History Books

Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)

Carl Van Doren

The American Novel, published last year, undertook to trace the progress of a literary type in the United States from its beginnings to the end of the nineteenth century; Contemporary American Novelis..

To the Gold Coast for Gold

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The following extract from 'Wanderings in West Africa,' a book which I wrote in 1862 and published (anonymously) in 1863, will best explain the reasons which lately sent me to Western Africa:—In sever..

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon's massive and masterful six volume work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is a hefty undertaking. But it's cited as the model on which modern historians base thei..

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon's massive and masterful six volume work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is a hefty undertaking. But it's cited as the model on which modern historians base thei..

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 3

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon's massive and masterful six volume work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is a hefty undertaking. But it's cited as the model on which modern historians base thei..

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 4

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon's massive and masterful six volume work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is a hefty undertaking. But it's cited as the model on which modern historians base thei..

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 5

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon's massive and masterful six volume work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is a hefty undertaking. But it's cited as the model on which modern historians base thei..

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 6

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon's massive and masterful six volume work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is a hefty undertaking. But it's cited as the model on which modern historians base thei..