Jane Eyre is raised in her aunt's house after the death of her parents.

The essential improvements that Scottish inventor James Watt (1736 - 1819) made to the steam engine.

Oscar Wilde was one of the most successful playwrights of the Victorian era.

Charles Eastman, whose Sioux name was Ohiyesa (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh).

American novelist and designer Edith Wharton traveled to Morocco after the end of World War I.

In a Glass Darkly collects together five short stories from gothic horror and mystery writer Sheridan Le Fanu.

Howards End is a masterful discussion of changing social class-consciousness.

In How to Tell a Story and Other Essays, iconic American author Mark Twain discusses his own experience as a writer and his personal style.

The teacher of religion needs to be very sure of himself at one point.

For those who would aspire to the gift of pure vision, and in whom the faculty is striving.

If the reading of this little book encourages any on their pilgrim way; if it arouses them to greater diligence.

A musical genius came to the Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls, and asked permission to cross.

It has been said that Nothing Succeeds Like Success. What is Success?

This author-physician's cure for nerves vividly recalls the simplicity of method.

Some persons have the instinct of courtesy so largely developed.

I suppose there is almost no one who would deny, if it were put to him.

Expression is one of the necessary elements of human development.

The Ancient Greek Euripides wrote the play Hippolytus, a tragedy based on the myth.

It is a good thing for all Americans, and it is an especially good thing for young Americans, to remember the men who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen.

Henry VIII was the infamous English king who abolished ties with the Catholic church.