Biographies General in 2016

Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time, Volume 1 by Wraxall, Nathaniel William

David Kennedy: The Scottish Singer by Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory

The Library of American Biography, Volume 6 by Sparks, Jared

The Life and Works of Christóbal Suárez De Figueroa by Crawford, James Pyle Wickersham

Letters On Various Subjects by Caughey, James

Lives of Scottish Poets: With Ports. and Vignettes, Volume 1 by [Robertson, Joseph]

The American Manual and Patriot's Handbook by Fallows, Samuel

Our Young Folks Abroad: The Adventures of Four American Boys and Girls in a Journey Through Europe to Constantinople by McCabe, James Dabney

George Sand and Her Lovers by Gribble, Francis Henry

Helena Faucit (Lady Martin) by Martin, Theodore

The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private As Well As the Official and Scientific Correspondence Together With the Unmutilated and Correct by Franklin, Benjamin

Rachel, Her Stage Life and Her Real Life by Gribble, Francis Henry

America As I Found It by Duncan, Mary Grey Lundie

Notes From a Diary, 1892-1895, Volume 1 by Duff, Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant

Journal of Commodore Goodenough: During His Last Command As Senior Officer On the Australian Station, 1873-1875 by Goodenough, James Graham, Goodenough, Victoria

The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army: A Succinct Narrative of Its Works and Purposes by

New Pictures and Old Panels by Doran

Smiling 'round the World by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

Thackeray's Works, Volume 1; volume 15 by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Life and Letters of Captain Marryat, Volume 2 by Marryat, Florence

D'aubigné, and His Writings: With a Sketch of the Life of the Author by Baird, Robert, D'Aubigné, Jean Henri Merle

Christine Brownlee's Ordeal by Patrick, Mary

The African Repository, Volume 47 by

The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: Tales, Continued. Flirtation, a Dialogue. Occasional Pieces by Crabbe, George

The Life and Poems of William Dunbar by Dunbar, William, Paterson, James

Heroes of the Cross in America by Shelton, Don Odell

The Orphan-House of Wesley: With Notices of Early Methodism in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and Its Vicinity by Stamp, William Wood

The Life of Cardinal Wolsey, Volume 2 by Press, Chiswick, Cavendish, George, Whittingham, Charles

Some Official Correspondence of George Canning [1821-1827], Volume 2 by Canning, George

Records and Reminiscences, Personal and General, Volume 2 by Burnand, Francis Cowley

Trial of Queen Caroline, Volume 2 by Caroline

The Life of Ralph Bernal Osborne, M.P by Bagenal, Philip Henry

The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: To Which Is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life, Volume 1 by Paine, Thomas

Ten Years of Preacher-Life: Chapters From an Autobiography by Milburn, William Henry

The Life & Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, Volume 2 by Defoe, Daniel

Thackeray's Works, Volume 10 by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Reise Um Die Welt in Den Jahren 1844-1847, Volume 1 by Görtz, Karl Heinrich

The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till Death of Lord Tenterden, Volume 1 by Cockcroft, James, Campbell, Baron John Campbell

John Thadeus Delane, Editor of "The Times": His Life and Correspondence, Volume 1 by Dasent, Arthur Irwin

The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, Volume 9 by Weitenkampf, Frank, Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, Lamberton, John Porter

The Life and Letters of Hugh Miller, Volume 2 by Bayne, Peter

English Lands, Letters and Kings ..., Volume 1 by Mitchell, Donald Grant

The Siege of Lichfield: A Tale Illustrative of the Great Rebellion by Gresley, William

History of Richard Cromwell and the Restoration of Charles Ii, Volume 1 by Guizot

Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery: A Narrative, Volume 1 by Young, Filson, Dunraven, Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin

Wonderful Inventions: From the Mariner's Compass to the Electric Telegraph Cable by Timbs, John

Memoir of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Dwight: Including an Account of the Plague of 1837 by Dwight, Harrison Gray Otis

The Epistolary Correspondence, Visitation Charges, Speeches, and Miscellanies, of the Right Reverend Francis Atterbury ...: With Historical Notes by Atterbury, Francis

Thackeray's Works, Volume 1 by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The Fawn of Sertorius, Volume 1 by Landor, Robert Eyres

Forty Years in South China: A Biography of the Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, Part 4 by Fagg, John Gerardus

