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Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams, Vol. 1 - Abigail ADAMS
Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams, Vol. 1 - Abigail ADAMS
- Author: Abigail ADAMS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Abigail Adams lived the American Revolution as the wife of one of its central figures--John Adams. Her family correspondence, published along with a memoir by her grandson, Charles Francis Adams, brings that era into eloquent focus. What was it like...
When Knights Were Bold - Eva March Tappan
When Knights Were Bold - Eva March Tappan
- Author: Eva March Tappan
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / History
This book is in no degree an attempt to relate the involved and intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is, rather, to present pictures of the manner of life and habits of thought of the people who lived between the eighth and fifteenth...
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 - Isaac D'ISRAELI
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 - Isaac D'ISRAELI
- Author: Isaac D'ISRAELI
- Genre: History / Literary Criticism
This is the third and final volume of Isaac D'Israeli's monumental work Curiosities of Literature. It covers a great range of diverse topics, by no means limited to literature only, but also containing numerous essays on history, politics, and...
The Byzantine Empire - Charles William Chadwick Oman
The Byzantine Empire - Charles William Chadwick Oman
- Author: Charles William Chadwick Oman
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Fifty years ago the word βByzantineβ was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was dismissed by modern historians as depressing and monotonous. The great Gibbon had branded the successors of...
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt - James BAIKIE
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt - James BAIKIE
- Author: James BAIKIE
- Genre: General / History / Travel & Geography
Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascinating land so many years ago. It has stood well the test of time, being both well researched and well written....
Discoverers and Explorers - Edward R. SHAW
Discoverers and Explorers - Edward R. SHAW
- Author: Edward R. SHAW
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / History
Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry gods lived. They dared to sail near the equator which was thought to have such intense heat that it would boil the ocean...
Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 2, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Early Christian and the Protestant Martyrs - John Foxe
Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 2, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Early Christian and the Protestant Martyrs - John Foxe
- Author: John Foxe
- Genre: History / Christianity - Biographies
The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beliefs within the decade immediately preceding its first publication. It was first published by John Day, in...
Two Years in the Forbidden City - Der Ling YU
Two Years in the Forbidden City - Der Ling YU
- Author: Der Ling YU
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese officials of his generation. she...
Royal Children of English History - E. Nesbit
Royal Children of English History - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: General / History
From the first chapter: "History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the things that are happening here and now, and that are put in the newspapers, will be history for little children one of...
Station Life in New Zealand - Mary Anne BARKER
Station Life in New Zealand - Mary Anne BARKER
- Author: Mary Anne BARKER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Memoirs
Station Life in New Zealand is a collection of cheerful and interesting letters written by Lady Mary Anne Barker (nee Mary Anne Stewart) that is a New Zealand "classic". These letters are described in the Preface as "the exact account of a lady's...
The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1A - David Hume
The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1A - David Hume
- Author: David Hume
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His "The History of England from the Invasion of...
An Alphabet of History - Wilbur D. NESBIT
An Alphabet of History - Wilbur D. NESBIT
- Author: Wilbur D. NESBIT
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / History
An alphabet of historical characters presented in poetical form! In their original form, the contents of thisbook appeared in the Chicago Sunday Tribune, which newspaper is hereby thanked for the privilege of reproducing this Alphabet(Summary from...
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation - Lafcadio HEARN
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation - Lafcadio HEARN
- Author: Lafcadio HEARN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Religion
Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citizen by the name of Koizumi Yakumo (ε°ζ³ ε
«ι²). He wrote many books on Japan, especially about its folklore. In this...
The Life of Kit Carson - Edward S. ELLIS
The Life of Kit Carson - Edward S. ELLIS
- Author: Edward S. ELLIS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more than hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and...
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 1 - Charles F. Horne
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 1 - Charles F. Horne
- Author: Charles F. Horne
- Genre: History
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 1 of 22, covering from 5867 to 480 BC....
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2) - Abner DOUBLEDAY
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2) - Abner DOUBLEDAY
- Author: Abner DOUBLEDAY
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Francisco, and is credited (though perhaps erroneously) with inventing the game of baseball.In 1861, he had the...
Essay on the Trial by Jury - Lysander Spooner
Essay on the Trial by Jury - Lysander Spooner
- Author: Lysander Spooner
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / History / Political Science
FOR more than six hundred years that is, since Magna Carta, in 1215 there has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law, than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the right and duty of juries to judge what are the facts,...
The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters - Logan Marshall
The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters - Logan Marshall
- Author: Logan Marshall
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction / *Non-fiction / History
This is a detailed and accurate account of the most awful marine disaster in history, constructed from the real facts as obtained from those on board who survived (gutenberg.org)....
The Social History of Smoking - George L. APPERSON
The Social History of Smoking - George L. APPERSON
- Author: George L. APPERSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This work tells the history of smoking in England from the social point of view. Thus it does not deal with the history of tobacco growing or tobacco related manufacture, but is rather the story of how smoking has fitted in with the fashions and...
