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By: Lacy Collison-Morley

Greek and Roman Ghost Stories by Lacy Collison-Morley Greek and Roman Ghost Stories

A non-fiction work, comparing and collecting ghost stories by Classical Greek and Republican or Imperial Roman authors.

By: Carlton McCarthy (1847-1936)

Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 by Carlton McCarthy Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865

The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggles with hunger, illness, fear, and the perils of combat; as well as his pride of service, love of comrades, and courage in the face of overwhelming odds

By: William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880)

Book cover Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries

By: Carolyn Wells (1862-1942)

Book cover Patty's Success

By: Friedrich Kerst

Mozart, The Man and the Artist as Revealed  in His Own Words by Friedrich Kerst Mozart, The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His name is one of the most recognizable names in history and one of the most enduring of composers. At age 5, this “wunderkinder” took to the stage and began his life as a prolific and celebrated creator-genius of such luminous works the world has not known since. This collection of morsels taken from his personal letters is engaging and gives a look into the mind of the boy wonder. Was he mad? Was he miraculous?

By: Thérèse de Dillmont (1846-1890)

Book cover Encyclopedia of Needlework

By: Cornelia Mee

Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee Exercises in Knitting

Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain practical everyday items that knit up quickly with the busy homemaker in mind. At this time, published knitting “receipts” did not contain abbreviations and were laborious to use. They were, however, rich in error! Later in her career, due to circumstances of war and the resulting social stress and poverty, many of her knitting books were printed for ladies’ charitable societies, which used her knitting “receipts” to clothe the poor mill workers who were out of work due to the American Civil War and the embargo of cotton.

By: Maturin Murray Ballou (1820-1895)

Book cover Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands
Book cover Due West or Round the World in Ten Months

By: George L. Apperson (1857-1937)

The Social History of Smoking by George L. Apperson The Social History of Smoking

This work tells the history of smoking in England from the social point of view. Thus it does not deal with the history of tobacco growing or tobacco related manufacture, but is rather the story of how smoking has fitted in with the fashions and customs throughout the ages, and the changes in the attitude of society towards smoking.

By: Padraic Colum (1881-1972)

The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum The King of Ireland's Son

The King of Ireland's Son is a children's novel published in Ireland in 1916 written by Padraic Colum, and illustrated by Willy Pogany. It is the story of the eldest of the King of Ireland's sons, and his adventures winning and then finding Fedelma, the Enchanter's Daughter, who after being won is kidnapped from him by the King of the Land of Mist. It is solidly based in Irish folklore, itself being originally a folktale. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

By: Jennie Ellis Keysor

Great Artists by Jennie Ellis Keysor Great Artists

Biographies of Raphael Santi, Murillo, Peter Paul Rubens, and Albrecht Durer. This is a wonderful tool for art study as there are references for further study, as well as ideas for language arts to incorporate into the study.

Book cover Fra Angelico a sketch

By: Cecil Henry Bompas

Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas Folklore of the Santal Parganas

This is an intriguing collection of folklore from the Santal Parganas, a district in India located about 150 miles from Calcutta. As its Preface implies, this collection is intended to give an unadulterated view of a culture through its folklore. It contains a variety of stories about different aspects of life, including family and marriage, religion, and work. In this first volume, taken from Part I, each story is centered around a particular human character. These range from the charmingly clever (as in the character, The Oilman, in the story, “The Oilman and His Sons”) to the tragically comical (as in the character, Jhore, in the story “Bajun and Jhore”)...

By: Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894)

Book cover The Cannibal Islands Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas
Book cover The Ocean and its Wonders

By: Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862-1932)

The Greek View of Life by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson The Greek View of Life

“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the truth of all existence.”This elegantly-written work provides a splendid introduction to the Greeks of the classic period: how they thought, wrote, and organised their lives and loves. Although it dates from the 1890s, there is very little about it that has dated. To its author’s credit, the subject of “Greek love” is dealt with in a sane and factual context - despite the judicial assassination of Oscar Wilde going on in the background...

By: Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574)

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most- read work of the older literature of art", "some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art", and "one of the founding texts in art history"...

Book cover The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8)

By: Harold Speed

The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed The Practice and Science of Drawing

THE PRACTICE & SCIENCE OF DRAWINGBY HAROLD SPEEDPREFACEPermit me in the first place to anticipate the disappointment of any student who opens this book with the idea of finding wrinkles on how to draw faces, trees, clouds, or what not, short cuts to excellence in drawing, or any of the tricks so popular with the drawing masters of our grandmothers and still dearly loved by a large number of people. No good can come of such methods, for there are no short cuts to excellence. But help of a very practical kind it is the aim of the following pages to give; although it may be necessary to make a greater call upon the intelligence of the student than these Victorian methods attempted...

