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A history of the Zulu Rebellion, 1906, and of Dinuzulu's arrest, trial, and expatriation

James Stuart

James Stuart’s work is a detailed, first‑hand chronicle of the 1906 Zulu Rebellion and the subsequent arrest,…

Chronica de El-Rei D. Affonso V (Vol. I)

Rui de Pina

A obra é uma crônica oficial encomendada por D. Manuel ao cronista de palácio Rui de Pina, que se propõe a…

A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions.

Eugene A. Hecker

Eugene A. Hecker’s A Short History of Women’s Rights is a scholarly survey that traces the legal status of…

The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1

Hubert Howe Bancroft

This volume is the first in Hubert Howe Bancroft’s ambitious series on the “Pacific States,” a term he uses…

Correspondence and Report from His Majesty's Consul at Boma Respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo [and Further Correspondence]

Roger Casement

This volume assembles a series of diplomatic dispatches, reports and memoranda exchanged between British…

The early English cotton industry

George W. Daniels

George W. Daniels’ work is a scholarly survey of the English cotton trade, concentrating on the period from…

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 17: Switzerland (concluded), Russia and Poland

This volume of the “Historians’ History of the World” is a scholarly compendium that treats Swiss, Russian,…

Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum; Or, Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars

John Healy

John Healy’s Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum is a scholarly survey of Ireland’s early monastic education,…

The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912

James H. Blount

James H. Blount’s The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898‑1912 is a dense historical study that…

Drinks of the World

Mew, James; Ashton, John

A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2)

Johann Beckmann

This volume is a scholarly survey of the development of steam power, tracing its lineage from antiquity…

The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times

Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson’s work is a scholarly survey that treats the swastika as a prehistoric emblem rather than a…

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

Sir Ernest Scott

The work is a scholarly biography of the English navigator Matthew Flinders, whose life spanned 1774‑1814 and…

Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886

Various

Donahoe’s Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886, is a periodical anthology that opens with a vivid,…

A Magician Among the Spirits

Harry Houdini

A Magician Among the Spirits is Harry Houdini’s extended memoir of his lifelong confrontation with…

History of Mexico, Volume 1, 1516-1521

Hubert Howe Bancroft

This volume is the first part of Hubert Howe Bancroft’s sweeping five‑volume survey of Mexican history,…

The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria

Archduke of Austria Ludwig Salvator

The work is a travelogue and geographical report by Archduke Ludwig Salvator, written in 1879 after a desert…

An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America

J. P. MacLean

An ambitious scholarly work, this volume seeks to fill a gap in American historiography by tracing the…

The city of Jerusalem

C. R. Conder

Claude R. Conder’s work is a scholarly travelogue that blends personal observation with the latest…

History of Central America, Volume 3, 1801-1887 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 8

Hubert Howe Bancroft

This volume is the eighth installment of Hubert Howe Bancroft’s monumental “History of Central America,”…

Japan

David Murray

The work is a comprehensive historical survey of Japan, aiming to follow the nation from its mythic origins…

The Danube

Walter Jerrold

Walter Jerrold’s “The Danube” is a travel‑ogue that sets out to map the scenic stretch of Europe’s great…

Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario

Henry Scadding

The work is a sprawling, street‑by‑street recollection of Toronto’s early days, compiled by Henry Scadding, a…

Pictographs of the North American Indians. A preliminary paper Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 3-256

Garrick Mallery

The work is a scholarly report by Garrick Mallery, presented as the fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of…