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| Abraham Lincoln | Writings Vol. 4 — Abraham Lincoln |
Writings Vol. 4 “THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES, PART II.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Lincoln | Writings Vol. 3 — Abraham Lincoln |
Writings Vol. 3 “THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES, PART I.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Lincoln | Writings Vol. 2. — Abraham Lincoln |
Writings Vol. 2. “But I will not argue further. I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Lincoln | Writings Vol. 5 — Abraham Lincoln |
Writings Vol. 5 “MY DEAR SIR:--I need a man of Democratic antecedents from New England. I cannot get a fair share of that element in without. This stands in the way of Mr. Adams. I think of Governo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Lincoln | Writings, Vol. I — Abraham Lincoln |
Writings, Vol. I “At your request I send you a receipt for the postage on your paper. I am somewhat surprised at your request. I will, however, comply with it. The law requires newspaper postage to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Lincoln | WRITINGS VOLUME SIX — Abraham Lincoln |
WRITINGS VOLUME SIX “Ordered: By virtue of the authority vested by act of Congress, the President takes military possession of all the railroads in the United States from and after this date until furt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln: A History V1 — John G. Nicolay and John Hay |
Abraham Lincoln: A History V1 “In this way Abraham Lincoln met and passed through one of the most important crises of his life. There was so much of idiosyncrasy in it that it has been, and will continue to be f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Lincoln | The Life of Abraham Lincoln — Henry Ketcham |
The Life of Abraham Lincoln “Whatever the mental cause of this melancholy, there is no doubt that it had also a physical cause. This was his most violent attack, but by no means his only one. It recurred, with…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Atomic Bomb | A-Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — Atomic Bomb |
A-Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki “The bomb exploded over Hiroshima at 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945. About an hour previously, the Japanese early warning radar net had detected the approach of some American…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Atomic Bomb | Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War — Atomic Bomb |
Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War “This is measured in terms of "half-life"--the time required for one-half of the original substance to decay--which ranges from days to thousands of years for the bomb-produced radi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Atomic Bomb | U. S. Project Trinity Report — Atomic Bomb |
U. S. Project Trinity Report “During the first two years of the Manhattan Project, work proceeded at a slow but steady pace. Significant technical problems had to be solved, and difficulties in the production o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Atomic Bomb | Trinity Site: 1945-1995 — White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office |
Trinity Site: 1945-1995 “Radiation levels in the fenced, ground zero area are low. On an average the levels are only 10 times greater than the region's natural background radiation. A one-hour visit to the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V1 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V1 “We were in this position, with an army in every way infinitely superior to that of the Prince of Orange, and with four whole months before us to profit by our strength, when the Ki…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V2 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V2 “The name of this monk was D. Francois Gervaise. He had been in the monastery for some years, had lived regularly during that time, and had gained the confidence of M. de La Trappe.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V3 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V3 “They found Monseigneur half naked: his servants endeavouring to make him walk erect, and dragging rather than leading him about. He did not know the King, who spoke to him, nor any…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V4 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V4 “It was Pursegur's letter then, detailing this rascality on the part of Orry, that had reached the King just before that respecting the Abbe d'Estrees. The two disclosed a state of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V5 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V5 “I was to go to Rome as ambassador. I made him repeat this twice over: it seemed so impossible. If one of the portraits in my chamber had spoken to me, I could not have been more su…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V6 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V6 “As soon as in Madame de Maintenon's apartment was heard the rumour which usually precedes such an arrival, the King became sufficiently embarrassed to change countenance several ti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V7 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V7 “I have described in its proper place the profound fall of M. le Duc d'Orleans and the neglect in which he lived, out of all favour with the King, hated by Madame de Maintenon and M…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V8 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V8 “On Monday, the 18th of January, 1712, after a visit to Versailles, the King went to Marly. I mark expressly this journey. No sooner were we settled there than Boudin, chief doctor …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V9 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V9 “Chalais and Lanti made bold to ask the King for permission to go and join the Princess in her isolation. Not only he allowed them to do so, but charged them with a letter of simple…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V10 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V10 “He treated his valets well, above all those of the household. It was amongst them that he felt most at ease, and that he unbosomed himself the most familiarly, especially to the ch…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V11 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V11 “Many very singular and strange stories were then circulated, which showed the tyranny of the last reign, and of its ministers, and caused the misfortunes of the prisoners to be dep…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V12 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V12 “This done I proposed, and the others approved my proposition, that a Bed of Justice should be held as the only means left by which the abrogation of the parliamentary decrees could…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V13 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V13 “What hastened the fall of the bank, and of the system, was the inconceivable prodigality of M. le Duc d'Orleans, who, without bounds, and worse still, if it can be, without choice,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V14 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V14 “After an animated conversation, in which Maulevrier took but little part, their Catholic Majesties dismissed us, testifying to us the great pleasure we had caused them by not losin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V15 — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V15 “A short time after he did worse. He learnt that the King was on intimate terms with Madame de Monaco, learnt also the hour at which Bontems, the valet, conducted her, enveloped in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duc de Saint-Simon | The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency — Duc de Saint-Simon |
The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency “The consternation at the event that had taken place was real and general; it penetrated to foreign lands and courts. Whilst the people wept for him who thought only of their relief…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Gibbon | History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 6 — Edward Gibbon |
History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 6 “They chose four ambassadors, Matthew of Montmorency, our historian the marshal of Champagne, and two Venetians, to congratulate the emperor. The gates were thrown open on their app…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Gibbon | History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 5 — Edward Gibbon |
History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 5 “When the Arabs first issued from the desert, they must have been surprised at the ease and rapidity of their own success. But when they advanced in the career of victory to the ban…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Gibbon | History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 4 — Edward Gibbon |
History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 4 “After the fall of the Roman empire in the West, an interval of fifty years, till the memorable reign of Justinian, is faintly marked by the obscure names and imperfect annals of Ze…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Gibbon | History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 3 — Edward Gibbon |
History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 3 “If the subjects of Rome could be ignorant of their obligations to the great Theodosius, they were too soon convinced, how painfully the spirit and abilities of their deceased emper…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Gibbon | History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 2 — Edward Gibbon |
History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 2 “The sectaries of a persecuted religion, depressed by fear animated with resentment, and perhaps heated by enthusiasm, are seldom in a proper temper of mind calmly to investigate, o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Gibbon | History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 1 — Edward Gibbon |
History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 1 “Yet Commodus was not, as he has been represented, a tiger born with an insatiate thirst of human blood, and capable, from his infancy, of the most inhuman actions. Nature had forme…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Gibbon | Memoirs of My Life and Writings — Edward Gibbon |
Memoirs of My Life and Writings “My indiscriminate appetite subsided by degrees in the historic line: and since philosophy has exploded all innate ideas and natural propensities, I must ascribe this choice to the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Francis Parkman | The Oregon Trail — Francis Parkman |
The Oregon Trail “The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule. T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Francis Parkman | Pioneers Of France In The New World — Francis Parkman |
Pioneers Of France In The New World “The monk, the inquisitor, and the Jesuit were lords of Spain,-- sovereigns of her sovereign, for they had formed the dark and narrow mind of that tyrannical recluse. They had forme…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Francis Parkman | A HALF-CENTURY OF CONFLICT, V2 — Francis Parkman |
A HALF-CENTURY OF CONFLICT, V2 “La Jonquière still clung to the hope of a successful stroke at Annapolis, till in October an Acadian brought him the report that the garrison of that place had received a reinforce…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frederick Douglass | Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass — Frederick Douglass |
Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass “My master's family consisted of two sons, Andrew and Richard; one daughter, Lucretia, and her husband, Captain Thomas Auld. They lived in one house, upon the home plantation of Col…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frederick Douglass | Reconstruction — Frederick Douglass |
Reconstruction “Such are the limitations of the common mind, and so thoroughly engrossing are the cares of common life, that only the few among men can discern through the glitter and dazzle of pr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frederick Douglass | My Escape from Slavery — Frederick Douglass |
My Escape from Slavery “With this I drew from my deep sailor's pocket my seaman's protection, as before described. The merest glance at the paper satisfied him, and he took my fare and went on about his b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frederick Douglass | An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage — Frederick Douglass |
An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage “It is true that a strong plea for equal suffrage might be addressed to the national sense of honor. Something, too, might be said of national gratitude. A nation might well hesitat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frederick Douglass | Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass — Frederick Douglass |
Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass “There is cause to be thankful even for rebellion. It is an impressive teacher, though a stern and terrible one. In both characters it has come to us, and it was perhaps needed in b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Friedrich Von Schiller | History of the Thirty Years' War in Germany — Friedrich Von Schiller |
History of the Thirty Years' War in Germany “In Germany, the schisms in the church produced also a lasting political schism, which made that country for more than a century the theatre of confusion, but at the same time threw…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Friedrich Von Schiller | The Thirty Years War — Friedrich Von Schiller |
The Thirty Years War “Different translation.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Friedrich Von Schiller | Revolt of Netherlands, V1 — Friedrich Von Schiller |
Revolt of Netherlands, V1 “A state constituted like this could act and endure with gigantic energy whenever pressing emergencies called forth its powers and a skilful and provident administration elicited it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Friedrich Von Schiller | Revolt of Netherlands, V2 — Friedrich Von Schiller |
Revolt of Netherlands, V2 “The example and success of Antwerp gave the signal of opposition to all the other towns for which a new bishop was intended. It is a remarkable proof of the hatred to the Inquisiti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Friedrich Von Schiller | Revolt of Netherlands, V3 — Friedrich Von Schiller |
Revolt of Netherlands, V3 “Venting their long suppressed indignation, they indulged in bitter complaints against the court and against the government. "But lately," said the Prince of Orange, "the king sent …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Friedrich Von Schiller | Revolt of Netherlands, V4 — Friedrich Von Schiller |
Revolt of Netherlands, V4 “During the progress of the trial the relations and friends of the two counts were not idle. Egmont's wife, by birth a duchess of Bavaria, addressed petitions to the princes of the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Macaulay | Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 — Lord Macaulay |
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 “History, at least in its state of ideal perfection, is a compound of poetry and philosophy. It impresses general truths on the mind by a vivid representation of particular characte…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Macaulay | The History of England from the Accession of James II — Lord Macaulay |
The History of England from the Accession of James II “The case of Glencoe was, doubtless, an extreme case; but it cannot easily be distinguished in principle from cases which, in war, are of ordinary occurrence. Very terrible military…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Macaulay | Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 2 — Lord Macaulay |
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 2 “We are afraid that his aversion to war was not the effect of humanity, but was merely one of his thousand whims. His feeling about his troops seems to have resembled a miser's feel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Macaulay | The History of England from the Accession of James II — Lord Macaulay |
The History of England from the Accession of James II “The English government was early apprised that something was in agitation among the outlaws. An invasion of England seems not to have been at first expected; but it was apprehended…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louis XV-XVI | The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V1 — Louis XV-XVI |
The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V1 “An early friend of mine, who married well at Paris, and who has the reputation of being a very clever woman, has often asked me to write down what daily passed under my notice; to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louis XV-XVI | The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V2 — Louis XV-XVI |
The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V2 “--"He was, indeed, very captivating," said St. Germain; and he proceeded to describe his face and person as one does that of a man one has accurately observed. "It is a pity he was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louis XV-XVI | The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V3 — Louis XV-XVI |
The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V3 “"It was dangerous for one in whose conduct so many prying eyes were seeking for sources of accusation to gratify herself even by the overthrow of an absurdity, when that overthrow …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louis XV-XVI | The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V4 — Louis XV-XVI |
The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V4 “"Like everything else, however, which gratified and obliged the Queen, her evil star converted even this into a misfortune. It was said that the French Treasury, which was not over…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louis XV-XVI | The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V5 — Louis XV-XVI |
The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V5 “The play is a critique on the whole Royal Family, from the drawing up of the curtain to its fall. It burlesques the ways and manners of every individual connected with the Court of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louis XV-XVI | The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V6 — Louis XV-XVI |
The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V6 “Even the particulars I am about to mention can give but a very faint idea of the state of alarm in which the Royal Family lived, and the perpetual watchfulness and strange and invo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louis XV-XVI | The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V7 — Louis XV-XVI |
The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, V7 “The horrors of the Tuileries, both by night and day, were now grown appallingly beyond description. Almost unendurable as they had been before, they were aggravated by the insults …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louis XV-XVI | The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, Entire — Louis XV-XVI |
The Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, Entire “Mortified at the attachment the King daily evinced, she strained every nerve to raise a party to destroy his predilections. She called to her aid the strength of ridicule, than whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle — Middle Ages |
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle “The first inhabitants were the Britons, who came from Armenia, and first peopled Britain southward. Then happened it, that the Picts came south from Scythia, with long ships, not m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Life of King Alfred — Middle Ages |
The Life of King Alfred “King Alfred was the son of king Ethelwulf, who was the son of Egbert, who was the son of Elmund, was the son of Eafa, who was the son of Eoppa, who the son of Ingild. Ingild, and I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Danish History, Books I-IX — Middle Ages |
The Danish History, Books I-IX “Now Dan and Angul, with whom the stock of the Danes begins, were begotten of Humble, their father, and were the governors and not only the founders of our race. (Yet Dudo, the hist…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Declaration of Arbroath — Middle Ages |
The Declaration of Arbroath “Thus our nation under their protection did indeed live in freedom and peace up to the time when that mighty prince the King of the English, Edward, the father of the one who reigns…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Early Kings of Norway — Middle Ages |
Early Kings of Norway “Harald took the sword, drew it, or was half drawing it, admiringly from the scabbard, when the English excellency broke into a scornful laugh, "Ha, ha; thou art now the feudatory o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Famous Men of The Middle Ages — John H. Haaren and A. B. Poland |
Famous Men of The Middle Ages “One night, not long after he became king, Alaric had a very strange dream. He thought he was driving in a golden chariot through the streets of Rome amid the shouts of the people, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville — Middle Ages |
The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville “On the Friday I said to them: " Sirs, I am going away over seas, and I know not whether I shall return. Now therefore, come forward; and if I have done any of you a wrong, I will r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Life of Charlemagne — Eginhard |
The Life of Charlemagne “Then the Bavarian war broke out suddenly, and was swiftly ended. It was caused by the pride and folly of Tassilo, Duke of Bavaria; for upon the instigation of his wife, who thought…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Chronicle — Richard of Devizes |
Chronicle “Sect. 18. King Richard exacted an oath from his two brothers, John, his own brother, and Geoffrey, a bastard, that they would not enter England within three years from his departur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Historie of the Arrivall of Edward IV — Middle Ages |
Historie of the Arrivall of Edward IV “Subtitled: in England and the Finall Recouerye of His Kingdomes from Henry VI.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Bosworth Fielde — Middle Ages |
Bosworth Fielde “"ffor why, the Lord Stanley is lent in this Land,/ the Lord Strange &the Chamberlaine; these/ they may show vpon a day a band/ such as may noe Lorde in Christentye. --…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The History of King Richard the Third — Sir Thomas More |
The History of King Richard the Third “For Richarde the Duke of Gloucester, by nature theyr Uncle, by office theire protectoure, to theire father beholden, to them selfe by othe and allegyaunce bownden, al the bandes br…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Chandos Herald — Middle Ages |
The Chandos Herald “He rode towards the Prince's army; as soon as he came up to him he saluted him full sweetly, weeping for pity. 'Sire,' quoth he, 'for God's mercy now have pity to-day on so many a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Colloquy with the Ancients — Middle Ages |
The Colloquy with the Ancients “There they were until the morrow's morning came, when Patrick robed himself and emerged upon the green; together with his three score priests, three score psalmodists, and holy bis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald — Middle Ages |
Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald “Gunnlaug answers, "Neither Onund nor Thorfin are men as good as my father. Nay, thou thyself clearly fallest short of him--or what hast thou to set against his strife with Thorgrim…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The History of Fulk Fitz-Warine — Middle Ages |
The History of Fulk Fitz-Warine “Good sirs, of old have you heard tell how that William the Bastard, the Duke of Normandy, came, with a great host, and folk without number, into England, and there conquered by for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade — Geoffrey de Villehardouin |
Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade “Full title: Memoirs or Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Origins of Contemporary France | The Ancient Regime — Origins of Contemporary France |
