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By: Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) | |
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The French Revolution
“It is, for that matter, self-evident that if one community decides in one fashion, another, also sovereign, in the opposite fashion, both cannot be right. Reasoning men have also protested, and justly, against the conception that what a majority in numbers, or even (what is more compelling still) a unanimity of decision in a community may order, may not only be wrong but may be something which that community has no authority to order since, though it possesses a civil and temporal authority, it acts against that ultimate authority which is its own consciousness of right... | |
Europe and the Faith
The Catholic brings to history (when I say "history" in these pages I mean the history of Christendom) self-knowledge. As a man in the confessional accuses himself of what he knows to be true and what other people cannot judge, so a Catholic, talking of the united European civilization, when he blames it, blames it for motives and for acts which are his own. He himself could have done those things in person. He is not relatively right in his blame, he is absolutely right. As a man can testify to his own motive so can the Catholic testify to unjust, irrelevant, or ignorant conceptions of the European story; for he knows why and how it proceeded... | |
The Path to Rome | |
A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase | |
Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance |
By: Hilda T. Skae | |
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Stories from English History |
By: Hilmar R. (Hilmar Robert) Baukhage (1889-) | |
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"I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919 |
By: Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893) | |
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The Ancient Regime | |
The French Revolution | |
The Modern Regime, Volume 1 | |
The Origins of Contemporary France, Complete Table of Contents | |
The Modern Regime, Volume 2 |
By: Hiram Bingham (1875-1956) | |
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Inca Lands
Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale Makes the Greatest Archaeological Discovery of the Age by Locating and Excavating Ruins of Machu Picchu on a Peak in the Andes of Peru.There is nothing new under the sun, they say. That is only relatively true. Just now, when we thought there was practically no portion of the earth's surface still unknown, when the discovery of a single lake or mountain, or the charting of a remote strip of coast line was enough to give a man fame as an explorer, one member of the daredevil explorers' craft has "struck it rich... |
By: Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (1848-1895) | |
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Essays on Scandinavian Literature |
By: Holland Thompson (1873-1940) | |
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The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest |
By: Homer B. (Homer Baxter) Sprague (1829-1918) | |
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Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 |
By: Homer Greene (1853-1940) | |
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Lincoln Conscript
A heartwarming novel which visits the last two years of the American Civil War. The center of the story is the conflict of emotions and deeds between a father and son who hold opposing views of the conflict and the surprising role that President Lincoln plays in wishing to reconcile the two. A novel of both pathos and rejoicing. - Summary by KevinS |
By: Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) | |
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A Woman of Thirty |
By: Horace Curzon Plunkett (1854-1932) | |
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Ireland In The New Century |
By: Horace Greeley (1811-1872) | |
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Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. |
By: Horace Green | |
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The Log of a Noncombatant |
By: Horace Walpole (1717-1797) | |
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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 | |
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third |
By: Horace Wyndham (1875-) | |
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The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert |
By: Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) | |
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Adrift in New York
Set in 19th century New York, this is the story of a wealthy old man who adopts his orphaned nephew and niece after his own four year old son mysteriously disappears. However, under a smooth exterior, the nephew is a conniving and avaricious villain who wants to grab all the old man's wealth for himself. This is also the story of a young boy, who doesn't know he's the sole heir to a fabulous fortune, but grows up homeless in the streets of New York. The villainous nephew proposes marriage to his cousin with a view to grabbing the entire inheritance... | |
Fame and Fortune
Richard Hunter, in this sequel to Ragged Dick, continues his way in the world through hard work and excellent morals. He, along with his friend Henry, continue their positive outlook as they try to advance their lives. But Dick soon finds envy and jealousy leads others to work against him. How will Dick react as he tries to strive forward while others conspire to hold him down? (Written by Barry Eads) | |
Timothy Crump's Ward
A poor family is surprised with an infant on their doorstep on New Year’s Eve with a note and monetary support requesting them to raise the child. Eight years later, the child is stolen and the family is put into more trouble trying to find her. This is a story of how love and good morals are reward with a fairy tale “happily ever after” ending. | |