By: James Slough Zerbe (1850-)

Book cover Practical Mechanics for Boys

By: George Hamilton

Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora by George Hamilton Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora

George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty mutineers and bring them back to England for trial. The commander, Captain Edward Edwards, also was ordered to chart the passage between Australia and New Guinea. While Edwards managed to arrest the mutineers still on Tahiti, he sank the Pandora on a reef near Australia. Hamilton tells this story and also the story of the crew’s fate after the Pandora sank.

By: Walter Pater

Book cover Appreciations, with an Essay on Style

Appreciations, with an Essay on Style, is a collection of Walter Pater's previously-published essays on literature. The collection was well received by public and critic since its first edition, in 1889. The volume includes an appraisal of the poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, first printed in 1883, a few months after Rossetti's death; an essay on Thomas Browne, whose Baroque style Pater admired; and a discussion of Measure for Measure, one of Pater's most often reprinted pieces. The second edition, published in 1890, had a few modifications, and is the basis for all other editions of the book.

Book cover The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry
Book cover The Renaissance: studies in art and poetry
Book cover Greek Studies: a Series of Essays

By: Horatio Alger (1832-1899)

Book cover Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune

By: Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton (1836-1865)

Book cover Beeton's Book of Needlework

By: Estelle M. Hurll (1863-1924)

Book cover Raphael A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation
Book cover Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation
Book cover Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation
Book cover The Madonna in Art
Book cover Sir Joshua Reynolds A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation
Book cover Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation
Book cover Van Dyck A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation
Book cover Jean Francois Millet

By: Emily Burbank (?-?)

Woman as Decoration by Emily Burbank Woman as Decoration

A guide for women to complement their dress to their surroundings, be it in their own home, on outings or on stage. Please note that there is a separate chapter with the captions of the fashion plates which can be found in the online text.

By: Elsie Spicer Eells

Fairy Tales from Brazil by Elsie Spicer Eells Fairy Tales from Brazil

This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths from Brazilian Indian Folklore.

By: William Sangster (1808-1888)

Umbrellas and Their History by William Sangster Umbrellas and Their History

A whimsically serious look at the umbrella and society.

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901)

Book cover The Chaplet of Pearls

By: Thomas Tapper (1864-1958)

Book cover Music Talks With Children

"A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose is to suggest a few of the many aspects which music may have even to the mind of a child. If these chapters, or whatever may be logically suggested by them, be actually used as the basis of simple Talks with children, music may become to them more than drill and study. They should know it as an art, full of beauty and of dignity; full of pure thought and abounding in joy. Music with these characteristics is the true music of the heart...

By: Frederick Litchfield

Illustrated History of Furniture by Frederick Litchfield Illustrated History of Furniture

From the Earliest to the Present TimeBy Frederick Litchfield.PREFACE.In the following pages the Author has placed before the reader an account of the changes in the design of Decorative Furniture and Woodwork, from the earliest period of which we have any reliable or certain record until the present time. A careful selection of illustrations has been made from examples of established authenticity, the majority of which are to be seen, either in the Museums to which reference is made, or by permission of the owners; and the representations of the different interiors will convey an idea of the character and disposition of the furniture of the periods to which they refer...

By: Samuel Smiles (1852?-)

Book cover A Boy's Voyage Round the World

By: Henry Adams (1838-1918)

Book cover Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

By: Louis Tracy (1863-1928)

Book cover A Son of the Immortals

By: Katharine Elizabeth Dopp (1863-1944)

The Tree-Dwellers by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp The Tree-Dwellers

Katharine E. Dopp was well-known as a teacher and writer of children’s textbooks at the turn of the 20th Century. She was among the first educators to encourage the incorporation of physical and practical activity into the elementary school curriculum at a time when such activities were becoming less commonplace in a child’s home environment. The Tree-Dwellers – The Age of Fear is the first in a series of elementary school texts written by Ms. Dopp that focus on the anthropological development of early human groups...

Book cover The Later Cave-Men

By: Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (1831-1901)

Book cover Atlantis: The Antediluvian World

"Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a book published during 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during 1831. Donnelly considered Plato's account of Atlantis as largely factual and attempted to establish that all known ancient civilizations were descended from this supposed lost land. Many of its theories are the source of many modern-day concepts we have about Atlantis, like the civilization and technology beyond its time, the origins of all present races and civilizations, a civil war between good and evil, etc."

By: A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster) Hamlin (1855-1926)

Book cover A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised

By: Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1856-1923)

Book cover The Girl and the Kingdom Learning to Teach

By: William Fairham

Book cover Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.

