Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

by Various

15 chapters5h 30mEnglish0

About this book

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, science, literature, sports, education, humor, philosophy, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

Chapters (15)

1Are Atheists Wicked?

706

2Assassination of President McKinley, The from "The Complete Life of William McKinley

1260

3The Books of Chilan Balam, the Prophetic and Historic Records of the Mayas of Yu

1636

4Equal Opportunity in Education

1110

5Extracts from the report on the sinking of the 'Titanic'

1775

6The Gale

1317

7How the Memory may be Improved from Mind, matter and motion; with directions for good health in old age

1213

8Interview with Frederick Russell Burnham about Colonel Baden-Powell

311

9Mosquitoes from "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things"

461

10On the Unequal Sensibility of the Foramen Centrale to Light of different Colours

157

11Poems in 'Alice in Wonderland', The Published in The Bookman, vol. 18, Sept. 1903

862

12Remarks on the Antiquity of Pugilism from "Boxiana or Sketches of Modern Pugilism"

2728

13Silly Novels by Lady Novelists

3886

14Telegrams from "Business Hints for Men and Women"

414

15Voltaire

2013

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

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