Biographia Dramatica: Or, a Companion to the Playhouse: Containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes, of British and I by Baker, David Erskine

The Conquest of Florida: By Hernando De Soto, Volume 2 by Irving, Theodore

Famous Women As Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

Gleanings of Past Years, 1843-78, Volume 2 by Gladstone, William Ewart

Memoir and Correspondence of Eliza P. Gurney by Gurney, Eliza Paul

Lives and Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Robbers and Murderers, of All Nations, by Whitehead, Charles

Victorian Poets by Stedman, Edmund Clarence

A Popular Life of George Fox: The First of the Quakers by Marsh, Josiah

The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner: Roundabout Journey by Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford, Warner, Charles Dudley

Flame, Electricity and the Camera: Man's Progress From the First Kindling of Fire to the Wireless Telegraph and the Photography of Color by Iles, George

Report of the Directors of the American Education Society by

Lives of Northern Worthies, Volume 3 by Coleridge, Derwent, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, Coleridge, Hartley

Marjorie Daw and Other People. Author's Ed by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

Memoirs of the Right Honourable Henry Lord Langdale, Volume 1 by Hardy, Thomas Duffus

Selected Articles On National Defense, Volume 3 by Johnsen, Julia Emily

Cotton Mather, the Puritan Priest by Wendell, Barrett

The Household of Faith: Portraits and Essays by Russell, George William Erskine

One of the People: His Own Story by Porter, Burton B.

The Works of George Meredith, Volume 28 by Meredith, George

George Washington by Hapgood, Norman

Paul by Benson, Edward Frederic

History of England From the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, Volume 1 by Froude, James Anthony

Lives of Scottish Worthies by Tytler, Patrick Fraser

The Life of Willbur [Sic] Fisk: First President of the Wesleyan University by Holdich, Joseph

The Subaltern by Gleig, George Robert

Hither and Thither: A Collection of Comments On Books and Bookish Matters by Thomson, John

On Common Ground by Preston, Sydney Herman

Thoughts On the Future Civil Policy of America by Draper, John William

Heroines of the Modern Stage by Izard, Forrest

Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest;: With Anecdotes of Their Courts, Now First Published From Official Records and Other Authent by Strickland, Agnes

The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France, Volume 4 by De Lamartine, Alphonse, Rafter, Michael

France Under Mazarin: With a Review of the Administration of Richelieu, Volume 2 by Perkins, James Breck

Hurry-Graphs; Or, Sketches of Scenery, Celebrities and Society, Taken From Life by Willis, Nathaniel Parker

The Citizen of the World, Volume 1 by Railton, Herbert

The Works of Thomas De Quincey, "The English Opium Eater": Including All His Contributions to Periodical Literature, Volume 1 by de Quincey, Thomas

Memoirs of Madame La Marquise De Montespan, Volume 2 by de de Montespan, Françoise-Athénaïs R.

Memorials of Human Superstition: Being a Paraphrase and Commentary On the Historia Flagellantium of the Abbé Boileau by De Lolme, Jean Louis

The Eight-Oared Victors: A Story of College Water Sports by Chadwick, Lester

Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 25 by Stephen, Leslie, Lee, Sidney

Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus Washington

John Brent by Winthrop, Theodore

Life of Goethe, Volume 1 by Haldane, Richard Burdon Haldane, Brown, Peter Hume

Diary and Letters of Madame D'arblay, Volume 7 by Burney, Fanny, Barrett, Charlotte

The Autobiography of William Jerdan: With His Literary, Political, and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence During the Last Fifty Years by Jerdan, William

English Seamen Under the Tudors, Volume 2 by Bourne, Henry Richard Fox

Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Volume 6 by Hook, Walter Farquhar

The Works of Hannah More, Volume 9 by More, Hannah

A Selection of Curious Articles From the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 1 by Walker, John

A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths, of the Primitive As Well As the Protestant Martyrs, From the Commencement of Christianity t by Foxe, John

The Companions of Columbus by Irving, Washington

The Brontë Family: With Special Reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë, Volume 2 by Leyland, Francis a.

