Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015

by Various

15 chapters3h 50mEnglish0

About this book

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, government, military history, science, philosophy, sports, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Chapters (15)

1Animals at Play, Chapter 3 from The Human Side of Animals

1181

2Baseball from 'The Dial' July 26, 1919

483

3Epicurus

1997

4Jefferson's Letter to The Danbury Baptists

162

5The Letter of Columbus on the Discovery of America

1247

6The Logic of Persecution

583

7On the Faults of the Constitution

317

8Poisonous Cheese from A Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons

369

9Queen Bess' Feast from A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

528

10The Seige of Troy from On the Shores of the Great Sea

320

11Spinoza

2027

12Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789

245

13Thomas Paine

1974

14Thoughts on Government

1045

15Truth of Intercourse

1350

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015

About this book

Chapters (15)

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