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By: Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731)

Book cover From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman"
Book cover Atalantis Major
Book cover Dickory Cronke

By: Daniel G. Brinton (1837-1899)

The Myths of the New World by Daniel G. Brinton The Myths of the New World

The Myths of the New World's full title describes it as.. " a treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America", an attempt to analyse and correlate scientifically, the mythology of the American Indians. Note: Brinton advocated theories of scientific racism that were pervasive at that time.

By: Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837-1899)

Book cover American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent
Book cover Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History
Book cover The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
Book cover An Ethnologist's View of History An Address Before the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Historical Society, at Trenton, New Jersey, January 28, 1896

By: Daniel Knower

Book cover The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days

By: Daniel Oakey

Book cover History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: Beverly Ford.

By: Daniel Turner Holmes

Book cover Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland

By: Daniel Webster (1782-1852)

Book cover Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845

By: Danske Dandridge (1858-1914)

Book cover American Prisoners of the Revolution

By: Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska

Book cover Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences

By: David Barrows

A History of the Philippines by David Barrows A History of the Philippines

This book is one of the earliest studies of Philippine history by an American scholar. In preparation for this book, the author conducted ethnological studies of indiginous island tribes after the American war in the Philippines. Since this book was intended for the Philippine reader, the author nicely places the history of the Islands into the broader context of European and American history.

By: David Christie Murray (1847-1907)

Book cover My Contemporaries In Fiction

By: David Dickinson Mann (1775-1811)

Book cover Present Picture of New South Wales

Convicted of forgery at the age of 23, David Dickenson Mann narrowly escaped hanging and was transported instead to New South Wales, where he arrived in 1799. Three years later he received a full pardon and was soon working in the secretary's office of the colonial government. Mann fell foul of Governor Wiliam Bligh and was about to leave for England, but in 1808 found himself in favour with the rebel government that deposed him. The Present Picture of New South Wales, dedicated to the recently arrived Governor John Hunter, gives a detailed account of the colony ...

By: David Hume

History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1A by David Hume History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1A

David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His "The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688", published between 1754 and 1764, was immensely popular and Hume wrote that "the copy-money given me by the booksellers much exceeded any thing formerly known in England; I was become not only independent, but opulent...

Book cover History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1C

David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His "The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688", published between 1754 and 1764, was immensely popular and Hume wrote that "the copy-money given me by the booksellers much exceeded any thing formerly known in England; I was become not only independent, but opulent...

Book cover History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1E

David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His "The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688", published between 1754 and 1764, was immensely popular and Hume wrote that "the copy-money given me by the booksellers much exceeded any thing formerly known in England; I was become not only independent, but opulent...

By: David James Burrell (1844-1926)

Book cover The Centurion's Story

By: David Kalakaua (1836-1891)

Book cover Legends and Myths of Hawaii

A collection of legends and myths of the Hawaiian islands and their 'strange people' as told by His Majesty King Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii. Introduction, including a history, geography and social and religious commentary on the islands by R.M. Daggett, United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands 1882-1885.

By: David Livingstone (1813-1873)

Book cover Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Book cover The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death
Book cover A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries

By: David MacRitchie (1851-1925)

Book cover Fians, Fairies and Picts

By: David Masters (1883-1965)

Book cover Romance of Excavation

The Romance of Excavation: A Record of the Amazing Discoveries in Egypt, Assyria, Troy, Crete, etc., with Twenty-Nine Illustrations, From the Foreword: "In the following pages I have sought to reveal some of the romance of excavation, to tell the fascinating story of the men who have gone out into the desert places and dug up long-lost cities and the fabled treasure of ancient kings."

By: David Murray (1830-1905)

Book cover Japan

By: David Prescott Barrows (1873-1954)

Book cover The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon

By: David Starr Jordan (1851-1931)

Book cover California and the Californians

By: David Walker (1796-1830)

Book cover Walker's Appeal

The Appeal grabbed readers’ attention in as dramatic a manner as Walker could have possibly imagined. In her book, Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought, Kirsten Waters writes about how the pamphlet itself was viewed as dangerous by pro-slavery forces, while Walker actively worked to get his text in the hands of Black readers. He did not direct his writing to White audiences, and in the third edition added a special message to Black readers, saying that: It is expected that...

