The Cloud upon the Sanctuary is a work of Christian mysticism written in 1909.

These lectures will not be concerned with history as a record of wars and political changes.

The Critique of Practical Reason is the second of Kant's three Critiques, following Critique of Pure Reason.

The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.

At the turn of the 17th century, English writer and explorer Sir Walter Scott read an account.

Student! Your life is your own. You have only yourself to thank for what you are, have been and will be.

The Duchess of Malfi was published in 1623, but the date of writing may have been as early as 1611.

The Enchiridion, or Handbook was written by a student of Epictetus in the 2nd century.

Selecting his cut and uncut jewels from very various Buddhistic sources, Mr. Bowden has here supplied those who buy and use the book with rubies and sapphires and emeralds of wisdom, compassion, and human brotherhood.

The Excellency of Christ is a famous sermon given by Jonathan Edwards.

Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon, more commonly known as Francois.

The Female Quixote completely inverts the adventures of Don Quixote.

H. G. Wells' 1901 science fiction novel The First Men in the Moon tells the story of a voyage to the moon by Mr. Bedford, a businessman plagued by financial problems, and Dr. Cavor, a brilliant and somewhat eccentric scientist.

John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga collects together three novels and two interludes.

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

According to the great horror writer H.P. Lovecraft The Ghost Pirates . . . is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils.

The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius is the only complete Latin novel to have survived to this day.

Sir James George Frazer's The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a broad comparative study.

Opening with the famous line This is the saddest story I have ever heard.

Henry Drummond was a Scottish evangelical writer and lecturer.