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By: Henry Fisk Carlton

Book cover The Story of Nathan Hale

By: Henry G. Nicholls (1825-1867)

Book cover The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account
Book cover Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean

By: Henry Goudemetz (1749-1826?)

Book cover Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI.

By: Henry H. S. Pearse (1844-1905)

Book cover Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith

By: Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946)

Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson Australia Felix

The story of Richard Mahony, a doctor trained in Edinburgh who comes to Ballarat in the gold rush of the 1850s. At first he runs a shop but later he marries and returns to medical practice. His story is interwoven with that of his wife’s brothers and sister. Even after his medical practice becomes successful he is still unhappy living in the colony and decides to return home to Britain. Richard is a restless irritable man whose character is said to be based on the author’s own father. This book is the first of the trilogy ‘The Fortunes of Richard Mahony’, but stands well on its own...

By: Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882)

Book cover Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America

By: Henry Inman (1837-1899)

Book cover The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway
Book cover Tales Of The Trail; Short Stories Of Western Life

This 1898 collection of thirteen previously published articles exhibits the acute perception of one of the most popular writers of the late 19th-early 20th centuries. “These "Tales of the Trail" are based upon actual facts which came under the personal observation of the author… and will form another interesting series of stories of that era of great adventures, when the country west of the Missouri was unknown except to the trappers, hunters, and army officers.” Henry Inman was an American soldier, frontiersman, and author...

By: Henry James (1843-1916)

Book cover A Little Tour of France
Book cover Outcry

The story concerns the contemplated sale of a famous painting by a proud but relatively cash-strapped British aristocrat to a wealthy American art collector who is bent on buying up treasured masterpieces from the Old World, and the patriotic outcry after the public gets wind of his intent. The matter is further complicated by the strong resistance put up by his younger daughter and her blunt-spoken, art critic friend against the sale. - Summary by shih-ping

By: Henry Jenner (1848-1934)

Book cover A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature

By: Henry Jones Ford (1851-1925)

Book cover The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics

By: Henry Ketcham

Book cover The Life of Abraham Lincoln

By: Henry L. Mencken (1880-1956)

Book cover A Book of Prefaces

By: Henry L. Williams

The Lincoln Story Book by Henry L. Williams The Lincoln Story Book

The Abraham Lincoln Statue at Chicago is accepted as the typical Westerner of the forum, the rostrum, and the tribune, as he stood to be inaugurated under the war-cloud in 1861. But there is another Lincoln as dear to the common people–the Lincoln of happy quotations, the speaker of household words. Instead of the erect, impressive, penetrative platform orator we see a long, gaunt figure, divided between two chairs for comfort, the head bent forward, smiling broadly, the lips curved in laughter, the deep eyes irradiating their caves of wisdom; the story-telling Lincoln, enjoying the enjoyment he gave to others. (from the preface of the book)

By: Henry Labouchere (1831-1912)

Book cover Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris

By: Henry Lawson (1867-1922)

Book cover Scots Of The Riverina

This poem tells the story of a boy in Australia who leaves the farm at harvest time. "and to run from home was a crime." The story is set in the Riverina, New South Wales in the town of Gundagai.

Book cover Short Stories in Prose and Verse

Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book ; his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a snapshot of his writing style up to the start of his career. His first published poem appeared at age 20, his first published book at age 27. This volume is a good sample of Henry Lawson’s poetry and prose and makes a good stepping-stone towards the enjoyment of his later works. Summary by Chris Greaves

By: Henry M. Brooks (1822-1898)

Book cover The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Book cover The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Book cover The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Book cover The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Book cover The Olden Time Series, Vol. 3: New-England Sunday Gleanings Chiefly From Old Newspapers Of Boston And Salem, Massachusetts
Book cover The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts

By: Henry M. Field (1822-1907)

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry M. Field The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stretching across the great Atlantic Ocean. It took him thirteen years, a lot of money, and many men and ships and cable to make it happen. He wanted to bring the world together and make it a smaller place; to forge alliances and achieve peace. This is his story. (Introduction by Alex C. Telander)

By: Henry MacMahon

Book cover Orphans of the Storm

By: Henry Mann (1848-1915)

Book cover The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country

By: Henry Martyn Baird (1832-1906)

Book cover History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1

By: Henry Martyn Cist (1839-1902)

Book cover The Army of the Cumberland

By: Henry Mayhew (1812-1887)

Book cover London Labour and the London Poor Volume I

Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work." "The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings, in their own unvarnished language, and to pourtray the condition of their homes and their families by personal observation of the places ..." "My earnest hope is that the book may serve to give the rich a more intimate knowledge of the sufferings, and the frequent heroism under those sufferings, of the poor ...

