Star Lamp: 152 books

How to Write Clearly by the English schoolmaster and theologian, Edwin Abbott Abbott.He is best known as the author of the novella Flatland.Edwin Abbott Abbott was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott (1808–1882), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his wife, Jane Abbott (1806–1882)....

Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World written by James Cook.This book contains his journey of his adventure around the world.

Discipline and Other Sermons by Charles Kingsley,a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian and novelist.He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives that failed but led to...

Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Henry Theophilus Finck,an American music critic, a leading promoter in the United States of Richard Wagner and his musical theories.He attended the Bayreuth Festival in 1876, of which he wrote accounts for newspapers and magazines. The Harris fellowship from Harvard...

More Bab Ballads by Sir William Schwenck Gilbert,the English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as the Savoy operas).Gilbert also wrote the Bab Ballads, an extensive collection of light verse accompanied by his own comical drawings. His creative...

The Mystery of Cloomber novel by the British author,Arthur Conan Doyle.This book is about classic mystery of  a place near someone residence,Branksome,the Cloomber Hall,for many years untenanted.

The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Christopher Marlowe,also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.As with other writers of the period, little is known about Marlowe. What evidence there is can be found in legal records and other...

The Pirates Of Malabar, And An Englishwoman In India Two Hundred Years Ago by John Biddulph or Colonel John Biddulph.He was the British soldier,author and naturalist who served in the government of British India.

An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by the English essayist,John Foster.His work,An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance is the book which he urged the necessity of a national system of education.

The Little Lame Prince by the English novelist and poet, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.This book is a story for children and first published in 1875.In the story, the young Prince Dolor, whose legs are paralysed due to a childhood trauma, is exiled to a tower in a wasteland. As he grows older, a fairy...

An English Grammar by William Malone Baskervill and James Witt Sewell.William Malone Baskervill was a writer and professor of the English language and literature at Vanderbilt University.He was the son-in-law of Methodist Bishop and Vanderbilt University co-founder Holland Nimmons McTyeire.James Witt...

Songs of Two Nations by the English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic,Algernon Charles Swinburne.He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the Encycloaedia Britannica. A controversial figure at the time, Swinburne was a sado-masochist and alcoholic and was obsessed with the Middle Ages and lesbianism.

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by the British author, William Sleeman.William Sleeman or Sir William Henry Sleeman was a British soldier and administrator in British India,best know as for his work suppressing Thuggee activity in this book.

The Jewel Merchants A Comedy in One Act by the American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres, James Branch Cabell.