By: David Wendel Yandell (1826-1898)

Book cover Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky A Sketch

By: David Widger (1932-)

Book cover Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals

By: David Wynford Carnegie (1871-1900)

Book cover Spinifex and Sand

By: Davy (An Englishman)

Book cover The Insurrection in Paris

By: De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1845-1925)

Book cover A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3

By: Dee Day

Book cover Getting to know Spain

By: Delphine Menant (1850-)

Book cover Les Parsis

By: Demetrius Charles Boulger (1853-1928)

Book cover China
Book cover The Life of Gordon, Volume I
Book cover The Life of Gordon, Volume II

By: Denton Jaques Snider (1841-1925)

Book cover Homer's Odyssey A Commentary

By: Desmond Byrne

Book cover Australian Writers

By: Dillon Wallace (1863-1939)

Book cover The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell

By: Dion Clayton Calthrop (1878-1937)

English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop English Costume

The world, if we choose to see it so, is a complicated picture of people dressing and undressing. The history of the world is composed of the chat of a little band of tailors seated cross-legged on their boards; they gossip across the centuries, feeling, as they should, very busy and important. As you will see, I have devoted myself entirely to civil costume—that is, the clothes a man or a woman would wear from choice, and not by reason of an appointment to some ecclesiastical post, or to a military calling, or to the Bar, or the Bench. Such clothes are but symbols of their trades and professions, and have been dealt with by persons who specialize in those professions.

By: Don Manoel Gonzales

Book cover London in 1731

By: Donald Lemen Clark (1888-1966)

Book cover Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism

By: Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1841-1919)

Book cover Russia

By: Donald Maxwell (1877-1936)

Book cover A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden

By: Doris Stevens (1892-1963)

Jailed for Freedom by Doris Stevens Jailed for Freedom

A first-hand account of the 1913-1919 campaign of American suffragists, detailing their treatment at the hands of the courts, and the true conditions of their incarceration.

By: Dorothy Kilner (1755-1836)

Book cover Life and Perambulations of a Mouse

By: Dorothy Menpes

Book cover Japan A Record in Colour

By: Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)

Book cover Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803

By: Douglas B. Armstrong (1888-1969)

Book cover Postage stamps of war (1854-1914)

A very brief introduction to postal stamps used and issued during times of war. The principal focus might be said to be placed upon the Great War which just erupted in Europe and across much of the globe. - Summary by KevinS

By: Douglas Hyde (1860-1949)

Book cover Legends of Saints and Sinners

"I have called the present volume "Legends of Saints and Sinners," which to a certain extent it is; but I mean it for a book of Irish Christian folk-lore. My idea in compiling it has been to give for the first time a collection of genuine Irish folk-lore which might be called "Christian." By this I mean folk-stories and folk-poems which are either entirely founded upon Christian conceptions, or else are so far coloured by them, that they could never have been told—at least in their present shape—had not Christianity established itself in Ireland...

By: Dr. Henri Blanc (1831-1911)

Book cover Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People

By: DuBose Heyward (1885-1940)

Book cover Porgy

Story about Southern African American man with disabilities and the life he leads in the 1900's. - Summary by Denise Ray

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: E. (Elphège) Vacandard (1849-1927)

Book cover The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church

By: E. A. (Ernest Alexander) Cruikshank (1853-1939)

Book cover Battle of Fort George A paper read on March 14th, 1896

By: E. A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934)

Book cover Book of the Dead

The Egyptian Book of the Dead, or the Book of Coming Forth by Day, is an Ancient Egyptian funerary text consisting of spells to protect the soul on its journey to Duat, or Afterlife.

By: E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd) Smith (1860-1943)

Book cover The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith

By: E. Boyd Smith (1860-1943)

Book cover Selected Works of E. Boyd Smith

A sampling of the children's books written and illustrated by E. Boyd Smith. The first story is Mr. Smith's version of the Story of Noah's Ark. He then tells us the story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith. Next we join a hen as she hatches her chicks and their life on the farm. We then go on several adventures with Bob and Betty as they visit their Uncle's farm, go to the seashore and learn about ships, and then learn about railroads and trains. Our last story is a brief history of the United States up until the time just after World War I.

By: E. C. (Ernest Clark) Hartwell (1883-1964)

Book cover The Teaching of History

By: E. Charles Vivian (1882-1947)

Book cover British Army From Within

This 1914 book gives a picture of the British Army structure and life in the early hours of World War I. Summary by david wales

By: E. Donald (Edmund Donald) Carr (-1900)

Book cover A Night in the Snow or, A Struggle for Life

By: E. Gordon Browne (1871-1926)

Queen Victoria by E. Gordon Browne Queen Victoria

This book is about the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901). All nine of her children married into the royal houses of Europe. She became the longest reigning monarch and more. This book is a fascinating read about the woman behind the British Empire.

By: E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield (1852-1923)

Book cover Confessions of a Beachcomber

By: E. Keble (Edward Keble) Chatterton (1878-1944)

Book cover King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855

By: E. L. (Edward Lloyd) Lomax (1852-1916)

Book cover Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist

By: E. N. [Editor] Elliott

Book cover Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject

By: E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913)

Book cover Legends of Vancouver
Book cover Legends of Vancouver

By: E. R. Billings

Book cover Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce

By: E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester (1847-1929)

Book cover More Science From an Easy Chair

By: E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell (1887-1954)

Book cover Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

By: E. Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960)

Book cover Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement

This history of the Women's Suffrage agitation is written at a time when the question is in the very forefront of British politics. What the immediate future holds for those women who are most actively engaged in fighting for their political freedom no one can foretell, but one thing is certain: complete victory for their cause is not far distant. When the long struggle for the enfranchisement of women is over, those who read the history of the movement will wonder at the blindness that led the Government of the day to obstinately resist so simple and obvious a measure of justice...

