History - Other

Modern India

William Eleroy Curtis

The work is a travelogue that opens with a vivid, almost theatrical portrait of a steamship bound for Bombay,…

A History of Dentistry from the most Ancient Times until the end of the Eighteenth Century

Vincenzo Guerini

The work is a scholarly survey of dental practice from its earliest roots through the eighteenth century,…

The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877

George Stewart

The work is a historical narrative of the catastrophic fire that swept through Saint John, New Brunswick, on…

The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries

Menzies, Sutherland, active 1840-1883

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales

T. L. Mitchell

Thomas Livingstone Mitchell’s Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 is a…

Electricity

W. H. McCormick

The work is a comprehensive survey of electrical science as it stood in the early twentieth century, written…

The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel Comprising Ancient and Modern History: the Biography of Eminent Men of Europe and America, and the Lives of Distinguished Travelers.

Thomas H. Prescott

The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel is an ambitious reference work that seeks to…

History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII.

Philip Ainsworth Means

This volume is a scholarly compilation produced by the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology…

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,…

A Treatise on the Plague and Yellow Fever With an Appendix, containing histories of the plague at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian War; at Constantinople in the time of Justinian; at London in 1665; at Marseilles in 1720

James Tytler

This work is a comprehensive medical treatise from the close of the eighteenth century, compiled by James…

The Magic of the Horse-shoe, with other folk-lore notes

Robert Means Lawrence

The book is a scholarly yet popular‑style survey of folk beliefs, opening with a broad statement on how the…

The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888

Ernest Favenc

Ernest Favenc’s The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 is a comprehensive reference work…

Canada

John George Bourinot

John George Bourinot’s Canada is a concise survey of the nation’s formative centuries, presented as a “story…

Great Astronomers

Robert S. Ball

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

Women of the Romance Countries

John R. Effinger

The work is a scholarly survey of women’s roles in Italy and Spain, framed as a series of illustrative…

大唐新語

Liu, Su, active 806-820

The Awakening of China

W. A. P. Martin

The work is a sweeping historical survey that sets out to explain the “social movement” reshaping the Chinese…

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson

Kerr, Robert; Stevenson, William

This work is a scholarly survey that combines a historical narrative of global discovery with an accompanying…

Corea or Cho-sen: The Land of the Morning Calm

Arnold Henry Savage Landor

This work is a travel‑ogue and ethnographic sketch by Arnold Henry Savage Landor, written after a…

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…

Stirring scenes in savage lands: An account of the manners, customs, habits and recreations, peaceful and warlike, of the uncivilised world

James Greenwood

Stirring Scenes in Savage Lands is an expansive ethnographic travelogue that strings together a series of…

The Highland bagpipe: Its History, Literature, and Music with Some Account of the Traditions, Superstitions, and Anecdotes Relating to the Instrument and Its Tunes

W. L. Manson

The work is a sprawling, nonfiction study of the Highland bagpipe that grew out of a series of newspaper…

Porcelain

Edward Dillon

The book is a scholarly survey of porcelain, opening with a broad‑ranging assessment of the existing…

King Arthur in history and legend

William Lewis Jones

William Lewis Jones’s work is a concise scholarly survey that seeks to map the emergence and expansion of…