The Life of Cardinal Wolsey, Volume 1 by Press, Chiswick, Cavendish, George, Whittingham, Charles

The Year of Grace: A History of the Revival in Ireland, A, Part 1859 by Gibson, William

Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, Volume 8 by

Sir Walter Ralegh: The British Dominion of the West by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp

A Memoir of Thomas Uwins, R. A.: Late Keeper of the Royal Galleries ... Etc, Volume 1 by Uwins, Thomas

An Outline of Philosophy: With Notes, Historical and Critical by Watson, John

The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Volume 13 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

An Inquiry, Concerning the Author of the Letters of Junius: In Which It Is Proved, by Internal, As Well As by Direct and Satisfactory Evidence, That T by Roche, John J.

Memoirs of the Right Honourable Richard Lalor Sheil, Volume 1 by Torrens, William Torrens McCullagh

The Monarch Billionaire by Swift, Morrison Isaac

Italy in Transition: Public Scenes and Private Opinions in the Spring of 1860: Illustrated by Official Documents From the Papal Archives of by Arthur, William

Histoire De L'ancienne Infanterie Française, Volume 3 by Susane, Louis

In the Days Before Columbus by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 1 by Gibbon, Edward, Sheffield, John Holroyd

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1 by Hanna, William

Notes From a Diary: 1896 to January 23, 1901, Volume 2 by Duff, Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant

Reminiscences of J.L. Toole by Toole, John Lawrence

A Year in Europe by Griscom, John

Memoirs of an Ex-Minister: An Autobiography, Volume 1 by Malmesbury, James Howard Harris

Sketches of Eminent Statesmen and Writers: With Other Essays by Hayward, Abraham

Maryland Historical Magazine, Volume 13 by

Homes and Haunts of Luther: By John Stoughton by Stoughton, John

With Lawton and Roberts: A Boy's Adventures in the Philippines and the Transvaal by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter

The Novels, Stories, Sketches and Poems of Thomas Nelson Page: Pastime Stories. Poems by Page, Thomas Nelson

The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volume 2 by Millar, John Hepburn, Johnson, Samuel

The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Volume 12 by Masson, David, de Quincey, Thomas

Annual Reports ...., Volume 4 by

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Carlyle: With Personal Reminiscences and Selections From His Private Letters to Numerous Correspondents, Vo by Shepherd, Richard Herne

Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 73 by Dod, Robert Phipps, Dod, Charles Roger

Recollections of Forty Years' Service by Tulloch, Alexander Bruce

Memorials of Thomas Hood, Volume 2 by Broderip, Frances Freeling, Hood, Tom

Contributions to Modern History From the British Museum and the State Paper Office by Von Raumer, Friedrich

American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political, for ... 1878-89, Volume 2 by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand

Other Countries, Volume 1 by Bell, William Morrison

Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men by Malone, Edmond, Spence, Joseph

The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, Volume 5 by Chalmers, Alexander

J. P. Dunbar: A Story of Wall Street by Hudson, William Cadwalader

Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, Part 4 by Dewey, Orville, Dewey, Mary E.

The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Under King Charles II and King James Ii.: The Hon. Sir Dudle by North, Roger

The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 2 by Sayle, Charles, Browne, Thomas

Epoch Men, and the Results of Their Lives by Neil, Samuel

The Diary of the Late George Bubb Dodington, Baron of Melcombe Regis: From March 8, 1748-9, to February 6, 1761. With an Appendix, Containing Some Cur by Dodington, George Bubb

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: A Narrative of the Events of His Life by Campbell, James Dykes

The Selected Writings of John Ramsay by Ramsay, John, Walker, Alexander

The Life of Gilbert Haven: Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church by Prentice, George

The African Repository, Volume 3 by

Selective Service Regulations: Prescribed by the President Under the Authority Vested in Him by the Terms of the Selective Service Law (Act of Congre by

The Book of the Illustrious Henries by Capgrave, John

The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Tr. by S. Austin [From Fürsten Und Völke by Ranke, Leopold Von

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume 6 by Butler, Alban

Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by Trent, William Peterfield

The Female Revolutionary Plutarch: Containing Biographical, Historical, and Revolutionary Sketches, Characters, and Anecdotes, Volume 3 by Goldsmith, Lewis, Stewarton, Lewis

Eminent Literary and Scientific Men: John Dryden. Two Centuries of Minor Poets. Matthew Prior. Alexander Pope. Edward Young. Mark Akenside by Bell, Robert