The Ancient Regime “The taxation authorities, however, in thus bearing down on taxable property has not released the taxable person without property. In the absence of land it seizes on men. In defaul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Origins of Contemporary France | The French Revolution, Volume 1. — Origins of Contemporary France |
The French Revolution, Volume 1. “INDEED it is in the center that the convulsive shocks are strongest. Nothing is lacking to aggravate the insurrection -- neither the liveliest provocation to stimulate it, nor the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Origins of Contemporary France | The French Revolution, Volume 2 — Origins of Contemporary France |
The French Revolution, Volume 2 “Even with a Jacobin Minister, terror and dismay are permanent. Roland, Clavières, and Servan not only do not shield the King, but they give him up, and, under their patronage and w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Origins of Contemporary France | The French Revolution, Volume 3 — Origins of Contemporary France |
The French Revolution, Volume 3 “"You look like a bishop - you were once a curé or monk - you can't be a revolutionary . . . . I have come to Metz with unlimited powers. Public opinion here is not satisfactory. I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Origins of Contemporary France | The Modern Regime, Volume 1 — Origins of Contemporary France |
The Modern Regime, Volume 1 “It is egoism, not a passive, but an active and intrusive egoism, proportional to the energy and extension of his faculties developed by his education and circumstances, exaggerated…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Origins of Contemporary France | The Modern Regime, Volume 2 — Origins of Contemporary France |
The Modern Regime, Volume 2 “After the centralizing and invading State has taken hold of local societies there is nothing left for it but to cast its net over moral societies[7], and this second haul is more i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Revolution and Federalist Period | Braddock's Defeat — George Washington |
Braddock's Defeat “The General was wounded, of which he died three days after. Sir Peter Halket was killed in the field, where died many other brave officers. I luckily escaped without a wound, thoug…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Revolution and Federalist Period | A Plan for Colonial Union — Benjamin Franklin |
A Plan for Colonial Union “These, and such kind of things as these, I apprehend will be thought and said by the people, if the proposed alteration of the Albany plan should take place. Then the administratio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Revolution and Federalist Period | Major GEORGE WASHINGTON's Journal to the River OHIO — Revolution and Federalist Period |
Major GEORGE WASHINGTON's Journal to the River OHIO “I gave them back a String of Wampum that I met with at Frazier's, which they had sent with a Speech to his Honour the Governour, to inform him, that three Nations of French Indians…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Revolution | Russia in 1919 — Russian Revolution |
Russia in 1919 “There was, of course, a dreadful scrimmage about getting away. Several people were not ready at the last minute. Only one motor was obtainable for nine persons with their light lug…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Revolution | The Crisis in Russia — Russian Revolution |
The Crisis in Russia “On December 17, 1919, the moment it became clear that there was a real possibility that the civil war was drawing to an end, Trotsky allowed the Pravda to print a memorandum of his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Revolution | An Interpretation of Slavophilism-- — Russian Revolution |
An Interpretation of Slavophilism-- “But it is out of the kind heart of Muscovy, and from the troubled, humble and penitent soul of Russia that the real peace movement of her land has arisen. For many centuries calami…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Revolution | Russia — Donald Mackenzie Wallace |
Russia “The Zaporovian Commonwealth has been compared sometimes to ancient Sparta, and sometimes to the mediaeval Military Orders, but it had in reality quite a different character. In Spa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Revolution | From October to Brest-Litovsk — Leon Trotzky |
From October to Brest-Litovsk “We, however, indicated to the bourgeoisie a different line of future events. In a special declaration which we made in the Soviet Council a few days before the drive, we declared t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Chester A. Arthur |
State of the Union Addresses “Question has arisen touching the deportation to the United States from the British Islands, by governmental or municipal aid, of persons unable there to gain a living and equally a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — James Buchanan |
State of the Union Addresses “I have long foreseen and often forewarned my countrymen of the now impending danger. This does not proceed solely from the claim on the part of Congress or the Territorial legislat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Jimmy Carter |
State of the Union Addresses “Three basic developments have helped to shape our challenges: the steady growth and increased projection of Soviet military power beyond its own borders; the overwhelming dependenc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Grover Cleveland |
State of the Union Addresses “We view with pride and satisfaction this bright picture of our country's growth and prosperity, while only a closer scrutiny develops a somber shading. Upon more careful inspection…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — William J. Clinton |
State of the Union Addresses “My fellow Americans, I stand before you tonight to report that the state of our union is strong. Now, America is working again. The promise of our future is limitless. But we canno…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Calvin Coolidge |
State of the Union Addresses “We still have an enormous debt of over $20,000,000,000, on which the interest and sinking-fund requirements are $1,320,000,000. Our appropriations for the Pension Office and the Ve…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Dwight D. Eisenhower |
State of the Union Addresses “All this is given only as a matter of history; as a record of our progress in space and ballistic missile fields in no more than four years of intensive effort. At the same time we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Franklin D. Roosevelt |
State of the Union Addresses “We need not overemphasize imperfections in the Peace of Versailles. We need not harp on failure of the democracies to deal with problems of world reconstruction. We should remember…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Millard Fillmore |
State of the Union Addresses “The brief space which has elapsed since the close of your last session has been marked by no extraordinary political event. The quadrennial election of Chief Magistrate has passed …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Gerald R. Ford |
State of the Union Addresses “Now, I want to speak very bluntly. I've got bad news, and I don't expect much, if any, applause. The American people want action, and it will take both the Congress and the Preside…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — George W. Bush |
State of the Union Addresses “We last met in an hour of shock and suffering. In four short months, our nation has comforted the victims, begun to rebuild New York and the Pentagon, rallied a great coalition, ca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — George H.W. Bush |
State of the Union Addresses “The principle that has guided us is simple: our objective is to help the Baltic peoples achieve their aspirations, not to punish the Soviet Union. In our recent discussions with th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Ulysses S. Grant |
State of the Union Addresses “The freedmen, under the protection which they have received, are making rapid progress in learning, and no complaints are heard of lack of industry on their part where they receive…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Benjamin Harrison |
State of the Union Addresses “There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high, whether measured by the currency in which they are paid or by their power to supply…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Rutherford B. Hayes |
State of the Union Addresses “The sentiment that the constitutional rights of all our citizens must be maintained does not grow weaker. It will continue to control the Government of the country. Happily, the hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Herbert Hoover |
State of the Union Addresses “Broadly the community has cooperated to meet the needs of honest distress, and to take such emergency measures as would sustain confidence in our financial system and would cushion…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Andrew Jackson |
State of the Union Addresses “You are assembled at a period of profound interest to the American patriot. The unexampled growth and prosperity of our country having given us a rank in the scale of nations which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — John Adams |
State of the Union Addresses “Although I can not yet congratulate you on the reestablishment of peace in Europe and the restoration of security to the persons and properties of our citizens from injustice and v…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Thomas Jefferson |
State of the Union Addresses “The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke for exploring the river Missouri and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocean has had all the success which could have been …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Andrew Johnson |
State of the Union Addresses “I found the States suffering from the effects of a civil war. Resistance to the General Government appeared to have exhausted itself. The United States had recovered possession of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — John Quincy Adams |
State of the Union Addresses “Our relations of friendship with the other nations of the earth, political and commercial, have been preserved unimpaired, and the opportunities to improve them have been cultivate…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — John F. Kennedy |
State of the Union Addresses “But America stands for progress in human rights as well as economic affairs, and a strong America requires the assurance of full and equal rights to all its citizens, of any race o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Lyndon B. Johnson |
State of the Union Addresses “Because of Vietnam we cannot do all that we should, or all that we would like to do. We will ruthlessly attack waste and inefficiency. We will make sure that every dollar is spent …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Abraham Lincoln |
State of the Union Addresses “It is not my purpose to review our discussions with foreign states, because, whatever might be their wishes or dispositions, the integrity of our country and the stability of our G…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — James Madison |
State of the Union Addresses “The British cabinet, either mistaking our desire of peace for a dread of British power or misled by other fallacious calculations, has disappointed this reasonable anticipation. No…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — William McKinley |
State of the Union Addresses “In the absence of a declaration of the measures that this Government proposes to take in carrying out its proffer of good offices, it suggests that Spain be left free to conduct mi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — James Monroe |
State of the Union Addresses “A precise knowledge of our relations with foreign powers as respects our negotiations and transactions with each is thought to be particularly necessary. Equally necessary is it th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Richard Nixon |
State of the Union Addresses “The major immediate goal of our foreign policy is to bring an end to the war in Vietnam in a way that our generation will be remembered not so much as the generation that suffered …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Franklin Pierce |
State of the Union Addresses “Some European powers have regarded with disquieting concern the territorial expansion of the United States. This rapid growth has resulted from the legitimate exercise of sovereign…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — James Polk |
State of the Union Addresses “Though the United States were the aggrieved nation, Mexico commenced the war, and we were compelled in self-defense to repel the invader and to vindicate the national honor and int…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Ronald Reagan |
State of the Union Addresses “Just 10 days ago, after months of debate and deadlock, the bipartisan Commission on Social Security accomplished the seemingly impossible. Social security, as some of us had warned…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Theodore Roosevelt |
State of the Union Addresses “I am well aware of the difficulties of the legislation that I am suggesting, and of the need of temperate and cautious action in securing it. I should emphatically protest against …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — William H. Taft |
State of the Union Addresses “These cases of restraint of trade that the court excepted from the operation of the statute were instances which, at common law, would have been called reasonable. In the Standard …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Address — Zachary Taylor |
State of the Union Address “We are at peace with all the other nations of the world, and seek to maintain our cherished relations of amity with them. During the past year we have been blessed by a kind Provid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Harry S. Truman |
State of the Union Addresses “Today, our population has doubled. Our national production has risen from about $50 billion, in terms of today's prices, to the staggering figure of $255 billion a year. We have a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — John Tyler |
State of the Union Addresses “The immediate effect of the treaty upon ourselves will be felt in the security afforded to mercantile enterprise, which, no longer apprehensive of interruption, adventures its spec…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Martin van Buren |
State of the Union Addresses “I regret that I can not on this occasion congratulate you that the past year has been one of unalloyed prosperity. The ravages of fire and disease have painfully afflicted otherwis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — George Washington |
State of the Union Addresses “On this call, momentous in the extreme, I sought and weighted what might best subdue the crisis. On the one hand the judiciary was pronounced to be stripped of its capacity to enfo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Warren Harding |
State of the Union Addresses “So many problems are calling for solution that a recital of all of them, in the face of the known limitations of a short session of Congress, would seem to lack sincerity of purpos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| States of the Union | State of the Union Addresses — Woodrow Wilson |
State of the Union Addresses “I need not tell you what lay back of this great movement of men and material. It is not invidious to say that back of it lay a supporting organization of the industries of the coun…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| The Great Republic | THE GREAT REPUBLIC BY THE MASTER HISTORIANS: VOL. 4 — The Great Republic |
THE GREAT REPUBLIC BY THE MASTER HISTORIANS: VOL. 4 “More than twelve hours earlier the appearance of the Americans at Cape Bolinao had been reported to the Spaniards, yet when the squadron in order, with all lights out, and every ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| The Great Republic | THE GREAT REPUBLIC BY THE MASTER HISTORIANS: THE PERIOD BEFORE COLUMBUS — The Great Republic |
THE GREAT REPUBLIC BY THE MASTER HISTORIANS: THE PERIOD BEFORE COLUMBUS “The aboriginal inhabitants of the United States, when first discovered, differed very considerably in political and social condition. Those of the north were in a state of savagery…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| The Great Republic | THE GREAT REPUBLIC BY THE MASTER HISTORIANS: VOL. 3 — The Great Republic |
THE GREAT REPUBLIC BY THE MASTER HISTORIANS: VOL. 3 “Meanwhile, the war went on with new vigor. In the South Jackson continued the conflict with the Creeks, until it was brought to a conclusion by his signal victory at Horse-Shoe Ben…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| The Great Republic | THE GREAT REPUBLIC BY THE MASTER HISTORIANS: VOL. 2 — The Great Republic |
THE GREAT REPUBLIC BY THE MASTER HISTORIANS: VOL. 2 “THE sound of the rejoicings called forth by the repeal of the Stamp Act had hardly died away before it was seen how little had really been gained beyond immediate and temporary rel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Letters from the Cape — Lady Duff Gordon |
Letters from the Cape “But now the glorious African summer is come, and I believe this is the weather of Paradise. I got up at four this morning, when the Dutchmen who had slept here were starting in the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Cruise of the Cachalot — Travel |
The Cruise of the Cachalot “So as MY money was all gone, I was hungry for a ship; and when a long, keen-looking man with a goat-like beard, and mouth stained with dry tobacco-juice, hailed me one afternoon at…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon — Travel |
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon “A population of some millions wholly dependent upon the supply of rice for their existence would be thrown into sudden starvation by the withdrawal of the water. Thus have the nati…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Early Australian Voyages — Travel |
Early Australian Voyages “On the 24th of the same month, being in the latitude of 42 degrees 25 minutes south, and in the longitude of 163 degrees 50 minutes, I discovered land, which lay east-south-east at…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Zambesi Expedition — Travel |
The Zambesi Expedition “We arrived at Zumbo, at the mouth of the Loangwa, on the 1st of November. The water being scarcely up to the knee, our land party waded this river with ease. A buffalo was shot on …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Noto, An Unexplored Corner of Japan — Travel |
Noto, An Unexplored Corner of Japan “Toward the middle of the afternoon we reached a part of the coast locally famous or infamous, for the two were one; a stretch of some miles where the mountains made no apology for …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Steep Trails — Travel |
Steep Trails “Lilies are rare in Utah; so also are their companions the ferns and orchids, chiefly on account of the fiery saltness of the soil and climate. You may walk the deserts of the Great…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Francis Drake's Voyage Round the World — Travel |
Francis Drake's Voyage Round the World “But the wind falling contrary, he was forced the next morning to put into Falmouth Haven, in Cornwall, where such and so terrible a tempest took us, as few men have seen the like, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Pioneers of the Old Southwest — Travel |
Pioneers of the Old Southwest “The settlers, the rangers, the surveyors, went westward over the trails which he had blazed for them years before. Their enduring works are commemorated in the cities and farms whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Passing of the Frontier — Travel |
The Passing of the Frontier “When, in 1803, those two immortal youths, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, were about to go forth on their great journey across the continent, they were admonished by Thomas Jef…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | In the Heart of Africa — Travel |
In the Heart of Africa “IT was the season of rejoicing. Everybody appeared in good humor. The distended udders of thousands of camels were an assurance of plenty. The burning sun that for nine months had …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon — Travel |
The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon “There is one thing necessary to the enjoyment of sport in Ceylon, and without which no amount of game can afford thorough pleasure; this is personal comfort. Unlike a temperate cli…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Journals of Lewis and Clark — Travel |
The Journals of Lewis and Clark “A fine warm day. We met with a Frenchman, by the name of Jussome, whom we employ as an interpreter. This man has a wife and children in the village. Great numbers on both sides flo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Astoria; Or, Anecdotes Of An Enterprise Beyond The Rocky Mountains — Travel |
Astoria; Or, Anecdotes Of An Enterprise Beyond The Rocky Mountains “THE success of the Northwest Company stimulated further enterprise in this opening and apparently boundless field of profit. The traffic of that company lay principally in the high…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | First Across the Continent — Travel |
First Across the Continent “The despatches sent to Washington by these men contained the first official report from Lewis and Clark since their departure from St. Louis, May 16, 1803; and they were the last w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Memoirs of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries — Travel |
Memoirs of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries “Those who go about on the Riva always expect four times the value for anything, for they are the falsest knaves that live there. No one expects to get an honest service of them. Fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Bontoc Igorot — Travel |
The Bontoc Igorot “Concerning cosmology, the Igorot believes Lumawig gave the earth and all things connected with it. Lumawig makes it rain and storm, gives day and night, heat and cold. The earth is…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet — Travel |
Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet “The first event after being settled in our new quarters was the arrival of a sheep, presented to us by the Kardar, or chief dignitary of the town, as a mark of affection and distin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Pagan Tribes of Borneo, V1 — Travel |
Pagan Tribes of Borneo, V1 “The Kayans believe themselves to be surrounded by many intelligent powers capable of influencing their welfare for good or ill. Some of these are embodied in animals or plants, or …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Discovery of Guiana — Travel |
The Discovery of Guiana “This island of Trinidad hath the form of a sheephook, and is but narrow; the north part is very mountainous; the soil is very excellent, and will bear sugar, ginger, or any other c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Drake's Great Armada — Travel |
Drake's Great Armada “The day following, standing in with the shore again, we decried another tall ship of twelve score tons or thereabouts, upon whom Master Carlile, the Lieutenant-General, being in th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland — Travel |
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland “The course first to be taken for the discovery is to bear directly to Cape Race, the most southerly cape of Newfoundland; and there to harbour ourselves either in Rogneux or Fermou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Golden Chersonese and The Way Thither — Travel |
The Golden Chersonese and The Way Thither “After a time I heard a cry of distress, and saw that the big one, whose name is Mahmoud, was frightening Eblis, the small one. Eblis ran away, but Mahmoud having got the rope in hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Voyage of The Paper Canoe — Travel |
Voyage of The Paper Canoe “We were again on the Richelieu, with about twenty-three miles between us and the boundary line of the United States and Canada, and with very little current to impede us. As dusk a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The South Pole, Volume 1 — Travel |
The South Pole, Volume 1 “The provisions were chosen with the greatest care, and packed with every precaution. All groceries were soldered in tin boxes, and then enclosed in strong wooden cases. The packing…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The South Pole, Volume 2 — Travel |
