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Heroines of Service: Mary Lyon, Alice Freeman Palmer, Clara Barton, Frances Willard, Julia Ward Howe, Anna Shaw, Mary Antin, Alice C. Fletcher, Mary Slessor of Calabar, Madame Curie, Jane Addams
Mary Rosetta Parkman
These profiles of pioneering women celebrate the transition from the secluded domestic sphere to a public life of meaningful, compassionate labor in the service of humanity.
History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin, Vol. 6 (of 8)
J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné
This sweeping chronicle captures the turbulent birth of the Reformation, tracking the spread of evangelical fervor from the rugged landscapes of Scotland to the decisive, contentious streets of Geneva. It is a work of immense scope, blending meticulous historical research with a deep, personal commitment to the…
How to know the ferns
Frances Theodora Parsons
A guide to the hidden, green world of American ferns, this work serves as an invitation to move beyond mere observation and into a lasting, intimate companionship with the natural landscape.
Humorous Readings and Recitations, in Prose and Verse
Unknown
This collection gathers an eclectic assortment of Victorian-era sketches, poems, and monologues designed to amuse parlor audiences through satire, absurdity, and the domestic trials of the nineteenth-century middle class.
In the High Valley: Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series
Susan Coolidge
An English girl's rigid provincial pride meets the wide, generous spaces of the American West, where high elevations and shared labors slowly melt away her deep-seated prejudices.
Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (1 of 2): (2nd ed.) (1888)
William Henry Hurlbert
Ireland’s political turmoil is viewed through the sharp, skeptical lens of an American observer during the height of the agrarian and nationalist agitations of the late 1880s. This account captures the social fractures and the fierce ideological battle between traditional order and revolutionary change.
Liquid Drops and Globules, Their Formation and Movements: Three lectures delivered to popular audiences
Charles R. (Charles Robert) Darling
Observations on the subtle physics of liquid behavior reveal how invisible forces shape the mundane world, from the geometry of a falling drop to the chaotic dance of oil upon water.
Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of any Age
Lucas Malet
A humble, reflective story for the season of Advent, this narrative follows a young boy and his family as they navigate the quiet, sometimes stern, realities of faith and mortality in the deep woods.
Lord Loveland Discovers America
C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
An arrogant British aristocrat arrives in America seeking a wealthy bride, only to be stripped of his title and identity, forcing him to navigate the harsh realities of the working class.
Love, Life & Work: Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others
Elbert Hubbard
This collection of essays serves as a practical, idiosyncratic manual for navigating the complexities of human existence. It argues that personal fulfillment is not found in dogma or status, but through the deliberate cultivation of a radiant, useful, and independent character.
Marjorie Dean, High School Sophomore
Josephine Chase
A warm, bright sophomore year in a turn-of-the-century small town turns into a quiet test of character when an old friend's silent jealousy opens the door to a sharper, legacy-born rivalry.
Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe: Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of France, Wife of Henri IV
Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France
These memoirs offer a rare, intimate view into the volatile sixteenth-century French court, as told by a princess caught between shifting religious loyalties and the dangerous ambitions of her royal kin.
Mistress Spitfire: A Plain Account of Certain Episodes in the History of Richard Coope, Gent., and of His Cousin, Mistress Alison French, at the Time of the Revolution, 1642-1644
Unknown
The clash of royalist and parliamentarian loyalties forces a divided family into a desperate, clandestine struggle for survival amidst the chaos of the English Civil War.
Modern shipbuilding and the men engaged in it
David Pollock
This technical survey captures the rapid evolution of 19th-century British maritime engineering, documenting the transition from iron to steel and the rise of the high-speed transatlantic passenger trade. It serves as a meticulous industrial record of a transformative era.
Mr. Wu: Based on the Play "Mr. Wu" by H. M. Vernon and Harold Owen
Louise Jordan Miln
A powerful Chinese mandarin exacts a haunting, lifelong vengeance against an English youth who seduced and abandoned his daughter, leaving a permanent shadow over the young man’s future happiness.
My Uncle Florimond
Henry Harland
A neglected orphan clings to a dream of a noble life in France, only to discover that the truest worth is found in the humble, steadfast kindness of those he initially overlooks.
Nigeria
E. D. (Edmund Dene) Morel
This detailed survey of early twentieth-century Nigeria offers an observant, critical examination of the administrative, economic, and cultural dynamics defining the British Protectorate. It balances travelogue-style description with pointed commentary on colonial policy and the resilience of indigenous systems.
Official views of the World's Columbian Exposition
C. D. (Charles Dudley) Arnold
A vast city of plaster and light rises on the swampy shores of Lake Michigan, capturing the mechanical energy, architectural ambition, and global reach of a rapidly transforming nation.
Old Continental Towns
Walter M. (Walter Matthew) Gallichan
These historical vignettes celebrate the enduring spirit of Europe’s storied centers, mapping the architectural splendor and intellectual heritage that define our collective cultural identity.
On the Wallaby Through Victoria
Elinor Mordaunt
This intimate portrait captures the rugged spirit of early twentieth-century Victoria, blending personal memoir with a sharp-eyed assessment of a young nation finding its identity in the vast, open spaces of the Southern Hemisphere.
Opium Eating: An Autobiographical Sketch by an Habituate
Anonymous
The path to ruin often begins with a desperate attempt to endure the unendurable, turning a temporary refuge into a lifelong prison.
Paper and Printing Recipes: A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades
John Sawtelle Ford
This collection of practical trade secrets serves as a quintessential guide for the nineteenth-century artisan, documenting the messy, chemical, and physical realities of the printing and stationery business.
