History - Modern (1750+)

The Story of the Great War, Volume 4 Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War

The Framework of Home Rule

Erskine Childers

The work is a political treatise that sets out a reasoned case for Irish self‑government.

Storia degli Italiani, vol. 13 (di 15)

Cesare Cantù

Il volume è il tredicesimo di una serie di quindici che traccia la storia d’Italia, scritto da Cesare Cantù,…

Heroes of the Telegraph

John Munro

John Munro’s Heroes of the Telegraph is a historical survey that reads like a series of concise biographies,…

Fifth Avenue

Arthur Bartlett Maurice

Arthur Bartlett Maurice’s Fifth Avenue is a meticulously compiled chronicle of New York’s most celebrated…

History of the United States of America, Volume 3 (of 9): During the second administration of Thomas Jefferson

Henry Adams

This volume, the third of Henry Adams’s nine‑part “History of the United States of America,” turns its focus…

Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon

L. Mühlbach

This work is a romanticized historical sketch that treats Empress Josephine not merely as Napoleon’s consort…

The Battle of April 19, 1775 in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville and Charlestown, Massachusetts

Frank Warren Coburn

Frank Warren Coburn’s work is a scholarly survey of the opening day of the American Revolution, extending far…

Great Astronomers

Robert S. Ball

Great Astronomers is a scholarly survey of the men who shaped the science of the heavens, written by Robert…

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Various Authors on Napoleon Bonaparte

Various

The work is a two‑volume index that gathers a wide range of nineteenth‑century writings on Napoleon…

The Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London

The Annals of the Barber‑Surgeons of London is a scholarly compilation by Sidney Young, a member of the…

A Letter to a Hindu

Leo Tolstoy

The work is a literal translation of Leo Tolstoy’s reply to an inquiry from the editor of Free Hindustan,…

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915

Various

Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains

Washington Irving

Washington Irving’s Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains is a historical…

The story of a border city during the Civil War

Galusha Anderson

Galusha Anderson’s work is a first‑person testimony that seeks to record the “unvarnished tale” of St.

Q-Ships and Their Story

E. Keble Chatterton

The work is a contemporary naval history of World War I, focusing on the British “Q‑ships” that masqueraded…

The American Revolution

John Fiske

John Fiske’s “The American Revolution” is a comprehensive, two‑volume scholarly work that treats the conflict…

The regimental roll of honour and war record of the Artists' Rifles (1/28th, 2/28th and 3/28th battalions, the London Regiment T.F.): Commissions, promotions, appointments and rewards for service in the field obtained by members of the corps since 4th August, 1914

S. Stagoll Higham

Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War

Ferdinand Schrader

This work is a concise military history that concentrates on the seven‑year span of Frederick the Great’s…

The French Revolution 1789-1795

Bertha Meriton Gardiner

Bertha Meriton Gardiner’s work is a scholarly handbook that seeks to present a concise, impartial narrative…

Luther, vol. 1 of 6

Hartmann Grisar

Hartmann Grisar’s first volume of a six‑part series offers a scholarly portrait of Martin Luther, tracing the…

Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information

Queensland

Our First Half‑Century is a comprehensive historical survey of Queensland’s development from its colonial…

The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, Etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years

Werge, John, active 1854-1890

The book is a scholarly chronicle of photography’s first half‑century, written by John Werge, an active…

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, Volume 2

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The work is a Victorian‑era travelogue that blends personal narrative with ethnographic observation of…