History - Ancient

The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races

Emory Adams Allen

The work is a sweeping survey of humanity’s earliest chapters, tracing vanished races from the glacial plains…

The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36

Livy

Livy’s History of Rome Books 27‑36 is a sprawling annal of the Republic’s mid‑second‑century crises,…

The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Vol. I

Gomes Eannes de Zurara

The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea, Volume I, is a scholarly edition of the 15th‑century…

The Life of Cicero, Volume One

Anthony Trollope

The work is a nineteenth‑century biographical study of Marcus Tullius Cicero, written by Anthony Trollope.

The Place of Animals in Human Thought

Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington Martinengo-Cesaresco

The book is a scholarly survey that treats animals as subjects of religious, mythic, and philosophical…

The Apology

Xenophon

Xenophon’s Apology is a first‑person account of Socrates’ reflections on his trial and impending execution,…

Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 1. The Exploration of the World

Jules Verne

The work is a sweeping survey of the great explorers who have shaped humanity’s knowledge of the globe, from…

The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia

Theophilus G. Pinches

The work is a scholarly survey that sets the biblical creation narrative beside the ancient Assyrian and…

Ancient Egypt

Rawlinson, George; Gilman, Arthur

The dawn of astronomy A study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians

Sir Norman Lockyer

The book is a scholarly investigation that blends astronomy, archaeology, and mythology to explore how…

The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2

Karl Otfried Müller

Karl Otfried Müller’s second volume offers a scholarly survey of the Doric peoples, concentrating on their…

A History of Sculpture

Ernest Henry Short

Ernest H. Short’s A History of Sculpture is a scholarly survey that opens with a bold declaration of purpose:…

The Negro

W. E. B. Du Bois

The work is a sweeping survey of African peoples and their global connections, written by the…

Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome $b to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; With Numerous Biographical and Historical Notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. $c By Wm. C. Taylor.

Oliver Goldsmith

Pinnock’s revised edition of Oliver Goldsmith’s History of Rome presents a comprehensive survey of Roman…

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Ming Zuoqiu

Psyche: The Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality among the Greeks

Erwin Rohde

Erwin Rohde’s Psyche is a scholarly investigation into how the ancient Greeks conceived the soul and its…

A Smaller History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire

Smith, William; Lawrence, Eugene

This work is a compact school‑level survey of Roman history, prepared at the request of teachers and meant to…

Mexican archæology: an introduction to the archæology of the Mexican and Mayan civilizations of pre-Spanish America

Thomas Athol Joyce

Thomas Athol Joyce’s work is a compact survey of what was, in early‑twentieth‑century scholarship, the known…

The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told to Boys and Girls

Mary Macgregor

The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy

The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World is a nineteenth‑century survey that selects, explains and links…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era)

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 is a sweeping outline of the pivotal moments that shaped the…

Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 3 of 3

Marcus Tullius Cicero

This volume gathers the final three years of Cicero’s correspondence with his lifelong friend Titus Pomponius…

Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides

Jane Ellen Harrison

Jane Ellen Harrison’s work is a scholarly rebuttal that positions itself against the prevailing…

The Letters of S. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan

Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan

The work is a scholarly edition of the extant letters of Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, compiled in the…