The South Pole, Volume 2 “At the stage where we now found ourselves, with the main object of our enterprise achieved, there might have been reason to expect a certain degree of relaxation of interest. This,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Sir Francis Drake Revived — Travel |
Sir Francis Drake Revived “The next morning (29th June), we entered between Dominica and Guadaloupe, where we descried two canoes coming from a rocky island, three leagues off Dominica; which usually repair …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Paths of Inland Commerce — Travel |
The Paths of Inland Commerce “The title "alligator-horse," of which Western rivermen were very proud, carried with it a suggestion of amphibious strength that made it both apt and figuratively accurate. On all …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | VOYAGES IN SEARCH OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE — Travel |
VOYAGES IN SEARCH OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE “If you seek the advice herein of such as make profession in cosmography, Ptolemy, the father of geography, and his eldest children, will answer by their maps with a negative, concl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark — Travel |
Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark “They were overflowing with civility; but, to prevent their almost killing my babe with kindness, I was obliged to shorten my visit; and two or three of the girls accompanied us, br…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Travels and Researches in South Africa — Travel |
Travels and Researches in South Africa “Just before the arrival of my companions, a party of the people of the lake came to Kolobeng, stating that they were sent by Lechulatebe, the chief, to ask me to visit that country…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society — Travel |
Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society “In reply to your inquiries respecting my progress in the Mandchou language, I have to observe that for some time past I have taken lessons from a person who was twelve years in Pek…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Bible in Spain — Travel |
The Bible in Spain “My friend told me that these heights were favourite stations of robbers. Some two years since, a band of six mounted banditti remained there three days, and plundered whomsoever ap…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Tracks of a Rolling Stone — Travel |
Tracks of a Rolling Stone “Quite by the way, but adding greatly to my discomfort, was the fact that since leaving Prague, where I had relinquished everything I could dispense with, I had had much night trave…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | A Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North — Travel |
A Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North “A besetting sin of the Icelanders is their drunkenness. Their poverty would probably not be so great if they were less devoted to brandy, and worked more industriously. It is dread…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines — Travel |
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines “The "Buli" was greeted with cries of "m-m-ka-a" in shrill voices by the women, for all the world like the caw of an old crow. I learned that the "Buli" had not been here for some t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Description of Wales — Travel |
The Description of Wales “Roderic the Great, or Rhodri Mawr, who was king over all Wales, was the cause of this division. He had three sons, Mervin, Anarawt, and Cadell, amongst whom he partitioned the whol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Ismailia — Travel |
Ismailia “Subtitled: A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AFRICA FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE --by Samuel White Baker…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Letters from the Cape — Travel |
Letters from the Cape “But now the glorious African summer is come, and I believe this is the weather of Paradise. I got up at four this morning, when the Dutchmen who had slept here were starting in the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Egypt (La Mort De Philae) — Travel |
Egypt (La Mort De Philae) “A city of mosques, then, as I was saying. They follow one another along the streets, sometimes two, three, four in a row; leaning one against the other, so that their confines beco…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Letters From High Latitudes — Travel |
Letters From High Latitudes “Throndhjem (pronounced Tronyem) looked very pretty and picturesque, with its red-roofed wooden houses sparkling in the sunshine, its many windows filled with flowers, its bright fi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Letter to the King and Queen of Spain — Travel |
Letter to the King and Queen of Spain “That none of the colonists shall go to seek gold without a license from the governor or alcalde of the town where he lives; and that he must first take oath to return to the place …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Omaha, the Prairie City — William R. Lighton |
Omaha, the Prairie City “Towns, no less than states or nations, must have some reason for being; the birth of a hamlet is no more fortuitous than the birth of an empire. Nevertheless, it is hard to give a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Letters of a Woman Homesteader — Travel |
Letters of a Woman Homesteader “Are you thinking I am lost, like the Babes in the Wood? Well, I am not and I'm sure the robins would have the time of their lives getting leaves to cover me out here. I am 'way up …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879 — Samuel W. Baker |
Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879 “A great number of the mutineers perished in the attempt to land, but the captain and officers were hospitably received by the people of Volokalida and forwarded to Famagousta. The …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Voyager's Tales — Richard Hakluyt |
Voyager's Tales “But, notwithstanding, the king weighed not his said promise, and as an infidel that hath not the fear of God before his eyes, nor regard of his word, albeit he was a king, he cause…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Voyage to India — Athanasius Nikitin of Twer |
Voyage to India “In the land of India it is the custom for foreign traders to stop at inns; there the food is cooked for the guests by the landlady, who also makes the bed and sleeps with the stran…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Albert N'Yanza (Great Basin of the Nile) — Travel |
The Albert N'Yanza (Great Basin of the Nile) “The quantity of ivory in camp was so large that we required 700 porters to carry both tusks and provisions, for the five days' march through uninhabited country. Kamrasi came to se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Discovery of the Source of the Nile — Travel |
The Discovery of the Source of the Nile “Uzinza, which we now entered, is ruled by two Wahuma chieftains of foreign blood, descended from the Abyssinian stock, of whom we saw specimens scattered all over Unyamuezi, and wh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia — Travel |
The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia “THE journey along the margin of the Atbara was similar to the entire route from Berber, a vast desert, with the narrow band of trees that marked the course of the river; the only c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Spell of Egypt — Travel |
The Spell of Egypt “One day at sunset I saw a bird trying to play with the Sphinx--a bird like a swallow, but with a ruddy brown on its breast, a gleam of blue somewhere on its wings. When I came to t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures — J.H. Patterson |
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures “By the time the zebra was skinned, darkness was fast approaching, so we selected a suitable tree in which to pass the night. Under it we built a goodly fire, made some tea, and roa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Wonderful Balloon Ascents — F. Marion |
Wonderful Balloon Ascents “Subtitled: or the Conquest of the Skies…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | A STRANGE TALE OF CANNIBALISM — Lafcadio Hearn |
A STRANGE TALE OF CANNIBALISM “For days subsequently that little band of human skeletons struggle vainly to leave the well--compelled by infernal thirst and heat to return after having marched a few miles under …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Mayflower and Her Log — Azel Ames |
The Mayflower and Her Log “There is an intimation as to the ownership of these two dogs in the facts that on certainly two occasions John Goodman was accompanied by the little spaniel (once when alone), from…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Lure of the Labrador Wild — Dillon Wallace |
The Lure of the Labrador Wild “Of course I knew it was somewhere in the north-eastern part of the continent; but so many years had passed since I laid away my old school geography that its exact situation had es…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Ceylon and China — THOMAS DE QUINCEY |
Ceylon and China “But, secondly, as to Ceylon being the local representative of Paradise, we may say, as the courteous Frenchman did to Dr. Moore upon the Doctor's apologetically remarking of a word…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Mariner of St Malo — Stephen Leacock |
The Mariner of St Malo “Subtitled: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | THE DISCOVERY OF MUSCOVY AND OTHER HISTORIES — Richard Hakluyt |
THE DISCOVERY OF MUSCOVY AND OTHER HISTORIES “It remaineth that a large discourse be made of Moscow, the principal city of that country, and of the prince also, as before we have promised. The empire and government of the king…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Life of Laperouse — Ernest Scott |
Life of Laperouse “That direction is especially important, because if Laperouse had not perished, but had lived to carry out his programme, it is evident that he would have forestalled the later disc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Beautiful Europe - Belgium — Joseph E. Morris |
Beautiful Europe - Belgium “Wander where you will in the ancient streets of Bruges, and you will not fail to discover everywhere some delightful relic of antiquity, or to stumble at every street corner on som…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Among the Tibetans — Isabella L. Bird (Mrs Bishop) |
Among the Tibetans “The situation of Leh is a grand one, the great Kailas range, with its glaciers and snowfields, rising just behind it to the north, its passes alone reaching an altitude of nearly 1…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador — Mina Benson Hubbard |
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador “Friday morning was warm and bright. It seemed wonderful to be having so much fine weather in Labrador, and not a fly or mosquito as yet. The one nuisance we had met was mice or lem…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Brazilian Sketches — T. B. Ray |
Brazilian Sketches “When his wrath had cooled down somewhat he began to recall many things Marciano had told him about the Bible, and as he looked upon his many expensive idols set here and there in n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Romance of the Colorado River — Frederick S. Dellenb |
The Romance of the Colorado River “"in half an hour a great wave several feet in height, could be distinctly seen flashing and sparkling in the moonlight, extending from one bank to the other and advancing swiftly u…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | My Three Days In Gilead — Elmer U. Hoenshel |
My Three Days In Gilead “Damascus! A city that numbers the years of its existence in millenniums; that witnessed in the dawn of history the migration of Abraham as he went out from Ur to a land not known t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Unexplored Syria, Volume 1 — Richard Burton |
Unexplored Syria, Volume 1 “Subtitled: VISITS TO THE LIBANUS, THE TULÚL EL SAFÁ, THE ANTI-LIBANUS, THE NORTHERN LIBANUS, AND THE `ALÁH…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Charles Sturt |
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia “Mr. Hume thought they intended an attack, and the horses had taken fright and galloped away. I determined, therefore, to fire at once upon them if they pressed up the bank on which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | In Wicklow And West Kerry — John M. Synge |
In Wicklow And West Kerry “It was heavy running, and we both began to get weary. Then I caught my foot in a briar and fell. Immediately the young man rushed to the wall and began scrambling up it, but just a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres — Henry Adams |
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres “A charming arcade at the top has the air of being thrown across in order to disguise the alteration, and perhaps owes much of its charm to the contrast it makes with the severity o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | California Romantic and Resourceful — John F. Davis |
California Romantic and Resourceful “In swift contrast to this idyllic scene, which is shared with us by few other sections of this country, stands the history of a period where for nearly two years this State was wit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Notes by the Way in A Sailor's Life — Arthur E. Knights |
Notes by the Way in A Sailor's Life “Well, sir, the next thing I thought of was to get a ship before the landsharks took all I had from me; and, with the assistance of Mr. Paul Forbes, I was soon in command of the shi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah — Sir Richard Francis Burton |
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah “Finally, the menial establishment of the Mosque consists of a Shaykh al-Sakka (chief of the water-carriers), under whom are from forty-five to fifty men who sprinkle the floors, wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Eothen — A. W. Kinglake |
Eothen “I went on and came near to those waters of death. They stretched deeply into the southern desert, and before me, and all around, as far away as the eye could follow, blank hills pi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Natural History of Wiltshire — John Aubrey |
The Natural History of Wiltshire “At Crudwell, neer to the mannour house, is a fine spring in the street called Bery-well. Labourers say it quenches thirst better than the other waters; as to my tast, it seemed to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | A Journal of a Tour of Discovery — Sydney Gibbs |
A Journal of a Tour of Discovery “Full title: A Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains New South Wales in the Year 1813.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Minnesota and Dacotah — C. C. Andrews |
Minnesota and Dacotah “Subtitled: Letters descriptive of a Tour through the North-West, IN THE AUTUMN OF 1856. WITH INFORMATION RELATIVE TO PUBLIC LANDS, AND A TABLE OF STATISTICS.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The March of Portola — Zoeth S. Eldredge |
The March of Portola “Once Points San José and San Carlos have been passed, and taking care to leave at one side the principal channel, an anchorage can be made at any place, because it is sheltered fro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Travels of Sir John Mandeville — Travel |
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville “In that land of Job there ne is no default of no thing that is needful to man's body. There be hills, where men get great plenty of manna in greater abundance than in any other cou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland — Samuel Johnson |
Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland “The ruins of the cathedral of Elgin afforded us another proof of the waste of reformation. There is enough yet remaining to shew, that it was once magnificent. Its whole plot is ea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Travels through France and Italy — Tobias Smollett |
Travels through France and Italy “The burghers here, as in other places, consist of merchants, shop-keepers, and artisans. Some of the merchants have got fortunes, by fitting out privateers during the war. A great …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Unbeaten Tracks in Japan — Isabella L. Bird |
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan “It is a mistake to arrive at a yadoya after dark. Even if the best rooms are not full it takes fully an hour to get my food and the room ready, and meanwhile I cannot employ my tim…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Travels in England — Paul Hentzner and Sir Robert Naunton |
Travels in England “The famous river Thames owes part of its stream, as well as its appellation, to the Isis; rising a little above Winchelcomb, and being increased with several rivulets, unites both …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Across the Plains in 1844 — Catherine Sager Pringle |
Across the Plains in 1844 “One Sunday morning in the autumn of 1845 two men arrived at the station. One of them, Andrew Rodgers, was a young man of about twenty-five, tall and slender, sandy hair and sallow …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Around the World on a Bicycle V1 — Thomas Stevens |
Around the World on a Bicycle V1 “The first thing I come across is a tunnel burrowing through a hill. This tunnel was originally built the proper size, but, after being walled up, there were indications of a genera…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Prairie Traveler — Randolph Barnes Marcy |
The Prairie Traveler “I remember, upon one occasion, as I was riding with a Delaware upon the prairies, we crossed the trail of a large party of Indians traveling with lodges. The tracks appeared to me …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | How I Found Livingstone — Sir Henry M. Stanley |
How I Found Livingstone “I imagine that these ant-hills were formed during a remarkably wet season, when, possibly, the forest-clad plain was inundated. I have seen the ants at work by thousands, engaged i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Hawaiian Archipelago — Isabella L. Bird |
The Hawaiian Archipelago “You will remember that I wrote from Kilauea regarding the terror which the Goddess of the Crater inspired, and her high-priest was necessarily a very awful personage. The particula…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Famous Missions of California — William Henry Hudson |
The Famous Missions of California “The missions which thus represented a slight and temporary revival of the old spirit of enterprise, were those of San Rafael Arcángel and San Francisco Solano. The former, located …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick" — B.W. Matz |
The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick" “In chapter two of The Pickwick Papers we get a further glimpse of the inn, centring in a more exhilarating and epoch-making incident. The Pickwickians were to start on their memora…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Travels in England in 1782 — Charles P. Moritz |
Travels in England in 1782 “"Seat yourself on a stone!" said my companion, and shook his head. "No, no! come along with me to a neighbouring ale-house, where it is possible they mayn't be gone to bed, and we …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Travels in the Interior of Africa - Volume 1 — Mungo Park |
Travels in the Interior of Africa - Volume 1 “The day following (March 2nd), I endeavoured, by all the means in my power, to prevail upon my people to go on, but they still continued obstinate; and having reason to fear some f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA - VOLUME 2 — MUNGO PARK |
TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA - VOLUME 2 “The Mandingoes and, I believe, the negroes in general, have no artificial method of dividing time. They calculate the years by the number of rainy seasons. They portion the year in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales — John Oxley |
Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales “Full title: JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, BY ORDER OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN THE YEARS 1817-18.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | British Airships, Past/Present/Future — George Whale |
British Airships, Past/Present/Future “In the early days of the war an airship was constructed by Mr. Marshall Fox which is worthy of mention, although it never flew. It was claimed that this ship was a rigid airship, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Bible in Spain — George Borrow |
The Bible in Spain “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Wonderful Balloon Ascents; or the Conquest of the Skies — F. (Fulgence) Marion |
Wonderful Balloon Ascents; or the Conquest of the Skies “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Naturalist on the River Amazons — HENRY WALTER BATES |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons “Note: Illustrated Version. Mobi users beware.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | A Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North — Madame Ida Pfeiffer |
A Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America — Cabeza de Vaca |
Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America “One of the mounted men, Juan Velásquez, a native of Cuéllar, impatiently rode into the river. The violent current swept him from his saddle. He grabbed the reins but drowned with t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Cote d'Or — H.M. Tomlinson |
Cote d'Or “We passed that evening a hill on which stood one battlemented wall of an old castle; the rest of the castle was rubble and thicket. That was where in 1423 the Duke of Bedford, befo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Far Away And Long Ago — W. H. Hudson |
Far Away And Long Ago “Here, then, I begin, aged five, at an early hour on a bright, cold morning in June -- midwinter in that southern country of great plains or pampas; impatiently waiting for the load…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Wreck — H.M. Tomlinson |
The Wreck “We rounded the buoy which marks the beginning of the fairway to shelter, though we were not running for shelter, but otherwise. I was then at the first step of a journey from the s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Four Months in a Sneak-Box — Nathaniel H. Bishop |
Four Months in a Sneak-Box “In a few minutes my boat had passed nearly the whole length of the Pittsburgh shore, when suddenly, upon looking over my shoulder, I beheld the river covered with an ice-raft, whic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Great Salt Trail — Colonel Henry Inman |
The Great Salt Trail “He must necessarily fast when engaged in this duty, and when he was ready to make his appearance on the prairie the warriors all followed him, hiding themselves behind the temporar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Memoirs — Prince De Joinville |
Memoirs “They undertook the exclusive care of the exhumation and transport of the remains over British territory, and it was all done with the utmost propriety. The only request I made and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | MY STRANGE PETS — RICHARD BELL |
MY STRANGE PETS “Full title: MY STRANGE PETS AND Other Memories of Country Life…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Two Trips to Gorilla Land — Richard F. Burton |
Two Trips to Gorilla Land “Full title: Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Two Trips to Gorilla Land, V2 — Travel |
Two Trips to Gorilla Land, V2 “In 1863 the coast was still in confusion. The Portuguese claimed too much seaboard according to the British: the British government ignored the just claims of Portugal, and the pol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | A New Voyage to Carolina — John Lawson |
A New Voyage to Carolina “Full title: A New Voyage to Carolina; Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country: Together with the Present State Thereof. And a Journal of a Thousand Mil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Romany Rye — George Borrow |
The Romany Rye “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia — William John Wills |
Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia “"The camels are come!" was the cry when these new and interesting immigrants made their first appearance in Melbourne. All the people were en the qui vive. "What was to be done nex…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Travels of Sir John Mandeville — Travel |
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Travels in West Africa — Mary H. Kingsley |