The French Revolution Volume 1 the Bastille - Thomas CARLYLE
The French Revolution Volume 1 the Bastille - Thomas CARLYLE
- Author: Thomas CARLYLE
- Genre: History
The French Revolution: A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. The three-volume work, first published in 1837 (with a revised edition in print by 1857), charts the course of the French Revolution...
Our Island Story, Part 1 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Our Island Story, Part 1 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / History
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles of the good, not so good and the downright despicable figures of history; we are treated to a dazzling...
The Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History - James Francis HOGAN
The Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History - James Francis HOGAN
- Author: James Francis HOGAN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is an early history of the failed attempt to found the colony of North Australia at Gladstone, in what is now Central Queensland. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)...
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography - Booker T. Washington
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography - Booker T. Washington
- Author: Booker T. Washington
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his...
Richard II, Makers of History - Jacob Abbott
Richard II, Makers of History - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Chronicles the life of Richard II, born in 1367 in Bordeaux, France, who later wore the crown of King of England. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. VI - Edward Gibbon
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. VI - Edward Gibbon
- Author: Edward Gibbon
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. The books cover the period of the Roman Empire after...
The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 1 - Archibald FORBES
The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 1 - Archibald FORBES
- Author: Archibald FORBES
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The First AngloβAfghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United...
Canyons of the Colorado - John Wesley POWELL
Canyons of the Colorado - John Wesley POWELL
- Author: John Wesley POWELL
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Nature
John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colorado and the Grand Canyon. He gathered nine men, four boats and food for ten months and set out from Green...
France in the Nineteenth Century - Elizabeth Wormeley LATIMER
France in the Nineteenth Century - Elizabeth Wormeley LATIMER
- Author: Elizabeth Wormeley LATIMER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Author Elizabeth Latimer synthesizes notes from a variety of sources to produce this summary of the nation of France in the 19th century. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
Unknown London - Walter George BELL
Unknown London - Walter George BELL
- Author: Walter George BELL
- Genre: History
Herein you will find much concerning those things which everybody knows about, but nobody knows β the things you have known about since childhood, and have been content to leave them at that, knowing little of what they are and still less where they...
The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph - Henry M. FIELD
The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph - Henry M. FIELD
- Author: Henry M. FIELD
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Science
Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stretching across the great Atlantic Ocean. It took him thirteen years, a lot of money, and many men and ships and...
The Life of Captain James Cook - Arthur Octavius KITSON
The Life of Captain James Cook - Arthur Octavius KITSON
- Author: Arthur Octavius KITSON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / History
βIn publishing a popular edition of my work, Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., it has, of course, been necessary to condense it, but care has been taken to omit nothing of importance, and at the same time a few slight errors have been corrected, and...
The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry - M. M. Pattison MUIR
The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry - M. M. Pattison MUIR
- Author: M. M. Pattison MUIR
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Chemistry
A light journey through the history of chemistry, from its start in the obscure mysteries of alchemy to what was, for the author, the cutting edge of the development of modern atomic theory ... and whose developing blind ends we can now see with the...
Six Years in the Prisons of England - Frank HENDERSON
Six Years in the Prisons of England - Frank HENDERSON
- Author: Frank HENDERSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
A Merchant talks about daily life inside prisons of England, describes routines and how prisoners are treated. He notes stories of how fellow prisoners came to be in prison, and his ideas about the penal system, its downfalls and ways to improve it....
The Log-Cabin Lady - Unknown
The Log-Cabin Lady - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
'The story of The Log-Cabin Lady is one of the annals of America. It is a moving record of the conquest of self-consciousness and fear through mastery of manners and customs. It has been written by one who has not sacrificed the strength and honesty...
Early explorations in New South Wales: A collection - Various
Early explorations in New South Wales: A collection - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: History / Exploration
In the early days of the penal colony at Sydney, rumour was rife among the convicts of another colony beyond the Blue Mountains and perhaps a route to China. In the hope of quelling the rumours, Governor John Hunter put together a bizarre...
The History of Standard Oil: Volume 2 - Ida M. TARBELL
The History of Standard Oil: Volume 2 - Ida M. TARBELL
- Author: Ida M. TARBELL
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Business & Economics / History
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposΓ© of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in America's history. Originally...
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson - Mary White ROWLANDSON
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson - Mary White ROWLANDSON
- Author: Mary White ROWLANDSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is the story of Mary Rowlandsonβs capture by American Indians in 1675. It is a blunt, frightening, and detailed work with several moments of off-color humor. Mary, the wife of a minister, was captured by Natives during King Philip's War while...
Notes of a War Correspondent - Richard Harding Davis
Notes of a War Correspondent - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: War & Military / History / Memoirs
Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African War, and the Japanese-Russian War, accompanied by "A War Correspondentβs Kit." (Summary by Neeru Iyer)This...
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 6 - François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 6 - François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
- Author: François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. He played a significant role in French politics before the Revolution of 1848, actively opposing as a liberal the reactionary King Charles X before his overthrow in the...
The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 5, January 1910 - Various
The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 5, January 1910 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: History
"The History Teacherβs Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geography and Economics. It aims to bring to the teacher of these topics the latest news of his profession. It will...