Book cover London Labour and the London Poor Volume II

Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work." "The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings, in their own unvarnished language, and to pourtray the condition of their homes and their families by personal observation of the places ..." "My earnest hope is that the book may serve to give the rich a more intimate knowledge of the sufferings, and the frequent heroism under those sufferings, of the poor ...

Book cover London Labour and the London Poor Volume III

Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work." "The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings, in their own unvarnished language, and to portray the condition of their homes and their families by personal observation of the places ..." "My earnest hope is that the book may serve to give the rich a more intimate knowledge of the sufferings, and the frequent heroism under those sufferings, of the poor ...

By: Henry Morford (1823-1881)

Book cover Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862

By: Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946)

Ambassador Morgenthau's Story by Henry Morgenthau Ambassador Morgenthau's Story

Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important primary historical resource for the study of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide. During this genocide, approximately 1,500,000 Armenians living in Anatolia were murdered in an attempt to rid Turkey of its non-Turkish populations. Mr. Morgenthau left Turkey a frustrated man, having done all that he was able through diplomatic circles to halt the murders, to no avail...

By: Henry Ossian Flipper (1856-1940)

The Colored Cadet at West Point by Henry Ossian Flipper The Colored Cadet at West Point

Henry Ossian Flipper--born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856--did not learn to read and write until just before the end of the Civil War. Once the war had ended, Flipper attended several schools showing a great aptitude for knowledge. During his freshman year at Atlanta University he applied for admittance to the United States National Military Academy at West Point. He was appointed to the academy in 1873 along with a fellow African American, John W. Williams. Cadet Williams was later dismissed for academic deficiencies.

By: Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones (1896-1917)

Book cover War Letters of a Public-School Boy

By: Henry Pearson [Editor] Gratton

Book cover As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home

By: Henry Pepwell (-1540)

Book cover The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521

By: Henry Peterson (1818-1891)

Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem by Henry Peterson Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem

Dulcibel is a young, pretty and kind-hearted fictional character charged with Witchcraft during the infamous Salem Witch trials. During this time there is a group of "afflicted girls" who accuse Dulcibel and many others of Witchcraft, and during their trials show "undoubtable" proof that these people really are Witches. Will Master Raymond, Dulcibel's lover, be able to to secure Dulcibel's release from jail? Or will Dulcibel's fate be the gallows like so many other accused Witches of her time?

By: Henry Phelps Johnston (1842-1923)

Book cover The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Including a new and circumstantial account of the battle of Long island and the loss of New York, with a review of events to the close of the year

By: Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925)

Book cover Pearl Maiden

This is the story of Miriam, an orphan Christian woman living in Rome in the first century. She falls in love with a Roman officer, but knows that her Jewish childhood playmate loves her too and will do anything in order to get her love in return.

Book cover Cleopatra
Book cover The Lady of Blossholme
Book cover Swallow: a tale of the great trek
Book cover Moon of Israel
Book cover Red Eve
Book cover Morning Star

By: Henry Robert Plomer (1856-1928)

Book cover A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898

By: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864)

Book cover Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
Book cover The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians
Book cover Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846

By: Henry Salt (1851-1939)

Book cover Life of Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was a fascinating man, contributing vast amounts of information on nature history, leading the way for environmentalism. He also was a philosopher, abolitionist, anarchist, writer, poet, and a bit of a mystery. He is best known for his book 'Walden', and his essay on 'Civil Disobedience'. This early biography by Henry Salt is highly regarded by Thoreau scholars. - Summary by Phyllis Vincelli

By: Henry Seton Merriman (1862-1903)

Book cover Dross

By: Henry Smith Williams (1863-1943)

Book cover A History of Science

By: Henry St. John Bolingbroke (1678-1751)

Book cover Letters to Sir William Windham and Mr. Pope

By: Henry Stevens (1819-1886)

Book cover Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar

By: Henry Sumner Maine (1822-1888)

Book cover Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society

By: Henry Theophilus Finck (1854-1926)

Book cover Chopin and Other Musical Essays

By: Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933)

Book cover Fighting For Peace
Book cover Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit

By: Henry W. (Henry William) Fischer (1856-1932)

Book cover Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess

By: Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892)

Book cover The Naturalist on the River Amazons

By: Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

Book cover Conflict of Northern and Southern Theories of Man and Society Great Speech, Delivered in New York City

By: Henry Watson Wilbur (1851-1914)

President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation by Henry Watson Wilbur President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation

A review of events prior to, during and following the American Civil War bringing an insightful perspective on Lincoln's true attitude toward slavery and emancipation.