Travels in West Africa “"Well! Fortunately the steward boy put that paw-paw on the table again for twelve o'clock chop. If it hadn't been for that, not a living soul would have known the going of the book…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Reno — Lilyan Stratton |
Reno “"The unenviable reputation, throughout the length and breadth of the land, in regard to the divorce law, has heaped ignominy on the State of Nevada. A few unscrupulous members of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | THE JOURNAL OF GREGORY BLAXLAND, 1813 — Travel |
THE JOURNAL OF GREGORY BLAXLAND, 1813 “On Wednesday, the 19th, the party moved forward along this path; bearing chiefly west, and west-south-east. They now began to ascend the second ridge [Note 18] of the mountains, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation — Lafcadio Hearn |
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation “The alternate drinking of rice-wine, by bridegroom and bride, from the same vessels, corresponds in a sort to the Roman confarreatio. By the wedding-rite the bride is adopted into …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | STATION AMUSEMENTS IN NEW ZEALAND — Lady Barker |
STATION AMUSEMENTS IN NEW ZEALAND “I expected every moment to hear the revolver go off, but mercifully it did not do so; and as his thorny bed was hardly to be endured, F---soon kicked himself off it, and before I c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Head Hunters of the Amazon — F. W. Up de Graff |
Head Hunters of the Amazon “Suddenly with a yell he broke cover and came sprinting down toward the water. At first we could think of nothing but a war-party of Huambizas. In another second, however, we spotte…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides — James Boswell |
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides “Full title: The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Station Life in New Zealand — Lady Barker |
Station Life in New Zealand “Christchurch is very prettily situated; for although it stands on a perfectly flat plain, towards the sea there are the Port Hills, and the town itself is picturesque, owing to the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | A Man of Samples — Wm. H. Maher |
A Man of Samples “"There's no money in business," said he; "times were when you could make a profit, but nowadays it is a struggle to see who can sell the lowest. There's a revolver that I bought of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Naturalist in Nicaragua — Thomas Belt |
The Naturalist in Nicaragua “But--and here comes in the principle to which the term "mimicry" is now restricted--if warning colours are helpful to noxious animals, then defenceless animals acquiring these colo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Equinoctial Regions of America — Alexander von Humboldt |
Equinoctial Regions of America “Subtitled: HUMBOLDT'S PERSONAL NARRATIVE VOLUME 1. PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF AMERICA DURING THE YEARS 1799-1804…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Italian Hours — Henry James |
Italian Hours “There are times and places that come back yet again, but that, when the brooding tourist puts out his hand to them, meet it a little slowly, or even seem to recede a step, as if in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Chita : A Memory of Last Island — Lafcadio Hearne |
Chita : A Memory of Last Island “The charm of a single summer day on these island shores is something impossible to express, never to be forgotten. Rarely, in the paler zones, do earth and heaven take such luminos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Here, There And Everywhere — Lord Frederic Hamilton |
Here, There And Everywhere “A tropical night is seldom quiet, what with the croaking of frogs, the chirping of the cicadas, and some bird, insect, or reptile that imitates the winding in of a fishing-reel for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Round the World — Andrew Carnegie |
Round the World “One morning we drove to the burning ghat, and from personal examination of cremation, I am able to express my preference for Christian burial. The business of burning the dead--for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Old Times on the Mississippi — Mark Twain |
Old Times on the Mississippi “And then if you will go on until you know every street crossing, the character, size, and position of the crossing-stones, and the varying depth of mud in each of those numberless …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Letters from America — Rupert Brooke |
Letters from America “Yet Boston is alive. It sits, in comfortable middle-age, on the ruins of its glory. But it is not buried beneath them. It used to lead America in Literature, Thought, Art, everythi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Travels Through North and South Carolina — William Bartram |
Travels Through North and South Carolina “AFTER a gentle descent I entered on an extreme stony narrow vale, through which coasted swiftly a large creek, twelve or fifteen yards wide, roaring over a rocky bed, which I cross…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Himalayan Journals — J. D. Hooker |
Himalayan Journals “The contrast between the conduct of the Bhotan men and that of the Lepchas and Nepalese was so marked, that I seriously debated in my own mind the propriety of sending the former b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Cruise of the Kawa — Walter E. Traprock |
The Cruise of the Kawa “Let me briefly outline the Filbertine domestic arrangements as they were gradually unfolded to us. To begin with, make no mistake, marriage in the Filbert Islands is a distinct suc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian — Thomas Wright |
The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian “IN a western direction from Pi-an-fu there is a large and handsome fortress named Thai-gin, 1 which is said to have been built, at a remote period, by a king who was called Dor. 2 …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland — Travel |
The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland “He told me to look round me, which I did. "On one side here, were the dragoons; their horses were picketed here; on the other side was the infantry. It was awful weather. What them…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands — Newton H. Chittenden |
Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands “Full title: Official report of the exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the government of British Columbia…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Schwatka's Search — William H. Gilder |
Schwatka's Search “Full title: SCHWATKA'S SEARCH SLEDGING IN THE ARCTIC IN QUEST OF THE FRANKLIN RECORDS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear — Travel |
Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear “Subtitled: The Life and Adventures Of Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, Vol. 1 — Travel |
Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, Vol. 1 “On the 27th, we went to visit the savages at St. Matthew's point, distant a league from Tadoussac, accompanied by the two savages whom Sieur du Pont Grave took to make a report of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan — H.P. Blavatsky |
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan “Brightly burn the fires, extending like a fiery serpent along the river. The dark outlines of strange, wildly-fantastical figures silently move amongst the flames. Sometimes they r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Loss of the SS. Titanic — Lawrence Beesley |
The Loss of the SS. Titanic “It is related that on the night of the disaster, right up to the time of the Titanic's sinking, while the band grouped outside the gymnasium doors played with such supreme courage …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Inns and Taverns of Old London — Henry C. Shelley |
Inns and Taverns of Old London “No evidence is available to establish the actual date when the Tabard was built; Stow speaks of it as among the "most ancient" of the locality; but the nearest approach to definite…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Log of the Empire State — Geneve L.A. Shaffer |
The Log of the Empire State “When we talked to some of the American residents in Japan, they all got on the old familiar subject, the high cost of living, but they seem to agree that it cost just twice as much…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, Vol. 2 — Travel |
Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, Vol. 2 “In the first place, there are at its entrance several islands distant ten or twelve leagues from the main land, which are in latitude 44 deg., and 18 deg. 40' of the deflection of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Voyages of Samuel de Champlain V3 — Travel |
Voyages of Samuel de Champlain V3 “During these altercations, it was impossible for me, as the time of my departure was very near at hand, to do anything for the habitation at Quebec, for repairing and enlarging whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT — ANNA HARRIETTE LEONOWENS |
THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT “Such was Chow Phya Sri Sury Wongse when I was first presented to him: a natural king among the dusky forms that surrounded him, the actual ruler of that semi- barbarous realm, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | FAMILIAR LETTERS — Henry Fielding |
FAMILIAR LETTERS “The next place of note, as we ascend the river, is Fox-Hall, or rather Fox-Hole, the first syllable of which is corrupted into Vaux by the vulgar, who tell a foolish story of one V…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | First Footsteps in East Africa — Richard F. Burton |
First Footsteps in East Africa “By the side of the camels ride my three attendants, the pink of Somali fashion. Their frizzled wigs are radiant with grease; their Tobes are splendidly white, with borders dazzling…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson — Travel |
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson “In the first place, I think myself oblidg'd to vindicat myself from the imputation of inconstancy for acting in this voyage against the English Intrest, and in the yeare 1683 again…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV — Parkman |
Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV “A sort of chronic warfare of aggression and reprisal, closely akin to piracy, was carried on at intervals in Acadian waters by French private armed vessels on one hand, and New Eng…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Open Air — Richard Jefferies |
The Open Air “Considering in this way, I wandered about fifty yards along the pier, and sat down in an abstracted way on the seat on the right side. Beneath, the clear green sea rolled in crestl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Equinoctial Regions of America V2 — Alexander von Humboldt |
Equinoctial Regions of America V2 “The situation of San Fernando, on a large navigable river, near the mouth of another river which traverses the whole province of Varinas, is extremely advantageous for trade. Every…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Harry A. Franck |
Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras “But the space for this particular item of information was cramped. We finally compromised on "Sin religion," and I was allowed to leave the country. A boatman tugged and poled some…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 — Richard Burton |
The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 “Unwilling, however, to risk the safety of the gunboat, where nothing was to be expected beyond what we had seen at El-'Akabah, I resolved, after waiting half an hour, not to land. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Land of Midian, Vol. 2 — Richard Burton |
The Land of Midian, Vol. 2 “During the afternoon the Shaykhs came to us with very long faces. At this season, and as long as the Baliyy are in the Shafah uplands, the almost deserted frontier districts, which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Yosemite — John Muir |
The Yosemite “Of all the world's eighty or ninety species of pine trees, the Sugar Pine (Pinus Lambertiana) is king, surpassing all others, not merely in size but in lordly beauty and majesty. I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | A Trip to Manitoba — Mary FitzGibbon |
A Trip to Manitoba “We were a motley group, sitting and standing on the hill above the creek to watch our house burn to the ground. Navvies of every nation; tall, brawny Scotchmen; jolly-looking Irish…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Discoveries of the English Nation, v. 1 — Richard Hakluyt |
Discoveries of the English Nation, v. 1 “Full title: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, v. 1…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | My Four Years in Germany — James W. Gerard |
My Four Years in Germany “We saw a great deal of the two exchange professors in the winter of 1913-14, Professor Paul Shorey of the University of Chicago and Professor Archibald Coolidge of Harvard. These e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Roving East and Roving West — E.V. Lucas |
Roving East and Roving West “The returning traveller from India is besieged by questioners who want to know all about the most famous of the jugglers' performances. In this trick the magician flings a rope int…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Equinoctial Regions of America V3 — Alexander von Humboldt |
Equinoctial Regions of America V3 “The town of the Havannah, properly so called, surrounded by walls, is only 900 toises long and 500 broad; yet more than 44,000 inhabitants, of whom 26,000 are negroes and mulattoes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents — William Beckford |
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents “August 4th.--The heats were so excessive in the night, that I thought myself several times on the point of suffocation, tossed about like a wounded fish, and dreamt of the devil an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Log of the Empire State — Geneve L.A. Shaffer |
The Log of the Empire State “As we looked down over the huge side of the Empire State upon the turmoil of humanity, baggage and freight and the uneven street beyond, we gave thanks to the Baptist missionary, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Mornings in Florence — John Ruskin |
Mornings in Florence “There is, indeed, within the opposite cloister, an arch of entrance, plain enough. But no chapel, whatever, externally manifesting itself as worth entering. No walls, or gable, or …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Our Hundred Days in Europe — Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Our Hundred Days in Europe “Now, while they are talking about America and their own local atmosphere and temperature, there comes in a second Boston Fahrenheit. The two of the same name look at each other for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Tropic Days — E. J. Banfield |
Tropic Days “Do not we all take upon our shoulders the burden of Empire? Here we bear our share stripped to the buff, while Canada bustles under an equally honourable but heavier load. Occasion…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders — Ernest Scott |
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders “There never was, until Flinders applied himself to the task, any deliberately-planned, systematic, persistent exploration of any portion of the Australian coast. The continent grew…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Travels in Alaska — John Muir |
Travels in Alaska “The most interesting of the short excursions we made from Fort Wrangell was the one up the Stickeen River to the head of steam navigation. From Mt. St. Elias the coast range extend…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Alone — Norman Douglas |
Alone “After an hour's contemplation of the beauties of nature I descended once more through that ilex grove to Serrone. And now it began to grow decidedly warm. The wide depression betwe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Old Calabria — Norman Douglas |
Old Calabria “It was here, yesterday, that I came upon an unexpected sight--an army of workmen engaged in burrowing furiously into the bowels of Mother Earth. They told me that this tunnel would…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Roman Holidays and Others — W. D. Howells |
Roman Holidays and Others “My visit to the Roman Forum when the Genius Loci verified to my ignorance and the intelligence of my companions the well-conjectured site of the Temple of Jupiter Stator was not th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Familiar Spanish Travels — W. D. Howells |
Familiar Spanish Travels “The haggard mountain ranges were of stone that seemed blanched with geologic superannuation, and at one place we ran by a wall of hoary rock that drew its line a mile long against …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Naturalist in La Plata — W. H. Hudson |
The Naturalist in La Plata “Let us first examine the antiquated theory, as it must now be called. By bringing a raptorial insect and a firefly together, we find that the flashing light of the latter does actu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Terre Napoleon — Ernest Scott |
Terre Napoleon “Full title: TERRE NAPOLEON. A HISTORY OF FRENCH EXPLORATIONS AND PROJECTS IN AUSTRALIA…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Castilian Days — John Hay |
Castilian Days “One does not soon forget the first sight of the full coliseum. In the centre is the sanded arena, surrounded by a high barrier. Around this rises the graded succession of stone ben…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Discoveries of The English Nation, v3 — Richard Hakluyt |
Discoveries of The English Nation, v3 “It remaineth that a larger discourse be made of Mosco, the principall City of that Countrey, and of the Prince also, as before we haue promised. The Empire and gouernment of the ki…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Voyage of the Beagle — Travel |
The Voyage of the Beagle “AFTER having been twice driven back by heavy southwestern gales, Her Majesty's ship Beagle, a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R. N., sailed from Devonport on t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Sailing Alone Around The World — Joshua Slocum |
Sailing Alone Around The World “But what yawing about she made of it when she came with a stranger at the helm! Her old friend the pilot of the Pinta would not have been guilty of such lubberly work. But to my gr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Voyages of Captain Scott — Charles Turley |
The Voyages of Captain Scott “The days following the departure of the sledge party were exceptionally fine, but on Tuesday, March 11, those on board the ship woke to find the wind blowing from the east; and in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Through Five Republics on Horseback — G. Whitfield Ray |
Through Five Republics on Horseback “Full title: THROUGH FIVE REPUBLICS ON HORSEBACK BEING AN ACCOUNT OF MANY WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA BY G. WHITFIELD RAY, F. R. G. S. Pioneer Missionary and Government Explorer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Through Central Borneo — Carl Lumholtz |
Through Central Borneo “Full title: Through Central Borneo: An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Englishwoman in America — Isabella Lucy Bird |
The Englishwoman in America “The further you go from Charlotte Town, the more primitive and hospitable the people become; they warmly welcome a stranger, and seem happy, moral, and contented. This island is th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | The Lady of the Decoration — Frances Little |
The Lady of the Decoration “The mail goes out this morning and I am determined to get this letter written if I break up a dozen parties. As you see, I am in Shanghai, this wonderful big understudy for Chicago…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Discoveries of The English Nation v. 4 — Richard Hakluyt |
Discoveries of The English Nation v. 4 “The Ambassadour (being my selfe) was conueyed into an office where one of the chancellors doeth vse to sit, being there accompanied with the two foresayd gentlemen: I taried two lo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Voyages Round The World — A. Kippis |
Voyages Round The World “Full title: Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Passages From the English Notebooks — Hawthorne |
Passages From the English Notebooks “In front of our hotel, on the lawn between us and the lake, there are two trees, which we have hitherto taken to be yews; but on examining them more closely, I find that they are p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks “No shame is attached to begging in Italy. In fact, I rather imagine it to be held an honorable profession, inheriting some of the odor of sanctity that used to be attached to a men…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Glimpses of Bengal — Rabindranath Tagore |
Glimpses of Bengal “Full title: GLIMPSES OF BENGAL SELECTED FROM THE LETTERS OF SIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE 1885 TO 1895…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey — Washington Irving |
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey “We had not walked much further before we saw the two Miss Scotts advancing along the hillside to meet us. The morning studies being over, they had set off to take a ramble on the h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Up in the Clouds — R.M. Ballantyne |
Up in the Clouds “"The balloon is now lingering, as it were, under the deep blue vault of space, hesitating whether to mount higher or begin its descent without further warning. We now hold a consul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL — COLONEL HENRY INMAN |
THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL “Thirteen years ago I revisited the once well-known Kosloskie's Ranch, a picturesque cabin at the foot of the Glorieta Mountains, about half a mile from the ruins on the Rio Pecos. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | In and Out of Three Normandy Inns — Anna Bowman Dodd |
In and Out of Three Normandy Inns “Twilight is the classic time, in all French towns and villages, for the al fresco lounge. The cool breath of the dusk is fresh, then, and restful; after the heat and sweat of the l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Travel | Canyons of the Colorado — J. W. Powell |
Canyons of the Colorado “One must not think of a mountain range as a line of peaks standing on a plain, but as a broad platform many miles wide from which mountains have been carved by the waters. One must…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson |
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson “Edmund G. Ross' tale of that other impeachment.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Black Death and The Dancing Mania |
The Black Death and The Dancing Mania “Ring Around the Rosey -- by Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker. Work was cited in an episode of the X-files. Can't get better than that.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of Popular Delusions, Vol. Two |
Memoirs of Popular Delusions, Vol. Two “Continuation of Mackay's classic.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of Popular Delusions, Vol. One |
Memoirs of Popular Delusions, Vol. One “Vol. 1 of Charles Macky's dissection of tulip bulbs and other crazes.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson |
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson “Well hey, it was a little rougher in New England than they get credit for.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Burial of the Guns |
The Burial of the Guns “American Civil War record…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | William The Conqueror |
William The Conqueror “E. A. Freemen's account of the events before and after the Battle of Hastings, and the man behind it.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Voyage to Abyssinia |
A Voyage to Abyssinia “17th Century Portuguese Jesuit sent to convert Abyssinia from the "wrong" kind of Christianity. -- Father Jeronimo Lobo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Miracle Mongers — An Expose |
The Miracle Mongers “Secrets of Magic Revealed, circa 1920 -- by Harry Houdini.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Romany Rye |
The Romany Rye “George Borrow and travelling people in Ireland.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Twin Hells |
The Twin Hells “Subtitled: A Thrilling Narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries. By John N. Reynolds. looked lonely -- think Foucault.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Book of Scoundrels |
