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Usury: A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View

Calvin Elliott

Calvin Elliott’s Usury offers a systematic, scripturally grounded argument against the practice of charging…

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals

Smith, David Eugene; Karpinski, Louis Charles

The work is a scholarly survey of the history of the numeral system that today bears the misleading label…

Abrégé de l'Histoire Générale des Voyages (Tome 2)

Jean-François de La Harpe

Ce volume, rédigé par Jean‑François de La Harpe, fait partie de son « Abrégé de l’Histoire Générale des…

The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886

Various

The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, dated April 1886, is a scholarly periodical that opens with a…

The French Revolution - Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine

This volume is Hippolyte Taine’s continuation of his systematic study of the French Revolution, focusing…

Archæological Essays, Vol. 1

James Young Simpson

Archæological Essays, Vol. 1 gathers the scholarly papers of Sir James Simpson, a nineteenth‑century…

The village labourer, 1760-1832 A study in the government of England before the Reform Bill

Hammond, J. L. (John Lawrence); Hammond, Barbara Bradby

The work is a scholarly study of English village life between 1760 and 1832, written by J. L.

India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge

F. Max Müller

This work is a complete edition of the lectures Max Friedrich Mueller delivered at Cambridge, presented in…

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 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

The volume is a scholarly compilation of ecclesiastical documents and contemporary accounts that trace the…

An African Adventure

Isaac Frederick Marcosson

Isaac Frederick Marcosson’s An African Adventure is a travelogue that doubles as a contemporary political…

Secret societies and subversive movements

Nesta Helen Webster

The work is a scholarly investigation into the hidden networks that, according to the author, have shaped…

Evolution in Modern Thought

The work is a scholarly survey of the intellectual lineage of evolutionary thought, beginning with a concise…

Historical Essays

James Ford Rhodes

James Ford Rhodes opens this work by declaring history his “old subject,” acknowledging the long line of…

Wilmot and Tilley

James Hannay

The work is a biographical study of two pivotal New Brunswick politicians, Lemuel Allan Wilmot and Sir Samuel…

Bibliographical history of electricity & magnetism, chronologically arranged

This work is a scholarly bibliography that traces the recorded history of electricity and magnetism from the…

Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific

Felix Speiser

Felix Speiser’s Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific is a travelogue‑ethnology hybrid, assembled…

A Book About Lawyers

John Cordy Jeaffreson

John Cordy Jeaffreson’s A Book About Lawyers is a social‑historical sketch that treats the Inns of Court as…

Origin of Cultivated Plants The International Scientific Series Volume XLVIII

Alphonse de Candolle

The work is a scholarly treatise on the origins of cultivated plants, written by the Swiss botanist Alphonse…

Progress and History

This work is a scholarly survey of the concept of progress as it has unfolded through Western history.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History

Great Men and Famous Women, Volume 1 is a sweeping biographical compendium that sketches the lives of more…

The Story of Russia

R. Van Bergen

The work is a historical survey of Russia, written by Robert Van Bergen as a concise textbook for American…

With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back

Edward P. Lowry

This work is a first‑hand account by Edward P. Lowry, a chaplain attached to the Guards’ Brigade during the…

History of Australia and New Zealand from 1606 to 1890

Sutherland, Alexander; Sutherland, George

This work is a nineteenth‑century survey of the discovery and early settlement of Australia and New Zealand,…

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1

Henry Baerlein

The work is a scholarly survey of the formation of Yugoslavia, written by Henry Baerlein.