History - European

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5

François Guizot

A Literary History of Ireland, from Earliest Times to the Present Day

Douglas Hyde

The work is a scholarly survey of Irish‑language literature, deliberately excluding the English‑language…

The Stones of Venice, Volume 1 (of 3)

John Ruskin

John Ruskin’s The Stones of Venice is a scholarly survey of Venetian architecture, written in the…

The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783

Bolton, Herbert Eugene; Marshall, Thomas Maitland

The work is a scholarly survey of European colonization in North America from the first voyages of the…

History of the Wars, Books V and VI: The Gothic War

Procopius

The work is Procopius’s continuation of his historical series, covering the turbulent years of the late…

The Mongols in Russia

Jeremiah Curtin

Jeremiah Curtin’s “The Mongols in Russia” is a sweeping historical study that begins by recounting the brutal…

The Two First Centuries of Florentine History The Republic and Parties at the Time of Dante. Fourth Impression.

Pasquale Villari

Pasquale Villari’s The Two First Centuries of Florentine History offers a scholarly survey of the Republic’s…

Twenty Centuries of Paris

Mabell S. C. Smith

Cicero and his friends: A study of Roman society in the time of Caesar

Gaston Boissier

The work is a scholarly study of Roman society in the age of Caesar, focusing on Cicero and his circle.

Paris as It Was and as It Is A Sketch Of The French Capital, Illustrative Of The Effects Of The Revolution

Francis William Blagdon

Francis William Blagdon’s work is a long‑form travelogue that reads as a series of letters sent from the…

A Visit to the Philippine Islands

John Bowring

John Bowring’s A Visit to the Philippine Islands is a nineteenth‑century travelogue that blends historical…

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians

Elbert Hubbard

The volume is a series of compact biographical sketches that take the reader into the homes and formative…

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, February 1852, presents a scholarly article that treats the later, public…

One Irish Summer

William Eleroy Curtis

One Irish Summer is a travelogue that blends personal observation with a broad survey of Irish geography,…

The Age of the Reformation

Preserved Smith

The Age of the Reformation is a scholarly survey written by Preserved Smith, a Harvard‑trained historian, and…

Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2

Henry Hallam

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 1 (of 3)

Montgomery, James; Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

The work is a biographical compendium that gathers together the lives of notable Italian, Spanish, and…

Der Hitler-Ludendorff-Prozeß

Leo Lania

Der vorliegende Band ist ein historischer Bericht, der die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Adolf Hitler und dem…

New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?

Various

The volume is a contemporary wartime periodical, New York Times Current History, devoted to the European…

Napoleon's Marshals

R. P. Dunn-Pattison

The work is a scholarly study of the men Napoleon appointed as Marshals of France, tracing their origins,…

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I

Alexander Wheelock Thayer

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I is a scholarly biography by Alexander Wheelock Thayer, presented…

Toledo: 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…

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) The Revival of Learning

John Addington Symonds

The work is a scholarly survey of the Italian Renaissance’s intellectual resurgence, the second volume in a…

The Inside Story of the Peace Conference

Emile Joseph Dillon

The work is a contemporary‑era chronicle of the 1919‑1920 Paris Peace Conference, written by Emile Joseph…