By: Henry Watterson (1840-1921)

Book cover Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography
Book cover Marse Henry (Volume 2) An Autobiography
Book cover Marse Henry (Volume 1) An Autobiography

By: Henry William Herbert (1807-1858)

Book cover The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2
Book cover The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1

By: Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856-1941)

Book cover Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916)

Book cover Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero

By: Herbert Adams Gibbons (1880-1934)

Book cover Riviera Towns

By: Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935)

China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles China and the Chinese

Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy. This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field...

Book cover The Civilization of China
Book cover China and the Manchus
Book cover Historic China, and other sketches

By: Herbert Baird Stimpson (1869-)

Book cover The Tory Maid

By: Herbert Brayley Collett (1877-1947)

Book cover The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula

By: Herbert Darling Foster (1863-1927)

Book cover Webster's Seventh of March Speech and the Secession Movement, 1850

By: Herbert Hayens

Book cover At the Point of the Sword
Book cover My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France

By: Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp) Vaughan (1870-1948)

Book cover The Naples Riviera

By: Herbert Newton Casson (1869-1951)

Book cover The History of the Telephone

By: Herbert Strang

Book cover In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India

By: Herbert W. (Herbert Winckworth) Tompkins (1867-)

Book cover Hertfordshire

By: Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul (1853-1935)

Book cover The Life of Froude

By: Herbert W. McBride

Book cover The Emma Gees

By: Herbert Wildon Carr (1857-1931)

Book cover General Principle of Relativity: In Its Philosophical and Historical Aspect

The main purpose of this book is to show the historical relations of the new principle to the old philosophical problems and to the classical theories of space and time. - Summary by Adapted from the Preface

Book cover Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity

Since the publication of this book, a little more than a year ago, the interest in Einstein and the principle of relativity has very greatly increased. There are now a large number of popular expositions, and the theory itself has undergone some notable advances in its philosophical, mathematical and physical application. In pure philosophy Lord Haldane's Reign of Relativity has applied it to the direct interpretation of the theory of knowledge. In mathematical physics the important work of Hermann...

Book cover Problem of Truth

A problem of philosophy is completely different from a problem of science. In science we accept our subject-matter as it is presented in unanalysed experience; in philosophy we examine the first principles and ultimate questions that concern conscious experience itself. The problem of truth is a problem of philosophy. It is not a problem of merely historical interest, but a present problem—a living controversy, the issue of which is undecided. Its present interest may be said to centre round the doctrine of pragmatism, which some fifteen years ago began to challenge the generally accepted principles of philosophy...

By: Herman Bernstein (1876-1935)

Book cover The History of a Lie 'The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion'

By: Herman Melville

White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War by Herman Melville White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War

This is a tale based on Melville's experiences aboard the USS United States from 1843 to 1844. It comments on the harsh and brutal realities of service in the US Navy at that time, but beyond this the narrator has created for the reader graphic symbols for class distinction, segregation and slavery aboard this microcosm of the world, the USS Neversink. (Introduction by James K. White)

Book cover The Encantadas, Or Enchanted Isles

The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists of ten philosophical "Sketches" on the Encantadas, or Galápagos Islands. It was collected in The Piazza Tales in 1856. The Encantadas was to become the most critically successful of that collection. All of the stories are replete with symbolism reinforcing the cruelty of life on the Encantadas. (Introduction excerpted from Wikipedia)

By: Hermann Gunkel

Book cover The Legends of Genesis

The Legends of Genesis is the English translation of the introduction to Gunkel’s massive commentary, Genesis. Gunkel uses form critical analysis on the text of Genesis to determine the various genres of the biblical legends and their significance to the authors. Gunkel also uses form criticism to uncover buried clues as to the constituent sources of the text. Gunkel offers his hypothesis to explain how the various sources came to be combined and redacted, and how the text later came to be attributed to Moses.

By: Hermann Hagedorn (1882-1964)

Book cover Roosevelt in the Bad Lands

By: Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Siddhartha

Once regarded as a cult book in the 1960s by the Flower Power generation, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse remains even today a simple and fresh tale of a man's spiritual quest. Penned by a deeply spiritual German author, Siddhartha explores multiple themes of enlightenment, thinking beyond set rules, love and humanity. Siddhartha is a young contemporary of the spiritual master Gautam Buddha who lived in India at some time during the 4th century BC. The story has striking parallels to Buddha's own life story in which he abandons his wealth and status as the young prince of Kapilavastu, his wife and young son and his family to embark on a voyage of self discovery...

By: Hervey Keyes

Book cover The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca

By: Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821)

Book cover Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I

By: Hezekiah Butterworth (1839-1905)

Book cover The Story of the Hymns and Tunes

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