Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

by Various

18 chapters7h 1mEnglish0

About this book

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammetta Wilson, naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, mountaineer Jacques Balmat, French Revolutionist Camille Desmoulins, and Buddha; a climb of Mt. Fuji by Lafcadio Hearn, reviews of 20th century poetry and of books by E. M. Delafield, Mrs. Gaskell, and Kierkegaard; marriage; motion pictures; color blindness; and an essay on optimism by Helen Keller. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Chapters (18)

1Alexander von Humboldt, a Eulogy (1859)

2162

2Colour-blindness

676

3The Drama of Self-Deception, a Review of E. M. Delafield's Novels

832

4Early 20th Century Poetry, a Review

365

5Fiammetta Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

613

6Fuji-no-Yama

2692

7How To Cook Husbands

183

8Jacques Balmat, or The First Ascent of Mont Blanc

2394

9The Life of Buddha and its Lessons

1535

10Live Free Or Die (1788)

401

11Moving Pictures

1080

12Mrs. Gaskell, A Novelist of Queen Victoria's Reign

2624

13On the Education of the Recollection (1806)

867

14On Marriage

352

15On Reading

2836

16Optimism

3756

17Soren Kierkegaard: The Concept of Anxiety 1844 and Practice in Christianity 1850

416

18Soren Kierkegaard: Study on his Stadia Upon Life's Way (1845)

1509

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

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