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ReadPanama and the Canal in Picture and Prose
Willis J. Abbot
The book is a sprawling illustrated survey of the Panama Canal and its surrounding zone, written by Willis J.
The Book of Tea
Kakuzo Okakura
The Book of Tea is a cultural essay that treats the humble leaf as a gateway to philosophy, history, and…
ReadThe uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; vol. 1 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 an ambitious nineteenth‑century ethnographic survey that seeks to bring together, in a single…
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
William Thomas Fernie
The work is a nineteenth‑century manual that sets out the theory and practice of “herbal simples”,…
ReadHistory as past ethics; An Introduction to the History of Morals
P. V. N. Myers
This work is a scholarly survey that treats ethics as a branch of history rather than as abstract philosophy.
ReadIndice chronologico dos factos mais notaveis da Historia do Brasil desde seu descobrimento em 1500 até 1849
Agostinho Marques Perdigão Malheiro
O Índice cronológico dos factos mais notáveis da História do Brasil, de Agostinho Marques Perdigão Malheiro,…
ReadArgentina, Legend and History
Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente; Bunge, Carlos O. (Carlos Octavio); Drago, Luis María; Gorriti, Juana Manuela; Goyena, Pedro; Gutiérrez, Juan María; Lacasa, Pedro; López, Lucio Vicente; López, Vicente Fidel; López y Planes, Vicente; Mitre, Bartolomé; Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino; Sastre, Marcos
This volume is an anthology of Argentine writings assembled for advanced Spanish language courses, with a…
The Development of Rates of Postage: An Historical and Analytical Study
A. D. Smith
The work is a scholarly investigation of postal pricing, written by Alfred Daniel Smith, an economist who…
ReadTextile Fabrics A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Church-vestments, Dresses, Silk Stuffs, Needlework and Tapestries, forming that Section of the Museum
Daniel Rock
Daniel Rock’s work is a scholarly catalogue of the South Kensington Museum’s extensive holdings of woven and…
ReadThe Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55, 1690-1691 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 primary documents and ethnographic excerpts that illuminate the…
The History of Freedom, and Other Essays
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
The work is a curated anthology of Lord Acton’s essays, drawn from a range of nineteenth‑century periodicals…
ReadA History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 2 (of 2) During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era
Lynn Thorndike
The work is a scholarly survey of medieval thought that intertwines the histories of natural science, magic,…
ReadByzantine Churches in Constantinople: Their History and Architecture
Van Millingen, Alexander; George, Walter S.; Henderson, Arthur E. (Arthur Edward); Traquair, Ramsay
The work is a scholarly survey of the surviving Byzantine churches of Constantinople, written by Alexander…
ReadWakeman's handbook of Irish antiquities
W. F. Wakeman
Wakeman’s Handbook of Irish Antiquities is a scholarly survey of Ireland’s prehistoric and early‑Christian…
Cattle and Cattle-breeders
William McCombie
The work is a first‑person account that blends personal memoir with a practical treatise on cattle breeding…
ReadDie Philippinen und ihre Bewohner Sechs Skizzen
C. Semper
Der Text ist ein Reise‑ und Naturbericht aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, verfasst von Carl Semper, einem…
ReadThe Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 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
This volume is a scholarly compilation of primary documents that chart the early European encounter with the…
ReadThe Former Philippines Thru Foreign Eyes
Comyn, Tomás de; Jagor, Fedor; Virchow, Rudolf; Wilkes, Charles
The work is a nineteenth‑century compilation that brings together a series of foreign observers’ accounts of…
ReadHow music grew, from prehistoric times to the present day
Bauer, Marion; Peyser, Ethel R.
This work is a comprehensive survey of music’s development from its prehistoric origins to the modern era,…
ReadNaval battles of the world: Great and decisive contests on the sea ... with an account of the Japan-China war and the recent battle of the Yalu; the growth, power, and management of our new Navy.
Edward Shippen
The work is a sweeping survey of naval warfare that begins with a broad argument for the relevance of sea…
ReadBlackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, August 1847
Various
This volume of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine presents a scholarly essay on the evolution of Greek…
ReadPeeps At Many Lands: Australia
Frank Fox
Frank Fox’s “Peeps At Many Lands: Australia” is a sweeping survey of the continent’s geological birth, its…
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Tuotuo
ReadPlant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore of the Plant Kingdom
Richard Folkard
Richard Folkard’s Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics is a scholarly compendium that gathers the myths,…