Samuel R Wells: 6 books

A modern guide to the timeless rules of good behavior In the years since its publication in the late nineteenth century, How to Behave has taught thousands of men and women how to build a strong, noble character and demonstrate model behavior in any situation. Now, in this updated edition of...

Although some of the social conventions that etiquette expert Samuel R. Wells addressed in the original 1887 version of How to Behave: A Pocket Manual of Etiquette and Correct Personal Habits have gone out of fashion, most of the basic instructions contained in this comprehensive volume remain relevant...

Phrenology, the practice of studying character and mental capacity from the confirmation of the skull, has always been a fascinating subject. As Pope said: "The proper study of mankind is man." Here is a book with a lot of character--in fact, many characters, some famous and others...

Contents The Two Drovers  By Sir Walter Scott  Mr. Deuceace  By W. M. Thackeray  The Brothers  Edward Bulmer Lytton  Doctor Manette's Manuscript  By Charles Dickens  The Caldron of Oil  By Wilkie Collins  The Burial of the Tithe  By Samuel...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...