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Norse mythology; or, The religion of our forefathers, containing all the myths of the Eddas, systematized and interpreted

Rasmus Björn Anderson

Rasmus Björn Anderson’s work is a scholarly attempt to assemble a complete, systematic account of Norse…

History of the pianoforte and pianoforte players

Oskar Bie

The work is a scholarly survey of the piano’s evolution and its players, presented as a “somewhat free…

The Pantropheon; Or, History of Food, Its Preparation, from the Earliest Ages of the World

Alexis Soyer

Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts

Girl Scouts of the United States of America

The work is an official handbook produced by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, first issued in…

Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set.

Thomas Dugdale

Burmah and the Burmese

Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie

Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie’s Burmah and the Burmese is a nineteenth‑century historical‑geographical study that…

A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848

George T. Flom

George T. Flom’s work is a scholarly survey of Norwegian migration to the United States, concentrating on the…

楊家將

Xiong, Damu, active 16th century

A century of children's books

Florence V. Barry

This work is a scholarly bibliography that surveys a hundred years of British children’s literature, tracing…

The Boy Travellers in The Russian Empire Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with Accounts of a Tour across Siberia, Voyages on the Amoor, Volga, and Other Rivers, a Visit to Central Asia, Travels among the Exiles, and a Historical Sketch of the Empire from Its Foundation to the Present Time

Thomas Wallace Knox

Thomas Wallace Knox’s “The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire” is a juvenile adventure narrative that…

A Short History of the World

H. G. Wells

Caricature and Other Comic Art in All Times and Many Lands.

James Parton

The work is a scholarly survey of caricature and comic art from antiquity to the late nineteenth‑century,…

The art of music, Vol. 02 (of 14): Classicism and Romanticism

The second volume of The Art of Music continues the sweeping survey begun in the first, moving the narrative…

Chronicles of Pharmacy, Vol. 2 (of 2)

A. C. Wootton

Chronicles of Pharmacy, Volume 2 is a scholarly survey of the more macabre side of pharmaceutical history.

Fishing from the Earliest Times

William Radcliffe

The work is a scholarly survey of fishing’s antiquity, presented as a single‑volume history that begins with…

The Indolence of the Filipino

José Rizal

The work is an essay‑like treatise by José Rizal, the Philippine nationalist writer best known for his novels…

Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World Made in H. M. Bark "Endeavour", 1768-71

James Cook

This volume presents the original journal kept by James Cook while commanding H.M.

The Stamps of Canada

Bertram W. H. Poole

The work is a practical guide to collecting Canadian postage stamps, beginning with a detailed description of…

History of Lace

Mrs. Bury Palliser

The work is a comprehensive survey of lace and its antecedents, presented as a revised and expanded edition…

The inequality of human races

Gobineau, Arthur, comte de

The work is a nineteenth‑century treatise on ethnology that argues, from a philosophical standpoint, that the…

Indian Story and Song, from North America

Alice C. Fletcher

The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines

O'Rourke, John, Canon

The work is a scholarly survey of the Irish famine of 1847, compiled by Canon John O’Rourke in the late…

De Nederlandsche Geslachtsnamen in Oorsprong, Geschiedenis en Beteekenis

Johan Winkler

Dit werk is een systematische studie van Nederlandse en Friese achternamen, waarin Johan Winkler zowel de…

The Problem of China

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell’s The Problem of China is a nonfiction essay that treats the nation’s cultural, political…