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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys who struggle to escape poverty through hard work, clean living, and pluck. Scholar John Geck of the University of Rochester notes that "the Horatio Alger plot was viewed from the perspective of the Progressive movement as a staunch defense of laissez-faire capitalism, yet at the same time criticizing the cutthroat business techniques and offering hope to a suffering young generation during the Great Depression."

Mary T. Waggaman (1846-1931) was a prolific author of Catholic children's books, poetry, and various other Catholic literature. The Playwater Plot is a children's book about a plot to kidnap a very rich boy who has been an invalid since birth.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (1856-1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, best known for his Allan Quartermain series. In Maiwa's Revenge, Quartermain tell the story of a Zulu woman's vengeance.

Sir Henry James Sumner Maine, KCSI (1822-1888), was an English comparative jurist and historian best know for his thesis in Ancient Law that law and society developed "from status to contract." In the ancient world, individuals were tightly bound by status to traditional groups; but in the modern world, individuals are free to make contracts and form associations with whomever they choose.

Samuel Warren (1807-1877) was a British lawyer and "Master of Lunacy," a novelist and an MP. Ten Thousand a-Year (1839) first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine.

George William MacArthur Reynolds (1814-1879) was a British author and journalist. The Mysteries of London, like most of Reynolds' works, was first published as a weekly penny dreadful, illustrated with lurid engravings and circulating mainly among readers of limited means and education.

Edgcumbe Staley (1845-?) wrote several books about Italian history. In The Tragedies of the Medici, Staley has "sought to set out the whole truth -- not a garbled version -- whilst I have fearlessly added decorative features where facts were absent or were too prosaic."

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (1856-1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, best known for his Allan Quartermain series. Stella Fregelius is a departure which Haggard describes as having "few exciting incidents and no climax of the accustomed order, since the end of it only indicates its real beginning."

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story. This volume contains Bel-Ami, Our Hearts, Une Vie, Pierre and Jean, Mont Oriol, Strong as Death, and Doctor Heraclius Gloss.

Alpheus Sherwin Cody (1868-1959) was an American writer and entrepreneur who developed a long-running home-study course in speaking and writing and an advocate of colloquial style and grammar. This book discusses the life of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) and his most famous satirical novel, Vanity Fair.

Walter Lionel George (1882-1926) was an English writer, born and brought up in Paris and best known for his novels and writings on feminism. 1911's A Bed of Roses, about a woman's descent into prostitution, was his first big success.

May Baldwin (1862-1950) was a British author of girls' school stories. According to The Encyclopedia of Girls' School Stories, Baldwin's writing is far less nationalistic than that of other early contributors to the genre, perhaps owing to her own international education.

Jan Vedder's Wife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr is a poignant novel set in the Shetland Islands, exploring themes of love, pride, and reconciliation. The story follows Jan Vedder, a headstrong fisherman, and his devoted wife, Margaret. Their marriage is strained by Jan's reckless behavior and inability to meet Margaret's expectations. After a period of separation, Jan embarks on a journey of self-realization. Through hardship and personal growth, the novel portrays the complexities of relationships and the enduring power of love.

Jean-Baptiste Racine (1639-1699) was one of the "Big Three" French dramatists of 17th-century France along with Molière and Corneille. This volume contains Iphigénie, Phèdre, Esther, and Athalie.

Jean-Baptiste Racine (1639-1699) was one of the "Big Three" French dramatists of 17th-century France along with Molière and Corneille. This volume contains a foreword and La Thébaïde, Alexandre le Grand, Andromaque, and Britannicus.

Alfred Victor de Vigny (1797-1863) was a French poet, playwright, and novelist. This volume contains four of his plays en francais.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright, best known for Don Quixote, considered the first modern novel. This volume contains a Latvian translation.

George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) is best-known for his 1901 Brewster's Millions. Castle Craneycrow was McCutcheon's second novel.

Abraham Grace Merritt (1884-1943) was an American editor and author of works of fantastic fiction. The Metal Monster was first serialized in Argosy All-Story Weekly in 1920 and features the return of Dr. Goodwin who first appeared in The Moon Pool.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and prolific novelist. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed," "pursuit of the almighty dollar," "the pen is mightier than the sword," and the famous opening line "It was a dark and stormy night."

This is a facsimile edition of Volume 2 of the Letters and Sermons of John Henry Newton (1725-1807) an English sailor and Anglican clergyman. As a sailor, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years, experienced a religious conversion, and became a minister, hymn-writer, and later a prominent abolitionist. He is best known as the author of the hymn "Amazing Grace."

Harrison Smith Morris (1856-1948) was a Philadelphia author, businessman, and philanthropist, who complied this four-volume collection of Christmas tales and verse in 1900, was the managing director of the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, an editor of Lippincott's Magazine, and art editor of the Ladies' Home Journal.

William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), English historian and traveler. Her Majesty's Tower is one of his later historical works. He was a diligent student of original authorities and sometimes succeeded in throwing fresh light on his subjects, but Dixon was not always accurate and laid himself open to criticism.

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century, best known for The Last of the Mohicans. The Water-Witch is one of his sea stories, which he wrote while living in Paris.

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798) was a Venetian adventurer and author. His Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), part autobiography and part memoir, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. He was so famous as a womanizer that his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction.

Charles James Lever (1806-1872) was an Irish novelist, although he never participated in a battle his descriptions of them in Tom Burke and other early novels won praise.

Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), was an English novelist and dramatist best known for Our Village, a series of sketches of village scenes and vividly drawn characters based upon life in Three Mile Cross, a hamlet near Reading in Berkshire, where she lived.

Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage was his bestselling book.

Max McConn may be Dr. Charles Maxwell McConn, Dean of Lehigh University from (1923-1938) and later at New York University.

Reprints of Wild West Weekly magazine containing stories and sketches of Western life, featuring the adventures of 'Young Wild West,' a courageous and dashing hero born and raised on the frontier, who rescues his sweetheart, Arietta Murdock, from countless dangers and perils.