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Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race

Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race

T. W. Rolleston

The work is a scholarly survey of Celtic civilization, written to correct the popular misconception that the…

Cover of The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; Vol. 1/3

The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; Vol. 1/3

MacGibbon, David; Ross, Thomas

The work is a scholarly survey of Scottish church building from the first Christian settlements through the…

Cover of Great Britain at War

Great Britain at War

Jeffery Farnol

Jeffery Farnol’s Great Britain at War is a wartime reportage assembled from a series of articles the author…

Cover of Domestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 1 (of 2)

Domestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 1 (of 2)

Robert Chambers

Robert Chambers presents a wide‑ranging survey of Scotland’s “domestic annals” from the Reformation onward,…

Cover of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847

Various

The volume is a scholarly periodical from the April 1847 issue of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, devoted to…

Cover of The Life of That Wonderful and Extraordinarily Heavy Man, Daniel Lambert
 From His Birth to the Moment of His Dissolution; With an Account of Men Noted for Their Corpulency, and Other Interesting Matter

The Life of That Wonderful and Extraordinarily Heavy Man, Daniel Lambert From His Birth to the Moment of His Dissolution; With an Account of Men Noted for Their Corpulency, and Other Interesting Matter

Anonymous

The work is a nineteenth‑century chapbook that chronicles the life of Daniel Lambert, the famously massive…

Cover of Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2

Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2

Joseph Grego

Rowlandson the Caricaturist, Volume 2 is a reference work that gathers the titles of Thomas Rowlandson’s…

The Life of Gordon, Volume I

The Life of Gordon, Volume I

Demetrius Charles Boulger

The work is a biographical study of General Charles George Gordon, the celebrated British officer of the…

St. John's College, Cambridge

St. John's College, Cambridge

Robert Forsyth Scott

The work is a detailed historical guide to St. John’s College, Cambridge, written by Robert Forsyth Scott.

Old and New London, Volume I A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places

Old and New London, Volume I A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places

Walter Thornbury

Walter Thornbury’s Old and New London is a sprawling, encyclopedic narrative that stitches together the…

Cover of Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 2—The Church of the Commonwealth

Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 2—The Church of the Commonwealth

John Stoughton

Cover of Records of the Kirk of Scotland
 containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies from 1638 downwards, as authenticated by the clerks of assembly.

Records of the Kirk of Scotland containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies from 1638 downwards, as authenticated by the clerks of assembly.

Church of Scotland. General Assembly

The work is a meticulously compiled record of the Church of Scotland’s General Assemblies, beginning with a…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Lord Chamberlain" to "Luqman" Volume 17, Slice 1

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Lord Chamberlain" to "Luqman" Volume 17, Slice 1

Various

Cover of The Library of William Congreve

The Library of William Congreve

William Congreve

The work before you is a scholarly edition of the private catalogue compiled by the dramatist William…

Cover of A history of Canada, 1763-1812

A history of Canada, 1763-1812

Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas

Charles Prestwood Lucas’s work is a scholarly survey of Canada’s formative years from the 1763 proclamation…

Cover of The Works of John Knox, Volume 2 (of 6)

The Works of John Knox, Volume 2 (of 6)

John Knox

The second volume of John Knox’s collected works continues his chronicle of the turbulent years of the…

Lord George Bentinck: A Political Biography

Lord George Bentinck: A Political Biography

Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Lord George Bentinck’s political biography, penned by Benjamin Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsfield, is a…

Cover of Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 4—The Church of the Restoration [part 2]

Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 4—The Church of the Restoration [part 2]

John Stoughton

La vie et la mort du roi Richard III

La vie et la mort du roi Richard III

William Shakespeare

Cette œuvre est la tragédie historique de William Shakespeare consacrée au dernier roi d’Angleterre de la…

Cover of The English Home from Charles I. to George IV.
 Its Architecture, Decoration and Garden Design

The English Home from Charles I. to George IV. Its Architecture, Decoration and Garden Design

J. Alfred Gotch

Cover of Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 6 (of 8)
 The United States of North America, Part I

Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 6 (of 8) The United States of North America, Part I

Cover of History of the Fylde of Lancashire

History of the Fylde of Lancashire

John Porter

John Porter’s History of the Fylde of Lancashire is a nineteenth‑century regional study that sets out to give…

Cover of The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century

The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century

R. H. Tawney

The work is a scholarly investigation of England’s agrarian transformation from the waning Middle Ages to the…

Cover of Memories (volume 1 of 2)

Memories (volume 1 of 2)

Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale

The work is a memoir in two volumes by Algernon Bertram Freeman‑Mitford, Baron Redesdale, written as a…