Henry Carter Hull

Excerpt: "Mumbo-Jumbo is that department in the ruling of men which is made of dead, false, apparatus; unreasonable; contemptible to the free; unworthy of authority-and Mumbo-Jumbo is the most necessary ingredient in all government. All government is by persuasion. Odd it is that so many do not yet see this! Perhaps not so odd after all; for words trick the mind, and the words of government are not the words of persuasion. But think of the matter...

Joseph Alexander Altsheler (April 29, 1862 – June 5, 1919) was an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction. His seven series comprise a total of thirty-two novels, each containing an independent story. The entire French and Indian War Series is very well written and accurate in its details. The characters were well developed and it is an excellent series combining historical fact and adventure with good...

Winnifred Eaton (August 21, 1875 – April 8, 1954) was a Canadian author and screenwriter of Chinese-British ancestry. Publishing prolifically under a number of names, most predominantly, the pseudonym Onoto Watanna, she was one of the first North American writers of Asian descent to publish fiction in English. [Source: Wikipedia]

Horatio Alger Jr. (1832-1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States from 1868 to his death in 1899.

Alger was born in the New England coastal town of Chelsea, Massachusetts. In July 1848, Alger

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Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian writer. She wrote more than 25 works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works. Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers but never published in book form. While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, her newspaper readers knew her as A.C. She later reverted to her maiden...

Robert Cleland is not a widely recognized figure in the literary world, and information about his life and bibliography is scarce. Consequently, it presents a challenge to construct a comprehensive and accurate biography that adheres to scholarly standards while simultaneously providing insightful references to his literary style and works; most notably, 'Inchbracken.' Due to the limited nature of available data regarding Cleland's full bibliography,...

Robert Cleland is not a widely recognized figure in the literary world, and information about his life and bibliography is scarce. Consequently, it presents a challenge to construct a comprehensive and accurate biography that adheres to scholarly standards while simultaneously providing insightful references to his literary style and works; most notably, 'Inchbracken.' Due to the limited nature of available data regarding Cleland's full bibliography,...

Cradock Nowell: a tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who is thrown out of his family home by his father following the suspicious death of Cradock's twin brother Clayton. It was Blackmore's second novel, and the novel he wrote prior to his most famous work Lorna Doone. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (pen name, Ernst Werner; 25 November 1838, in Berlin – 10 October 1918, in Merano) was a German writer who wrote under the name Ernst Werner. She first gained attention in 1870 with Hermann. Among her works Sacred Vows, Fickle Fortune, Riven Bonds, and some others had English translations.- from Wikipedia

Elizabeth Pinchard née Sibthorpe ( 1791 – 1820), was an English writer of children's fiction whose stories incorporated moral lessons aimed at older girls. She was recognised above all for The Blind Child, her first and most successful novel. Pinchard's other fiction included the Ward of Delamere, Family Affection: a tale for youth, Mystery and Confidence, and The Young Countess, which appeared in 1820. A review at that time complimented "all the...