History Books

Democracy and Social Ethics

Jane Addams

t is well to remind ourselves, from time to time, that "Ethics" is but another word for "righteousness," that for which many men and women of every generation have hungered and thirsted, and without w..

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2

John Lort Stokes

Discoveries In Australia; With An Account Of The Coasts And Rivers Explored And Surveyed During The Voyage Of H.M.S. Beagle, In The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command Of The Lords Commissioners ..

Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France

Edmund Gosse

Preface by the author: This little book, long the subject of my meditation, suddenly began to take shape one Sunday morning when I was your guest at Gisburne. We were actually starting for church, and..

The History of London

Walter Besant

Walter Besant was a novelist and historian, and his topographical and historical writings, ranging from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century, were probably best known through the detailed 10-vo..

Lewis and Clark

William R. Lighton

In the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, two men commanded an expedition which explored the wilderness that stretched from the mouth of the Missouri River to where the Columbia enters the Pacific, and dedic..

From Slave to College President - Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington

Godfrey Holden Pike

From Slave to College President: Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington is a biographical work of Godfrey Holden Pike...

Buried Cities, Volume 3 - Mycenae

Jennie Hall

Do you like to dig for hidden treasure? Have you ever found Indian arrowheads or Indian pottery? I knew a boy who was digging a cave in a sandy place, and he found an Indian grave. With his own hands ..

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1

Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volum..