Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047

by Various

18 chapters4h 59mEnglish0

About this book

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, Aristotle, Leonhard Euler, Henri Amiel, and the French Rights of Man; adventure and mystery -- the ascent of Aconcagua and the mystery ship Mary Celeste; science -- a new comet and lichen dyes; portraits of the seasons by Lucy Maud Montgomery: biographies of Charles Dickens and Clara and Robert Schuman; a history of the Transcendental utopia Fruitlands by Louisa May Alcott, and an essay on reading by Isaac Disraeli. summary by Sue Anderson

Chapters (18)

1An Account of a New Comet, 1786

308

2Amiel's Journal 6-7 April 1851

858

3Aristotle

391

4The Ascent of Anconcagua

2052

5Clara and Robert Schumann

1772

6The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen 1789, 1791

455

7Fruitlands, Bronson Alcott's Transcendental Utopia, 1843

2912

8A Garden Of Old Delights

1635

9Influence of the Liberty of Spirits Upon Events

501

10Lichen Dyes

634

11The Mystery of Charles Dickens

1295

12A Mystery of the Sea: the Mary Celeste

344

13On Reading

850

14Scott v. Negro London by United States Supreme Court

331

15Sisyphus, Or Upon Taking Counsel

997

16Spring In The Woods

965

17The Woods In Autumn

902

18The Woods In Winter

766

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047

About this book

Chapters (18)

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