By: John S. C. Abbott (1805-1877)

Book cover Hortense Makers of History Series

By: Estelle M. Hurll (1863-1924)

Child-life in Art by Estelle M. Hurll Child-life in Art

The poetry of childhood is full of attractiveness to the artist, and many and varied are the forms in which he interprets it. The Christ-child has been his highest ideal. All that human imagination could conceive of innocence and purity and divine loveliness has been shown forth in the delineation of the Babe of Bethlehem. The influence of such art has made itself felt upon all child pictures. It matters not whether the subject be a prince or a street-waif; the true artist sees in him something which is lovable and winning, and transfers it to his canvas for our lasting pleasure.

By: Vitruvius Pollio

Book cover An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author

By: Henry Ernest Dudeney (1857-1930)

Book cover The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems

By: E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner (1864-1954)

Book cover Myths and Legends of China

By: Dudley Landon Vaill (1873-?)

The County Regiment by Dudley Landon Vaill The County Regiment

A sketch of the second regiment of Connecticut volunteer heavy artillery, originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War.

By: Henry H. Windsor (1859-1924)

Book cover Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I

By: Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)

Book cover Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance

By: Edward R. (Edward Richard) Shaw (1855-1903)

Book cover Big People and Little People of Other Lands

By: Emory Adams Allen (1853-)

Book cover The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races

By: Oliver Herford (1863-1935)

Book cover Confessions of a Caricaturist

By: William Hanford Edwards

Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

A book reminiscent of the days when football was gaining popularity in America by MHAIJH85

By: Archibald Williams

Book cover Things To Make

By: Pictorial Photographers of America

Book cover Pictorial Photography in America 1920
Book cover Pictorial Photography in America 1922
Book cover Pictorial Photography in America 1921

By: John Addington Symonds (1840-1893)

Book cover The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

By: T. Roger Smith (1830-1903)

Book cover Architecture Gothic and Renaissance
Book cover Architecture Classic and Early Christian

By: Charles Donagh Maginnis (1867-1955)

Book cover Pen Drawing An Illustrated Treatise

By: Kate Heintz Watson

Book cover Textiles and Clothing

By: Alice Morse Earle (1851-1911)

Book cover Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)

By: William Ralston Shedden-Ralston (1828-1889)

Book cover Russian Fairy Tales

Russian Fairy Tales is an anthology of stories by a noted Russian scholar and translator. The 51 stories are thematically organized with introductory material to put them both in the context of Russian folklore and in their relation to the myths of other cultures. This text has something for the intellectual reader as well as for someone who just likes a good fairy tale.

By: Otto K. Wohlers

Book cover A Course In Wood Turning

By: Edward Lasker (1885-1981)

Book cover Chess Strategy
Book cover Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership

By: G. E. Mitton

Book cover Round the Wonderful World

By: A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher (1867-1945)

Book cover Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See

By: Clara Erskine Clement Waters (1834-1916)

Book cover A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

By: Ernest Rhys (1859-1946)

Book cover Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work

By: Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937)

Book cover The Van Dwellers A Strenuous Quest for a Home

By: Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616)

Book cover The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01
Book cover Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage
Book cover Voyager's Tales

By: H. M. (Herbert Minton) Cundall (1848-1940)

Book cover Masters of Water-Colour Painting

By: Lina Beard

Book cover Little Folks' Handy Book

By: Fay-Cooper Cole (1881-1961)

Book cover The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition
Book cover Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore
Book cover A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore

By: Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959)

Book cover Worst Journey in the World, Vol 1

The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written and published in 1922 by a survivor of the expedition, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and has earned wide praise for its frank treatment of the difficulties of the expedition, the causes of its disastrous outcome, and the meaning (if any) of human suffering under extreme conditions.

By: Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882)

Book cover Two Years Before the Mast

By: Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882)

Book cover Two Years Before the Mast

By: William Noyes (1862-1928)

Book cover Handwork in Wood

By: Gustav Kobbé (1857-1918)

Book cover The Loves of Great Composers

By: John Charles Van Dyke

A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke A Text-Book of the History of Painting

A TEXT-BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF PAINTINGBY JOHN C. VAN DYKE, L.H.D.PREFACE.The object of this series of text-books is to provide concise teachable histories of art for class-room use in schools and colleges. The limited time given to the study of art in the average educational institution has not only dictated the condensed style of the volumes, but has limited their scope of matter to the general features of art history. Archaeological discussions on special subjects and aesthetic theories have been avoided...

By: John Trusler (1735-1820)

Book cover The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency

By: Garrett Putman Serviss (1851-1929)

Book cover Edison's Conquest of Mars

By: Edward V. Lucas (1868-1938)

Book cover A Wanderer in Venice
Book cover A Wanderer in Holland

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