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The Victorian Age in Literature

G. K. Chesterton

A section of a long and splendid literature can be most conveniently treated in one of two ways. It can be divided as one cuts a currant cake or a Gruyère cheese, taking the currants (or the holes) as..

Letters from France

C. E. W. Bean

Letters from France is a personal narrative on world war and its effect on France written by Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, usually identified as C. E. W. Bean, was an Australian World War I war correspo..

Two Years in the Forbidden City

Princess Der Ling

Two Years in the Forbidden City is a personal memoir of Princess Der Ling, a Hanjun bannerwoman, the daughter of Yu Keng. Her father was a member of the Hanjun Plain White Banner Corps, and ..

Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places

Archibald Forbes

Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places is a memoir by Archibald Forbes was a Scottish war correspondent. Excerpts:The interval between the declaration of the Franco-German war of 1870-71, and th..

A Popular History of the Art of Music

W. S. B. Mathews

Preface by W.S.B. Mathews: I have here endeavored to provide a readable account of the entire history of the art of music, within the compass of a single small volume, and to treat the luxuriant and m..

Artillery Through the Ages

Albert C. Manucy

Artillery Through the Ages is a short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America written by Albert C. Manucy, an author, historian and a Fulbright Scholar who specialized in Span..

The Life of Captain James Cook, the Circumnavigator

Arthur Kitson

The Life of Captain James Cook is a biographical work of Captain James Cook written by Arthur Kitson, a British monetary theorist and inventor. Captain James Cook FRS was a British explorer, navi..

Amerigo Vespucci

Frederick A. Ober

Amerigo Vespucci is a history work written by Frederick A. Ober, an American naturalist and writer...