History Books
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni BoccaccioA kindly thing it is to have compassion of the afflicted and albeit it well beseemeth every one, yet of those is it more particularly required who have erst had need of comfort and have found it in an..
Minnesota and Dacotah
C. C. AndrewsIntroduction by Author:THE object of publishing these letters can be very briefly stated.During the last autumn I made a tour into Minnesota, upwards of a hundred and thirty miles north-west of St. Pa..
Australia Twice Traversed
Ernest GilesAustralia Twice TraversedThe Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and Through Central South Australia and Western Australia, from 187..
Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification
Samuel ButlerThis second edition of Luck, or Cunning? is a reprint of the first edition, dated 1887, but actually published in November, 1886. The only alterations of any consequence are in the Index, which ..
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia
Charles SturtNarrative of an Expedition into Central AustraliaPerformed Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, During the Years 1844, 5, and 6, Together With A Notice of the Province of South Australia i..
The Natural History of Wiltshire
John AubreyIN the "Memoir of John Aubrey", published by the Wiltshire Topographical Society in 1845, I expressed a wish that the "NATURAL HISTORY of WILTSHIRE", the most important of that author's unpublished ma..
Zone Policeman 88
Harry Alverson FranckZone Policeman 88, is a Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and its Workers written by Harry A. Franck, who is also the author of "A Vagabond Journey Around the World" and "Four Months Afoot i..
Young Folks' History of England
Charlotte M. YongeNearly two thousand years ago there was a brave captain whose name was Julius Cæsar. The soldiers he led to battle were very strong, and conquered the people wherever they went. They had no gun or gun..