By: E. W. (Edward William) Watkin (1819-1901)

Book cover Canada and the States

By: Eaton G. Osman (1853-1929)

Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch by Eaton G. Osman Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch

This book is an early history of the Starved Rock Area in Northern Illinois. In the pre-Columbian era, the Starved Rock area was home to Native Americans, particularly the Kaskaskia who lived in the Grand Village of the Illinois across the river. Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans recorded as exploring the region, and by 1683, the French had established Fort St. Louis on a large sandstone butte overlooking the river. According to a native legend, a group of Illinois Confederation (Illini) pursued by the Ottawa and Potawatomi fled to the butte in the late 18th century...

By: Ebenezer Cooke (1667?-1732?)

Book cover The Sot-weed Factor: or, A Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr.In which is Describ'd The Laws, Government, Courts and Constitutions of the Country

By: Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973)

Fighting the Flying Circus by Eddie Rickenbacker Fighting the Flying Circus

This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. (Introduction by Brett W. Downey)

By: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Book cover Raven and The Philosophy Of Composition

Poe’s famous narrative poem and the author’s reflections on its composition.

By: Edgar Fawcett (1847-1923)

Book cover Some Reminiscences of old Victoria

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950)

The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs The Outlaw of Torn

The story is set in 13th century England and concerns the fictitious outlaw Norman of Torn, who purportedly harried the country during the power struggle between King Henry III and Simon de Montfort. Norman is the supposed son of the Frenchman de Vac, once the king's fencing master, who has a grudge against his former employer and raises the boy to be a simple, brutal killing machine with a hatred of all things English. His intentions are partially subverted by a priest who befriends Norman and teaches him his letters and chivalry towards women...

By: Edgar Saltus (1855-1921)

Book cover Imperial Purple

By: Edgcumbe Staley (1845-1903)

Book cover dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges

A series of biographies of the wives of the doges of the Venetian Republic. - Summary by Timothy

By: Edith Gilman Brewster

Book cover Some Three Hundred Years Ago

By: Edith Thomas (1882-)

Book cover Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"

By: Edith Wharton (1862-1937)

Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort by Edith Wharton Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort

American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the lines, including hospitals, ravaged villages, and trenches. Fighting France records her travels along the front in 1914 and 1915, and celebrates the indomitable spirit of the French people.

By: editor: Frank Munsey

Book cover The Scrap Book Sampler

18 works -- two non-fic articles & one short fiction or poetry each -- from issues March, April, May, June, July, & August 1906 of The Scrap Book, Volume 1, edited by Frank Munsey. As he states in the editorial of the April 1906 issue (Vol 1, Iss 2) this was a sort of supplement to the editor's popular monthly, Munsey's Magazine. The Scrap Book is very like an American version of Punch with many short, often humorous articles interspersed with at least one short story, some poetry, and several longer non-fic pieces. The Scrap Book ran up to 1922.

By: Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896)

Book cover Germinie Lacerteux

By: Edmond Malone (1741-1812)

Book cover Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782)

By: Edmondo De Amicis (1846-1908)

Book cover Holland, v. 1 (of 2)

By: Edmund B. (Edmund Bostwick) Tuttle (1815-1881)

Book cover Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870

By: Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

Book cover Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America
Book cover Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
Book cover The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12)

By: Edmund Christopherson (1903-1974)

Book cover Night The Mountain Fell; The Story Of The Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake

A severe earthquake, centered in the vacation area of West Yellowstone, Montana, shook the ground and its inhabitants and visitors on August 17, 1959, at 11.37 pm. A mountainside fell, a lake formed, roads and houses disappeared, people were trapped, people died. The author of this narrative went to the area the day after the quake, took first-hand stories of the catastrophe, researched in the following months, and wrote this account within a year of the shaking. The printed source has many informative photographs. - Summary by David Wales

By: Edmund Dene Morel (1873-1924)

Book cover Red Rubber: The Story of the Rubber Slave Trade on the Congo

Morel explains the history and formation of the Congo Free State, owned by King Leopold II. However, Morel, a humanitarian, focuses on the atrocities commited in the Congo through the enslavement of the native population, leading to the deaths of as much as 50 percent of the population. Writing in the early 20th century, he argues Britain can and should stop these horrific human rights violations. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn

By: Edmund Gosse

Book cover Gossip in a Library

A collection of informal essays about books in his library. He combines commentary, translations, and humorous asides about authors and their subjects.


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