Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at Leith and...
Lytton Strachey’s first great success, and his most famous achievement, was "Eminent Victorians" (1918), a collection of four short biographies of Vic...
Autobiography of Cockney Tom is a memoir that chronicles the struggles and triumphs of a young man named Tom in the 1800s. Born into poverty in Englan...
In the rugged landscape of Western Canada, Wallace Vane, a young Englishman, finds himself drawn to the allure of the lumber industry. Seeking fortun...
The Pioneers follows the Cameron family, free settlers who establish a cattle operation in the rugged Gippsland region of Victoria. The novel explores...
'Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, Volume I' by George Lillie Craik, as described in the New York Times review of...