A Book of Scoundrels “Of all the heroes who have waged a private and undeclared war upon their neighbours, Louis-Dominique Cartouche was the most generously endowed. It was but his resolute contempt for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Historia Calamitatum |
Historia Calamitatum “FORTHWITH I repaired to my own country, and brought back thence my mistress, that I might make her my wife. She, however, most violently disapproved of this, and for two chief reas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The of Herodotus Vol. 1 |
The of Herodotus Vol. 1 “1. Against this Amasis then Cambyses the son of Cyrus was making his march, taking with him not only other nations of which he was ruler, but also Hellenes, both Ionians and Aiolia…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of Herodotus Vol. 2 |
of Herodotus Vol. 2 “Of these things the Hellenes who were stationed at Artemision were informed by fire-signals from Skiathos; and being informed of them and being struck with fear, they removed their…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Theodore Roosevelt and His Times |
Theodore Roosevelt and His Times “There was plenty of work to be done in the Police Department. The conditions under which it must be done were dishearteningly unfavorable. In the first place, the whole scheme of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Washington and His Comrades in Arms |
Washington and His Comrades in Arms “On the 16th of November took place the worst disaster which had yet befallen American arms. Fort Washington, lying just south of the Harlem, was the only point still held on Manhat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Prince Dracula |
Prince Dracula “Item: In the same year he was appointed lord in Wallachia. Immediately he had Prince Lasla killed, who was lord of this country. Soon after this he had villages in Transylvania, al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Knights of the Art: Stories of the Italian Painters |
Knights of the Art: Stories of the Italian Painters “Then, indeed, began happy days for Filippo. No more threadbare coats, but a warm little brown serge robe, tied round the waist with a rope whose ends grew daily shorter as the way …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The French Revolution |
The French Revolution “That exasperated France, in this same National Assembly of hers, has got something, nay something great, momentous, indispensable, cannot be doubted; yet still the question were: S…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The of Phoenicia |
The of Phoenicia “Phoenicia, like Greece, was a country where the cities held a position of extreme importance. The nation was not a centralised one, with a single recognised capital, like Judæa, or…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Secret |
The Secret “So Justinian and Theodora ascended the imperial throne three days before Easter, a time, indeed, when even making visits or greeting one's friends is forbidden. And not many days l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of the Conflict Between Religion and Science |
of the Conflict Between Religion and Science “On the basis of this view of the structure of the world great religious systems have been founded, and hence powerful material interests have been engaged in its support. These hav…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Chronicles of Froissart |
The Chronicles of Froissart “IN the mean season while this treaty was, there fell in England great mischief and rebellion of moving of the common people, by which deed England was at a point to have been lost …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lectures on the Early of Institutions |
Lectures on the Early of Institutions “The great peculiarity of the ancient laws of Ireland, so far as they are accessible to us, is discussed, with much instructive illustration, in the General Preface to the Third Vol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters |
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters “SIXTEEN boats were in the procession which entered on the terrible hours of rowing, drifting and suspense. Women wept for lost husbands and sons, sailors sobbed for the ship which …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Abraham Lincoln and the Union |
Abraham Lincoln and the Union “The history of the North had virtually become, by April, 1861, the history of Lincoln himself, and during the remaining four years of the President's life it is difficult to separa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Quo Vadis, A Narrative of the Time of Nero |
Quo Vadis, A Narrative of the Time of Nero “The period was uncertain and terrible. Messengers of this kind were more frequently heralds of death. So when the centurion struck the hammer at Aulus's door, and when the guard of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Religions of Ancient China |
Religions of Ancient China “The problem of the universe has never offered the slightest difficulty to Chinese philosophers. Before the beginning of all things, there was Nothing. In the lapse of ages Nothing …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The God-Idea of the Ancients, or Sex in Religion |
The God-Idea of the Ancients, or Sex in Religion “Glimpses of antiquity as far back as human ken can reach reveal the fact that in early ages of human society the physiological question of sex was a theme of the utmost importance,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Civilization of China |
The Civilization of China “The Chinese people reverence above all things literature and learning; they hate war, bearing in mind the saying of Mencius, "There is no such thing as a righteous war; we can only…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | China and the Manchus |
China and the Manchus “it is said that no fewer than thirty thousand adherents were executed before the trouble was finally suppressed; from which statement it is easy to gather that under whatever form …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Age of Invention, A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest |
The Age of Invention, A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest “For the beginnings of the enslavement of steam, that mighty giant whose work has changed the world we live in, we must return to the times of Benjamin Franklin. James Watt, the acc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Agrarian Crusade, A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics |
The Agrarian Crusade, A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics “The period from 1870 to 1873 has been characterized as one of rampant prosperity, and such it was for the commercial, the manufacturing, and especially the speculative interests of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin |
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin “When I searched the registers at Ecton, I found an account of their births, marriages and burials from the year 1555 only, there being no registers kept in that parish at any time …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | War and the Future |
War and the Future “The mountain warfare of Italy is extraordinarily unlike that upon any other front. From the Isonzo to the Swiss frontier we are dealing with high mountains, cut by deep valleys bet…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Sequel of Appomattox, A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States |
The Sequel of Appomattox, A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States “The Southern States reconstructed by Congress were subject for periods of varying length to governments designed by radical Northerners and imposed by elements thrown to the surfac…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Stephen A. Douglas |
The Life of Stephen A. Douglas “Yet Lincoln was not a despised antagonist. He was the most prominent Republican in Illinois. But Douglas was the recognized head of a great national party, the giant of the Senate,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy |
Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy “Sometimes the pretenders lived abroad in exile, like the Visconti, who practiced the fisherman's craft on the Lake of Garda, viewed the situation with patient indifference. When as…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Footnote to |
A Footnote to “Apia, the port and mart, is the seat of the political sickness of Samoa. At the foot of a peaked, woody mountain, the coast makes a deep indent, roughly semicircular. In front the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest |
Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest “STEPHEN F. AUSTIN wanted to exclude lawyers, along with roving frontiersmen, from his colonies in Texas, and hoped thus to promote a utopian society. The lawyers got in, however. T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Veil of Isis; Or, Mysteries of the Druids |
The Veil of Isis; Or, Mysteries of the Druids “They were too wise, however, to immure themselves wholly in one corner of the land, where they would have exercised no more influence upon the nation than the Heads and Fellows of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Of The Conquest Of Peru |
Of The Conquest Of Peru “But little is told of Francisco's early years, and that little not always deserving of credit. According to some, he was deserted by both his parents, and left as a foundling at th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat |
America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat “America has performed great service for the Orient and especially for China. If, however, the people of the latter country were asked to express their candid opinion on the matter,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan |
The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan “Yet that might and that greatness were reduced to a mere show before his long reign terminated; and the Moghul Empire resembled -- to use a familiar image -- one of those Etruscan …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Vanished Arizona |
Vanished Arizona “Subtitled: Recollections of the Army Life by a New England Woman-- by Martha Summerhayes.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of the Conquest of Mexico |
of the Conquest of Mexico “He showed little fondness for books, and after loitering away two years at college, returned home, to the great chagrin of his parents. Yet his time had not been wholly misspent, s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Volume IV. |
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Volume IV. “I should wish, Sir, to say what I have to say in the temperate tone which has with so much propriety been preserved by the right honourable Baronet the Secretary for the Home Depar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Discovery Of Australia |
The Discovery Of Australia “Seeing that we could not get clear of these shoals we took counsel as to what was to be done, and decided not to weigh anchor until low water and to go with the foresail only to di…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Beacon Lights of — Volume III Part 1--John Lord |
Beacon Lights of “The most illustrious monarch of the Middle Ages was doubtless Charlemagne. Certainly he was the first great statesman, hero, and organizer that looms up to view after the dissoluti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Women of the French Salons |
The Women of the French Salons “The Hotel de Rambouillet has been called the "cradle of polished society," but the personality of its hostess is less familiar than that of many who followed in her train. This may…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | 20 Years At Hull House |
20 Years At Hull House “I suppose all the children who were born about the time of the Civil War have recollections quite unlike those of the children who are living now. Although I was but four and a hal…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Andersonville |
Andersonville “Subtitled: A STORY OF REBEL MILITARY PRISONS--FIFTEEN MONTHS A GUEST OF THE SO-CALLED--SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY--A PRIVATE SOLDIERS EXPERIENCE IN RICHMOND, ANDERSONVILLE, SAVANNAH, MIL…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States |
The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States “the president of a small cross-country road approached him one day and requested an exchange of annual passes./ "Why, my dear sir," exclaimed the Commodore, "my railroad is more th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America |
The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America “In the northern continent aboriginal America reached its highest development in three typical environments. The first of these regions centered in the valley of Mexico where dwelt …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Quaker Colonies |
The Quaker Colonies “The framing of the constitution and other preparations consumed the year following Penn's receipt of his charter in 1681. But at last, on August 30, 1682, he set sail in the ship W…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Armies of Labor |
The Armies of Labor “The old class distinctions brought from the home country, however, had survived for many years in the primeval forests of Virginia and Maryland and even among the hills of New Engl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jefferson and his Colleagues, A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty |
Jefferson and his Colleagues, A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty “President Jefferson took office in a spirit of exultation which he made no effort to disguise in his private letters. "The tough sides of our Argosie," he wrote to John Dickinson, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Hispanic Nations of the New World |
The Hispanic Nations of the New World “Either the arbitrary conduct of individual governors or excessive taxation had caused the earlier revolts. To the final revolution foreign nations and foreign ideas gave the necess…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great Boer War |
The Great Boer War “The message sent from the Cabinet Council of September 8th was evidently the precursor either of peace or of war. The cloud must burst or blow over. As the nation waited in hushed …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fathers of the Constitution |
The Fathers of the Constitution “Though the word revolution implies a violent break with the past, there was nothing in the Revolution that transformed the essential character or the characteristics of the America…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Conquest of New France |
The Conquest of New France “Yet, remote as the colony seemed, Quebec was the child of Versailles, protected and nourished by Louis XIV and directed by him in its minutest affairs. The King spent laborious hou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Boss and the Machine |
The Boss and the Machine “Prosperity is always the opportunity of the politician. What is of greatest significance to the student of politics is that prosperity at this time was organized on a new basis. Be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Age of Big Business |
The Age of Big Business “When Cornelius Vanderbilt died in 1877, America's first great industrial combination had become an established fact. In that year the Standard Oil Company of Ohio controlled at lea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ten Days That Shook the World |
Ten Days That Shook the World “This was followed by the dispersal of the Soviet at Kaluga. The Bolsheviki, having secured a majority in the Soviet, set free some political prisoners. With the sanction of the Gov…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Old Northwest: A Chronicle of the Ohio Valley and Beyond |
The Old Northwest: A Chronicle of the Ohio Valley and Beyond “With an ingenuity born of necessity, the French pathfinders and colonizers of the Old Northwest had chosen for their settlements sites which would serve at once the purposes of the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Undermining the Constitution: A Of Lawless Government |
Undermining the Constitution: A Of Lawless Government “The most common disregard by Congress and the President of the Tenth Amendment, forbidding the Nation to usurp powers not granted to it, and especially to stay away from the govern…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Irish Race in the Past and the Present |
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present “For several centuries the Irish continued in the happy state described in the last chapter. While the whole European Continent was convulsed by the irruptions of the Germanic tribe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of Friedrich II of Prussia |
of Friedrich II of Prussia “In 23 volumes. Complete.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A VANISHED ARCADIA: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay |
A VANISHED ARCADIA: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay “THE GOVERNOR, like a prudent soldier, was biding his time. The Bishop, not yet strong enough to walk alone, dared not break openly with the Jesuits. Don Pedro Cardenas still follow…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ancien Regime |
The Ancien Regime “For by that time the mighty spiritual struggles and fierce religious animosities of the preceding century had worn themselves out. And, as always happens, to a period of earnest ex…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Alexandria and her Schools |
Alexandria and her Schools “In the year 331 B.C. one of the greatest intellects whose influence the world has ever felt, saw, with his eagle glance, the unrivalled advantage of the spot which is now Alexandri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Royalty Restored, or London under Charles II |
Royalty Restored, or London under Charles II “Whilst the king conducted the negotiations of his marriage with Catherine of Braganza, he likewise continued the pursuit of his intrigue with Barbara Palmer. The unhappy fascinatio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Confessions Of Nat Turner |
The Confessions Of Nat Turner “This is the original document, as told to a white southerner name of Thomas Gray. Hmm, you think Styron considered whether or not a white southerner was the right man to tell the t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Defenders of Democracy |
The Defenders of Democracy “Call to arms using the arts circa World War I. Got poetry, fiction, etc.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | I Have a Dream |
I Have a Dream “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made strai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl, Seven Years Concealed |
Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl, Seven Years Concealed “While I advised him to be good and forgiving I was not unconscious of the beam in my own eye. It was the very knowledge of my own shortcomings that urged me to retain, if possible,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | How the Other Half Lives |
How the Other Half Lives “THERE is another line not always so readily drawn in the tenements, yet the real boundary line of the Other Half: the one that defines the "flat." The law does not draw it at all, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Path of Empire, A Chronicle of the United States as a World Power |
The Path of Empire, A Chronicle of the United States as a World Power “During the half century that intervened between John Quincy Adams and James G. Blaine, the Monroe Doctrine, it was commonly believed, had prevented the expansion of the territories…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | North America, V. II |
North America, V. II “As regards the third point, Washington, from the lie of the land, can hardly have been said to be centrical at any time. Owing to the irregularities of the coast it is not easy of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | North America, V. 1 |
North America, V. 1 “It must be understood that Baltimore is the commercial capital of Maryland, whereas Annapolis is the seat of government and the legislature--or is, in other terms, the political ca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bygone Beliefs |
Bygone Beliefs “Certain herbs, culled at favourable conjunctions of the planets and worn as amulets, were held to be very efficacious against various diseases. Precious stones and metals were also…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Short of Wales |
Short of Wales “The Romans allowed the Welsh families and tribes to remain as before, and to be ruled by their own kings and chiefs. But they kept the defence of the country--the manning of the gr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Riddle of the Rhine |
The Riddle of the Rhine “The production of a protective appliance, the gas mask, was vital. This development will be considered later. Allied chemical warfare organisations arose, to become an important fa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | John Marshall and the Constitution |
John Marshall and the Constitution “Subtitled: A Chronicle of the Supreme Court--by Edward S. Corwin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial Navigation |
The Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial Navigation “The records that Wise has left of his investigations begin at the earliest stage, and possess the charm of an obvious and somewhat quaint reality. They commence with certain crude …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Men of Invention and Industry |
Men of Invention and Industry “Industry puts an entirely new face upon the productions of nature. By labour man has subjugated the world, reduced it to his dominion, and clothed the earth with a new garment. The…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lectures on The Industrial Revolution in England |
Lectures on The Industrial Revolution in England “Malthus tells us that his book was suggested by Godwin's Inquiry, but it was really prompted by the rapid growth of pauperism which Malthus saw around him, and the book proved the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar |
A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar “The first rulers of Vijayanagar, however, did not dare to call themselves kings, nor did even the Brahmans do so who composed the text of their early inscriptions. It is for this r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples |
Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples “To one great fact do all the most ancient epochs of history bear witness: one and all, they prove the existence in a yet more remote past of an already advanced civilization such a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ambassador Morgenthau's Story |
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story “It was some time before the story of the Armenian atrocities reached the American Embassy in all its horrible details. In January and February fragmentary reports began to filter i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | At Suvla Bay |
At Suvla Bay “He lay flat under a huge rock. I left the stretcher-squads, and, crawling behind a bush, looked through the glasses. It certainly was a Turk, and his position was one of hiding. He…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Visit to Bedlam |
A Visit to Bedlam “Another lunatic who had liberty of ranging the house caught hold of my school-fellow's arm, and expressed himself after this manner: "Dost thou know, friend, what thou art doing? W…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The City That Was: A requiem of Old San Francisco |
The City That Was: A requiem of Old San Francisco “The old San Francisco is dead. The gayest, lightest hearted, most pleasure loving city of the western continent, and in many ways the most interesting and romantic, is a horde of r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Now It Can Be Told |
Now It Can Be Told “By the time stationary warfare had been established on the western front in trench lines from the sea to Switzerland, the British Regular Army had withered away. That was after the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Thug: Or A Million Murders |
Thug: Or A Million Murders “"Sahib," replied the benevolent looking native standing before him, in a quiet voice tinged with a note of pride, "there were many more, but I was so intrigued in luring them to de…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bede's Ecclesiastical of England |
Bede's Ecclesiastical of England “In the year of our Lord 377, Gratian, the fortieth from Augustus, held the empire for six years after the death of Valens; though he had long before reigned with his uncle Valens, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Anti-Slavery Crusade |
