Fifteen Chapters of AutobiographyGeorge William Erskine Russell
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography
George William Erskine Russell
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Book language: English
201 pages
"Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography" is a memoir by George William Erskine Russell, a British writer and politician. Through personal recollections it illuminates public and social life in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. It is worth listening to as a quiet, personal view of the people and circumstances of an era.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
FIFTEEN CHAPTERS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME. THE GREAT BOER WAR. Arthur Conan Doyle. COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. G. W. E. Russell. FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO. E. S. Grogan. SPURGEON'S SERMONS. Sir W. Robertson Nicoll, LL.D. SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD. Augustine Birrell, K.C., M.P. THE MAKING OF A FRONTIER. Colonel Durand. LIFE OF RICHARD COBDEN. Lord Morley. LIFE OF PARNELL. R. Barry O'Brien. MEMORIES GRAVE AND GAY. Dr. John Kerr. A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. S. Reynolds Hole. RANDOM REMINISCENCES. Charles Brookfield. AT THE WORKS. Lady Bell. MEXICO AS I SAW IT. Mrs. Alec Tweedie. PARIS TO NEW YORK BY LAND. Harry de Windt. LIFE OF LEWIS CARROLL. Stuart Dodgson Collingwood. THE MANTLE OF THE EAST. Edmund Candler. LETTERS OF DR. JOHN BROWN. JUBILEE BOOK OF CRICKET. Prince Ranjitsinhji. BY DESERT WAYS TO BAGHDAD. Louisa Jebb. SOME OLD LOVE STORIES. T. P. O'Connor. FIELDS, FACTORIES, & WORKSHOPS. Prince Kropotkin. PROBLEMS OF POVERTY. Dr. Chalmers.
THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. M. E. Durham. LIFE AND LETTERS OF LORD MACAULAY.—I. & II. Sir George O. Trevelyan, Bart. WHAT I SAW IN RUSSIA. Hon. Maurice Baring. WILD ENGLAND OF TO-DAY. C. J. Cornish. THROUGH FINLAND IN CARTS. Mrs. Alec Tweedie. THE VOYAGE OF THE "DISCOVERY."— I. & II. Captain Scott. FELICITY IN FRANCE. Constance E. Maud. MY CLIMBS IN THE ALPS AND CAUCASUS. A. F. Mummery. JOHN BRIGHT. R. Barry O'Brien. POVERTY. B. Seebohm Rowntree. SEA WOLVES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. Commander E. Hamilton Currey, R.N. FAMOUS MODERN BATTLES. A. Hilliard Atteridge. THE CRUISE OF THE "FALCON." E. F. Knight. A.K.H.B. (A Volume of Selections). THE PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS. Jack London. GRAIN OR CHAFF? A. Chichele Plowden. LIFE AT THE ZOO. C. J. Cornish. THE FOUR MEN. Hilaire Belloc. CRUISE OF THE "ALERTE." E. F. Knight. FOUR FRENCH ADVENTURERS. Stoddard Dewey. A REAPING. E. F. Benson. Etc., etc. Others to follow. Fifteen Chapters