(1805-1875) A famous Danish author and poet, known mostly for his fairy tales.

Hans Christian Andersen

(1805-1875) A famous Danish author and poet, known mostly for his fairy tales.

Charles Dickens with his children.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens with his children.

Charles Dickens with his dogs.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens with his dogs.

Famous English essayist, known for <em>Essays of Elia</em>.

Charles Lamb

Famous English essayist, known for Essays of Elia.

"Thomas Paine, author of the pamphlet, <em>Common Sense</em>, published in January, 1776."&mdash;E. Benjamin Andrews, 1895

Thomas Paine

"Thomas Paine, author of the pamphlet, Common Sense, published in January, 1776."—E.…

Mark Twain illustrating an Italian newspaper as saying a cop in a theater of opera in Wallace, Indiana, had willed to expel a spectator which continued to smoke in spite of the prohibition, who, spalleggiato by his friends, manifold revolver shots.

The Revolveration in Theatre

Mark Twain illustrating an Italian newspaper as saying a cop in a theater of opera in Wallace, Indiana,…

A famous American author.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

A famous American author.