History - Other

Woman, Church & State The Original Exposé of Male Collaboration Against the Female Sex

Matilda Joslyn Gage

Matilda Joslyn Gage’s Woman, Church & State is a polemical history that argues the oppression of women is a…

The Everlasting Man

G. K. Chesterton

The Everlasting Man is a work of apologetic history in which G. K.

Travels in Nubia

John Lewis; Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa Burckhardt

The work is a nineteenth‑century travel memoir that records the life and explorations of John Lewis…

The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji

William Elliot Griffis

The work is a scholarly survey of Japanese religious history that stops short of claiming to represent modern…

An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa

Shabeeny, Abd Salam, active 1820

The work is a first‑hand travel account by Abd Salam Shabeeny, a Muslim merchant from Tetuan who spent his…

A Child's History of the World

V. M. Hillyer

In the wake of the buccaneers

A. Hyatt Verrill

The book is a travel‑history that blends vivid description of Caribbean islands with a portrait of the…

History of New Brunswick

Peter Fisher

Peter Fisher’s History of New Brunswick is a nineteenth‑century geographical and statistical sketch that aims…

The Inhabitants of the Philippines

Frederic H. Sawyer

Frederic H. Sawyer’s work is a nineteenth‑century ethnographic survey that sets out to counter the prevailing…

The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 3 (of 3) translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations

The Dabistán, or School of Manners, Volume 3 is a scholarly translation of a Persian treatise that catalogues…

Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 1 (of 2)

Richard Hildreth

唐才子傳

Xin, Wenfang, active 13th century-14th century

The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865

C. Perry Patterson

The work is a scholarly study by Caleb Perry Patterson, an adjunct professor of government at the University…

A Lecture on the Study of History

John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton

The work is a scholarly lecture on the study of history, delivered by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, a…

The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; vol. 2 of 2 Being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics

J. G. Wood

The work is a nineteenth‑century ethnographic survey that sets out to catalogue the customs, illnesses and…

Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter

J. Conway Walter

The work is a sprawling compendium of local knowledge about Woodhall Spa, assembled by J.

The growth of medicine from the earliest times to about 1800

Albert H. Buck

The work is a scholarly survey of medical history, written by Albert H.

The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century

Luigi Lanzi

The work is a scholarly survey of Italian painting from the early revival of the fine arts through the…

The Katipunan; or, The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune

Francis St. Clair

The work is a historical study that concentrates on the secret societies behind the Philippine Revolution of…

A Hundred Years by Post: A Jubilee Retrospect

James Wilson Hyde

James Wilson Hyde’s A Hundred Years by Post: A Jubilee Retrospect is a sweeping historical essay that charts…

Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 6 of 7

Edgar Thurston

The volume is a scholarly survey of a single South Indian community, the Palli or Vanniyan caste, presented…

Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom

Agnes C. Laut

The work is a sweeping, popular‑history narrative that sets out to give readers a vivid picture of Canada’s…

The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 1 (of 2)

William Crooke

The work is a scholarly survey of the everyday religious practices that animate the lives of peasants in…

The Nile quest: a record of the exploration of the Nile and its basin

Harry Johnston

The Nile Quest is a scholarly record of the exploration of the Nile and its basin, written by Harry H.