", a collection of essays in many topics including games to life.   ..

Reflections and Comments 1865-1895

Edwin Lawrence Godkin

Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 is a collection of Essays and Pamphlets written by Edwin Lawrence Godkin, an Irish-born American journalist and newspaper editor. Excerpts:The horrors of w..

The Editor's Relations with the Young Contributor (from Literature and Life)

William Dean Howells

William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". One of the trustiest jokes of the humorous paragrapher is that the edi..

What I Saw in America

G. K. Chesterton

Travel ought to combine amusement with instruction; but most travellers are so much amused that they refuse to be instructed. I do not blame them for being amused; it is perfectly natural to be amused..

And Even Now

Sir Max Beerbohm

This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such notables as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Ezra Pound, and Somerset Maugham. Much of Beerbohm's wor..

Revolution, and Other Essays

Jack London

Revolution, and Other Essays is a collection of essays written by Jack London.  Revolution  The Somnambulists  The Dignity of Dollars  Goliah  The Golden Poppy  The Shrin..

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3

Horace Walpole

We are more successful, Madam, than I could flatter myself we should be. Mr. Conway—and I need say no more—has negotiated so well, that the Duke of Grafton is disposed to bring Mr. Beauclerk(151) in f..

The Long Ago

J. W. Wright

The Long Ago is a collection of English essays written by Jacob William Wright. The essays are The garden, The river, Christmas, Butter, eggs, ducks, geese, The sugar barrels, Jimmy, the lamplighter, ..