The African Repository, Volume 12 by

The Works of Washington Irving, Volume 2 by Irving, Washington

Pilots of the Republic: The Romance of the Pioneer Promoter in the Middle West by Hulbert, Archer Butler

Sketches From Life, Volume 2 by Blanchard, Laman, Lytton, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton

History of the Reformation, Volume 2 by Stebbing, Henry

The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North: Baron Guilford; the Hon. Sir Dudley North; and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North by North, Roger

Seymour and Blair, Their Lives and Services: With an Appendix Containing a History of Reconstruction by Croly, David Goodman

Archbishop Laud and Priestly Government by Bell, Henry Bradley

The Dying Speeches and Behaviour of the Several State Prisoners That Have Been Executed the Last 300 Years by Cambden

A Journal of the Life, Travels, and Religious Labors of William Savery, Late of Philadelphia: A Minister of the Gospel of Christ, in the Society of Fr by Savery, William, Evans, Jonathan

Toscanelli and Columbus: The Letter and Chart of Toscanelli On the Route to the Indies by Way of the West, Sent in 1474 to the Portuguese Ferna by Vignaud, Henry

The Holy Family Sisters of San Francisco: A Sketch of Their First Fifty Years, 1872-1922 by Kavanagh, Dennis John

Life of the Hon. Jeremiah Smith: Ll. D., Member of Congress During Washington's Administration, Judge of the United States Circuit Court, Chief Justic by Morison, John Hopkins

A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Ag by Jones, Stephen

Memoirs of Eminently Pious Women, Volume 3 by Jerment, George

Abraham Lincoln, and Constitutional Government, Volumes 1-2 by Ulrich, Bartow Adolphus

The Life of Henry Morley, Ll. D by Solly, Henry Shaen

The Life of the Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval: Including His Correspondence With Numerous Distinguished Persons by Walpole, Spencer

Curialia Miscellanea; Or, Anecdotes of Old Times: Regal, Noble, Gentilitial, and Miscellaneous: Including Authentic Anecdotes of the Royal Household, by Pegge, Samuel, Nichols, John

Sir Walter Scott: The Story of His Life by MacKenzie, Robert Shelton

The Church Missionary Gleaner, Volumes 19-20 by

The Works of the British Poets, With Lives of the Authors, Volume 10 by Sanford, Ezekiel, Walsh, Robert

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency, Volume 2 by De Saint-Simon, Louis Rouvroy

Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs by Boutwell, George Sewall

Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1 by Morse, John Torrey

Thackeray's Works, Volume 15 by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 5 by Goldsmith, Oliver

The Emerald Buddha by Ames, Joseph Bushnell

The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, Volume 41 by Chalmers, Alexander

The Table-Talk of Shirley [Pseud.]: Reminiscences of and Letters From Froude, Thackeray, Disraeli, Browning, Rossetti, Kingsley, Baynes, Huxley, Tynda by Skelton, John

Commodore Barney's Young Spies: A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington by Otis, James

The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes: The Guardian Angel by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Biographia Dramatica: Names of Dramas: M-Z. Latin Plays by English Authors. Oratorios. Appendix to V. 2 and 3. Additions and Correction to V. 2 and 3 by Jones, Stephen, Baker, David Erskine, Reed, Isaac

Henry Is Twenty: A Further Episodic History of Henry Calverly, 3Rd by Merwin, Samuel

The Library of American Biography, Volume 16 by Sparks, Jared

The Life, Letters, and Friendships of Richard Monckton Milnes: First Lord Houghton by Reid, Thomas Wemyss

Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 5 by Draper, Lyman Copeland

The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 11 by Goldsmith, Oliver

Fragments, in Prose and Verse, Volume 1 by Bowdler, Henrietta Maria, Smith, Elizabeth

Junius by Junius

Rochester and Other Literary Rakes of the Court of Charles Ii.: With Some Account of Their Surroundings by Longueville, Thomas

Sir Humfrey Gylberte and His Enterprise of Colonization in America: Including His Discourse to Prove a Northwest Passage to Cataia; His Letters Patent by Slafter, Carlos, Haies, Edward

Stories of Inventors and Discoverers in Science and the Useful Arts by Timbs, John

Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest, Volume 12 by Strickland, Agnes

History of England From the Accession of James I to the Disgrace of Chief-Justice Coke, 1603-1616, Volume 2 by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson