Biographies

Fra Angelico

I. B. Supino

The work is a scholarly essay on the life and art of Fra Giovanni di Pietro, better known as Fra Angelico,…

Darius the Great Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that treats the rise and reign of Darius I within a…

John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut

Jacob Kainen

This volume is a scholarly monograph by Jacob Kainen, a curator of graphic arts, published as Bulletin 222 of…

G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study

Julius West

Julius West’s A Critical Study offers a scholarly appraisal of G. K.

Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that treats the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, as a…

A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.

Clayton Edwards

This volume is a sweeping compendium of celebrated figures, both historical and legendary, arranged as a…

Robert Burns

John Campbell Shairp

John Campbell Shairp’s work is a scholarly biography that traces the life of Scotland’s beloved poet Robert…

Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky

John S. C. Abbott

John S. C. Abbott’s “Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky” is a biographical sketch that situates its…

James Watt

Andrew Carnegie

The work is a nineteenth‑century biography of James Watt, the Scottish inventor whose steam engine…

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…

A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition

P. T. Ross

A Yeoman’s Letters is a first‑hand collection of wartime correspondence by P. T.

Famous Women: George Sand

Bertha Thomas

The work is a biographical study of George Sand, written by Bertha Thomas, who frames the narrative as a…

Charles Carleton Coffin: War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman

William Elliot Griffis

This work is a biographical tribute to Charles Carleton Coffin, the 19th‑century war correspondent, traveler,…

The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

David Brewster

David Brewster’s work is a nineteenth‑century biographical study that groups together the lives of three…

The Life of Napoleon I (Complete)

J. Holland Rose

The work is a scholarly biography that seeks to rewrite the conventional narrative of Napoleon’s career by…

Six Years in the Prisons of England

Six Years in the Prisons of England is an autobiographical account that traces the author’s rapid ascent from…

Hans Holbein the Younger, Volume 2 (of 2)

Arthur B. Chamberlain

The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow

Mildred Cable

The book is a missionary memoir that records the development of the China Inland Mission’s work in Hwochow, a…

Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose, His Life and Speeches

Jagadis Chandra Bose

The volume is a biographical and documentary collection that traces the life and scientific work of Sir…

Hannibal Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a scholarly juvenile history that treats the life and wars of Hannibal as a straight‑forward…

Daughters of the Puritans: A Group of Brief Biographies

Seth Curtis Beach

The volume gathers concise portraits of five notable women, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Mary L.

The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes

J. Q. Howard

The work is a biographical study of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th‑century president, written by J. Q. Howard.

The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln

Wayne Whipple

The work is a biographical sketch that assembles anecdotes, family recollections, and contemporary testimony…

Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863

Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle

Arthur James Lyon Fremantle’s Three Months in the Southern States, April‑June 1863, is a first‑hand travel…