Henry Carter Hull

This book weaves together tales of the exciting life of Feargus, son of the Pictish leader Nechtan, chosen by King Penda of Mercia to help establish hegemony among the numerous smaller fiefdoms that warred in the Midlands of England during the 7th century. Mercia was the first great British state, that "flourished briefly before the Anglo Saxon and Norse invasions, and "gave the mental and moral background to the English people." [Sources: Wikipedia,...

DO you know the joyous feeling of opening your eyes on the first morning after your arrival among new scenes, and of seeing the landscape, which has been shrouded by darkness on the previous evening, lying clear and calm in the bright morning sunlight? This was Blanche Clifford's experience as she stood at an eastward window, with an eager face, straining her eye across miles of moorland, which undulated far away, like purple seas lying in the golden...

First published in 1853, this novel by prolific English writer Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton presents English life of the first half of the 19th century in London and the village Hazeldean. [Description from bound edition of all volumes.]

First published in 1853, this novel by prolific English writer Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton presents English life of the first half of the 19th century in London and the village Hazeldean. [Description from bound edition of all volumes.]

First published in 1853, this novel by prolific English writer Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton presents English life of the first half of the 19th century in London and the village Hazeldean. [Description from bound edition of all volumes.]

First published in 1853, this novel by prolific English writer Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton presents English life of the first half of the 19th century in London and the village Hazeldean. [Description from bound edition of all volumes.]

First published in 1853, this novel by prolific English writer Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton presents English life of the first half of the 19th century in London and the village Hazeldean. [Description from bound edition of all volumes.]

First published in 1853, this novel by prolific English writer Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton presents English life of the first half of the 19th century in London and the village Hazeldean. [Description from bound edition of all volumes.]

Since, dear Reader, I last addressed thee, in “Paul Clifford,” nearly two years have elapsed, and somewhat more than four years since, in “Pelham,” our familiarity first began. The Tale which I now submit to thee differs equally from the last as from the first of those works; for of the two evils, perhaps it is even better to disappoint thee in a new style than to weary thee with an old. With the facts on which the tale of “Eugene Aram”...

Marietta Holley (1836-1926) was a popular American humorist who used satire to comment on U. S. society and politics. She was the youngest of seven children and was an unhealthly child. This caused her to become a private person. At the age of 14 she stopped her formal education to help her family on their farm. After her father died she took care of the farm and her sick mother and sister. When she was 17 she joined the Adams village Baptist Church....