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The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

Joseph Fort Newton

The work is a concise, purpose‑driven guide to Freemasonry written by Joseph Fort Newton at the behest of the…

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Ireland: The People's History of Ireland, Volume 1 (of 2)

John F. Finerty

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II

The second volume of History of Woman Suffrage continues the exhaustive chronicle begun in the first book,…

Cover of Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))

Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))

James Mooney

Cover of The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes

Robert Green Ingersoll

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Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official

Sir W. H. (William Henry) Sleeman

Sir William H. Sleeman’s Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official is a sprawling memoir that blends…

The History of the Fabian Society

The History of the Fabian Society

Edward R. Pease

Edward R. Pease’s The History of the Fabian Society is a scholarly chronicle of the British socialist…

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An essay towards a natural history of serpents

Charles Owen

Charles Owen’s work is a scholarly compendium on serpents, divided into three distinct sections.

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The Dog

William Youatt

The work is a nineteenth‑century reference on the canine, presented as an expanded edition of a previously…

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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 2 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India

James Tod

Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Volume II, is a scholarly survey of the central and western Rajput…

The loyalists of America and their times: from 1620 to 1816, Vol. 2 of 2

The loyalists of America and their times: from 1620 to 1816, Vol. 2 of 2

Egerton Ryerson

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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3

George Elliott Howard

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The history and poetry of finger-rings

Charles Edwards

The work is a scholarly survey of finger‑rings that blends historical narrative with occasional verse.

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Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards

William Andrew Chatto

William Andrew Chatto’s Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards is a…

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

Walter Scott

Walter Scott’s Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft is a nonfiction work that gathers a series of epistolary…

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Zanzibar; city, island, and coast. Vol. 1 (of 2)

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The work is a nineteenth‑century travelogue by Sir Richard Francis Burton, the famed explorer of East Africa.

Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1 A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century

Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1 A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century

Charles Mackie

Norfolk Annals, Volume 1 is a chronologically arranged reference work that records the “remarkable events” of…

Cover of Demonologia: Or, Natural Knowledge Revealed; Being an Exposé of Ancient and Modern Superstitions, Credulity, Fanaticism, Enthusiasm, & Imposture, as Connected with the Doctrine, Caballa, and Jargon, of Amulets, Apparitions, Astrology, Charms, Demonology, Devils, Divination, Dreams, Deuteroscopia, Effluvia, Fatalism, Fate, Friars, Ghosts, Gipsies, Hell, Hypocrites, Incantations, Inquisition, Jugglers, Legends, Magic, Magicians, Miracles, Monks, Nymphs, Oracles, Physiognomy, Purgatory, Predestination, Predictions, Quackery, Relics, Saints, Second Sight, Signs Before Death, Sorcery, Spirits, Salamanders, Spells, Talismans, Traditions, Trials, &c. Witches, Witchcraft, &c. &c. the Whole Unfolding Many Singular Phenomena in the Page of Nature

Demonologia: Or, Natural Knowledge Revealed; Being an Exposé of Ancient and Modern Superstitions, Credulity, Fanaticism, Enthusiasm, & Imposture, as Connected with the Doctrine, Caballa, and Jargon, of Amulets, Apparitions, Astrology, Charms, Demonology, Devils, Divination, Dreams, Deuteroscopia, Effluvia, Fatalism, Fate, Friars, Ghosts, Gipsies, Hell, Hypocrites, Incantations, Inquisition, Jugglers, Legends, Magic, Magicians, Miracles, Monks, Nymphs, Oracles, Physiognomy, Purgatory, Predestination, Predictions, Quackery, Relics, Saints, Second Sight, Signs Before Death, Sorcery, Spirits, Salamanders, Spells, Talismans, Traditions, Trials, &c. Witches, Witchcraft, &c. &c. the Whole Unfolding Many Singular Phenomena in the Page of Nature

J. S. Forsyth

A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century

A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century

The work is a scholarly edition of a sixteenth‑century itinerary that describes the coasts of East Africa,…

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The pillars of Hercules: or, A narrative of travels in Spain and Morocco in 1848; Vol. 1

David Urquhart

David Urquhart’s The Pillars of Hercules is a travel narrative that sets out from the Strait of Gibraltar,…

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present

W. S. B. Mathews

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A Book About Doctors

John Cordy Jeaffreson

The work is a nineteenth‑century compilation of medical anecdotes, assembled by an unnamed author who has…

Cover of Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 ... Volume 1 (of 2)

Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 ... Volume 1 (of 2)

John Gabriel Stedman

John Gabriel Stedman’s two‑volume work is a first‑hand chronicle of a five‑year military campaign (1772‑1777)…

Cover of Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era A volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress

Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era A volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress

James P. Boyd

The work is a celebratory compendium that seeks to catalogue the sweeping achievements of the nineteenth…

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