The Anti-Slavery Crusade “Three days after this event Brown and his sons with two or three others made a midnight raid upon their pro-slavery neighbors living in the Pottawatomie valley and slew five men. T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Description Of Elizabethan England, 1577 |
Description Of Elizabethan England, 1577 “In Scotland likewise they have given themselves (of late years to speak of) unto very ample and large diet, wherein as for some respect nature doth make them equal with us, so othe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy |
of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy “Theodoric possessed great talents both for war and peace; in the former he was always conqueror, and in the latter he conferred very great benefits upon the cities and people under…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Smaller of Greece |
A Smaller of Greece “Issuing from their mountain district between Thessaly, Locris and Phocis, they overran the greater part of Peloponnesus, destroyed the ancient Achaean monarchies and expelled or re…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains |
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains “IT is not easy to characterize Sitting Bull, of all Sioux chiefs most generally known to the American people. There are few to whom his name is not familiar, and still fewer who ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ruins, Or, Meditation On The Revolutions Of Empires |
The Ruins, Or, Meditation On The Revolutions Of Empires “Here, said I, once flourished an opulent city; here was the seat of a powerful empire. Yes! these places now so wild and desolate, were once animated by a living multitude; a busy …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The of the Telephone |
The of the Telephone “"Snap that reed again, Watson," cried the apparently irrational young professor. There was one of the odd-looking machines in each room, so it appears, and the two were connected b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War |
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War “The Zeppelin has always aroused the world's attention, although this interest has fluctuated. Regarded at first as a wonderful achievement of genius, afterwards as a freak, then as…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Boy Captives |
The Boy Captives “He promptly raised his musket and fired at the intruder, alarming thereby the entire garrison. The women and children left their beds, and the men seized their guns and commenced f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A of Aeronautics |
A of Aeronautics “Two abortive attempts characterised the sixties of last century in France. As regards the first of these, it was carried out by three men, Nadar, Ponton d'Amecourt, and De la Lande…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Forty Centuries of Ink |
Forty Centuries of Ink “has not given us the names of ancient ink makers; but we can believe there must have been during a period of thousands of years a great many, and that the kinds and varieties of in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Orations |
Orations “The incompetency of the Articles of Confederation for the management of the affairs of the Union at home and abroad was demonstrated to them by the painful and mortifying experienc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On the Expunging Resolution |
On the Expunging Resolution “The sacred voice of inspiration has told us that there is a time for all things. There certainly has been a time for every evil that human nature admits of to be vaticinated of Pre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mastery of the Air |
The Mastery of the Air “The safe descent of the three animals, which has already been related, showed the way for man to venture up in a balloon. In our time we marvel at the daring of modern airmen, who …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Letters from England 1846-1849 |
Letters from England 1846-1849 “My dear Sons: . . . Yesterday we dined at Macready's and met quite a new, and to us, a most agreeable circle. There was Carlyle, who talked all dinner-time in his broad Scotch, in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Army of the Cumberland |
The Army of the Cumberland “Johnson sought to attack Morgan before he could unite with Forrest, who was on his Lebanon raid at that time, but Morgan hearing that Johnson had infantry and artillery supports, e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On the Misfortune of Indentured Servants |
On the Misfortune of Indentured Servants “Add to this want of provisions, hunger, thirst, frost, heat, dampness, anxiety, want, afflictions and lamentations, together with other trouble, as . . . the lice abound so frightf…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | OUR COUNTRY. Vol. I |
OUR COUNTRY. Vol. I “First published in 1877 as a "Household for All Readers--American history by Benson J. Lossing…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | OUR COUNTRY. Vol. II |
OUR COUNTRY. Vol. II “. In the meantime Colonel Francis Marion (soon afterward a brigadier-general), a soldier of the French and Indian war, a hero at Fort Sullivan in 1776, a brave combatant at Savanna…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Instructions for the Virginia Colony |
Instructions for the Virginia Colony “But if you choose your place so far up as a bark of fifty tuns will float, then you may lay all your provisions ashore with ease, and the better receive the trade of all the countr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Chief Joseph — Anonymous |
Chief Joseph “Chief Joseph calls himself Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekht, and the tribe is said to use Numepo as their preferred title, though nomenclature among Indians is a parlous thing, many names…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Navajo Indians — William M. Edwardy |
The Navajo Indians “I found among the Navajos the same difficulty which I have met with in other tribes, viz., that the various historians, or story- tellers, do not always agree in their traditions, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | London In 1731 — Don Manoel Gonzales |
London In 1731 “21. Farringdon Ward within the walls, so called to distinguish it from Farringdon Ward without, was anciently but one ward, and governed by one alderman, receiving its name of Will…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Three Noted Chiefs of the Sioux — Anonymous |
Three Noted Chiefs of the Sioux “The Indians of whom Sitting Bull is the representative comprise the irreconcilables -- warriors who adhere to the old aboriginal usages and chiefs jealous of their authority, which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Watching the Crops — Anonymous |
Watching the Crops “To this lonely watcher upon the housetop what thoughts may come during his long vigils of the past glories of his race, the history of which as a civilized people stretches back in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Pueblo of Acoma — Clarence Pullen |
The Pueblo of Acoma “The people, in early days so warlike and arrogant, are now peaceable, and maintain themselves from their flocks and herds and the tillage of their agricultural lands, which lie fro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The New Indian Messiah — Marion P. Maus |
The New Indian Messiah “It seems impossible to trace the exact origin of this Indian faith. An Indian from the upper Columbia River, named Smohalla, preached the doctrine of an Indian Messiah some ten yea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life at an Indian Agency — Rufus F. Zogbaum |
Life at an Indian Agency “We have ample time to look about us here, for it is Monday, the busiest day of the week, and while the agent is engaged in listening to the various recitals of his tawny charges an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Red Man's Last Roll-Call — Charles M. Harvey |
The Red Man's Last Roll-Call “Necessarily the Indians have had a profound influence on the history and the development of the American continent. They were never anything like as numerous as the earlier explore…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ancient Mining on the Shores of Lake Superior — Albert D. Hagar |
Ancient Mining on the Shores of Lake Superior “Stone hammers are found in all the ancient diggings, and in some instances the number is almost incredible. From the pits near the Minnesota mines it is estimated that ten cart-loa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Negro Exodus-- |
The Negro Exodus-- “As a consequence, the land has never been distributed among the people who inhabit and cultivate it, and agricultural labor in the Southern States approaches the condition of the f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Observations on the slaves — Antibiastes |
Observations on the slaves “Rest of that title is: and the indented servants, inlisted in the army, and in the navy of the United States…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Woman's Half-Century of Evolution — Susan B. Anthony |
Woman's Half-Century of Evolution “At the beginning of 1848, the English Common Law was in force practically everywhere in the United States. Its treatment of women was a blot on civilization only equalled in blackn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Traits and Stories of the Huguenots — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Traits and Stories of the Huguenots “At first the rigorous decrees of the Revocation were principally enforced against the ministers of religion. They were all required to leave Paris at forty-eight hours' notice, und…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Education of Freedmen, part 1 — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
The Education of Freedmen, part 1 “All of the large religious denominations are conducting educational movements among the freedmen on a large scale. There are scattered through the Southern States, under the patron…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Education of Freedmen, part 2 — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
The Education of Freedmen, part 2 “While all of them allow of the co-education of the sexes, such judicious regulations exist, with regard to all the proprieties and decorums of life, that no breath of suspicion or …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A New Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe — Lilian Shepherd |
A New Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe “This portrait of Poe, which represents him as standing while his two companions are sitting, is most interesting. It has never been certainly ascertained who Poe's companions are, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Woman's Congress of 1899 — Charlotte Perkins Stetson (Gilman) |
The Woman's Congress of 1899 “"There was too much undertaken," say the carpers. Too much for what? Who shall decide what a congress shall undertake? A congress is a representative body. If in trying to bring to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Education of Freedmen, part 2 — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
The Education of Freedmen, part 2 “On this point Professor Peabody, of Harvard, remarks: "Of all the experiments in co-education that have been instituted, we regard Berea College, in Kentucky, as the most important…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | This Country Of Ours — H. E. Marshall |
This Country Of Ours “The English too claimed the same land, and it was not until some years after the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers that the Dutch settled in the country. Then they formed a company an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Camps and Firesides of the Revolution — Albert Bushnell Hart |
Camps and Firesides of the Revolution “The people soon collected with dogs, guns, straw, fire, and sulphur, to attack the common enemy. With this apparatus, several unsuccessful efforts were made to force her from the d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Beacon Lights of Volume III Part 2 — John Lord |
Beacon Lights of Volume III Part 2 “Michael Angelo Buonarroti--one of the Great Lights of the new civilization--may stand as the most fitting representative of reviving art in Europe; also as an illustrious example o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great Conflict — Logan Marshall |
The Great Conflict “Full Title: A of The Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in The Great Conflict…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The American Crisis — Thomas Paine |
The American Crisis “THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, des…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru — BALTASAR DE OCAMPO |
Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru “Full title: An Account of the Province of Vilcapampa and a Narrative of the Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The of Landholding In England — Joseph Fisher |
The of Landholding In England “Whatever doubts may exist as to the influence of the Norman Conquest upon the mass of the people--the FREEMEN, the ceorls, and the serfs--there can be no doubt that its effect upon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On the Seminole War — Henry Clay |
On the Seminole War “How different has been the treatment of General Jackson and that modest, but heroic young man, a native of one of the smallest States in the Union, who achieved for his country, on…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Webster's Seventh of March Speech, and the Secession Movement — Herbert Darling Foster |
Webster's Seventh of March Speech, and the Secession Movement “"The people of Mississippi seemed . . . determined to defend their equality in the Union, or to retire from it by peaceful secession. Had the issue been pressed at the moment when …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 — Frederick Jackson Turner |
Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 “The effect of all this upon New York City was revolutionary. Its population increased from 123,000 in 1820 to 202,000 in 1830. Its real and personal estate rose in value from about…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Letters Found in the Ruins of Fort Braddock |
Letters Found in the Ruins of Fort Braddock “Collection compiled by John Gardiner Calkins Brainard…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo — Sir Edward Creasy, M.A. |
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo “In Upper Asia, beyond the Euphrates, the direct and material influence of Greek ascendancy was more short-lived. Yet, during the existence of the Hellenic kingdoms in these regions…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Dawn of Canadian , v1 — Stephen Leacock |
The Dawn of Canadian , v1 “This whole story of the Greenland settlement is historical fact which cannot be doubted. Partly by accident and partly by design, the Norsemen had been carried from Norway to the O…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR — WILLIAM WOOD |
CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR “Subtitled: A CHRONICLE OF THE BLUE AND THE GRAY…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE CLEVELAND ERA — HENRY JONES FORD |
THE CLEVELAND ERA “Subtitled: A CHRONICLE OF THE NEW ORDER IN POLITICS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE DAY OF THE CONFEDERACY — NATHANIEL W. STEPHENSON |
THE DAY OF THE CONFEDERACY “Subtitled: A CHRONICLE OF THE EMBATTLED SOUTH…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | European Background of American — E. P. Cheyney |
European Background of American “During Elizabeth's reign three stages of the development of Puritanism gave occasion for corresponding conflicts with the crown and for making more clear the differences between An…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION — CARL BECKER |
THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION “Subtitled: A CHRONICLE OF THE BREACH WITH ENGLAND…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Our War With Spain For Cuba's Freedom — Trumbull White |
Our War With Spain For Cuba's Freedom “Well, you could have called it that...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land Of Virginia |
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land Of Virginia “PAGATOWR, a kinde of graine so called by the inhabitants; the same in the West Indies is called MAYZE: English men call it Guinney wheate or Turkie wheate, according to the names o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On the Trail of Grant and Lee — Frederick Trevor Hill |
On the Trail of Grant and Lee “It is certainly strange that these two men should, with all the world to choose from, have chanced upon the same obscure little village, but it is still stranger that one of them s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of James the Second — Charles James Fox |
of James the Second “Let Rumbold's declaration, then, be examined upon these principles, and we shall find that it has every character of truth, without a single circumstance to discredit it. He was so…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Imperial Purple — Edgar Saltus |
Imperial Purple “But even to a god life is not an unmixed delight. Caligula had his troubles. About him there had settled a disturbing quiet. Rome was hushed, the world was very still. There was no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | HE DUCHESS OF BERRY AND THE COURT OF CHARLES X — Imbert de St-Amand |
HE DUCHESS OF BERRY AND THE COURT OF CHARLES X “The King, Monsieur, the Duke and Duchess of Berry, all showed equal confidence in Madame de Gontaut, and her nomination as Governess of the Children of France was received with gen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The New Book Of Martyrs — Georges Dunhamel |
The New Book Of Martyrs “He held on to the stretcher with both hands as he was carried up the steps. He raised his head a little, gave a glance full of astonishment, distress, and lassitude at the green tr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Expansion Of Europe — Ramsay Muir |
The Expansion Of Europe “The issue of the great conflict lies still upon the lap of the gods. Yet one thing is, we may hope, already assured. Although at the beginning of the war they came near to winning …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Studies from Court and Cloister-- |
Studies from Court and Cloister-- “He was undoubtedly one of the foremost Englishmen of his day, respected by two sovereigns, and occupying prominent and honourable positions, his loyalty being unimpeachable; yet Fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Of Greek Art — F. B. Tarbell |
A Of Greek Art “Tradition and the more copious evidence of actual remains teach us that these early attempts at sculpture in stone or marble were not confined to any one spot or narrow region. On …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fight For The Republic In China — B.L. Putnam Weale |
The Fight For The Republic In China “With the Parliament of China effectively destroyed, and the turbulent Yangtsze Valley dragooned into sullen submission, Yuan Shih-kai's task had become so vastly simplified that he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country — Thomas Dykes Beasley |
A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country “Mr. Maslin is justly jealous for the reputation of the Argonauts. Perhaps Bret Harte's miner, with his ready pistol, was as far from the mark as Rudyard Kipling's picture of Tommy …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | California 1849-1913 — L.H. Wooley |
California 1849-1913 “On the 2nd of June, 1856, the city was in great excitement at an attempt by David S. Terry to stab Sterling A. Hopkins, a member of the Committee. Terry was one of the judges of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April, 1906- |
San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April, 1906- “As soon as it was over I got up and went to the window, and saw the air in the street filled with a white dust, which was caused by the falling of masonry from St. Luke's Church on…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Vigilance Committee of '56 — James O'Meara |
The Vigilance Committee of '56 “Governor Johnson had at first played into the hands of the Committee. He had come down from Sacramento to San Francisco, in the middle of May, and virtually caused the surrender of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of the Pony Express — Glenn D. Bradley |
The Story of the Pony Express “While lasting praise is due the faithful station men who, in their isolation, so often bore the murderous attacks of Indians and bandits, it is, perhaps, to the riders that the see…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Famous Affinities of — Lyndon Orr |
Famous Affinities of “In Rome she was a brilliant but erratic personage, living sumptuously, even though her revenues from Sweden came in slowly, partly because the Swedes disliked her change of religio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Letters from an American Farmer — Hector St. John de Crevecoeur |
Letters from an American Farmer “Who would have thought that because I received you with hospitality and kindness, you should imagine me capable of writing with propriety and perspicuity? Your gratitude misleads y…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Day In Old Athens — William Stearns Davis |
A Day In Old Athens “The Andronitis is the true living room of the house: here the master will receive his visitors, here the male slaves will work, and the women also busy themselves (promptly retirin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Prolegomena to the of Israel — Julius Wellhausen |
Prolegomena to the of Israel “Of the offerings, it was the custom in the earlier time to dedicate a portion to the deity but to use the greater part in sacred feasts, at which a priest, if present, was of cours…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Romance of Rubber — by John Martin |
The Romance of Rubber “Finally, in 1839, when he was on the point of giving up in despair, he accidentally came upon the solution. He was experimenting in his kitchen, a place which, through lack of fund…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-66 — John Lothrop Motley |
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-66 “The earliest chapter in the history of the Netherlands was written by their conqueror. Celtic Gaul is already in the power of Rome; the Belgic tribes, alarmed at the approaching da…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Young Folks' of England — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Young Folks' of England “Edward had his Le Despencers back again, and very discontented the sight made the whole country--and especially the queen, whom he had always neglected, though she now had four chi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1566-74 — John Lothrop Motley |
Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1566-74 “While such had been the domestic events of the Netherlands during the years 1569 and 1570, the Prince of Orange, although again a wanderer, had never allowed himself to despair. Du…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1574-84 — John Lothrop Motley |
Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1574-84 “The war continued in a languid and desultory manner in different parts of the country. At an action near Ingelmunster, the brave and accomplished De la Noue was made prisoner. This…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The River War — Winston S. Churchill |
The River War “Yet he who had not seen the desert or felt the sun heavily on his shoulders would hardly admire the fertility of the riparian scrub. Unnourishing reeds and grasses grow rank and co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of United Netherlands, 1584-86 — John Lothrop Motley |
of United Netherlands, 1584-86 “The Queen was disappointed, but stood firm. She had been slow in taking her resolution, but she was unflinching when her mind was made up. Instead of retreating from her, position,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Our Legal Heritage — S. A. Reilly |
Our Legal Heritage “Henry was a shrewd judge of character and of the course of events, cautious before taking action, but decisive in carrying out his plans. He was faithful and generous to his friend…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Heroes of the Telegraph — J. Munro |
Heroes of the Telegraph “Similarly the telegraph is not to be regarded as the work of any one mind, but of many, and during a long course of years. Because at length the final seedling is obtained, are we …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of United Netherlands, 1586-89 — John Lothrop Motley |
