Text written by other authors published by J.L. Carr
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(Last updated 11/11/2021)
Carr selected short extracts of text from writers of the 17th to 19th century.
- John Aubrey, (3/3), 56 of his 'brief lives'
- Jane Austen, (8/8), a short History of England
- Francis Bacon, (3/3), writings on life
- John Bunyan, (1/2), from
The Pilgrim's Progress
- William Cobbett, (4/4), extracts
- Edward Gibbon, (1/1), from the
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Samuel Johnson, (5/5), pronouncements and dictionary entries
- Charles Lamb, (1/1), with Tom Moore,
Dream Children
- Thomas Malory, (1/1), extracts from Le Morte D'Arthur
- Sydney Smith, (2/2), quotations
- Duke of Wellington, (2/2), what they said and what he said.
- The Fables of Aesop, (1/1), as told by Samuel Croxall in 1845
- Song of Songs, (1/1) extracts from the Kings James' Bible
- The Hearth and Home Reciter, (2/2) poems and text to recite
- A Christmas Book, (3/3) poems, extracts and a recipe for Christmas.
The cover of an edition of extracts of The Pilgrim's Progress