Paz (La Fausse Maitresse)
Honoré de Balzac
A devoted exile preserves a friend’s marriage at the cost of his own heart, performing miracles of domestic management while silently worshipping the woman who remains oblivious to his true nature.
Practical Lithography
Alfred Seymour
This manual serves as a definitive bridge between the historical roots of lithographic stone-printing and the industrial mechanics of the early twentieth century.**
Ralph in the Switch Tower
Allen Chapman
Ralph Fairbanks is a young man of steady character and quick reflexes who finds his calling at the controls of a busy railway switch tower. He must outwit local criminals, protect his widowed mother’s interests, and maintain the complex, life-or-death schedules of the Great Northern Railroad.
Regeneration: Being an Account of the Social Work of The Salvation Army in Great Britain
H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
This investigation provides an unfiltered, ground-level survey of early 20th-century social welfare through the lens of one of the era’s most controversial and ambitious charitable organizations. It serves as a rare, contemporary witness to the mechanics of urban poverty and reform.
Seven years in South Africa, volume 1 (of 2)
Emil Holub
This account documents a physician’s rigorous scientific expedition through the South African interior during the 1870s. It captures a landscape defined by harsh terrain, colonial expansion, and the complex social tapestry of the diamond fields.
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M
E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville
An English officer arrives in the Irish countryside as a resident magistrate, only to discover that local customs, fox-hunting, and cunning neighbors defy every expectation of order.
Southern Spain, Painted by Trevor Haddon, Described by A. F. Calvert
Albert Frederick Calvert
This journey through the sun-drenched landscapes of Southern Spain blends historical inquiry with the evocative observations of a traveler captivated by the region's Moorish legacy and architectural grandeur.
Sovereign Grace: Its Source, Its Nature and Its Effects
Dwight Lyman Moody
A sinner cannot earn redemption through good works or religious rituals; divine mercy is a free gift waiting to be claimed through simple trust.
Spain
Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) Ober
Spain offers a sweeping, panoramic chronicle of a nation shaped by centuries of conquest, shifting alliances, and profound cultural transformation. It bridges the gap between ancient Roman provincial life and the dramatic, final collision with the United States at the turn of the twentieth century.
St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans: A Practical Exposition. Vol. I
Charles Gore
A practical guide to understanding St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, bridging biblical scholarship and everyday Christian life.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890
Various
A single issue of a 1890 trade journal captures an era when technical innovation, classical history, and urban expansion collided.
The Cathedrals of Southern France
M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
A region's history lives written in its stones, where massive Romanesque vaults, sunlit cloisters, and soaring Gothic spires chart the long rise of a nation.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862: Devoted To Literature and National Policy
Various
A Union monthly magazine published during the heat of the American Civil War blends fiery anti-slavery essays, wartime reporting, serialized fiction, and travel sketches into a singular portrait of a nation fighting to redefine itself.
The Contrast
Royall Tyler
A young nation finds its voice on the stage by setting plain home-spun virtue against the borrowed hypocrisy of European manners.
The discovery of Damaris
Amy Le Feuvre
A sheltered young woman leaves her lonely London life to trace her family’s roots in the country, discovering that true belonging requires both courage and a leap of faith.
The Evolution of Theology: an Anthropological Study: Essay #8 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition"
Thomas Henry Huxley
Human religious beliefs are natural phenomena, emerging from the mind’s effort to navigate reality, and they can be studied using the exact same empirical methods applied to biology or mineralogy.
The Gay Gnani of Gingalee
Florence Huntley
A cynical, biting satire, this story pits a pragmatic, small-town druggist against a pretentious, otherworldly mystic in a struggle for a woman’s affection, using the clash between "New Thought" spirituality and hard-headed materialism to comedic effect.
The Grand Fleet, 1914-1916
John Rushworth Jellicoe
HOOK This memoir serves as the definitive, firsthand account of Britain’s naval command during the North Sea’s most volatile years, offering a stark, unadorned look at the mechanics of maritime survival in the Great War.
The Great Push: An Episode of the Great War
Patrick MacGill
The visceral reality of the front line, stripped of patriotic myth, emerges through the eyes of a soldier navigating the carnage of 1915. This is a harrowing, intimate account of survival amidst the mud and madness of the Great War.
The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
These legends offer a window into the cosmology of the Great Lakes tribes, blending the practical realities of survival with the supernatural workings of manitoes and ancient magic.
The Relations between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples: The Schweich Lectures
C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
Comparative legal study requires a disciplined eye, looking past long-held assumptions to find the shared roots of ancient justice. This examination of Babylonian and Hebrew codes reveals the profound, often overlooked intersections between two foundational pillars of human civilization.
The Shore Road mystery
Franklin W. Dixon
A daring pair of teenage brothers transforms into amateur sleuths to dismantle a criminal operation that has paralyzed a quiet coastal town with a string of brazen automobile thefts. Through a combination of strategic risk-taking and mechanical know-how, they navigate a dangerous cat-and-mouse game against a…
The Siege of the Seven Suitors
Meredith Nicholson
An ambitious young chimney consultant finds himself drawn into a labyrinthine plot of architectural secrets, family eccentricities, and the high-stakes romantic vetting of a young woman’s many suitors.
The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning
V. E. (Valentine Edward) Johnson
Building a stable flying model requires more than just spirit and balsa wood; it demands a rigorous, scientific understanding of aerodynamics.
Through Spain to the Sahara
Matilda Betham-Edwards
Two women embark on a grand tour from the golden autumn of central France, through the rugged landscapes of Spain, and across the sea to the shifting, vibrant horizons of the Sahara.
Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way
William Pittenger
Master the art of the podium with this comprehensive guide to public speaking, designed to help you craft the perfect toast, address, or response for any social or formal occasion.