History Books

Jewish Literature and Other Essays

Gustav Karpeles

The following essays were delivered during the last ten years, in the form of addresses, before the largest associations in the great cities of Germany. Each one is a dear and precious possession to m..

The French Revolution

Thomas Carlyle

The French Revolution: A History, is a work by Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. Published in 1837 his History depicts the events from the start of the Revolution in 1789 t..

Between the Lines

Boyd Cable

This book, all of which has been written at the Front within sound of the German guns and for the most part within shell and rifle range, is an attempt to tell something of the manner of struggle that..

Admiral Farragut

Alfred Thayer Mahan

In preparing this brief sketch of the most celebrated of our naval heroes, the author has been aided by the very full and valuable biography published in 1878 by his son, Mr. Loyall Farragut, who has ..

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 67 - August 1668

Samuel Pepys

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 67: August 1668 written by himself...

Archeological Investigations

Gerard Fowke

The geological structure of that portion of southern Missouri which lies to the westward of the Archean rocks near the Mississippi River is peculiarly suitable for the development of caverns. The Ozar..

The Abenaki Indians

Frederic Kidder

The present spirit of inquiry into the early history of New England is bringing forth additional facts and evolving new light, by which we are every day seeing more clearly the true motive and incenti..

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville's famous Democracy in America was published in two parts, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840. In 1831 the French government sent Tocqueville, then a 35 year old aristocrat ..