William Henry: 507 books

In the essay and especially in poetry the cat has become a favourite subject, but in fiction it must be admitted that he lags considerably behind the dog. The reasons for this apparently arbitrary preference on the part of authors are perfectly easy to explain. The instinctive acts of the dog, who is...

At the age of fifty, towards the end of the First World War, W. H. Davies decided that he must marry. Spurning London society and the literary circles where he had been lionised since the publication of his Autobiography of a Super-Tramp, he set about looking for the right partner on the streets of...

Although barely a month has elapsed since the publication of these volumes, events of more or less general notoriety have so far confirmed the views taken in them of the actual state and outlook of affairs in Ireland, that I gladly comply with the request of my publisher for a Preface to this Second...

W.H.G. Kingston was a 19th century American writer best known for writing kids adventure novels that were very popular with boys at the time. His books are still widely read today.

A detailed account of the historical events that took place in California. Missions that were undertaken in different times have been described in detail. The chronological information imparted in a dramatic style captures the attention of the reader.

     To this oneness of all native Americans there is, perhaps, a single exception. Some writers look upon the Eskimo as a remnant of an ancient European race, known as the "Cave-men" because their remains are found in caves in Western Europe, always associated with the bones of arctic...

pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. The designs and ornaments of this volume are by Mr. Joseph Brown, and the printing from the press of Messrs. Morrison& Gibb, Edinburgh.

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. I take up pen for this foreword with the fear of one who knows that he cannot do justice to his subject, and the trembling of one who would not, for a good deal, set down words unpleasing to the eye of him who...

Published in 1880, this volume in the English Men of Letters series is enlivened by the author's personal acquaintance with many intimates of the poet, including his son and grandson, who provided Myers with as-yet-unpublished material.  As such, this biography is essential reading for Wordsworth enthusiasts.

The following pages may be regarded as a contribution towards that History of Human Error which was undertaken by Mr. Augustine Caxton. I fear that many minds will have to devote all their energies to the work, if it is ever to be brought to completion; and, indeed, it may plausibly be argued that its...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Doctor is a chronicle of the many ordinary and the fewer extraordinary people encountered by one physician during his forty years of practice. It serves as a testament to the grace, poise, and spirit manifested by so many in the midst of tragedies and triumphs, agonies and joys, and dying and living....

Introductory Remarks The little work now presented to the Public is the first attempt to publish a series of plates or pictures wholly executed by the new art of Photogenic Drawing, without any aid whatever from the artist's pencil. The term “Photography” is now so well known, that an explanation...

The present work, it is hoped, will supply a want long felt in the literature of the Catacombs. That literature, it is true, is very voluminous; but it is for the most part locked up in rare and costly folios in foreign languages, and inaccessible to the general reader. Recent discoveries have refuted...