of United Netherlands, 1586-89 “While the eternal disputes between Leicester and the States were going on both in Holland and in England, while the secret negotiations between Alexander Farnese and Queen slowly p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Native Life in South Africa — Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje |
Native Life in South Africa “Full title: Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of United Netherlands, 1590-99 — John Lothrop Motley |
of United Netherlands, 1590-99 “During the past quarter of a century there had been tragic scenes enough in France, but now the only man who could have conducted Philip's schemes to a tragic if not a successful i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Amistad Argument — John Quincy Adams |
Amistad Argument “Full title: Argument of John Quincy Adams Before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the United States, Appellants, vs. Cinque, and others, Africans, captured in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | FRAGMENTA REGALIA — Paul Hentzner and Sir Robert Naunton |
FRAGMENTA REGALIA “The principal note of her reign will be, that she ruled much by faction and parties, which she herself both made, upheld, and weakened, as her own great judgment advised; for I do …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On Nullification and the Force Bill — John C. Calhoun |
On Nullification and the Force Bill “This unequal and unjust arrangement was pronounced, both by the administration, through its proper organ, the Secretary of the Treasury, and by the opposition, to be a *permanent* …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Moravians in Georgia 1735-1740 — Adelaide L. Fries |
The Moravians in Georgia 1735-1740 “Nitschmann and Korte at once went ashore to report their arrival to Secretary Verelst, and on Monday a house was rented, and the twenty-five colonists and Jonas Korte moved into it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom |
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom “Full title: RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES FOR FREEDOM OR, THE ESCAPE OF WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT FROM SLAVERY.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Star-Spangled Banner — John A. Carpenter |
The Star-Spangled Banner “The crisis of the fight came when, in the darkness, a rocket ship and five barges attempted to pass up the north channel to the city. They were not perceived until the British, thi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom — American Tract Society |
Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom “This was enough for our little Tidy. Her heart swelled, and the great tears ran down her cheeks, as she thought instantly of the one dear, cherished petition that she dared not utt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Story of Wellesley — Florence Converse |
Story of Wellesley “In this happy condition of affairs, the alumnae trustees undoubtedly play a mediating part, for they understand the college from within as no clergyman, financier, philanthropist,-…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | War Selection in the Ancient World — David Starr Jordan |
War Selection in the Ancient World “In the subsequent history of Rome, we have now to consider only a single factor, the reversal of selection." In Rome's conquests, Vir, the real man, went forth to battle and foreig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of Mankind — Hendrik van Loon |
The Story of Mankind “Such a King, by the grace of his soldiers, was called a ``Tyrant'' and during the seventh and sixth centuries before our era every Greek city was for a time ruled by such Tyrants, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of United Netherlands, 1600-09 — John Lothrop Motley |
of United Netherlands, 1600-09 “As the awful consequences of religious freedom, men pointed with a shudder to the condition of nations already speeding on the road to ruin, from which the two peninsulas at least …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, V 2 — Rev. James MacCaf |
of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, V 2 “The king met the demands for the maintenance of the old faith, the restoration of the liberties of the Church, and the dismissal of ministers like Cromwell by a long explanation an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, V1 — Rev. James MacCaff |
of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, V1 “To further their propaganda without at the same time attracting the notice of the civil authorities the rationalist party had recourse to various devices. Pamphlets and books were …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of the Moravian Church — J. E. Hutton |
of the Moravian Church “"That," replied Schöneich, "is quite impossible. I cannot give any security whatever. The whole business must be perfectly secret. Not a soul must be present but Augusta and myself…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom — Andrew Dickson White |
of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom “Here, too, the change from the old theological view based upon the letter of our sacred books to the modern scientific view based upon evidence absolutely irrefragable is complete.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Invention of a New Religion — Basil Hall Chamberlain |
The Invention of a New Religion “For the truth, known to all critical investigators, is that, instead of going back to a remote antiquity, the origins of Japanese history are recent as compared with that of Europe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15 — John Lothrop Motley |
The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15 “It was his brain that worked, his tongue that spoke, his restless pen that never paused. His was not one of those easy posts, not unknown in the modern administration of great affa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of the Mormons — William Alexander Linn |
The Story of the Mormons “Full title: The Story of the Mormons: From the Date of their Origin to the Year 1901…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23 — John Lothrop Motley |
The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23 “Secretary Ledenberg, who had been brought to the Hague in the early days of September, was the first of the prisoners subjected to examination. He was much depressed at the beginni…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Volume Three |
Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Volume Three “For more than a thousand years the art of alchymy captivated many noble spirits, and was believed in by millions. Its origin is involved in obscurity. Some of its devotees have cla…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters |
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters “M. Flobaire, You must be a truly dirty oaf to have taken my name and written a letter with it to a lady who had some favors for me which you doubtless received in my place and inhe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cross of Gold — William Jennings Bryan |
Cross of Gold “We go forth confident that we shall win. Why? Because upon the paramount issue of this campaign there is not a spot of ground upon which the enemy will dare to challenge battle. If…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Conquest of the Old Southwest — Archibald Henderson |
The Conquest of the Old Southwest “Full title: The Conquest of the Old Southwest: The Romantic Story of the Early Pioneers into Virginia, The Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky 1740-1790…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Dutch Declaration of Independence |
The Dutch Declaration of Independence “And, although the king had by fair words given them grounds to hope that their request should be complied with, yet by his letters he ordered the contrary, soon after expressly com…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Princess of Cleves — Madame de Lafayette |
The Princess of Cleves “Though the Congress of Cercamp had been broken off, the negotiations for the peace were continued, and things were so disposed, that towards the latter end of February the conferen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Emigrant Life in Kansas — Percy G. Ebbutt |
Emigrant Life in Kansas “We had lightning almost every night during the summer, but usually so far away as not to deter us from making our beds out of doors. One fearfully hot, sultry night, when we had th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Political Situation — Olive Schreiner |
The Political Situation “Those superb pioneers of South Africa, its Boers, have continued to move, as they have always moved, northward: our English colonists have been steadily building up their vil- lage…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Penitentiaries and Reformatories — Felicia Skene |
Penitentiaries and Reformatories “There are many motives which induce them to seek a shelter without a shadow of repentance for their evil lives. Generally speaking, it is a sudden impulse following some act of cru…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Scenes from a Silent World — Felicia Skene |
Scenes from a Silent World “Persons who pay a mere visit of curiosity to a prison, and are conducted by an official along rows of immaculately clean cells, where orderly prisoners are at work in perfect silen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage — Almroth E. Wright |
The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage “The suffragist woman, when she is the kind of woman who piques herself upon her ethical impulses, will, even when she is intellectually very poorly equipped, and there is no imprin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fires and Firemen — Anon. |
Fires and Firemen “The candle was one of the kind which he used for his gig-lamp, for he kept a gig, and was calculated to last a stated time before it reached the naphtha. He furtively deposited the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Speeches of the Honorable Jefferson Davis 1858 |
Speeches of the Honorable Jefferson Davis 1858 “I have heard the resolutions read and approved by this meeting; heard the address of your candidate for Governor; and these added to the address of my old and intimate friend, Gen.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Voyage of the Verrazzano — Henry C. Murphy |
The Voyage of the Verrazzano “I. That no evidence of the Verrazzano discovery ever existed in France, is not only necessarily presumed from the circumstance that none has ever been produced, but is inferentiall…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Chronographia — Michael Psellus |
Chronographia “2. This gentleman, nurtured on Greek literature, also had some acquaintance with the literary works of the Italians. He had a graceful turn of speech and a majestic utterance. A ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hacker Crackdown — Bruce Sterling |
Hacker Crackdown “Note: Literary Freeware, won't be on CD, explains the Atari 2600, among other things.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outrages |
Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outrages “Full title: Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outrages Appointed by His Britannic Majesty's Government and Presided Over by the Right Hon. Viscount Bryce…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Farmers of Forty Centuries — F. H. King |
Farmers of Forty Centuries “Full title: FARMERS OF FORTY CENTURIES OR PERMANENT AGRICULTURE IN CHINA, KOREA AND JAPAN…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of Riel's Revolt — Major General T. Bland Strange |
The Story of Riel's Revolt “The most noticeable feature of the whole campaign, a feature which makes its study of the greatest value to British militia and volunteers, is the extraordinary facility with which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Trial of the Witnessses of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ — Thomas Sherlock |
The Trial of the Witnessses of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ “I was afraid, when I suffered myself to be drawn into this argument, that I should be led into matters fitter to be decided by men of another profession, than by lawyers. But since…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Pioneers of the Old South — Mary Johnston |
Pioneers of the Old South “But in Maryland, even before the death of Cecil Calvert, inherent evils were beginning to form of themselves a visible body. In Maryland, as in Virginia, there set in after the Res…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic — Sir William Petty |
Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic “(b.) That at London the hospitals are better and more desirable than those of Paris, for that in the best at Paris there die two out of fifteen, whereas at London there die out of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America |
Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America “By the return of this bill, which seemed to have taken its flight forever, we are at this very instant nearly as free to choose a plan for our American Government as we were on the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Campaign of Chancellorsville — Theodore A. Dodge |
The Campaign of Chancellorsville “The cavalry and artillery crossed at once by the ford, as well as a portion of the infantry, the latter wading almost to the armpits. But the construction of the bridge was soon te…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Thoughts on Present Discontents — Edmund Burke |
Thoughts on Present Discontents “It is always to be lamented when men are driven to search into the foundations of the commonwealth. It is certainly necessary to resort to the theory of your government whenever yo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Social Relations in our Southern States — Daniel Robinson Hundley |
Social Relations in our Southern States “By the term Cotton, used to designate the class of Snobs peculiar to the South, do not understand us to mean a person who must of necessity hail from the cotton-growing States. By …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Romany Rye — George Borrow |
The Romany Rye “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Short of the World — H.G. Wells |
A Short of the World “Great conquerors appear in the dim light of that distant time and pass, Tushratta, King of Mitanni, who captured Nineveh, Tiglath Pileser I of Assyria who conquered Babylon. At las…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Art of the Exposition — Eugen Neuhaus |
The Art of the Exposition “Full title: The Art of the Exposition Personal Impressions of the Architecture, Sculpture, Mural Decorations, Color Scheme Other Aesthetic Aspects of the Panama-Pacific Internation…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt “We may acknowledge that our enemies have performed a brilliant feat of deception, perfectly timed and executed with great skill. It was a thoroughly dishonorable deed, but we must …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Vigilance Committee of 1856 — Stephen Palfrey Webb |
Vigilance Committee of 1856 “Full title: A Sketch of the Causes, Operations and Results of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century — James Richard Joy |
Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century “The wreck of the grand army drifted back over the border, and the dispirited Emperor, having risked everything in one bold experiment and lost, hastened to Paris, and after a vain …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great Boer War — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Great Boer War “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The War of Steel and Gold — Henry N. Brailsford |
The War of Steel and Gold “Ten years ago if we had invited statesmen and experts to define the tasks of the British army, they would have answered unanimously that we are obliged to maintain a large and cost…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The British North America Act, 1867 |
The British North America Act, 1867 “The Privileges, Immunities, and Powers to be held, enjoyed, and exercised by the Senate and by the House of Commons and by the Members thereof respectively shall be such as are fro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Maximilian in Mexico — Sare Yorke Stevenson |
Maximilian in Mexico “Full title: MAXIMILIAN IN MEXICO A WOMAN'S REMINISCENCES OF THE FRENCH INTERVENTION 1862-1867…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great Fortress — William Wood |
The Great Fortress “The preliminary isolation of Louisbourg was a particularly effective stroke of naval strategy. Even before 1758 began the first French fleet that left for Louisbourg had been shado…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Code of Honor — John Lyde Wilson |
The Code of Honor “Full title: THE CODE OF HONOR; or RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT of PRINCIPALS AND SECONDS in DUELLING…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of the Donner Party — C.F. McGlashan |
of the Donner Party “Eleven children were born to them, and four are now living. One of these, Lillie, now lives in Sacramento with her husband. Another, Paulina, a widow, resides in San Rafael. Bertha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | School of North Carolina — John W. Moore |
School of North Carolina “7. The Indians were, in many respects, a peculiar people. Though ignorant and savage, they were not idolaters. They believed in one God, whom they called the "Great Spirit." They w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Making of an American — Jacob A. Riis |
The Making of an American “In all of which I have made no account of a factor which is at the bottom of half our troubles with our immigrant population, so far as they are not of our own making: the loss of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Evolution of an Empire — Mary Parmele |
The Evolution of an Empire “The question of Elizabeth's legitimacy was an ever recurring one, and afforded a rallying point for malcontents, who asserted that her mother's marriage with Henry VIII. was invali…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Athens: Its Rise and Fall — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Athens: Its Rise and Fall “I. In the age of Pericles (B. C. 444) there is that which seems to excite, in order to disappoint, curiosity. We are fully impressed with the brilliant variety of his gifts--with t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Eve of the French Revolution — Edward J. Lowell |
The Eve of the French Revolution “There is perhaps no great country inhabited by civilized man more favored by nature than France. Possessing every variety of surface from the sublime mountain to the shifting sand-…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The of England — A. F. Pollard |
The of England “There are three periods in British colonial expansion. The first, or introductory period, was marked by England's rivalry with Spain and Portugal; the second by its rivalry with th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Medieval Europe — H. W. C. Davis |
Medieval Europe “One group of kingdoms was founded under cover of a legal fiction; the Visigoths, the Ostrogoths, and the Burgundians claimed to be the allies of the Empire. At one time or another …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Political and Social of Modern Europe V.1. — Carlton J. H. Hayes |
A Political and Social of Modern Europe V.1. “Henry VII repressed disorder with a heavy hand and secured the establishment of an extraordinary court, afterwards called the "Court of Star Chamber," to hear cases, especially tho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | John Keble's Parishes — Charlotte M Yonge |
John Keble's Parishes “Full title: JOHN KEBLE'S PARISHES: A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of Rome — Arthur Gilman |
The Story of Rome “Full title: The Story of Rome From the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Brief of the United States — Barnes and Co. |
A Brief of the United States “INDIAN TROUBLES.--After the death of Powhatan, the firm friend of the English, the Indians formed a plan for the extermination of the colony. So secretly was this managed that on t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Book of Golden Deeds — Charlotte M. Yonge |
A Book of Golden Deeds “Twenty thousand Persians had died before that handful of men! Xerxes asked Demaratus if there were many more at Sparta like these, and was told there were 8,000. It must have been …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Acadian Exiles — Arthur G. Doughty |
The Acadian Exiles “Having removed the menace of the French forts, Lawrence was now able to deal more freely with the question of the Acadians. The opportunity for action was not long in presenting it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Great Fortunes from Railroads — Gustavus Myers |
Great Fortunes from Railroads “The juggling of railroads and the virtual seizure of coal mines were by no means the only accomplishments of the Vanderbilt family in the years under consideration. Colorless as wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of Modern Europe 1792-1878 — C. A. Fyffe |
of Modern Europe 1792-1878 “Thus in the spring of 1861, within two years from the outbreak of war with Austria, Italy with the exception of Rome and Venice was united under Victor Emmanuel. Of all the Europea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians — James Bovell Mackenzie |
A Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians “The Indian's grace and aptness of gesture, also, in a measure, bespeak and proclaim commanding oratory. The power, moreover, which with the Indian resides in mere gesture, as a med…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH — GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND |
THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH “On the Friday night of the murder the departments were absolutely paralyzed. The murderers had three good hours for escape; they had evaded the pursuit of lightning by snapping the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ancient China Simplified — Edward Harper Parker |
Ancient China Simplified “The upshot of it was that in 771 B.C. the Emperor was killed by the Tartars in battle, and it was only by securing the military assistance of the semi-Tartar Warden of the Marches …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Coming of the Friars — Augustus Jessopp |
The Coming of the Friars “Full title: THE COMING OF THE FRIARS AND OTHER HISTORIC ESSAYS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Popular of Ireland V1 — Thomas D'Arcy McGee |
A Popular of Ireland V1 “The first authentic Irish immigration into Scotland seems to have taken place about the year of our Lord 258. The pioneers crossed over from Antrim to Argyle, where the strait is l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Popular of Ireland V2 |
A Popular of Ireland V2 “Sir Henry Sidney, in writing to his court, had always reported John O'Neil as "the only strong man in Ireland." Before his rout at Lough Swilly, he could commonly call into the fie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Caesars — Thomas de Quincey |
The Caesars “Nero (for as to Claudius, he came too late to the throne to indulge any propensities of this nature with so little discretion) was but a variety of the same species. He also was an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Umbrellas and their — William Sangster |
Umbrellas and their “In Persia the Parasol is repeatedly found in the carved work of Persepolis, and Sir John Malcolm has an article on the subject in his " of Persia." In some sculptures--of a very Eg…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The United States of America Part I — Ediwn Erle Sparks |
The United States of America Part I “Two provisions in Jefferson's first draft of the Ordinance of 1784 were struck out by the Congress before adoption. One, which forbade granting of titles of nobility, was eliminate…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of King Charles II of England — Jacob Abbott |
of King Charles II of England “Our Prince Charles now becomes, by the death of his father, King Charles the Second, both of England and of Scotland. That is, he becomes so in theory, according to the principles …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Emancipation of Massachusetts — Brooks Adams |
The Emancipation of Massachusetts “And so it was with the Puritans, who were themselves the children of the revolt against social corruption. They fondly believed that a new era was to be ushered in by the rule of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | China — Demetrius Charles Boulger |
