Seltzer Books: 1134 books

A collection of 16 pictures of Greek marbles (black and white), with introduction and interpretation by Estelle Hurll. According to Wikipedia: "Estelle May Hurll (18631924), a student of aesthetics, wrote a series of popular aesthetic analyses of art in the early twentieth century.Hurll was born...

According to Wikipedia: "Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Little Women was set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, and published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters."

Historical novel, set at the time of William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings (1066). The Preface begins: "Although the immediate results of the Battle of Hastings may have been of less importance to the world than were those of some other great battles, the struggle has, in the long run,...

Historical novel, set during the Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome. The Preface begins: "When I was a boy at school, if I remember rightly, our sympathies were generally with the Carthaginians as against the Romans. Why they were so, except that one generally sympathizes with the unfortunate, I...

Historical novel set in India in the 18th century. The Preface begins: "In the following pages I have endeavoured to give a vivid picture ofthe wonderful events of the ten years, which at their commencement sawMadras in the hands of the French--Calcutta at the mercy of the Nabobof Bengal--and English...

Classic historical novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 - 16 November 1902), referred to as G. A. Henty, was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent, and Imperialist born in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England. He is best known for his historical adventure...

According to Wikipedia: "Grace S. Richmond (died 1959) was an American writer. She wrote the "Red Pepper Burns" series of popular novels."

Long poem about native Americans and their mythology. According to Wikipedia: Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 December 6, 1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. She wrote some best-selling...

Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Robert Gissing (November 22, 1857 December 28, 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era....

Poetry book, first published in 1894. According to Wikipedia: "Bliss Carman, (April 15, 1861 - June 8, 1929) was a preeminent Canadian poet. He was born William Bliss Carman in Fredericton, in the Maritime province of New Brunswick. He published under the name "Bliss Carman," although...

Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Robert Gissing (November 22, 1857 December 28, 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era....

According to Wikipedia: Kate Dickinson Sweetser (died 1939) was an American author known in her time for writing juvenile fiction and compilations. She was born in New York City to Charles H. and Mary N. Sweetser. Her great-grandfather, Samuel Dickinson, was one of the founders of Amherst College in Massachusetts; she was also the cousin of poet Emily Dickinson."

According to Wikipedia: "It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next 10 years. It was not always held in high esteem by other writers (Samuel Johnson responded that, "Nothing odd can last"), but its bawdy humour was popular with London...

First published in 1907. According to the Preface: "It is no slight task to follow out the windings of a single thread in the infinite weave of society and by loosing it from the general mesh to show how dependent is the pattern of life and custom upon its presence. Such a task was presented in the...