Archaeology & Anthropology

Traditions of the Arikara

George A. Dorsey

Sexual Life of Primitive People

Hans Fehlinger

The work is a scholarly survey of how early societies approached sexuality, presented as a concise synthesis…

Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times

John Stewart Milne

The work is a scholarly monograph that sets out to catalogue every surgical implement known to ancient Greek…

The German Element in Brazil Colonies and Dialect

Benjamin Franklin Schappelle

The work is a scholarly survey of German settlement and linguistic influence in Brazil, written by Benjamin…

At home in the Smokies: a history handbook for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee

United States. National Park Service; Dykeman, Wilma; Stokely, James

At home in the Smokies is a National Park Service handbook that blends concise park information with a…

The Japanese Spirit

Yoshisaburo Okakura

The work is an essay‑like survey of Japanese civilization, ethics and religion, written by Yoshisaburo…

Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure

C. R. Conder

Claude Reignier Conder’s Tent Work in Palestine is a first‑person account of the British Survey of Western…

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, Volume 1

Sir Richard Francis Burton

This volume is a first‑hand travel narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton, the famed Victorian explorer,…

In the South Seas Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in the Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two Cruises on the Yacht "Casco" (1888) and the Schooner "Equator" (1889)

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson’s account is a travel narrative that chronicles three voyages through the South…

Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches

T. L. Pennell

The work is a first‑person memoir by Theodore Leighton Pennell, a British doctor‑missionary who spent sixteen…

The Folk-lore of Plants

T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

The work is a scholarly survey of the folklore surrounding plants, tracing how diverse cultures have imagined…

The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants

Sir John William Dawson

John William Dawson’s The Chain of Life in Geological Time is a scholarly survey that seeks to map the…

Mysteries of the Libyan Desert: A Record of Three Years of Exploration in the Heart of That Vast & Waterless Region

W. J. Harding King

This work is a first‑hand record of three years’ exploration across the heart of the Libyan Desert, written…

Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 1 (of 2): or, The sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean

Henry M. Stanley

The work is a sprawling travel memoir by the Victorian explorer Henry M.

Wau-Bun: The "Early Day" of the North-West

Mrs. John H. Kinzie

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1

Sir Richard Francis Burton

This volume presents Sir Richard Francis Burton’s personal narrative of his 1853 pilgrimage to the holy…

Archeological Investigations

Gerard Fowke

Gerard Fowke’s Archeological Investigations is a scholarly bulletin issued by the Smithsonian Institution’s…

The folk-lore of China: and its affinities with that of the Aryan and Semitic races

N. B. Dennys

The work is a scholarly compilation of articles originally contributed to the China Review and republished in…

A history of the colonization of Africa by alien races

Harry Johnston

This work is a scholarly survey of Africa’s encounters with external powers from antiquity to the early…

Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico And Arizona in 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428

James Stevenson

James Stevenson’s work is an illustrated catalogue documenting the material culture gathered during the 1879…

Ancient Man in Britain

Donald A. Mackenzie

The work is a scholarly synthesis of archaeology, anthropology, geology and related sciences that traces the…

Reconnaissance au Maroc, 1883-1884 (Texte)

Charles de Foucauld

Ce texte est le compte‑rendu d’un voyage d’exploration mené en 1883‑1884 par le vicomte Charles de Foucauld,…

The Andes of Southern Peru Geographical Reconnaissance along the Seventy-Third Meridian

Isaiah Bowman

Isaiah Bowman’s work is a detailed scientific report of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911, focusing on a…

Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia

Northcote Whitridge Thomas

Northcote W. Thomas’s 1906 monograph is a scholarly survey of Australian Aboriginal kinship structures, with…