China “Reference has been made to the Hiongnou or Hun tribes, against whom Tsin Hwangti built the Great Wall. In the interval between the death of that ruler and the consolidation of the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Once Upon A Time In Connecticut — Caroline Clifford Newton |
Once Upon A Time In Connecticut “Nearly one hundred years after the Declaration of Independence the tail of King George's horse was dug up on a farm in Wilton, Connecticut, and a piece of his saddle was found ther…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Spirit of 1906 — George W. Brooks |
The Spirit of 1906 “With the photograph before me, I realized at once that the claim was not an honest one. I explained that the larger part of our policy had been ceded to other companies and that so…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Over the Border: Acadia — Eliza Chase |
Over the Border: Acadia “By the treaty of Utrecht in 1713 Acadia was ceded to the English; but the French colonists, in taking the oath of allegiance to their new rulers (1727-28), were promised that they …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | ENGLAND UNDER THE TUDORS — ARTHUR D. INNES |
ENGLAND UNDER THE TUDORS “In January 1536 the deeply-injured Katharine died; to be followed ere many months had passed by her supplanter. Ostensibly, Henry had married Anne Boleyn, because a male heir was n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Army Life in a Black Regiment — Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
Army Life in a Black Regiment “It must be remembered that, after the first capture of Port Royal, the outlying plantations along the whole Southern coast were abandoned, and the slaves withdrawn into the interio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Formation of the Union — Albert Bushnell Hart |
Formation of the Union “There were other reasons why the British continued to subject American ships in English ports to discriminations and duties from which the vessels of most other powers were exempt.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Woman on the American Frontier — William Worthington Fowler |
Woman on the American Frontier “Of all the tens of thousands of devoted women who have accompanied the grand army of pioneers into the wilderness, not one but that has been either a soldier to fight, or a laborer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | White Slaves — Louis A Banks |
White Slaves “Full title: WHITE SLAVES OR THE OPPRESSIONS OF THE WORTHY POOR…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE FORTY-SEVEN RONIN — James Murdoch |
THE FORTY-SEVEN RONIN “Meanwhile, Oishi had separated from his wife and two younger children, and had taken up his residence in Kyoto. He and his confederates broke up their households and sold their eff…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mosaics of Grecian — Marcius Willson and Robert Pierpont Willson |
Mosaics of Grecian “Alcibiades was still destined to experience the instability of fortune. He sailed from Athens in September, 407, and proceeded to Samos. While he was absent from the main body of h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore — John R. Hutchinson |
The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore “The classes hardest hit by this lamentable want of discrimination were the classes engaged in trade. "Mr. Coventry," wrote Pepys some four years after the Restoration, "showed how …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Passing of New France — William Wood |
The Passing of New France “The British halted for the night a few miles short of the north end of the lake. Next morning; the 6th, they set out again in time to land about noon within four miles of Ticondero…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Old Roman World — John Lord |
The Old Roman World “Whatever may be said of the inferiority of the ancients to the moderns in natural and mechanical science, which no one is disposed to question, or even in the realm of literature, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Why We are at War — Woodrow Wilson |
Why We are at War “This in itself might presently accomplish, in effect, what the new German submarine orders were meant to accomplish, so far as we are concerned. We can only say, therefore, that th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot — Austin Craig |
Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot “Doctor Rizal tells us that it was then that he first began to lose confidence in mankind. A story of a school companion, that when Rizal recalled this incident the red came into hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 — J.T. Headley |
The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 “The origin of the term "Dead Rabbits," which became so well known this year from being identified with a serious riot, is not certainly known. It is said that an organization known…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Brief of the United States — John Bach McMaster |
A Brief of the United States “BENNINGTON.--Burgoyne set out in June, captured Ticonderoga, and advanced to the upper Hudson. As he came southward, the sturdy farmers of Vermont and New York began to gather on h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Canada and the States — Edward William Watkin |
Canada and the States “Full title: CANADA AND THE STATES, RECOLLECTIONS 1851 to 1886. BY SIR E. W. WATKIN, BART., M.P.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Gatlings at Santiago — John H. Parker |
The Gatlings at Santiago “Full title: HISTORY OF THE GATLING GUN DETACHMENT FIFTH ARMY CORPS, AT SANTIAGO, With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella V1 — William H. Prescott |
of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella V1 “Ferdinand, on receiving intelligence of his father's perilous situation, instantly resolved, by Isabella's advice, to march to his relief. Putting himself at the head of a body of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century — Francis Parkman |
The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century “Eight Algonquins, in one of those fits of desperate valor which sometimes occur in Indians, entered at midnight a camp where thirty or forty Iroquois warriors were buried in sleep,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fiat Money Inflation in France — Andrew Dickson White |
Fiat Money Inflation in France “The question will naturally be asked, On whom did this vast depreciation mainly fall at last? When this currency had sunk to about one three-hundredth part of its nominal value and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Secrets of the German War Office — Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves |
The Secrets of the German War Office “Early in the morning of June 11, 1903, the plot which had been brewing in Servia ended with the assassination of the king, queen, ministers and members of the royal household of Se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V1-Jacob Dolson Cox |
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V1-Jacob Dolson Cox “At Cross Lanes I met the commanders of the other brigades who were called in by General Rosecrans of an informal consultation based upon my knowledge of the country and the enemy. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 — Jacob Dolson Cox |
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 “In the midst of the severest suffering of the army from cold and want, General Grant came in person to inspect the condition of affairs in East Tennessee. He reached Knoxville on t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, Vol. 3 |
The of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, Vol. 3 “She scorned to avail herself of advantages offered by the perfidy of others. [32] Where she had once given her confidence, she gave her hearty and steady support; and she was scrup…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, Vol. 2 |
The of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, Vol. 2 “The Moorish chief, El Zagal, elated by his recent success, made frequent forays into the Christian territories, sweeping off the flocks, herds, and growing crops of the husbandman;…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of Rome from the Earliest Times Down to 476 AD — Robert F. Pennell |
of Rome from the Earliest Times Down to 476 AD “Canuleius also proposed another bill which he did not carry; viz. that the consulship be open to the plebeians. A compromise, however, was made, and it was agreed to suspend for a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Flying for France — James R. McConnell |
Flying for France “Full title: FLYING FOR FRANCE With the American Escadrille at Verdun BY JAMES R. McCONNELL Sergeant-Pilot in the French Flying Corps…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Indian Frontier Policy — General Sir John Ayde |
Indian Frontier Policy “It was arranged that Shah Soojah should enter Afghanistan with his own troops, such as they were, supported by a British army marching through Scinde and Beloochistan. The Governor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of the Philippine Islands Vols 1 and 2 — Antonio de Morga |
of the Philippine Islands Vols 1 and 2 “While Don Luys Dasmarinas was governing, the suspicions and fear of Xapon continued, which, together with the Chinese trouble, kept the people in continual anxiety. The governor se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875 — L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone |
In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875 “Who would have believed that, in the enjoyment of this beautiful music, we could have forgotten we were in the heart of poor, mutilated Paris--in the hands of a set of ruffians dre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Under the Prophet in Utah — Frank J. Cannon and Harvey J. O'Higgins |
Under the Prophet in Utah “Full title: Under the Prophet in Utah; The National Menace of a Political Priestcraft By Frank J. Cannon, Formerly United States Senator from Utah…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The French in the Heart of America — John Finley |
The French in the Heart of America “This remaining path is the tenuous trail through the fields of wild onions that led from the river or creek called Chicago (the Garlic River--Riviere de l'Ail) into a stream that s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great Conspiracy — John Alexander Logan |
The Great Conspiracy “Subtitled: A of The Civil War in the United States of America…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A SHORT HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA — ERNEST SCOTT |
A SHORT HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA “The first phase of warfare in which Australian military forces were occupied was in beating off a Turkish attack upon the Suez Canal in February 1915. Turkey entered the war as an …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Iraq, a country study — Edited by Helen Chapin Metz |
Iraq, a country study “The Baath Party in Iraq, like its counterparts in other Arab regions (states), derived from the official founding congress in Damascus in 1947. This conclave of pan-Arab intellectu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Afghanistan, a country study |
Afghanistan, a country study “It was not until 1826 that the energetic Dost Mohammad was able to exert sufficient control over his brothers to take over the throne in Kabul, where he proclaimed himself amir. Al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bahrain, A country study |
Bahrain, A country study “Bahrain's relationship with Qatar is long-standing. After the Al Khalifa conquered Bahrain in 1783 from their base in Qatar, Bahrain became the Al Khalifa seat. Subsequently, triba…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ethiopia, a country study |
Ethiopia, a country study “After assuming power in 1974, the military regime embarked on a program to improve the condition of peasants, but famine and hunger continued despite this effort, which was supplem…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Israel, a country study |
Israel, a country study “Another development resulting from the 1929 riots was the growing animosity between the British Mandate Authority and the Yishuv. The inactivity of the British while Arab bands wer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Kuwait, a country study |
Kuwait, a country study “Foreign trade has always dominated Kuwait's economy. Before the discovery of oil, merchants developed large transshipment and reexport businesses that, along with the sale of pearl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lebanon, a country study |
Lebanon, a country study “Western indulgence with Lebanon ended in February 1984. The bombing of the United States Marines barracks in Beirut on October 23, 1983, with the loss of 241 American lives, and th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Libya, a country study |
Libya, a country study “By this time, the revolutionary government had come to look upon tribal organization and values as antithetical to its policies. Even Qadhafi, despite his beduin roots, viewed trib…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Oman, a country study |
Oman, a country study “Since the development of the country's infrastructure in the 1970s, national development plans have given priority to reducing dependency on oil exports and encouraging income-gene…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Pakistan, a country study |
Pakistan, a country study “In his presidential address to the Muslim League session at Allahabad in 1930, the leading modern Muslim philosopher in South Asia, Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1876-1938), described India …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Qatar, a country study |
Qatar, a country study “The amir is also obliged to rule in accordance with Islamic precepts, which include fairness, honesty, generosity, and mutual respect. Islamic religious and ethical values are appl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Saudi Arabia, a country study |
Saudi Arabia, a country study “The Saudi population is characterized by a high degree of cultural homogeneity and by an equally high degree of social stratification. The territory that in 1992 constituted the Ki…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Syria, a country study |
Syria, a country study “The Syrian Communist Party (SCP), the bitter adversary of the Baath Party in the late 1950s, was in 1987 the second largest legal political party in Syria and an important constitu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | United Arab Emirates, a country study |
United Arab Emirates, a country study “THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) in 1993 was a federation of seven separate amirates that had joined together in the winter of 1971-72 to form a single independent country. The new n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Women Who Came in the Mayflower — Annie Russell Marble |
The Women Who Came in the Mayflower “It seems paradoxical to speak of child-life in this hard-pressed, serious-minded colony, but it was there and, doubtless, it was normal in its joyous and adventuresome impulses. Un…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE 501st PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT — MAJOR GARY F. EVANS |
THE 501st PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT “Full title: THE 501st PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT AT BASTOGNE, BELGIUM DECEMBER 1944…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bastogne: The First Eight Days — U.S. ARMY IN ACTION SERIES |
Bastogne: The First Eight Days “Colonel Harper, commanding the 327th, went with Jones to Division Headquarters. The two German officers were left with Captain Adams. Members of the staff were grouped around Gener…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Army Nurse Corps in World War II — Judith A. Bellafaire |
The Army Nurse Corps in World War II “Established by General George Washington during the Revolutionary War, this decoration originally was for "outstanding performance of duty and meritorious acts of extraordinary fid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | World's Famous Events, Vol. 1 — Edward S. Ellis |
World's Famous Events, Vol. 1 “Full title: The Story of the Greatest Nations and the World's Famous Events, Vol. 1, by Edward S. Ellis and Charles F. Home, PhD.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute — Theo. F. Rodenbough |
Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute “Politically, the campaign had been a failure. The fate of the gallant Major Cavagnari and his mission, murdered at Kabul, September 3, 1879, made a deeper impression on the Afghan …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Battle Studies — Colonel Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq |
Battle Studies “"At what instant has this control escaped from the battalion commander? When from the captain, the section leader, the squad leader? At what time, in short, if such a thing did tak…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Church and the Empire — D. J. Medley |
The Church and the Empire “Hadrian IV is interesting to us as the only Englishman who has ever sat upon the throne of St. Peter. As Nicholas Brakespeare he had led the life of a wandering scholar, chiefly in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha — John Niles Hubbard |
An account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha “This claim was denied by Red Jacket, who maintained that the place in question belonged rightfully to the Senecas, and sustained his position by a reference to facts and usages in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Tryal of William Penn and William Mead |
The Tryal of William Penn and William Mead “PEN. Shall I plead to an Indictment that hath no Foundation in Law? If it contain that Law you say I have broken, why should you decline to produce that Law, since it will be impos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Vigilantes of Montana — Thomas Josiah Dimsdale |
The Vigilantes of Montana “Taking his gun he went up town, to the house of a friend--Buz Craven. He borrowed Buz's rifle, without remark, and stood prepared for emergencies. Ater waiting some time, he went d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of Southern Montana — Alva J. (Al) Noyes |
of Southern Montana “I do not remember who it was that built the first cabin in Bannack, as none were built until it began to get cold. Then everyone commenced to build. It would certainly be hard to s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Vigilante Days and Ways — Nathaniel P. Langford |
Vigilante Days and Ways “The result, for the instant, upon the colonel is described by himself as being very peculiar. He said he could count each particular hair in his head, and that it felt like the qui…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Art-Lovers guide to the Exposition — Shelden Cheney |
An Art-Lovers guide to the Exposition “Considered simply as portrayals of power, these four virile figures are very successful, and they serve well to carry out the sense of immensity and strength that characterizes the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706 — George Lincoln Burr |
Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706 “I. Susanna Martin, pleading Not Guilty to the Indictment of Witchcraft brought in against her, there were produced the evidences of many persons very sensibly and grievously Bewitc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ancient East — D. G. Hogarth |
The Ancient East “The earliest of these centres of power to develop foreign empire was also that destined, after many vicissitudes, to hold it latest, because it was the best endowed by nature to re…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE CAPTURE OF A SLAVER-- |
THE CAPTURE OF A SLAVER-- “We both stood to that direction. Of course we were watched from the shore, and the slavers were kept posted as to our movements. They supposed we had both gone to the Cameroons, le…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Of Education — Ellwood P. Cubberley |
The Of Education “The reading of the school also changed both in character and purpose. In other words, in place of an elementary education based on reading, a little writing and spelling, and the c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | of California — Helen Elliott Bandini |
of California “"I remember one day, in the spring of 1848, that two men, Americans, came into the office and inquired for the Governor. I asked their business, and one answered that they had just…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Select Speeches of Daniel Webster-- |
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster-- “Gentlemen, it is a most extraordinary case. In some respects, it has hardly a precedent anywhere; certainly none in our New England history. This bloody drama exhibited no suddenly…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain — Harriet Manning Whitcomb |
Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain “On the corner of Centre and Boylston streets one is attracted by a quaint and picturesque dwelling, in style and setting one is the most interesting of the older houses in our town…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jewish — S. M. Dubnow |
Jewish “Full title: JEWISH HISTORY. AN ESSAY IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | American Prisoners of the Revolution — Danske Dandridge |
American Prisoners of the Revolution “"Liberty Street Sugar House was a tall, narrow building five stories in height, and with dismal underground dungeons. In this gloomy abode jail fever was ever present. In the hot w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1. — Matthew L. Davis |
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1. “Thus, in 1777, Burr was the friend of Lee and Gates in opposition to General Washington. In the beginning of January, 1778, it was reported to Burr that Lord Stirling had made some…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2. — Matthew L. Davis |
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2. “On the 11th February, 1801, being the day appointed by law for counting the votes of the electoral colleges, the House of Representatives proceeded in a body to the Senate chamber,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut — Louise Greene |
Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut “Toleration Act and proviso notwithstanding, no rival church was desired at this time in Connecticut. No rival creed was recognized. True, there were a few handfuls of dissenters sc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Brook Farm — John Thomas Codman |
Brook Farm “Young Ralph Waldo Emerson was there, very late from the ministry, known better as poet, philosopher and essayist; and James Freeman Clarke, talented writer and preacher; and faithf…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY — HUTTON WEBSTER |
EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY “The battle of Salamis affords an interesting example of naval tactics in antiquity. The trireme was regarded as a missile to be hurled with sudden violence against the opposing shi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of Luther — Julius Koestlin |
Life of Luther “Luther had now become possessed with a burning desire to refute, by means of the truth he had newly learned, the teaching and system of that School-theology on which he himself had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Napoleon's Campaign in Russia — Achilles Rose |
Napoleon's Campaign in Russia “General Eble spoke to his pontooneers, telling them that the fate of the army was in their hands. He inspired them with noble sentiments and received the promise of the most absolu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Laws of the Iroquois — Elias Johnson |
Laws of the Iroquois “Full title: Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and of the Tuscarora Indians…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Slave Trade, Domestic And Foreign — Henry Charles Carey |
The Slave Trade, Domestic And Foreign “Full title: THE SLAVE TRADE, Domestic and Foreign: WHY IT EXISTS, AND HOW IT MAY BE EXTINGUISHED.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Better Homes in America — Mrs W.B. Meloney |
Better Homes in America “Full title: BETTER HOMES IN AMERICA Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | WOODROW WILSON AS I KNOW HIM — JOSEPH P. TUMULTY |
WOODROW WILSON AS I KNOW HIM “The contests for the delegates to the National Convention were on in full swing throughout the various states. In the early contests, particularly in the far western states, like U…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |