Hazlitt's essays delight with unexpected felicities of thought and expression. Published in 1821-22, this collection shows him at the height of his powers. In such essays as "The Indian Juggler" and "On Good Nature," a personal detail or anectdote serves as the basis for ruminations on life as profound as they are charming.

This 1915 edition of Carlyle's essays collects "Boswell's Life of Johnson," "On History," "Two Hundred and Fifty Years Ago," "Chartism," "The Opera," "Petition on the Copyright Bill," and six others.

The Brannocks Matt Braun Earl Brannock was a gambling man who fled the fires of the Civil War and found a boomtown called Denver-in a land being built on dreams, luck, and gold. Virgil Brannock joined him next, fresh from Lee's surrender at Appomattox, determined to rise to the top of the frontier's rough and treacherous business world. Finally, Clint came riding a trail of revenge: a fiery young Brannock who dared to wear a badge...The three brothers...