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ReadThe Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity
W. H. Withrow
The book is a scholarly survey of Rome’s Christian catacombs, written by William Henry Withrow to fill a gap…
Read"Pennsylvania Dutch," and other essays
Phebe Earle Gibbons
Phebe Earle Gibbons’s “Pennsylvania Dutch, and other essays” is a nineteenth‑century ethnographic collection…
The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5
Hubert Howe Bancroft
The work is the concluding volume of Hubert Howe Bancroft’s extensive survey of the indigenous peoples of the…
Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs
William Gates
The work is a scholarly commentary on the Maya‑Tzental Perez Codex, authored by William E.
ReadMedical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene
Thomas S. Sozinskey
Thomas S. Sozinskey’s “Medical Symbolism in Connection with Historical Studies in the Arts of Healing and…
ReadArgonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
Bronislaw Malinowski
The work is a scholarly ethnography by Bronisław Malinowski that records his field research among the…
ReadVenezuela
Leonard V. Dalton
The work is a comprehensive reference on Venezuela, authored by Leonard V.
ReadFamiliar Studies in Homer
Agnes M. Clerke
Familiar Studies in Homer is a scholarly yet accessible survey that seeks to bridge the gap between recent…
ReadThe Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))
John Gregory Bourke
ReadUnwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
Nathaniel Bright Emerson
The work is a scholarly compilation of Hawaiian hula songs and poetry, presented as the inaugural bulletin of…
ReadUnknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan
Carl Lumholtz
This volume is a first‑hand record of Carl Lumholtz’s five‑year fieldwork among the remote peoples of western…
ReadThe old and the new Peru: A story of the ancient inheritance and the modern growth and enterprise of a great nation
Marie Robinson Wright
The work is a sweeping historical survey that seeks to bridge Peru’s ancient past with its modern…
ReadGypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling Illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and tales
Charles Godfrey Leland
Charles Godfrey Leland’s Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune‑Telling is a scholarly anthology of Romani customs,…
ReadToledo: an historical and descriptive account of the "City of generations"
Albert Frederick Calvert
Albert Frederick Calvert’s work is a compact, illustrated survey of Toledo’s layered past, positioned as one…
ReadThe travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon, A.D. 1532-50, contained in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru
Pedro de Cieza de León
The volume presents the first part of Pedro de Cieza de León’s chronicle of Peru, covering his journeys from…
ReadArchæology and the Bible
George A. Barton
This work is a scholarly survey that gathers the archaeological discoveries of Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, the…
ReadThe Historical Child Paidology; The Science of the Child
Oscar Chrisman
Oscar Chrisman’s work is a scholarly survey that treats the child as a distinct field of scientific inquiry,…
ReadThe American Egypt: A Record of Travel in Yucatan
Arnold, Channing; Frost, Frederick J. Tabor
The work is a nineteenth‑century travelogue and scholarly survey of the Yucatán, presented as “the first book…
The foundations of Japan: Notes made during journeys of 6,000 miles in the rural districts as a basis for a sounder knowledge of the Japanese people
J. W. Robertson Scott
The work is a first‑hand sociological survey of rural Japan, written by the English…
ReadPoison Romance and Poison Mysteries
C. J. S. Thompson
Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries is a nonfiction compendium that blends historical survey, scientific…
ReadAnzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Jahrgang 1901
Various
Der Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Jahrgang 1901, ist ein historisches Periodikum, das als…
ReadA History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Perrot, Georges; Chipiez, Charles
The work is a scholarly survey of Egyptian visual culture, produced by the classicist Georges Perrot and the…
ReadHead-hunters, black, white, and brown
Alfred C. Haddon
Alfred C. Haddon’s work is a scholarly travelogue that blends natural‑history observation with early…
ReadDiscoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
Austen Henry Layard
This work is an abridged version of Austen Henry Layard’s extensive travel narrative of his…