Seltzer Books: 1134 books

"The history of what is popularly called Italian opera begins in the United States with a performance of Rossini's lyrical comedy "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"; it may, therefore, fittingly take the first place in these operatic studies. The place was the Park Theatre, then situated in...

According to Wikipedia: "John Addington Symonds (5 October 1840 - 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic… Meanwhile he was occupied with his major work, Renaissance in Italy, which appeared in seven volumes at intervals between 1875 and 1886. The Renaissance had been the subject...

Classic Kipling short stories, including IN AMBUSH, SLAVES OF THE LAMP--PART I., AN UNSAVORY INTERLUDE, THE IMPRESSIONISTS, THE MORAL REFORMERS, A LITTLE PREP, THE FLAG OF THEIR COUNTRY, THE LAST TERM, and SLAVES OF THE LAMP --PART II. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 1936) was...

Classic fantasy novel. According to Wikipedia: "The Wonderful Visit is an 1895 novel written by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a fallen angel who one night arrives in a small English village called Sidderton, where he faces the struggles of adapting to everyday life, and has to deal with the problem...

Classic American Juvenile Fiction: 3 Books By Booth Tarkington includes Penrod, Penrod and Sam, and Seventeen. According to Wikipedia, "Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and...

This collection includes the complete text of 11 H.G. Wells science fiction and fantasy novels: The First Men in the Moon, The Food of the Gods, In the Days of the Comet, The Invisible Man, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Time Machine, The War in the Air, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes,...

Medieval collections of Jewish biblical lore and legend. From Volume 4 of The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East. This volulme includes the Tanhuma Midrash, poems of Judah Halevi, the Book Cusari, Commentaries of Rabbi Ben Ezra, Advice of Maimonides, and The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela.

This book-collection file includes: The Young Trailers, The Forest Runners, The Keepers of the Faith, The Eyes of the Woods, The Free Rangers, The Riflemen of the Ohio, The Scouts of the Valley, and The Border Watch. According to the original publisher, in The Young Trailers Series, "Two boys,...

"Out of the first six Annals of Tacitus, with his account of German and Life of Agricola." According to Wikipedia: "Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. AD 56 after 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine...

Addressed to the students of The Pastors' College, Metropolitan Tabernacle, and first published in 1890. Spurgeon was a Baptist preacher in England, known as "the Prince of Preachers". According to Wikipedia: "Charles Haddon Spurgeon, commonly C.H. Spurgeon, ( 1834 1892) was a British Reformed Baptist...

Inspirational book by 19th-century Baptist preacher, known as "the Prince of Preachers". According to Wikipedia: "Charles Haddon Spurgeon, commonly C.H. Spurgeon, (June 19, 1834 January 31, 1892) was a British Reformed Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians...

Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (1878 - 1968), was a prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best investigators advocating socialist views. He achieved considerable popularity in the first half...

Humorous novel, first published in 1898. "They are really delicious -- when properly treated." According to Wikipedia: "Elizabeth Strong Worthington (1888 - 1908) was a popular American writer during the latter part of the 1800s. Her first books "When Peggy Smiled: A Love Story"...

Humor collection first published in 1885. According to Wikipedia: "Katherine Abbott Sanborn (11 July 1839 - 9 July 1917) was an American author, teacher and lecturer. She was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, the daughter of educator Edwin David Sanborn and his wife Mary Ann. She taught English...