Archaeology & Anthropology

Cités et ruines américaines: Mitla, Palenqué, Izamal, Chichen-Itza, Uxmal

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

Ce volume est une étude exhaustive des cités et ruines majeures du Yucatán – Mitla, Palenqué, Izamal,…

Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology

John D. Baldwin

The book is a nineteenth‑century survey of the pre‑Columbian remains that scholars of the time called…

Primitive culture, vol. 1 (of 2): Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art, and custom

Edward B. Tylor

Edward Burnett Tylor’s Primitive Culture is a scholarly survey that expands the scope of his earlier…

The Religion of the Ancient Celts

J. A. MacCulloch

The work is a scholarly survey of Celtic religion, written by J. A. MacCulloch in 1911.

Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

James Mooney

James Mooney’s “Myths of the Cherokee” is a scholarly compilation drawn from fieldwork conducted between 1887…

Archæological Essays, Vol. 1

James Young Simpson

Archæological Essays, Vol. 1 gathers the scholarly papers of Sir James Simpson, a nineteenth‑century…

The Life of Sir Richard Burton

Thomas Wright

Thomas Wright’s work is a corrective biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton, the Victorian explorer,…

Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific

Felix Speiser

Felix Speiser’s Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific is a travelogue‑ethnology hybrid, assembled…

The History of London

Walter Besant

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 03 of 12)

James George Frazer

The work is a scholarly treatise that expands the “taboo” chapter of Frazer’s original Golden Bough, focusing…

Origin of Cultivated Plants The International Scientific Series Volume XLVIII

Alphonse de Candolle

The work is a scholarly treatise on the origins of cultivated plants, written by the Swiss botanist Alphonse…

The Evolution of the Dragon

Grafton Elliot Smith

The work is a scholarly compilation of three Rylands Lectures delivered between 1915 and 1918, each…

Primitive culture, vol. 2 (of 2): Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art, and custom

Edward B. Tylor

This volume is the second part of Edward Burnett Tylor’s extensive comparative study of primitive culture, in…

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851

Various

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4 (March 1851) is a nineteenth‑century periodical that blends…

Demonology and Devil-lore

Moncure Daniel Conway

The work is a scholarly survey of demonology that begins with a vivid legend of three friars attempting to…

Archaic England: An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory From Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-names, and Faerie Superstitions

Harold Bayley

Harold Bayley’s Archaic England is a scholarly essay that treats the ancient landscape of Britain as a puzzle…

Totem und Tabu Einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker

Sigmund Freud

Das Werk ist ein Sammelband aus vier Aufsätzen, die Freud ursprünglich in den ersten beiden Jahrgängen seiner…

Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul

James George Frazer

This volume is the concluding section of James George Frazer’s monumental comparative study of myth, magic…

Bollettino del Club Alpino Italiano 1895-96 Vol. 29 Num. 62

Various

Il Bollettino del Club Alpino Italiano, volume 29 numero 62 (1895‑96), è una raccolta di articoli e rapporti…

Primitive Time-reckoning A study in the origins and first development of the art of counting time among the primitive and early culture peoples

Martin P. Nilsson

Martin P. Nilsson’s Primitive Time‑reckoning is a scholarly study that seeks to trace the earliest forms of…

The history of England, from the earliest times to the Norman Conquest

Thomas Hodgkin

Thomas Hodgkin’s first volume of a twelve‑part political history of England presents a scholarly overview…

Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

Frank Cowan

Frank Cowan’s work is a sprawling compilation of the folklore, superstition and occasional practical uses…

Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party

Martin Robison Delany

The work is an official record of the Niger Valley Exploring Party, authored by Martin Robison Delany, a…

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes

Strabo

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) presents the first English translation of the ancient geographer’s…