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Negro Journalism

George W. Gore

Negro Journalism: An Essay on the History and Present Conditions of the Negro Press. The main purpose of this essay is to show the various stages of development through which the Negro press has ..

Wit, Humor, and Shakspeare - Twelve Essays

John Weiss

When a great freshet takes possession of a country, and evicts the tenants of every hole, thicket, and burrow, there is an indiscriminate stampede of the animals for the driest and safest places: hare..

The Essays of Douglas Jerrold

Douglas William Jerrold

The essays collected into this volume are, as has been hinted, from various sources; the earliest dates from the late ’twenties, the latest from the last year of the author’s life. No attempt has been..

The Observations of Professor Maturin

Clyde Furst

In the present book, moreover, we shall be able to read the sayings of this philosopher of the cheerful mind as they have been remembered and recorded by one who, better than any one else at all, knew..

Chance, Love, and Logic - Philosophical Essays

Charles S. Peirce

In a subject which bristles with suggestions and difficulties the temptation to add notes of explanation or dissent is almost insuperable. But as such notes might easily have doubled the size of this ..

This Then is Upland Pastures

Adeline Knapp

This Then is Upland Pastures : Being some out-door essays dealing with the beautiful things that the spring and summer bring. A bank where wake-robin lifts its bonny head is always fair to see. T..

Free Opinions

Marie Corelli

This essential of education is sadly lacking among the general majority of “educated” persons in Great Britain, and I think I may say America. Especially among those of the “upper” classes, in both co..

The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 06 (of 12)

William Hazlitt

Original Essays on Men and Manners. By William Hazlitt. Edited by his Son. London: C. Templeman, 6, Great Portland Street,’ some essays were omitted, the order of the essays was altered, and two essay..