What does laughter mean? What is the basal element in the laughable?

Edward FitzGerald gave the title The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam to his translation of poetry attributed to the Persian poet, astronomer and mathematician Omar Khayyam (1048-1123).

IT may possibly be thought, that there is no great need of going about to define or describe the Will.

G. K. Chesterton said of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson that he seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins.

First published in 1886, The Bostonians is one of James' wittiest social satires.

Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders is the 20th book in the original Tom Swift series.

Tom Swift and His Undersea Search is the 23rd book in the original Tom Swift series.

The theory of taking off fat is the simplest theory in the world.

Unto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin.

Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms from 1914 is a poetic exploration of words.

Man's word is his wand filled with magic and power!Jesus Christ emphasized the power of the word.

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

The first point which it is necessary to make clear in describing the astral plane.

First published in 1920, The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants.

If I were asked what, in my opinion, distinguishes the thought of the present day.