The Romantics redefined english literature, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the leaders. Between he and William Wordsworth, they WERE the movement. His vision, and glorified writing style still tantalize me to this day.

This is the seminal history of patent medicines in the United States. Especially interesting are attempts at painkilling prior to the 19th century, leading one to speculate on how patent medicine usage may have changed attitudes about pain, or possibly reflected them. This book is a great resource for today's cultural historians who want a nice empirical ground on which to base their more modern analyses.