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China's Revolution, 1911-1912: A Historical and Political Record of the Civil War

Edwin John Dingle

This work is a contemporary account of the 1911–1912 Chinese Revolution, written by Edwin J.

The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9), Now Commonly Known as the Black Death

Francis Aidan Gasquet

This work is a scholarly history of the Black Death as it unfolded in England, written by Francis Aidan…

The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe

Dorothy Stimson

Dorothy Stimson’s work is a scholarly survey of how the Copernican heliocentric model moved from controversy…

Nova Scotia's Part in the Great War

The work is a comprehensive, illustrated history of Nova Scotia’s contribution to the First World War,…

The Origin of Property in Land With an introductory chapter on the English manor by W. J. Ashley

Fustel de Coulanges

The work is a scholarly essay by the late French historian Fustel de Coulanges, first published in the Revue…

A Civil Servant in Burma

Sir Herbert Thirkell White

The book is a memoir of a British civil servant who spent more than three decades in Burma, written by Sir…

The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy

The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World is a nineteenth‑century survey that selects, explains and links…

Constantinople old and new

H. G. Dwight

The work is a travel‑and‑history sketch of Istanbul, written by H. G.

The History of Cuba, vol. 5

Willis Fletcher Johnson

The History of Cuba, vol. 5 is a comprehensive survey of the island’s natural and economic development,…

The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy

C. J. S. Thompson

The work is a sweeping historical survey that sets out to trace the “romance and mystery” of medicine,…

The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. III. (Complete), 1891

Various

The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. III (1891) is a comprehensive record of the Society’s third year of…

An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha

Francis Hamilton

Francis Hamilton’s work is a nineteenth‑century geographical and ethnographic survey of Nepal and the…

The history of Sumatra: Containing an account of the government, laws, customs and manners of the native inhabitants

William Marsden

Introduction to the study of history

Langlois, Charles Victor; Seignobos, Charles

The work is a concise handbook on the methodology of historic research, written by the French scholars…

Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading

George Park Fisher

George Park Fisher’s Outlines of Universal History is a comprehensive survey that aims to serve both as a…

A Text-Book of the History of Painting

John C. Van Dyke

This work is a compact textbook intended for classroom use, offering a streamlined survey of painting history…

The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination

L. W. De Laurence

The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination is a scholarly treatise that sets out to rescue the…

The History of Louisiana, Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina Containing a Description of the Countries That Lie on Both Sides of the River Missisippi

Le Page du Pratz

Le Page du Pratz’s work is a sprawling eighteenth‑century chronicle that blends personal memoir with natural…

A history of commerce

Clive Day

Clive Day’s A History of Commerce is a comprehensive survey of trade from antiquity to the early…

Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology

Davis, Audrey B.; Appel, Toby A.

This volume is a scholarly catalog that documents the Smithsonian’s National Museum of History and Technology…

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 34 of 55, 1519-1522; 1280-1605 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Antonio Pigafetta

The volume is a scholarly compilation that brings together Antonio Pig Pigafetta’s late‑16th‑century…

The Byzantine Empire

Charles Oman

The work is a nineteenth‑century scholarly survey of the Byzantine Empire, written by Charles Oman and first…

Children's books and reading

Montrose Jonas Moses

Montgomery J. Moses’s Children’s Books and Reading is a scholarly survey of the history, criticism, and…

Curiosities of Medical Experience

J. G. Millingen

The work is a nineteenth‑century compilation of medical anecdotes and reflections, presented as a series of…