Mark the Match Boy or Richard Hunter's Ward
In this third installment from the “Ragged Dick” series by Horatio Algers, Jr., the reader is reacquainted with some old friends and meets young Mark Manton. Mark is a match boy plagued by bad luck and an even worse guardian. But, with new friends, hard work, and smart choices, Mark may just find his luck taking a turn for the better. summary by tfaulder | |
Rough and Ready OR Life Among the New York Newsboys
Join Rough and Ready for his adventure on the streets of New York City. Working as a newsboy, Rough and Ready tries to support himself and his sister on his meager earnings. Unfortunately, their stepfather is seeking to kidnap little Rose, getting an education is hard work, swindlers are trying to trick him out of his money, and thieves are planning nefarious deeds. Luckily for Rough and Ready, he makes some good friends along the way. Summary by Tori Faulder |
By: Horatio Hale (1817-1896) | |
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The Iroquois Book of Rites | |
Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation A Study in Anthropology |
By: Horatio Nelson | |
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The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an English flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He won several victories, including the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was killed. These are the letters that he wrote to Lady Hamilton, with whom he was having a notorious affair until his death in 1805. |
By: Howard Clemens Hillegas (1872-1918) | |
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With the Boer Forces |
By: Howard Pyle | |
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Men of Iron
Men of Iron by Howard Pyle is historical fiction that transports us back to the 1400’s, a time of knighthood and chivalry. Myles Falworth is eight years old when news comes they must flee their home. His blind father is accused of treason. We see Myles grow up, train as a knight, and with perseverance, clear his father of any wrong-doing and restore their family name. |
By: Howard Trueman (1837-1908) | |
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The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers |
By: Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918) | |
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Some Cities and San Francisco, and Resurgam |
By: Hudson Bay Company | |
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Charter and Supplemental Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company |
By: Hudson Stuck (1863-1920) | |
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Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska |
By: Hugh Binning (1627-1653) | |
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The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning |
By: Hugh Blair Grigsby (1806-1881) | |
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Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell |
By: Hugh Charles Clifford (1866-1941) | |
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In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula |
By: Hugh Dalton Dalton (1887-1962) | |
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With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement |
By: Hugh E. (Hugh Exton) Seebohm (1867-1946) | |
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On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay |
By: Hugh Gibson (1883-1954) | |
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A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium |
By: Hugh Jones (1669-1760) | |
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The Present State of Virginia |
By: Hugh Macmillan | |
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Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood |
By: Hugh Miller (1802-1856) | |
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My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. |
By: Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) | |
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Jeremy And Hamlet: A Chronicle Of Certain Incidents In The Lives Of A Boy, A Dog, And A Country Town
Hamlet is Jeremy’s dog. This 1923 book is Hugh Walpole’s second volume in his Jeremy semi-autobiographical trilogy , Jeremy at Crale ), about a ten-year-old English boy. One commentator wrote this of the first book: “With affectionate humor, Mr. Walpole tells the story of Jeremy and his two sisters, Helen and Mary Cole, who grow up in Polchester, a quiet English Cathedral town…. Mr. Walpole has given his narrative a rare double appeal, for it not only recreates for the adult the illusion of his own happiest youth, but it unfolds for the child-reader a genuine and moving experience with real people and pleasant things... |
By: Humphry Ward (1851-1920) | |
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The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend | |
Fields of Victory |
By: Hurlothrumbo | |
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The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany Parts 2, 3 and 4 | |
The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany. Part 1 |
By: Hutchins Hapgood (1868-1944) | |
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Paul Jones |
By: I. I. (Isaac Israel) Hayes (1832-1881) | |
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Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner |
By: Ian Hamilton (1853-1947) | |
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Gallipoli Diary, Volume I |
By: Ian Hay (1876-1952) | |
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The First Hundred Thousand |
By: Ida Lee (1865-1943) | |
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The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant |
By: Ida M. Tarbell (1857-1944) | |
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All in the Day's Work
