Letters to Dead Authors (1886)
Twenty-two letters written by Andrew Lang (1844–1912) to bards, poets, and novelists from Homer to Rabelais to Austen….more
Biography & Letters
A Pamphlet on Verdi (1901)
A small pamphlet (in the series “Little journeys to the homes of great musicians”) on the life of the Italian composer Guiseppe Verdi, beginning with a fictionalise…more
The Book of Wonderful Characters (1869)
A wonderful collection of biographies containing vignettes, accompanied by engravings of each individual, describe a wide-ranging group – from the man who died ag…more
Conversations with Lord Byron (1824)
In his book Journal of the conversations of Lord Byron noted during a residence with his lordship at Pisa, in the years 1821 and 1822 by Thomas Medwin, published t…more
Cat and bird stories from the “Spectator” (1896)
A book bringing us mysteries and anecdotes relating to cats, birds, and other animals which found there way into the pages of The Spectator….more
