History Books

The Founder of New France - A Chronicle of Champlain

Charles W. Colby

The Founder of New France : A Chronicle of Champlain is an outstanding historical book by the Canadian author, Professor Charles William Colby.Into some such terms as these would the writer of a biogr..

Amiel's Journal - The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Henri Frédéric Amiel

In this second edition of the English translation of Amiel’s “Journal Intime,” I have inserted a good many new passages, taken from the last French edition (Cinquiéme édition, revue et augmentée.) But..

Deutsche Literaturgeschichte in einer Stunde

Alfred Henschke

Alfred Henschke, better known by his pseudonym Klabund, was a German writer...

A Short History of the United States for School Use

Edward Channing

The aim of this little book is to tell in a simple and concise form the story of the founding and development of the United States. The study of the history of one's own country is a serious matter, a..

De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino

Sallust

The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War are the two separate surviving works of the historian commonly known as "Sallust". Nearly contemporary to the events he describes, he is supposed to have..

La Russie en 1839, Volume I

marquis de Astolphe Custine

Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, Marquis de Custine was a French aristocrat and writer who is best known for his travel writing, in particular his account of his visit to Russia, La Russie en 1839...

Scotland's Mark on America

George Fraser Black

It has been said that the Scot is never so much at home as when he is abroad. Under this half-jesting reference to one of the characteristics of our race, there abides a sober truth, namely, that the ..

Documentary History of the Rio Grande Pueblos of New Mexico

Adolph Francis

Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier was a Swiss-born American archaeologist who particularly explored the indigenous cultures of the American Southwest, Mexico, and South America. ..