History - British

The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914

Various

The volume presents a scholarly examination of early trans‑continental ambitions, centering on George…

Witch Stories

E. Lynn Linton

The work is a nineteenth‑century compilation of Scottish witch narratives assembled by E.

The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial

Anonymous

The work is a meticulous register of the London aristocracy as it stood in the mid‑nineteenth century,…

A Child's History of England

Charles Dickens

A Child’s History of England, written by Charles Dickens, is a sweeping survey of Britain’s early past aimed…

All about Battersea

Henry S. Simmonds

The Story of the "Britannia" The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

Edward Phillips Statham

Edward Phillips Statham’s work is a detailed institutional history rather than a narrative adventure.

The Colonial Clippers

Basil Lubbock

The work is a detailed reference on British merchant‑marine clippers, especially those that carried emigrants…

London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3

Henry Mayhew

The third volume of Henry Mayhew’s exhaustive survey of London’s underclass opens with a vivid, almost…

A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300

Herbert Coleridge

Herbert Coleridge’s work is a scholarly glossary that serves as the “foundation‑stone” for the Philological…

History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3

Henry Thomas Buckle

Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of England

James Endell Tyler

James Endell Tyler’s work is a detailed memoir of Henry V, tracing the monarch from his accession as Henry of…

The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West

W. H. Hamilton Rogers

The work is a Victorian‑era historical survey that weaves together a vivid description of a bustling railway…

The London Burial Grounds Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Isabella M. Holmes

The White Slaves of England

John C. Cobden

The work is a polemical investigation into what John C. Cobden terms “white slavery” in nineteenth‑century…

The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 1 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan

Alexander Michie

The work is a biographical‑historical study of Sir Rutherford Alcock, the long‑serving British consul and…

Early Carriages and Roads

Sir Walter Gilbey

History of Halifax City

Thomas B. Akins

Thomas B. Akins’s History of Halifax City is a meticulous chronicle of the colony’s early days, beginning…

Jane Austen and Her Times

G. E. Mitton

The work is a biographical study that places Jane Austen within the social and cultural world of her own era…

The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion, "the King's" (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919

C. E. Wurtzburg

The work is a regiment‑level history of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion, “the King’s” (Liverpool Regiment)…

Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army Gwalior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843; the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; the expedition to China, 1860-61; the Siege of Paris, 1870-71; Etc.

Sir Charles Alexander Gordon

The work is a sprawling memoir of Sir Charles Alexander Gordon’s thirty‑nine years of service, tracing his…

The Children's Story of the War Volume 4 (of 10) The Story of the Year 1915

Edward Parrott

The volume presents a sweeping, fact‑laden account of the First World War as it unfolded in 1915, written for…

Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter

Edric Holmes

The book is a comprehensive travel‑and‑history guide to the southern kingdom of Wessex, tracing its landscape…

Diary of John Manningham Of the Middle Temple, and of Bradbourne, Kent, Barrister‑at‑Law, 1602-1603

John Manningham

The work is a scholarly edition of a seventeenth‑century diary kept by John Manningham, a barrister of the…

An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island

John Hunter

This work is a detailed journal of the early British settlement efforts in New South Wales, compiled by John…