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Books in the Essays genre:

The Uncommercial Traveller (1875)

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This is the third, further enlarged edition of Dickens’ pieces written while pacing through London at night taken from the Illustrated Library Edition.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Marcus Stone

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Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches (1878)

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Nine stories and essays. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

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A Tramp Abroad (1880)

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The story of a walking tour of Germany and Italy, enlivened and augmented by numerous digressions and discursions. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Walter Francis Brown
Benjamin Henry Day
W. W. Denslow
True W. Williams
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Lancashire Sketches (1881)

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A collection of essays about the author’s native shire. This is the volume from the collected works.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Tufts of Heather Volume 1 (1881)

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A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Et al

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Tufts of Heather Volume 2 (1881)

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A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
George Sheffield

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Irish Sketches and Miscellany (1882)

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Travel sketches from Ireland.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Rambles in the Lake Country and Other Travel Sketches (1882)

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Essays and travel sketches of the English Lake Country. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Et al

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The Stolen White Elephant, Etc (1882)

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Eighteen articles and stories. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

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Tufts of Heather Volume 2 (1882)

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A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. A new edition, this includes a different image on the title page.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Chimney Corner (1883)

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Over forty Lancashire tales, largely in dialect.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Limping Pilgrim on His Wanderings (1883)

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A collection of travel pieces, including one on the Island of Rum.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Old Christmas and Bracebridge Hall (1886)

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An omnibus edition of Old Christmas and Bracebridge Hall, illustrated by Caldecott. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Lancashire Sketches, Second Series (1892)

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A collection of essays about the author’s native shire. This is the volume from the collected works. The title page vignette is repeated from Factory Folk During the Cotton Famine.... View More

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Merry Tales (1892)

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Seven essays and stories previously published in magazines. The second issue has the frontispiece photo of the author. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

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The 1,000,000 Pound Bank Note and Other New Stories (1893)

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A collection of nine stories. These were included in the larger omnibus The American Claimant, etc. of 1917. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Dan Beard

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Studies and Stories (1893)

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A collection of essays and stories. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Art of Illustration (1894)

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Includes the work of many illustrators, including Randolph Caldecott. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Henry Blackburn
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Et al

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Pagan Papers (1894)

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This first edition is the only one to include the essays under the title “The Golden Age” which were subsequently included in the book of that name along with additional chapters. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Aubrey Beardsley

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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1895)

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A two-volume collection of stories and essays, including Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Read for free online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

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