History Books

The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus

Mary Macgregor

The Story of Rome has been written, as you know, in your beautiful, quiet old garden. And as the story grew, the short cold days of winter passed and the long warm days of summer were here. In the gar..

The Making of Modern Japan

John Harington Gubbins

There is much speculation, but no certainty, regarding the origin of the Japanese people. It is, however, generally held that the Japanese race is made up of two main elements—one Mongolian, which cam..

The Wright Brothers

Anonymous

The story of the Wright brothers is an inspiring narrative of success. Wilbur and Orville combined to a rare degree the searching intelligence of the scientist, the ability to visualize of the invento..

The Geography of New Jersey

Henry Snyder

The original inhabitants of New Jersey H were Indians of the Delaware tribe, which belonged to the Algonquin family. The early white settlers were of different nationalities,—Dutch, Swedes, English, a..

Turkey, the Great Powers, and the Bagdad Railway

Edward Mead Earle

The Chester concessions and the Anglo-American controversy regarding the Mesopotamian oilfields are but two conspicuous instances of the rapid development of American activity in the Near East. Turkey..

An Address to the People of New-England

Samuel Hopkins

    Stockbridge is in the very Road of, and more exposed to, the Indians from Canada, than any other Place whatever; and yet we see that the Enemy turned off East to Connecticut-Ri..

An Account of the Battle of Wilson's Creek

Thomas W. Adams

After the battle of Boonville, June 17, the State forces, under Col. Marmaduke and Gov. Jackson, retreated toward the Southwest portion of the State to co-operate with the troops under Gen. Rains, and..

Is Tomorrow Hitler's?

H. R. Knickerbocker

There is no such thing as winning a fight without passion. France went to war apologetically; France fought the war without music, and so France lost. History may eventually record that Britain w..