Letter, Diaries

Robert Louis Stevenson is the author of many classic novels. He was also prolific letter writer. The letters in volumes I and II, cover the years 1868 through 1894. Volume I begins with his student …

A second volume of the collected correspondence of the great African-American reformer and abolitionist features correspondence written during the Civil War years The second collection of …

By John Ruskin’s own account, 1858 was a turning-point in his life — the year in which he turned away from his evangelical upbringing toward a more humanistic attitude. The 132 letters included in …

This moving and unusual story of a British engineer who becomes caught up in the horrifying events of the First World War vividly illuminates life – and death – on the Mesopotamian Front. At the …

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The reader …

A collection of spiritual letters to young religious on the spiritual life, always laced with sound common sense and good humour.Apart from her celebrity status as ‘the art nun’, generated by her …

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. No complete …

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. But pleafure …

This volume brings together an unusual collection of British captivity writings – composed during and after imprisonment and in conditions of siege. Writings from the ‘Mutiny’ of 1857 are well known, …

Robert Louis Stevenson is the author of many classic novels. He was also prolific letter writer. The letters in volumes I and II, cover the years 1868 through 1894. Volume I begins with his student …