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Jean François Victor Aicard (1848-1921) was a French poet, dramatist and novelist. Maurin the Illustrious is the sequel to the Diverting Adventures of Maurin, continuing what the New York Times called the "rare adventures in the old style" of Maurin, a "poacher, jester, paladin, Don Juan, good citizen, outlaw, teller of droll tales, doer of bold deeds, active politician, dreamer of dreams, and careful parent rolled into one."

Geraldine Bonner (1870-1930) was an American author, born on Staten Island, New York, and moved to Colorado as a child where she lived in mining camps. Bonner's short stories were published in Collier's Weekly, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly, and Lippincott's. Tomorrow's Tangle is set in the mountain desert West among miners and Mormons.

Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888) was an American novelist who served as a chaplain in the Civil War and wrote weekly letters the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals. In the 1870s, he began writing very popular novels. Their strong moral and religious purpose, and their being written by a clergyman, did much to break down a Puritan prejudice in America against works of fiction.

Madame Therese Bentzon is the pseudonym of Marie Thérèse Blanc (1840-1907), a French journalist, essayist, and novelist, for many years on the staff of the Revue des Deux Mondes. Jacqueline was one of four of her works recognized by l'Academie Francaise. In addition to her own writing, Bentzon translated the works of Ouida, Dickens and Bret Harte.

Claude Adhémar André Theuriet (1833-1907) was a French poet, novelist, and member of l'Academie Francaise. His Reine des Bois gives natural, simple pictures of rustic and especially of woodland, life.

Emile Souvestre (1806-1854) was a French novelist whose Un Philosophe sous les toils, which received a prize from l'Academie Francaise. An "Attic" Philosopher is the tale, in epistemological form, of one year in the life of a kindly, thoughtful, and somewhat impulsive young man, the clerk's experiences will inspire and delight you from January 1 to December 31 -- and provides an interesting portrait of life in Paris in the mid-Nineteenth century that contrasts with the acerbic, cynical vision of Balzac or the amoral world of Flaubert.

Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (1810-1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. He is known for his poetry and his autobiographical La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century) -- the tale of his celebrated love affair with George Sand, who told her side of the tale in Elle et lui.

René François Nicolas Marie Bazin (1853-1932) was a French novelist, who made his reputation with Une tache d'encre (A spot of ink) in 1888, which received a prize from l'Academie Francaise. The Ink Stain is a "romance of scholarly life."

The I Ching or Yì Jing, also known as the Book of Changes, is one of the oldest Chinese classic texts and is a compendium of ancient cosmic principles and a divination text. The I Ching was at the heart of early Chinese philosophical thought, serving as a common ground for the Confucian and Taoist schools.

A 1966 bibliographic guide to select holdings of the Library of Congress on fables from around the world.

Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801-1887) was an early pioneer in experimental psychology, founder of psychophysics, and introduced the median into the formal analysis of data. The still-mysterious perceptual illusion where colors are seen in a moving pattern of black and white is still called the Fechner color effect. This "Little Book of Life After Death" tells us "that even though we do nothing wicked, we may neglect to do anything immortal, and therefore our future prospects are as trivial as our performance now or in the past. We shall deserve to be forgotten."

C. Nelson Stewart wrote about "occult mineralogy" and Baron Edward Bulwer-Litton's interest in the occult. The Gem-Stones of the Seven Rays, Stewart states: "To the ceremonialist and student of magic, precious stones are especially valuable as wave-meters transmitting specialized psychic qualities, and this little book groups some forty-seven mineral species and varieties under the Seven Rays [of life]."

This foundational text of Western philosophy explores the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life. Aristotle presents his concept of "eudaimonia" or flourishing, arguing that ethical virtue is achieved through a balance of character traits, or the "Golden Mean." Through practical wisdom, individuals can live a life of reason and moral excellence. The work continues to influence fields like ethics, politics, and psychology.

Duffield Osbourne was a Brooklyn lawyer, poet, and prolific novelist. The Secret of the Crater (1900) is considered a "lost race" classic.

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, inventing the "rogue male" school of adventure thrillers and writing over 150 novels of all sorts. A Sleeping Memory (aka, The Great Awakening, 1902) was filmed in 1917.

Opie Percival Read (1852-1939) was a prolific American journalist and humorist.

Meredith Nicholson (1866-1947) was a best-selling author, a politician, and a diplomat. He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.

Sh¿hn¿mé (Persian for "The Book of Kings") is an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi around 1000 AD and is the national epic of the Persian-speaking world. The Sh¿hn¿meh tells the mythical and historical past of (Greater) Iran from the creation of the world up until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century. James Atkinson (1780-1852) was a surgeon, artist and Persian scholar. This translation, abridged in prose and verse, won the gold medal of the Oriental Translation Fund.

Embarking on an astonishing journey of 264 trillion miles, intrepid explorers soar through the cosmos to reach the distant star Polaris. Fueled by human ingenuity and the limitless potential of science, this visionary tale delves into the marvels of interstellar travel and the boundless mysteries of the universe. A Trip to Polaris is a thrilling fusion of adventure, science fiction, and speculative exploration of humanity's future among the stars.

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934) was an English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director. Pinero began writing plays in the late 1870s while at the Lyceum, including Daisy's Escape in 1879 and Bygones in 1880. He became a prolific and successful playwright, authoring fifty-nine plays. He is best known for his comedies, of which the most notable are: The Magistrate (1885), The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith (1895) and Trelawny of the 'Wells' (1898). Several of his plays have been made into films.

Stanley John Weyman (1855-1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance". Under the Red Robe concerns Cardinal Richelieu and the Day of Dupeshas, and was made into a 1937 British swashbuckler film.

William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) was an English historical novelist. His first success as a writer came with "Rookwood" in 1834, which features Dick Turpin as its leading character. A stream of 39 novels followed; "Jack Sheppard," "Guy Fawkes", "Old St Paul's," "Windsor Castle" and "The Lancashire Witches" are regarded as his most successful novels. "The Tower of London" is a historical romance that describes the story of Lady Jane Grey.

Leonard Merrick (1864-1939) was an English writer who J. M. Barrie called "the novelist's novelist". Merrick's works, several of which were made into films, include "The Actor-Manager," "THe Quaint Companions," "The Worldlings," "Cynthia" and others.

George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and Brewster's Millions, which was made into several films.

George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and Brewster's Millions, which was made into several films.

This book is about the duchesse de Châteauroux (1717-1744), Ehrengard Melusina von der Schulenburg, duchess of Kendal (1667?-1743). Catherine II, empress of Russia (1729-1796), Elizabeth Chudleigh, duchess of Kingston (1720-1788), the comtesse de Lamotte (1756-1791), The duchesse de Polignac (1749-1793) and Lola Montez (1818-1861).

Jeanne-Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier (1777-1849) was a Frenchwoman who was a leader of the literary and political circles of the early 19th century. H. Noel Williams was a biographer whose works include "Madame De Pompadour," "Queen Margot," "Five Fair Sisters" and others.

Mary Crawford Fraser (1851-1922), usually known as Mrs. Hugh Fraser, was an American writer noted for her various memoirs and historical novels. She was the author of Palladia (1896), The Looms of Time (1898), The Stolen Emperor (1904), A Diplomatist's Wife in Japan (1912), Italian Yesterdays (1913) and others.

Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870-1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod. Lincoln's work frequently appeared in popular magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator. His novels included Keziah Coffin (1909), Extricating Obadiah (1917), Storm Girl (1937) and many others.