In this autobiography, written when the author was 82 years old, Ida Tarbell looks back at her life and remarkable career as an investigative journalist. Ms. Tarbell is best known for her 1904 work, "The History of the Standard Oil Company," which was a significant factor in the dissolution of the Standard Oil monopoly. She was a noted writer and lecturer, served on two presidential committees, and is considered by her actions to be an important feminist . - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi |
By: Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858) | |
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Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North |
By: Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (1831-1901) | |
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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: Ike Matthews | |
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Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher
Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-Catcher, after 25 Years' ExperienceBy Ike Matthews. INTRODUCTION. In placing before my readers in the following pages the results of my twenty-five years' experience of Rat-catching, Ferreting, etc., I may say that I have always done my best to accomplish every task that I have undertaken, and I have in consequence received excellent testimonials from many corporations, railway companies, and merchants. I have not only made it my study to discover the different... |
By: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) | |
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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Kant's Prolegomena, although a small book, is indubitably the most important of his writings. It furnishes us with a key to his main work, The Critique of Pure Reason; in fact, it is an extract containing all the salient ideas of Kant's system. It approaches the subject in the simplest and most direct way, and is therefore best adapted as an introduction into his philosophy. - Summary by Open Court Publishing Company |
By: Inez Bigwood | |
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Winning a Cause World War Stories |
By: Inez Haynes Gillmore (1873-1970) | |
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The Native Son | |
The Californiacs |
By: Innes Logan | |
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On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms |
By: International Committee of the Red Cross | |
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Turkish Prisoners in Egypt A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross |
By: International Military Tribunal | |
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Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946: Vol. I
Recognizing the importance of establishing for history an authentic text of the Trial of major German WWII war criminals, the International Military Tribunal, consisting of members from Great Britain, the USA, Russia, and France, directed the publication of the Record of the Trial. This volume contains basic, official, pre-trial documents together with the Tribunal’s judgment and sentence of the defendants. |
By: Ira L. (Ira Louis) Reeves (1872-1939) | |
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Bamboo Tales |
By: Iraq Study Group (U.S.) | |
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The Iraq Study Group Report |
By: Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944) | |
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Roughing it De Luxe |
By: Irwin Leslie Gordon (1888-1954) | |
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Who Was Who: 5000 BC – 1914
A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. — S. McGaughey From the Introduction, “The editor begs leave to inform the public that only persons who can produce proper evidence of their demise will be admitted to Who Was Who. Press Agent notices or complimentary comments are absolutely excluded, and those offering to pay for the insertion of names will be prosecuted. As persons become eligible they will be included without solicitation, while the pages will be expurgated of others should good luck warrant.” |
By: Irwin S. Cobb (1876-1944) | |
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Europe Revised
Irwin Cobb’s humorous Europe Revised is a travelogue and comedy almost in the style of Mark Twain. The dedication says it best, “To My Small DaughterWho bade me shed a tear at the tomb of Napoleon, which I was very glad to do, because when I got there my feet certainly were hurting me.” |
By: Isaac Alexander Mack | |
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Letters from France |
By: Isaac Allen | |
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Is Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible? |
By: Isaac Frederick Marcosson (1876-1961) | |
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An African Adventure | |
The War After the War |
By: Isaac Myer (1836-1902) | |
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Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. |
By: Isaac Taylor Headland (1859-1942) | |
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Court Life in China | |
The Chinese Boy and Girl |
By: Isabel Florence Hapgood (1850-1928) | |
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A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections | |
Russian Rambles |
By: Isabel Savory | |
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In the Tail of the Peacock |
By: Isabella L. Bird (1831-1904) | |
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single woman in her early forties when she made her treck through the Rocky Mountains. A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains details this fascinating account of her travels through a series of letters written to her sister, Henrietta. These letters are filled with beautiful, vivid descriptions of the scenery, the people she encountered, the way of life, and a mountain man named Jim Nugent, that was as rough as they come, but a complete gentleman with Ms... |